The Memphis Americans are professional

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teams based in the Memphis suburb of

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. They are the second team to use this name. This version of the Americans play in the

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while the original

Memphis Americans The Memphis Americans were a soccer team based out of Memphis, Tennessee that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). They played from 1981 to 1984. Their home arena was the Mid-South Coliseum. A new version of the team w ...

played in

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from 1981 to 1984 in the

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at the

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. On April 29, 2021, the Memphis Americans were officially announced as a charter team in the new NISL to field both men's and women's teams. They now play at Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi .

History

The Original Americans

In May 1981, the Christian group

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, headed by former stand out soccer player

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, purchased the financially troubled MISL team then known as the

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and moved the team to Memphis. The team, renamed the Americans, played in Memphis through the end of the 1984 season before relocating to

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, for the 1984–85 season but retained the name "Americans". The team folded due to financial troubles at the end of the 1984-1985 season.

The Americans: Reborn

On April 29, 2021, the Memphis Americans were officially announced as a charter team in the new NISL to field both men's and women's team.

Year-by-year

Head coach

Corey Adamson

Assistant Coach

Bo Melson

Memphis Americans Men's Team

Memphis Americans Women's team

Arenas

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, in Southaven, Mississippi

References

External links

Team Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Memphis Americans 2021 Sports in Southaven, Mississippi Memphis metropolitan area 2021 establishments in Mississippi Association football clubs established in 2021 Soccer clubs in Mississippi