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founded = 1974 |
| fullname = Boston Minutemen
dissolved= 1976 |
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ground = [[Alumni Stadium]] <br> [[Nickerson Field]] <br> [[Foxboro Stadium]] <br> [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] <br> [[New Bedford High School|Sargent Field]] |
| founded = 1974
capacity = 30,000 (Alumni) <br> 15,000 (Nickerson) <br> 61,000 (Foxboro) <br> NA (Quincy) <br> NA (Sargent) |
| dissolved = 1976
chairman = [[John Sterge]] |
| stadium = [[Alumni Stadium]] <br> [[Nickerson Field]] <br> [[Foxboro Stadium]] <br> [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] <br> [[New Bedford High School|Sargent Field]] <br> [[McCoy Stadium]]
manager = [[Hubert Vogelsinger]] |
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league = [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]] |
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The '''Boston Minutemen''' were aan American professional [[soccer]] team based out ofin [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] that played in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASLNorth American Soccer League]] (NASL). They played from 1974 to 1976. Their home fields included [[Alumni Stadium]] in [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]], [[Foxboro Stadium|Schaefer Stadium]] in [[Foxborough, Massachusetts|Foxborough]], [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] and Sargent Field in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]].
 
Portuguese legend [[Eusébio]] played for the Minutemen in 1975, as did famed [[United States men's national soccer team|American]] player [[Shep Messing]].
 
The Minutemen started well, winning the Northern Division title in their first season and drawing over 9000 fans a match to Alumni Stadium, good for 5th highest in the league. They lost in the playoffs to eventual league champion [[Los Angeles Aztecs]]. When EusebioEusébio came to Boston in 1975, (by which time the team had relocated to [[Nickerson Field]]), it seemed as though things would continue to look up. Though the team would win the Northern Division title again for the second time in as many seasons, attendance curiously fell to around 4000 -– half of what it had been. In the playoffs, the Minutemen lost to Miami in extra time.
 
For the 1976 season, team owner John Sterge announced the Minutemen would relocate again, this time to [[Harvard Stadium]], but that deal collapsed before the start of the season and the team ended up playing in a hodge-podge of grounds throughout [[Massachusetts]]: [[Schaefer Stadium]] in Foxborough, Veteran's[[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy, Massachusetts)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] in Quincy, and [[New Bedford High School|Sargent Field]] in [[New Bedford]].
By this time Sterge was having financial difficulties (which ended in action by the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]]) and was compelled to sell off many of his players, including Eusebio, who went to the eventual champions [[Toronto Metros-Croatia]]. Attendance plummeted, the Minutemen lost their last 12 matches, and after the season, they folded.
 
==Former players==
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shep Messing]] (1975)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mickey Cohen (soccer)|Mickey Cohen]] (1976)
*{{flagicon|ENGSKN}} [[Bert Bowery]] (1976)
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Coyne (footballer)|John Coyne]] (1974) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/johncoyne.htmhtml]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Davies (footballer)|Geoff Davies]] (1975–76) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#D]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paddy Greenwood]] (1974/, 1976) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080504120506/http://home.att.net:80/~nasl/players.htm#G]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[EusebioEusébio]] (1975)
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian McKechnie]] (1974) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#M] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909120055/http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#M |date=September 9, 2009 }}
 
==Year-by-year==
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!Regular Season
!Playoffs
!Avg. AttendanceAttend.
|-
|1974
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|Won Quarterfinal ([[Baltimore Comets|Baltimore]])<br>Lost Semifinal ([[Los Angeles Aztecs|Los Angeles]])
|9,642
|-
|[[1975 NASL Indoor tournament|1975]]
|NASL indoor
|1
|1
|—
|2
|4th, Region 2
|''Did not qualify''
|''N/A''
|-
|1975
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|Lost Quarterfinal ([[Miami Toros|Miami]])
|4,422
|-
|[[1976 NASL Indoor tournament|1976]]
|NASL indoor
|0
|2
|—
|0
|4th, East Regional
|''Did not qualify''
|''N/A''
|-
|1976
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|72
|5th, Atlantic Conference, Northern Division
|''Did Notnot Qualifyqualify''
|2,581
|}
 
==External LinksHonors==
'''NASL Division Titles'''
*[http://www.funwhileitlasted.net/tag/boston-minutemen/ Boston Minutemen on FunWhileItLasted.net]
*[[1974 North American Soccer League season|1974]]: Northern Division
*[[1975 North American Soccer League season|1975]]: Northern Division
 
'''NASL Leading Goalkeeper'''
*1975: [[Shep Messing]] ''(0.93 goals against avg.)''
 
'''All-Star Selections'''
*1974: [[Ade Coker]] ''(second team)''
*1974: [[Paddy Greenwood]] ''(honorable mention)''
*1974: [[Ian McKechnie]] ''(honorable mention)''
*1975: [[António Simões]] ''(first team)''
*1975: [[Wolfgang Sühnholz]] ''(honorable mention)''
*1976: [[Shep Messing]] ''(indoor All-Regional)''
 
'''Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame members'''
* 2019: [[Shep Messing]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Famers |date=September 1, 2020|website=indoorsoccerhall.com |url=https://www.indoorsoccerhall.com/hall-of-famers |access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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*[[New England Tea Men]]
 
==References==
[[Category:Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States]]
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[[Category:20th-century disestablishments in Massachusetts]]
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