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|  American = true
|  clubname = Team Hawaii
|  image    = [[File:TeamHawaii.png|240px|Logo]]
|  fullname = Team Hawaii
|  nickname = 
|  founded  = 1977
|  dissolved= 1977 (moved)
|  stadium  = [[Aloha Stadium]]
|  capacity = 50,000
|  chairman = 
|  coach    = [[Hubert Vogelsinger]]<br>[[Charlie Mitchell (footballer)|Charlie Mitchell]]
|  league   = [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]
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'''Team Hawaii''' was a [[soccer]] team based out of [[Honolulu]] that played in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]] for one season, 1977. Their home field was [[Aloha Stadium]]. 

After two unsuccessful years as the [[San Antonio Thunder]], the franchise moved to Hawai'i in time for the 1977 season. The club was originally coached by Hubert Vogelsinger, but after he became ill midway through the season, [[Charlie Mitchell (footballer)|Charlie Mitchell]] took over and served as player-coach for the remainder of the campaign. On the field, Hawaii had an 11–15 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs; at the box office, the team never came close to filling their 50,000-seat stadium. (A decent crowd of 12,877 attended their match against the [[New York Cosmos (1970–85)|New York Cosmos]] in April, but none of their other twelve home games drew even half of that; they managed only 4,543 per game for the season.)

Being thousands of miles away from their opponents, travel became a significant issue for Team Hawaii. The club would often go on four- or five-game road trips to the mainland, while visiting teams would usually coordinate playing in Hawaii with games against west coast teams.

With the poor attendances and high travel costs,<ref>{{cite news |last=Osmun |first=Mark |title=Is soccer boring here or what? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116705802/is-soccer-boring-here-or-what/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |work=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |publisher=[[Black Press]] |location=[[Honolulu]] |page=115}}</ref> the club lost an estimated $500,000 to $1 million in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fishback |first=Dick |title=Kick in $500, pronto — or lose soccer, Hawaii told |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116706005/kick-in-500-pronto-or-lose/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |work=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |publisher=[[Black Press]] |location=[[Honolulu]] |pages=1–4}}</ref> After speculation the franchise would move to [[Milwaukee]], [[Atlanta]] or [[Houston]], Team Hawaii officially shifted to Tulsa on November 14, 1977, to become the [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984)|Tulsa Roughnecks]].<ref name="tulsa">{{cite news |title=Tulsa Soccer Team Called 'Roughnecks'
 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116705477/tulsa-soccer-team-called-roughnecks/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |work=[[Tulsa World]] |date=December 31, 1977 |location=[[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] |page=64 |format=Broadsheet}}</ref>

To date, they remain Hawaii's only major professional soccer team and one of two major professional sports teams to play in the state (the other being [[The Hawaiians (WFL)|The Hawaiians]] that played in the [[World Football League|WFL]] in 1974–75). They were also the first island in the Pacific Islands to field a professional soccer team.

==1977 roster==
''Last updated April 20, 2009''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/TeamHawaii_Rosters.htm|title=Team Hawaii|website=NASL Jerseys.com}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player | no=0 | nat=USA         | pos=GK | name=[[Jimmy Joerg]] }}
{{fs player | no=1 | nat=England     | pos=GK | name=[[Peter Fox (footballer)|Peter Fox]] }}
{{fs player | no=2 | nat=USA         | pos=DF | name=[[Chris Carenza]] }}
{{fs player | no=3 | nat=Brazil      | pos=DF | name=[[Ismael Moreira]] }}
{{fs player | no=3 | nat=USA         | pos=DF | name=[[Dave Stahl (soccer)|Dave Stahl]] }}
{{fs player | no=4 | nat=USA         | pos=DF | name=[[Mark Stahl (soccer)|Mark Stahl]] }}
{{fs player | no=5 | nat=Scotland    | pos=DF | name=[[Charlie Mitchell (footballer)|Charlie Mitchell]] }}
{{fs player | no=6 | nat=Germany     | pos=DF | name=[[Peter Nover]] }}
{{fs player | no=7 | nat=England     | pos=DF | name=[[Tommy Taylor (footballer, born 1951)|Tommy Taylor]] }}
{{fs player | no=8 | nat=England     | pos=DF | name=[[Keith Coleman (footballer)|Keith Coleman]] }}
{{fs player | no=11 | nat=Germany    | pos=DF | name=[[Axel Neumann]] }}
{{fs player | no=13 | nat=USA        | pos=DF | name=[[Ed Pitney]] }}
{{fs player | no=21 | nat=Canada     | pos=DF | name=[[Tim Hunter (soccer)|Tim Hunter]] }}
{{Fs mid}}
{{fs player | no=9 | nat=Scotland    | pos=MF | name=[[Jim Henry (footballer born 1949)|Jim Henry]] }}
{{fs player | no=10 | nat=Portugal   | pos=MF | name=[[Diamantino Costa]] }}
{{fs player | no=10 | nat=England    | pos=MF | name=[[Ben Smith (Team Hawaii footballer)|Ben Smith]] }}
{{fs player | no=19 | nat=England    | pos=MF | name=[[Pat Holland]] }}
{{fs player | no=11 | nat=England    | pos=MF | name=[[Chris Dangerfield]] }}
{{fs player | no=   | nat=England    | pos=MF | name=[[Keith Robson]] }}
{{fs player | no=14 | nat= Canada    | pos=FW | name=[[Victor Kodelja]] }}
{{fs player | no=15 | nat=USA        | pos=FW | name=[[Dan Counce]] }}
{{fs player | no=16 | nat=England    | pos=FW | name=[[Brian Tinnion (Footballer)|Brian Tinnion]] }}
{{fs player | no=17 | nat=SKN        | pos=FW | name=[[Bert Bowery]] }}
{{fs player | no=18 | nat=Cyprus     | pos=FW | name=[[Yilmaz Orhan]] }}
{{fs player | no=20 | nat=Republic of Ireland    | pos=FW | name=[[Hilary Carlyle]] }}
{{Fs end}}

==Year-by-year==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!League
!W
!L
!Pts
!Reg. Season
!Playoffs
!Attendance
|-
|1977
|NASL
|11
|15
|106
|4th, Pacific Conference, Southern Division
|''did not qualify''
|4,543
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{Tulsa Roughnecks}}
{{North American Soccer League (1966–85)}}

[[Category:Tulsa Roughnecks| ]]
[[Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Hawaii]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) teams]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Hawaii]]
[[Category:1977 disestablishments in Hawaii]]


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