The team was based in Chicago, Illinois and played their home games at the Soldier Field.

When the NPSL merged with the rival United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League, the team moved and became the Kansas City Spurs, leaving the Chicago market to the Chicago Mustangs In 1966, several groups of entrepreneurs were exploring the idea of forming a professional soccer league in United States and Canada.

The Chicago franchise was awarded to Michael Butler and William Cutler, the partners appointed Alvis Kaczmarek to manage the team as team president.

[1] In October, Kaczmarek hired Alan Rogers to coach the new team.

[2] The Spurs opened the 1967 season at Soldier Field with a 1–0 victory over the St. Louis Stars with 4,725 fans in attendance.