Philadelphia KiXX

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philadelphia KiXX
Philadelphia KiXX
Founded 1995
Current arena Wachovia Spectrum
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Colors Black, red, teal
League NPSL II & MISL II

The Philadelphia KiXX is an indoor soccer team, founded in 1995 as an NPSL expansion franchise, that plays its games at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team's original owner was Ed Tepper, who had been one of the co-founders of the original MISL. Initially, the KiXX were one of the better drawing teams in the league, but their attendance fell at the turn of the century. In 2001, the KiXX along with five other NPSL franchises founded the new Major Indoor Soccer League. The KiXX won the first MISL championship (2001-2002 season) over the Milwaukee Wave 2 games to 1 (4 to 11, 11 to 4, 8 to 6) in the best of three game championship series. The KiXX also won the 2006-2007 MISL championship defeating the Detroit Ignition 13 to 8 in a one game championship.

The team colors are black and red with some teal accents.

The team mascot is SocceRoo.

Contents

[edit] Honors

[edit] Championships

  • 2001-2002 MISL Champions
  • 2006-2007 MISL Champions

[edit] Division Titles

  • 1997-1998 NPSL East Division
  • 1998-1999 NPSL East Division
  • 2002-2003 MISL Eastern Division

[edit] Year-by-year

Year League Reg. Season Playoffs Avg. attendance
1996-97 NPSL II 3rd East, 17-23 Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Blast 8-15; 8-18 7,894
1997-98 NPSL II 1st East, 26-14 Won Conference Semifinals over Crunch 10-4; 29-27
Lost Conference Finals to Wave 9-7; 5-19; 3-12; 10-16
8,637
1998-99 NPSL II 1st East, 23-17 Won Conference Semifinals over Wave 9-11; 13-11; 14-5
Lost Conference Finals to Crunch 0-15; 15-30
8,974
1999-00 NPSL II 2nd East, 24-20 Lost Conference Semifinals to Blast 11-15; 12-25 8,081
2000-01 NPSL II 4th American, 22-18 Won Conference Semifinals over Heat 21-19; 19-14
Won Conference Finals over Blast 19-23; 12-8; 16-15
Lost Championship to Wave 12-16; 8-9; 8-10
5,224
2001-02 MISL II 2nd MISL, 30-14 Won Semifinals over Comets 18-13
Won Championship over Wave 4-11; 11-4; 8-6
5,328
2002-03 MISL II 1st Eastern, 24-12 Lost Semifinals to Blast 6-8 4,294
2003-04 MISL II 2nd Eastern, 20-16 Lost Quarterfinals to Comets 5-8 5,226
2004-05 MISL II 3rd MISL, 22-17 Lost Semifinals to Force 3-6; 6-10 5,361
2005-06 MISL II 5th MISL, 10-20 Failed to Qualify 6,990
2006-07 MISL II 3rd MISL, 17-13 Won Semifinals over Storm 8-11; 10-6; 2-0
Won Championship over Ignition 13-8
6,551
2007-08 MISL II 7th MISL, 12-18 Failed to Qualify 6,118
Totals MISL II Reg. Season Record 123-92
Reg. Season Win % = .572
Playoff Record 6-6
Playoff Win % = .500

[edit] Current Players

(Updated 14 February 2008)

No. Position Player
2 Flag of the United States MF Sammy Castellanos
3 Flag of the United States DF Steve Wacker
4 Flag of the United States FW Aaron Susi
5 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia MF Sandre Naumoski
6 Flag of the United States MF Tony Donatelli
7 Flag of the United States MF Ptah Meyers
8 Flag of Bermuda FW John Barry Nusum
11 Flag of the United States FW Don D'Ambra
12 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Jonathan Steele
No. Position Player
14 Flag of the United States DF Drew Kopp
15 Flag of the United States MF David Castellanos
16 Flag of Venezuela MF Angel Rivillo
17 Flag of the United States DF Pat Morris
18 Flag of Canada DF Nigel Marples
22 Flag of Canada GK Peter Pappas
23 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago DF Wendell Regis
29 Flag of the United States GK Nick Hovaker

[edit] Head Coaches

[edit] Arenas

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sidekicks Opponents: Philadelphia Kixx

[edit] External links

Languages