New York Skyliners

New York Skyliners
Full name	New York Skyliners
Nickname(s)	Skyliners
Founded	1966; (Year of foundation)
Dissolved	1968
Ground	Yankee Stadium,; The Bronx, New York City
Capacity	50,000
Owner	Madison Square Garden
Manager	Ondino Viera
League	United Soccer Association
1967	United Soccer Association, Eastern Division, 5th
Home colors	Away colors

The New York Skyliners were a soccer team based in New York, New York that played in the United Soccer Association. The league was made up of teams imported from foreign leagues and the Skyliners were actually the roster of C.A. Cerro from Montevideo, Uruguay.^[1]

History

Following the 1967 season, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch. The merged league decided not to have two-team cities and, as such, the NPSL's New York Generals initially planned to merge with the New York Skyliners to create one merged team. But, in January 1968, both Madison Square Garden and the management of the former NPSL New York Generals, of which RKO-General owned 55%, decided to not continue with the merged franchise. Later that month, Peter Elser, who held a 45% interest in the New York Generals was awarded the NASL's New York franchise. Elser's franchise retained the New York Generals' name and front office and the New York Skyliners effectively went out of existence.

In 2014 the New York Skyliners were brought back as an academy in Queens, New York

Colors and badge

While the New York Skyliners' home kits were all white, their road jerseys were the same blue and white stripes as C.A. Cerro's home kits.

Stadium

The New York Skyliners played their home matches at Yankee Stadium.

Squad

Coach

Ondino Viera^[3]

Year-by-Year

Season	Regular season												Play-offs	Top scorer
Season	League	Div	G	W	T	L	F	A	Pts	%	Pos	Attend.	Play-offs	Name	Gls	Pts
1967	USA	E	12	2	4	6	15	17	10	.417	5th	8,766	–	Benedicto Ribeiro	5	12

Records

League victory: 4-1 v Dallas Tornado, June 27, 1967
League defeat: 0-2 v Washington Whips, June 7, 1967

External links

References

^ "Law Of Averages Due To Catch Up With Canadiens". The Lewiston Daily Sun. The Associated Press. 13 April 1967. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ "NASL New York Skyliners Rosters". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Skyliners_Rosters.htm

[1] "Law Of Averages Due To Catch Up With Canadiens". The Lewiston Daily Sun. The Associated Press. 13 April 1967. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

[rster-2] "NASL New York Skyliners Rosters". Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[3] ttp://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Skyliners_Rosters.htm

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Predecessors	USA 1967 Final NPSL 1967 Final
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