Fernando Alonso A ball that was kicked over a fence in Aberdeen by a Banks o’ Dee U19s player turned up a long way from home this week. o on Sunday, on 16 April 1967, professional soccer took its first bold steps in the US as the National Professional Soccer League made its debut. “I’m elated,” Spartans director Art Rooney told the Camden Courier-Post. On the pitch, Colorado’s problem is still a near pathological aversion to converting chances into goals.