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| | The North American Soccer League Remembered |
 | | Those 17 clubs that composed the NASL in 1968 were the Atlanta Chiefs, Washington Whips, New York Generals, Baltimore Bays, Boston Beacons, Cleveland Stokers, Chicago Mustangs, Toronto Falcons, Detroit Cougars, Kansas City Spurs, Houston Stars, St. Louis Stars, Dallas Tornado, San Diego Toros, Oakland Clippers, Los Angeles Wolves, and Vancouver Royals. |
 | | And it created a league club called Team America, which played in Washington in the 1983 season and which consisted of entirely of U.S. national-team players. |
 | | The merger of the two leagues, with 17 teams to play in 1968, rather than the 22 that had played in two leagues in 1967, marked the real birth of the NASL. |
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