The Dallas Lightning were a U.S. soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues W-League from 1993 to 1996. The team folded after the 1996 season.
Based in Tyler, Texas, the club originally started as the Tyler Lightning and became the Texas Lightning upon their move to Dallas, Texas for the 1993/94 indoor season. They were renamed the Dallas Lightning for the 1995/96 indoor season.
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
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