Columbus Magic

{{Short description|American soccer club}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football club |clubname = Columbus Magic |image = |ground = [[Cooper Stadium|Franklin County Stadium]] |nickname = Magic |founded = 1979 |dissolved = 1980 |league = [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]] |American=yes}} The '''Columbus Magic''' was an American [[soccer]] club based in [[Columbus, Ohio]], that was a member of the [[American Soccer League (1933–1983)|American Soccer League]]. They played their home games in [[Cooper Stadium|Franklin County Stadium]] that they shared with Minor League Baseball's [[Columbus Clippers]]. The Magic held soccer camps located at Fancyburg Park in [[Upper Arlington, Ohio]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

In August 1980, the team played against the [[New York United]] in [[Shea Stadium]] without its forward, [[Bob Rohrbach]], who had sustained a serious head injury in a match against the [[Cleveland Cobras]] and was in a coma for four days.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lederer |first=Tom |date=August 24, 1980 |title=Athlete Fights Back After Soccer Injury: Sports |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/121411954/14CDFDBF1B304A9CPQ/1 |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=[[The New York Times]] |id={{ProQuest|121411954}}}}</ref> Other notable players included British expat [[Neil Hague (footballer)|Neil Hague]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 26, 2015 |title=Defender Hague did not let position stop his goal threat |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1718373940/fulltext/14CDFDBF1B304A9CPQ/7 |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The Plymouth Evening Herald |id={{ProQuest|171837940}} }}</ref>

==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Division !League !Reg. season !Playoffs !U.S. Open Cup |- |1979 |2 |ASL |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Eastern |Final |''Did not enter'' |-Goals 18 |1980 |2 |ASL |4th, National |''Did not qualify'' |''Did not enter'' |}

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[[Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Ohio]] [[Category:Soccer clubs in Columbus, Ohio|M]] [[Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams]] [[Category:1979 establishments in Ohio]] [[Category:Soccer clubs in Ohio]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Columbus, Ohio]] [[Category:1980 disestablishments in Ohio]] [[Category:Association football clubs established in 1979]] [[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1980]]