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BREAKERS
TRIVIA |
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in Boston, the Breakers territorial schools were
Boston College, Harvard, Massachusetts, Boston
University, and Nebraska. |
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team's move to New Orleans resulted in a change
in the territorial schools lineup, dropping the
1983 universities in favor of Tulane, Grambling,
Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State, and
Southern University. |
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the team's relocation to Portland, Oregon for
1985, only one school - Grambling - would be
dropped from the team's territorial schools
list, being replaced by the University of
Washington. |
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In
a way the sport of racquetball financed the
start-up of the Breakers franchise. Team
owners George Matthews and Randy Vataha sold a
Boston-area chain of racquetball centers in order
to finance their purchase of the charter
franchise.
The Boston Breakers were unable to gain access to
either Foxboro Stadium (then known as Sullivan
Stadium) or Harvard Stadium, settling for tiny
Nickerson Field, which held just slightly over
20,000 fans. The team needn't worried about
it, as they never sold out the facility anyway.
After repeated efforts to secure the larger, newer
facilities failed, Matthews and Vataha chose to
sell the Breakers to Louisiana real estate
developer Joseph Canizaro, who relocated the club
to New Orleans for 1984. There the team
would play in the comparatively spacious Louisiana
Superdome.
The Breakers scored the first points in USFL
history, coming off of a 30 yard field goal from
Tim Mazzetti against the Tampa Bay Bandits on
March 6, 1983. The Bandits would come from
behind to win the game however, 21-17.
The Women's United Soccer Association resurrected
the "Boston Breakers" name for its
Boston franchise. The team began play in
2001, but shut down after a few seasons. An
effort to relaunch the WUSA and its Breakers
franchise is currently underway, however.
In Boston, Breakers games were aired on WBZ radio,
with Gil Santos doing play by play and Gino
Cappelletti doing color commentary. |
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