Following the 1969 season, after winning two consecutive league titles, the Darts left the ASL to join the first division of the American soccer pyramid at the time, the North American Soccer League.

[3] In 1969 they moved their home games to Brookland Stadium on the campus of Catholic University.

[4] In 1968 the Darts became the first professional soccer team to have a black coach in U.S. history when Lincoln Phillips, the goalkeeper, became player-coach.

Many teams also played games against Pelé and his Brazilian squad, Santos FC.

[7] Today, a Washington club soccer team pays tribute to the Darts' legacy via their name: The D.C.