Manuscripts Collection
The Minnesota Kicks, a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League, began in 1976 when a group of Minnesota investors who earlier had bought the Denver Dynamos team moved it to Minnesota. Games were played in Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington. The Kicks continued soccer in Minnesota through the 1981 season. Freddie Goodwin coached the team from 1976 to 1978 and from 1980 to 1981; Roy McCrohan coached the 1979-1980 season, and Geoff Barnett coached the 1981 season.
In November 1980 the team was sold to a group led by Ralph Sweet. The team dissolved in 1981.
The Minnesota Kicks played two seasons of indoor soccer between 1979 and 1981 at the Met Center.
The bulk of the records are the files of team coach and manager Freddie Goodwin, and concern the general management of the franchise, which left Minnesota after the 1980 season.
Accession number: 13,024
Catalog ID number: 1734093
Includes correspondence, orders and catalogs.
Includes correspondence, schedules, and thank you letters relating to promotional appearances by members of the staff and players of the Kicks.
Includes correspondence, contracts, telexes, and agreements.
Includes various advertising proposals; proposal for Edmonton (Canada) to receive a franchise; Soccer Bowl bids (Pontiac, Michigan); Caribous of Colorado, organization plan (1978); Key Factors in Managing a NASL Franchise (1978); North American Soccer League Public Relations Manual (1978); and Business and Tax Aspects of Pro Sports Club Membership (1976).
Official publication of the North American Soccer League; includes local inserts pertaining to the Minnesota Kicks.