Calgary Mustangs

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The Calgary Mustangs were a Calgary, Alberta, based A-League professional soccer team, that played in 2004.

They were initially formed in 2001 as the Calgary Storm, with the present ownership group taking over in January of 2004. Despite playing on artificial turf at McMahon Stadium (the only A-League team not to play on grass), the Mustangs had an acceptable season, and had relatively good fan support. However, at the end of the year, the owners elected not to play in 2005 and the team is now dormant. One player of note is goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld, who went from the Storm to England's Tottenham Hotspur.

In their final season the team's average attendance was 674. Which at the time was roughly equal to a team playing in level six of English professional soccer.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2001	"4"	USL PDL	1st, Northwest	Final	Did not qualify
2002	2	USL A-League	5th, Pacific	First Round	Third Round
2003	2	USL A-League	4th, Pacific	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	2	USL A-League	7th, Western	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

[edit] CPSL Calgary Mustangs

A team named Calgary Mustangs competed in the original Canadian Professional Soccer League's one and only season in 1983. The Mustangs finished second to last in the six team league