The Albany Capitals joined the third incarnation of the
American Soccer League in 1988. The team joined the
American Professional Soccer League
The American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was a professional men's soccer league with teams from the United States and later Canada. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the third American Soccer League with the Western Soccer League. ...
in 1990 when the ASL merged with the
Western Soccer League
The Western Soccer Alliance was a professional soccer league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States and Western Canada. The league began in 1985 as the Western Alliance Challenge Series. In 1986, it became the Western Soccer ...
.
The club was based in
Albany, New York
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, and played their home games at
Bleecker Stadium
Bleecker Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Albany, New York. The stadium was once a reservoir for the Albany public water system. Today it has a baseball diamond, football/soccer field, and a softball field used by area high schools, colle ...
.
After the collapse of the NASL, the ASL took up the void. Several former NASL and International stars joined Albany including Chico Borja, Elvis Comrie and Hubert Birkenmeier (Cosmos), and England's World Cup star Paul Mariner (Ipswich, Arsenal).
Year-by-year
Ownership and staff
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Armand Quadrini – Owner
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Joe Hennessey – General Manager
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Charlie Curto – Technical Advisor
Former managers
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Paul Mariner
Paul Mariner (22 May 1953 – 9 July 2021) was an English Association football, football player and Coach (sport), coach.
A centre forward during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley F.C., Chorley. He became a professional p ...
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John Bramley[
]
References
Sports in Albany, New York
Defunct soccer clubs in New York (state)
Men's soccer clubs in New York (state)
American Soccer League (1988–89) teams
American Professional Soccer League teams
1988 establishments in New York (state)
1991 disestablishments in New York (state)
Association football clubs established in 1988
Association football clubs disestablished in 1991
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