The Arizona Condors was an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

team founded in 1989 as a member of 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 team folded following the 1990 season.

History

In January 1989, the amateur Arizona Condors entered the

as an expansion team. Playing their home games at

Mesa Community College Mesa Community College (MCC) is a Public college, public community college in Mesa, Arizona. It is the largest of the 10 community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District, the largest community college district in the Unite ...

, the team finished the season at 5–11, but did place forward Mark Kerlin on the All Star team. In 1990, the WSL merged with the American Soccer League to form the fully professional

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. ...

. The Condors finished the 1990 season at 5–15 and folded. After the Condors folded, much of the team moved to the Phoenix Hearts of the

USISL The United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL) was a semi-professional men's outdoor soccer league that played six seasons from 1989 to 1994. It was the first outdoor league to be operated by the organization known today as the United ...

."Amigos look to continue momentum" ''The Arizona Daily Star'' – Saturday, May 25, 1991

Year-by-year

References

External links

1989 roster

{{American Professional Soccer League seasons Sports in Phoenix, Arizona Defunct soccer clubs in Arizona Western Soccer Alliance teams American Professional Soccer League teams 1989 establishments in Arizona 1990 disestablishments in Arizona Association football clubs established in 1989 Association football clubs disestablished in 1990 Soccer clubs in Arizona