Eastern Indoor Soccer League (1998)
Tombstone
Born: 1998 – The Columbus Comets relocate to Biloxi, MS
Folded: Postseason 1998
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EISL Championships: None
Arena
Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Opened: 1977
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Background
Biloxi-based indoor soccer team that played a lone season at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in the summer of 1998. The Beach Kings originated in Columbus, Georgia as the Columbus Comets as a founding franchise in the Eastern Indoor Soccer League in 1997. The club shifted to Biloxi prior to the league’s second season.
The Beach Kings went 18-10 under coach Gary Hindley in their lone season of play. They advanced to the EISL’s championship series in late August 1998 where they lost to the Lafayette SwampCats in a two-game sweep.
The EISL went out of business following the 1998 season.
Links
Eastern Indoor Soccer League Media Guides
Eastern Indoor Soccer League Programs
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