A-League's Syracuse Salty Dogs fold

October 20, 2004
By Aris Ohanessian, USSOCCERUK.COM
Mere months after making the A-League's Eastern Conference finals, the Syracuse Salty Dogs have suspended operations and will not field a side in 2005.

Despite strong attendance numbers in the two years of the team's existence that topped 6,000 per season, Syracuse's backing was unwilling to continue with what they considered substantial losses on the financial ledger sheet.

A report in the Syracuse Post-Standard had the consortium's debt around $300,000 and growing. This is ...

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