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Elizabeth Robbie
2003 Inductee
1972
First Female Team Owner in Professional Soccer
Home States
South Dakota
The first female team owner in American professional soccer. Robbie and her husband, Joe, were the owners of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Minnesota franchise in the North American Soccer League from the 1972 NASL season though the NASL’s final season in 1984. They then owned the same team, playing in the Major Indoor Soccer League, for an additional four seasons. Inducted in 2003.