North American Soccer League Friendlies
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All-Stars (Sacramento, CA) Date: February 18, 1968 Clippers 15-1 Attendance: Goals: |
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| Guadalajara (Mexico) at Oakland Clippers (San
Francisco, CA) Date: March 3, 1968 Clippers lost 1-0 Attendance: 13,887 Goals: Guadalajara-Alberto Onofre |
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| Manchester City (England) at Oakland Clippers Date: June 9, 1968 Clippers won 3-0 Attendance: 25,237 Goals: Mario Baesso (2), Dimitrjie Davidovic |
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| Santos (Brazil) at Oakland Clippers Date: August 30, 1968 Clippers lost 3-1 Attendance: 29,161 Goals: Clippers-Edgar Marin Santos-Pele (2), Mauro |
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| Israeli Olympic Team at Oakland Clippers Date: September 22, 1968 Clippers won 2-1 Attendance: 4,352 Goals: Clippers-Sele Milosevic (2) Israel-Mordechai Shpigler |
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In 1969 the Oakland Clippers changed their name to the "California Clippers" and moved to San Francisco's Kezar Stadium. They did not compete in the 1969 NASL season. They decided to try and survive playing international exhibitions games. The team was pretty much the same team as the 1968 NASL team.
Unfortunately, the strategy did not work. The Clippers suspended operations on June 4, 1969. They finished with a record of 7 wins, 6 loses, and 2 ties.
Film of the Clippers-Dynamo Kiev game in San Francisco exists. It is obvious from the film that the Clippers had a very good team. It is a shame they folded.
| Atlas (Mexico) at California Clippers
(San Francisco, CA) Date: January 26, 1969 Clippers won 3-0 Attendance: 5,142 Goals: Clippers-Ademar Saccone, John Kowalik, Mihalj Meszaros |
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| Northern California All-Stars at California Clippers
(San Francisco, CA) Date: February 2, 1969 Clippers won 6-1 Attendance: 3,000 Goals: Clippers-John Kowalik (2), |
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| Dynamo Kiev (USSR) at California Clippers
(San Francisco, CA) Date: February 23, 1969 Clippers lost 3-2 Attendance: 11,815 Goals: Clippers-Pepe Fernandez (2) Dynamo-Anotolidy Puzach (3) |
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| Dynamo Kiev (USSR) at California Clippers
(Los Angeles, CA) Date: March 2, 1969 Clippers tied 1-1 Attendance: 10,287 Goals: Clippers-John Kowalik Dynamo-Josif Sabo |
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| Dynamo Kiev (USSR) at California Clippers
(San Francisco, CA) Date: March 9, 1969 Clippers won 1-0 Attendance: 11,223 Goals: Clippers-John Kowalik |
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| USA National Team at California Clippers
(San Diego, CA) Date: April 13, 1969 Clippers won 4-0 Attendance: 3,000 Goals: Clippers-Ilija Mitic (2), Edgar Marin, John Kowalik |
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| Southern California All-Stars at California Clippers
(Los Angeles, CA) Date: April 27, 1969 Clippers won 8-1 Attendance: Goals: Clippers-John Kowalik (3), Ilija Mitic (2), Pepe Fernandez, Edgar Marin, Dimitrjie Davidovic All-Stars-Al Zerhusen |
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| Club America at California Clippers (Los
Angeles, CA) Date: May 2, 1969 Clippers lost 3-1 Attendance: 3,666 Goals: Clippers-Ilija Mitic Club America-Sodre, Rene Trujillo (2) |
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| Club America at California Clippers (San
Jose, CA) Date: May 4, 1969 Clippers lost 2-1 Attendance: 5,112 Goals: Clippers-Ilija Mitic Club America-Horacio Lopez (2) |
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| Setubal (Portugal) at California Clippers
(Fresno, CA) Date: May 18, 1969 Clippers lost 2-0 Attendance: 1,700 This game was televised |
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| West Brom Albion (England) at California Clippers
(Los Angeles, CA) Date: May 23, 1969 Clippers tied 2-2 Attendance: 5,143 Goals: Clippers-Ilija Mitic, Mihalj Meszaros West Brom-Daniel Hegan, Tony Brown |
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| Dukla Praha (Czechoslovakia) at California Clippers
(Palo Alto, CA) Date: May 25, 1969 Clippers lost 3-1 Attendance: 11,513 Goals: Clippers-Johnny Moore Dukla-Stanislav Strunc |
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| Fiorentina (Italy) at California Clippers
(Los Angeles, CA) Date: May 30 1969 Clippers lost 2-1 Attendance: 4,212 Goals: Clippers-Dimitrjie Davidovic Fiorentina-Amarildo Tavares, Mario Marachi, |
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| Fiorentina (Italy) at California Clippers
(San Francisco, CA) Date: June 1, 1969 Clippers won 4-2 Attendance: 7,356 Goals: Clippers-Ilija Mitic, John Kowalik, Pepe Fernandez, Johnny Moore Fiorentina-Amarildo Tavares, Mario Marschi |
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| Eintracht Braunschweig (Germany) at Northern
California All-Stars
(San Francisco, CA) Date: June 24, 1969 Clippers Attendance: Replacement game after Clippers folded |
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