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| Full name | San Antonio Scorpions Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Scorpions | |||
| Founded | October 4, 2010 | |||
| Dissolved | December 22, 2015 | |||
| Stadium | Toyota Field San Antonio, Texas | |||
| Capacity | 8,296 | |||
| Owner | Gordon Hartman | |||
| League | North American Soccer League | |||
| 2015 | Spring: 7th Fall: 10th Combined: 10th Playoffs: Did not qualify | |||
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The San Antonio Scorpions were an American professional soccer team based in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 2010, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2012. The Scorpions played at Toyota Field, a soccer specific stadium that was completed in 2013.
The club operated differently from most professional sports clubs in terms of its operating profit. As part of owner Gordon Hartman's Soccer for a Cause, all net profits from Scorpions operations went towards funding Morgan's Wonderland, a wheelchair accessible theme park located in the Longhorn Quarry, next to STAR Soccer Complex and Toyota Field.[1]
On December 22, 2015, it was announced that Toyota Field and S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex were sold to the City of San Antonio and Bexar County, a deal which was accompanied by an agreement for Spurs Sports and Entertainment to operate the facilities and field San Antonio FC, which plays in the USL.[2][3]
- ^ "Soccer For A Cause". Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ "SS&E announces USL franchise for 2016". Terrence Thomas. San Antonio Express-News. December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ "NASL Releases Statement on San Antonio Scorpions". NASL.com. December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.