Veteran US sportscaster Jack Whitaker was the play-by-man man. They still managed to hold on to the third seed in the Eastern Conference. The smallest crowd – 4,725 – turned out at Soldier Field to watch the Spurs defeat the St Louis Stars 2-1; club officials claimed tornado warnings kept the numbers down. FootballUS pro soccer's 50th anniversary: 'They called us communists and midgets'Fifty years ago, pr.