Tulsa Tornado's

The team was created when the owner of the Oklahoma City Stampede, David Fraser, announced that he was moving the franchise to Tulsa and changing their name in December 1984.

[1] The previous September, the North American Soccer League's Tulsa Roughnecks had announced that they were folding, and Fraser may have been hoping to take advantage of a fairly well-established fanbase that had enjoyed a championship run just one year prior.

Only the Dallas Americans, South Florida Sun, and the expansion El Paso/Juarez Gamecocks, joined Tulsa to attempt the upcoming season.

[6][7][2] New investors led by Jimbo Elrod and Sammie Jo Cole engaged in negotiations to take over principal ownership of the Tornado's and offer some support to the rest of the league as well, and the club did travel to Fort Lauderdale (albeit with a "substantially different" roster) to compete in the final game of the Cup round on June 15.

[8] The regular season opener scheduled for June 22 was cancelled due to still unresolved payroll and stadium rent issues, and a few days later creditors foreclosed on the USL and locked officials out of their offices.