1980 Chicago Sting Roster

North American Soccer League (NASL)
Team Record: 21-11 - 187 points
in the NASL's Central Division

Lost First Round
Coach: Willy Roy (21-11)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 186,752, Avg. 11,672 in 16 home dates
1980 Chicago Sting Statistics

The Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League ended the 1980 season with a record of 21 wins and 11 losses for 187 points in the NASL's Central Division.

The Sting scored 80 goals and allowed 50. Karl-Heinz Granitza netted 19 goals for Chicago, while Arno Steffenhagen, Charlie Fajkus, Ingo Peter and Peter Ressel each contributed five or more, too. Karl-Heinz Granitza recorded 26 assists. Phil Parkes recorded a 0.93 goals against average, leading regular keepers.

Willy Roy coached the team. The 1980 Chicago Sting lost in the First Round.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Dick AdvocaatMSeptember 27, 19475'7"145The Hague, Holland
Obed AririFApril 4, 1956Owerri, Nigeria
Horst BlankenburgDJuly 10, 1947Heidenheim, Germany
Paul CoffeeGNovember 12, 19566'1"174Santa Clara, California
Jorge EspinozaD,MMarch 11, 19536'0"165Santiago, Chile
Charlie FajkusMMarch 4, 19575'10"158Chicago, IL
Rudy GlennM,DOctober 12, 19586'2"185Lawton, OK
Karl-Heinz GranitzaFNovember 1, 19516'0"182Lunen, Germany
Bret HallM,DNovember 16, 19565'6"148Buffalo, NY
Tasso KoutsoukosF,MApril 4, 19595'10"173Montreal, QC Canada
Jorgen KristensenM,F,F/MDecember 12, 19465'8"145Hedehusene, Denmark
Steve LongM,FApril 23, 19575'7"148Babonga, Zaire
Frantz MathieuDDecember 23, 19525'11"162Acul, Haiti
Ivan MiljkovicDAugust 1, 1949, Yugoslavia
Phil ParkesGJuly 14, 19476'3"190West Bromwich, England
Ingo PeterM,FOctober 23, 19516'3"187Dortmund, Germany
Peter ResselFDecember 4, 1945Krommenie, Holland
Greg RyanDJanuary 21, 19575'9"156Frankfurt, Germany
Mark SimantonM,DDecember 8, 19585'11"158Chicago, IL
Derek SpaldingD,M,D/MDecember 20, 19545'9"179Dundee, Scotland
Arno SteffenhagenM,FSeptember 24, 19495'9"159Berlin, Germany
John Timac
John TymaFOctober 13, 19586'0"172Cleveland, OH



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