This page is part of the Soccer Down Here Soccer Reference Desk history of soccer in Atlanta. It covers the original Atlanta Chiefs, 1966 to 1972. A separate page will cover the second Chiefs era, 1978 to 1981. "When you say you're with Atlanta, then people know and understand. Atlanta is U.S. soccer to people around the world." — Vic Rouse, Atlanta Chiefs head coach, February 1969 1. The Decision: Why Atlanta and Why Soccer in 1966 The question that launched professional soc

Ted Turner died today at 87, and the obituaries are writing themselves. CNN founder. Braves owner. Superstation pioneer. America's Cup winner. The man who put Atlanta on the world map before Atlanta knew it belonged there. All of it is true, and all of it deserves to be said. But there is a chapter in Turner's relationship with this city and with this sport that is not making it into those obituaries, and it is one that soccer people in Atlanta should know. Because before Art