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May 15, 1999
 Lamar Hunt began
his contributions to the sport of soccer with the Dallas Tornado
of the NASL. For 14 years, the Tornado laid the foundation for
an extremely successful youth soccer presence in Texas.
Hunt served as
Dallas Host Committee Chairman for World Cup 1994 and with the
advent of the MLS, Lamar Hunt stepped to the soccer forefront
again, as an investor/operator of the Kansas City Wizards and
Columbus Crew. In 1999, he showed unprecedented commitment to
soccer with the construction of Columbus Crew Stadium, the first
major soccer-specific stadium in the United States. And the
legacy grew larger as Hunt’s Wizards brought home the 2000 MLS
Cup Championship trophy to Kansas City. Lamar Hunt - a
dedicated builder of professional soccer in America.
Lamar was inducted into the National
Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982 as a
builder.
Medal of
Honor
The National Soccer Medal of Honor is
bestowed by the National Soccer Hall of Fame to extraordinary
individuals whose positive contributions to soccer at the national
level have been so great as to have effected the course of soccer
history in the United States.
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