Harrisburg Heat

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Harrisburg Heat

Operated	1991 - 2003
Arena	Pennsylvania State Farm Show Arena
Based in	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Colors	purple & white
Leagues	NPSL II & MISL II

The Harrisburg Heat was a professional indoor soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team was part of the National Professional Soccer League, which later became the Major Indoor Soccer League, and has been defunct since 2003. The Harrisburg Heat was first formed during the 1991-92 season by Dr. Rex Herbert, following the folding of the Hershey Impact, another NPSL team where Herbert was the team physician.

The Heat went through several seasons when it was among the most financially sound teams in the League. However, its only trip to the league finals was during the 1994-95 season, when the Heat took on the St. Louis Ambush, also now defunct. The Heat lost, 4 games to 0, with scores of 19-9, 18-8, 12-7 and 14-11.

The last few years of the team's existence saw declining attendance numbers and the team's ownership passed from Herbert to Rodney Rumberger, a Harrisburg-area businessman. The team ceased operations following the 2002-03 season. Despite several attempts to put together a new ownership group, the Heat did not return the next season.

The Heat's home arena was in the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Arena.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup
1991/92	NPSL	2nd, American	Quarterfinals	N/A
1992/93	NPSL	4th, American	Semifinals	N/A
1993/94	NPSL	4th, American	2nd Round	N/A
1994/95	NPSL	2nd, American	Final	N/A
1995/96	NPSL	3rd, American	Division Semifinals	N/A
1996/97	NPSL	1st, American East	Conference Finals	N/A
1997/98	NPSL	2nd, American East	Conference Semifinals	N/A
1998/99	NPSL	2nd, American East	Conference Quarterfinals	N/A
1999/00	NPSL	3rd, American East	Did not qualify	N/A
2000/01	NPSL	1st, American	Conference Semifinals	N/A
2001/02	MISL	6th	Did not qualify	N/A
2002/03	MISL	4th, Eastern	Did not qualify	N/A