Major Indoor Soccer League (2010-2011)
Tombstone
Born: August 18, 2010 – MISL expansion franchise
Folded: October 2011
First Game: November 19, 2010 (W 14-10 @ Missouri Comets)
Last Game: March 13, 2011 (?-? @ Milwaukee Wave)
MISL Championships: None
Arena
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Opened: 1954
Demolished: 2016
Marketing
Team Colors:
Ownership
Owners:
- 2010-2011: Frank Onate, et al.
- 2011: Warren Ferris Jr.
Background
The Omaha Vipers were a One-Year Wonder that played a single season in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the winter of 2010-11. The team finished in 4th place in the small 5-team circuit with a 7-13 record and missed the playoffs.
The Vipers’ most prominent player was forward Johnny Torres, who played 113 games in Major League Soccer between 1998 and 2002, primarily for the New England Revolution. Torres starred at Omaha’s Creighton University in the mid-1990’s.
The team changed hands at the end of the 2010-11 season. The new owner, Warren Ferris of New Hampshire, announced plans to move the team to the ultra low-budget Professional Arena Soccer League for the fall of 2011. But the Omaha Civic Auditorium cancelled the team’s lease due to unpaid debts of the prior ownership group and the team ceased operations in October 2011.
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