The Ebbets Field Chicago Cats Cotton Twill Ballcap in navy features a white embroidered cartoon robot with a wrench and wheel on the front, shown on a plain light gray background.
The Ebbets Field Chicago Cats Cotton Twill Ballcap in navy features an embroidered cartoon cat with a skateboard on the front, shown against a plain light gray background.
The Chicago Cats Cotton Twill Ballcap by Ebbets Field is shown from the back, displaying its navy blue color, curved brim, and adjustable strap against a plain light gray background.
The Ebbets Field Chicago Cats Cotton Twill Ballcap in navy blue is shown from the back, featuring an adjustable brown strap with a brass buckle against a plain light gray background.
The Ebbets Field Chicago Cats Cotton Twill Ballcap is navy blue and features an embroidered cartoon cat playing soccer with a ball at its feet on the front center panel.
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Chicago Cats Cotton Twill Ballcap

$58 USD
Color
Navy
Size

COTTON TWILL BALLCAP HONORING THE CHICAGO CATS

History: The Chicago Cats' two-season run in the American Soccer League ended in what their owner called "a veritable Watergate of soccer." Their beginning was rocky, too: local dentist Ernest Panos announced the club on April 10, 1975 and sixteen days later they played their first match at an AstroTurfed high school football field in Belmont Cragin — about as thrown-together as a professional sports franchise gets. They logged zero wins in 1975, went a respectable 10-8-3 in 1976, then unraveled when ASL commissioner Bob Cousy — yes, Hall of Fame Celtics point guard Bob Cousy — awarded their playoff spot to Cleveland despite Chicago holding the tiebreakers. Panos sued for $1 million. The league terminated the franchise that October.

Made with cotton twill, our signature green satin underbrim, and an embroidered felt appliqué logo, this ballcap honors the 1976 Chicago Cats — who missed the playoffs but made it into the history books.