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Goalkeeper Pete Mannos on the cover of a 1979 Indy Daredevils program from the American Soccer League

Indy Daredevils

The Indy Daredevils were a short-lived 2nd Division soccer club that played at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis during the summers of 1978 and 1979. Like most of the 2nd division in this era, the Daredevils were a mess behind the scenes. After leading the American Soccer League in attendance in 1978, the ‘Devils barely staggered through the 1979 season, at one point churning through five different head coaches in the span of a month. The club declared bankruptcy and folded in early 1980.

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