Founded as the Cosmopolitan Eagles in 1987, they played an independent exhibition schedule that year.
League goals leader Jorge Acosta led the team to a first-place regular season finish in its first campaign, but it was all downhill after that.
The bright spots of the 1989 and 1990 seasons were the play of the defense, anchored by ex-New York Cosmos players Andranik Eskandarian and Hubert Birkenmeier.
Unfortunately, the offense sputtered in the wake of chronic knee injuries to Acosta, and the team lost many low-scoring one-goal games.
The Eagles played their home matches at Paterson, New Jersey's Hinchliffe Stadium during their first two seasons.