Dallas Tornado

Dallas Tornado

Full name	Dallas Tornado
Nickname(s)	The Tornado
Founded	1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Dissolved	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Stadium	List Cotton Bowl Capacity: 70,000 Turnpike Stadium Capacity: 20,000 P.C. Cobb Stadium Capacity: 22,000 Franklin Field Capacity: 8,500 Texas Stadium Capacity: 65,000 Ownby Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Indoor soccer: Fair Park Coliseum Capacity: 7,513 (1975) Reunion Arena Capacity: 16,626 (1980–81)
Chairman	Lamar Hunt
League	USA (1967) NASL (1968–1981)
Home colors Away colors

The Dallas Tornado was a soccer team based in Dallas, Texas that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967 to 1981.^[1] Of the twelve teams that comprised the U.S. in 1967, the Tornado franchise played the longest–15 seasons.

Their home fields were Cotton Bowl (1967–1968), P.C. Cobb Stadium (1969), Franklin Field (1970–1971),^[2] Texas Stadium (1972–1975, 1980–1981) and Ownby Stadium on the SMU campus (1976–1979). The club played Indoor soccer at Reunion Arena for one season (1980–81), and hosted the two-day 1975 Regionals at Fair Park Coliseum.