Kitchener Spirit

Kitchener Spirit
Full name Kitchener Spirit
Nickname(s) Spirit
Founded 1990
Dissolved 1991
League Canadian Soccer League
1991 7th

The Kitchener Spirit was a team in the Canadian Soccer League in 1990. In 1991, they were re-named the Kitchener Kickers. They played in Kitchener, Ontario.

The Canadian Soccer League was a semi-pro soccer league. In 1991 the Kitchener Spirit paid an average salary of $8,000/season to their players. After incurring major losses in their inaugural season, the team's payroll was shrunken from its 1990 $220,000 to about $125,000 for the newly named Kickers. The team folded after the 1991 season on a shoe-string budget.

Contents

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs
1990 1 CSL 4th, East Division(8-7-11 = 23 points) Semi-final
1991 1 CSL 7th (4-7-17 = 19 points) Did not qualify

Former players

Head Coach

References

  1. ^ "OSAtv". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdTKXY8c8KM. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
  2. ^ Cannon, Steve (1991-09-25). "Kickers, coach play waiting game". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. pp. C1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/therecord/access/513941511.html?dids=513941511:513941511&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25%2C+1991&author=Steve+Cannon&pub=Kitchener+-+Waterloo+Record&edition=&startpage=C.1&desc=Kickers%2C+coach+play+waiting+game. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 
  3. ^ "OSATv TouchLine With John McGrane". http://www.ontariosoccer.ca/OSABlog/?p=4713. Retrieved 1 February 2011.