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Chicago Sting

former American professional soccer team based in Chicago
Organization defunct_association_football_club Q670603
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Summary

Chicago Sting is a defunct association football club[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of defunct association football club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Home venue: Soldier Field[4]
  • League or competition: North American Soccer League[5]
  • Headquarters location: Chicago[6]
  • Head coach: Bill Foulkes[7]
  • Commons category: Chicago Sting[8]
  • Inception: 1974[9]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1988[10]
  • Sport: association football[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chicago Sting[12]
  • Topic has template: Q25867193[13]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Chicago Sting players[14]

Why It Matters

Chicago Sting has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Bill Foulkes Dick Advocaat United States Willem van Hanegem

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Chicago Sting. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-sting
MLA “Chicago Sting.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 18 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-sting.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chicago-sting_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Chicago Sting}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chicago-sting}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-18}}
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  1. 2d ago · Nokya · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → association football
    Instance of → —
    Headquarters location → Chicago
    Home venue → Soldier Field
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Playmakerstats.com team id: 13034, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291132|batch #291132]]"
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