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The Columbus Magic 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 ...
club based in
Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the List of United States ...
, that was a member of the American Soccer League. They played their home games in Franklin County Stadium that they shared with Minor League Baseball's
Columbus Clippers The Columbus Clippers are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. They are located in Columbus, Ohio, and are named for speedy Merchant ship, merch ...
. The Magic held soccer camps located at Fancyburg Park in
Upper Arlington, Ohio Upper Arlington (often known by its initials U.A.) is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area, Columbus metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, th ...
. In August 1980, the team played against the New York United in
Shea Stadium William A. Shea Municipal Stadium ( ), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Bob Rohrbach, who had sustained a serious head injury in a match against the Cleveland Cobras and was in a coma for four days. Other notable players included British expat Neil Hague.


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