Houston Summit Soccer
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1980) Born: September 1978 – MISL founding franchise Moved: May 1, 1980 (Baltimore Blast) First Game: December 26, 1978 (W 10-3
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1980) Born: September 1978 – MISL founding franchise Moved: May 1, 1980 (Baltimore Blast) First Game: December 26, 1978 (W 10-3
This Long Island-based indoor soccer club hoped to convert lingering fondness for the recently deceased New York Cosmos into a hit promotion at the Nassau Coliseum. But a roster full of aging ex-Cosmos such as Shep Messing, Ricky Davis, Mark Liveric, Hubert Birkenmeier and Andranik Eskandarian couldn’t adapt to the indoor game or overcome the ownership problems that doomed the New York Express after just 26 matches.
Buffalo’s original indoor soccer team, the Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League, patrolled the floor of the Aud from 1979 to 1984. The Stallions initially drew strong crowds in the early 1980’s, but the novelty waned after a couple of seasons and the debt-ridden club disbanded in the summer of 1984.
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