Full name | Miami Fusion Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Fusion | ||
Founded | April 9, 1997 | ||
Dissolved | January 8, 2002 | ||
Chairman | Ken Horowitz | ||
League | Major League Soccer | ||
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Miami Fusion F.C. was an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team played from 1998 to 2001. Announced in 1997 as one of the league's first two expansion teams, their best season was 2001, when they won the Supporters' Shield with the best regular season finish. In 2002, after four years of lackluster ticket sales and revenues, MLS contracted the Fusion along with its other Florida-based team, the Tampa Bay Mutiny. The Fusion played their home games at Lockhart Stadium.