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Mutiny Team Formation 1994
In 1994, the newly established Major League Soccer announced it would place one of its charter franchises in the Tampa Bay Area. The region was seen as a potentially fertile market for soccer due to the success of the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the old North American Soccer League in the 1970s and 1980s. The Mutiny took the field in ...
History of the Mutiny
The Mutiny was established in 1994 and was owned and operated by MLS throughout its existence. They were successful in their first years of play, winning the first MLS Supporters' Shield behind MLS MVP Carlos Valderrama and high-scoring forward Roy Lassiter, whose 27 goals in 1996 remained the MLS single-season record until 2018. However, the team drew low revenues and attendance and could not find a local ownership group to take over operations from the league. In 2002, MLS folded the Mutiny as well as its other Florida-based team, the Miami Fusion.
Established
1994
City
Tampa Bay
League History
1996 – 2002 / Major League Soccer
Team History
1996 – 2002 / Tampa Bay Mutiny
Nickname
Mutiny - Inspired by the futuristic visions of video games, the logos and type suggest a mega-high tech, ominous force on the field. (The logo’s designers will even point out that the character isn’t controlling the ball with its feet, but with its mind—soccer reaches the fourth dimension.) Not your typical pirate story.
Championship
MLS Cups 0
Stadium
1999 – 2001 / Raymond James Stadium
1996 - 1998 / Tampa Stadium
Owner
1996 – 2002 / Major League Soccer
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Retired Number
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