When a sports season opens every team in the league hopes that they are the one who will win the championship at the end of the season. Even the lowly New York Mets had that dream in the Spring of 1969. Some teams get off to fast starts and their championship hopes soar. Some teams seem to fall out of the starting gate and start the chant of wait until next year early. Some teams like the 1976 Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League just do not seem to show up at all. On May 5, 1976 the Toros played their fifth game of the season. The game was played at their home field for the season Tamiami Park against the Rochester Lancers.
When all was said and done, the Lancers scored a 3-0 victory of the home club. The score itself is not unusual in soccer, however what made this game unique was after it was done the Toros were still looking for their first goal of the season. Five games to open the season and no goals is not a good start to the season. The Toros would eventually get their first goal of the season as they finished the season with a 6-18 record. The record was not good enough to stay in Miami as the team was transfered to Fort Lauderdale after the season was over. The embrasment of a poor start to the season as it happens to many clubs in many leagues. Like the 1951 Granite Falls Graniteers who had a record 14-96.
Tomorrow we will look at one of my favorite all-time MLB players Willie Mays as he celebrates his 79th birthday.
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