Cincinnati Kids

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The Cincinnati Kids were a soccer team based out of Cincinnati that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League. They played only in the 1978-79 MISL season and were partially owned by Pete Rose. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum.

The Cincinnati Kids are referenced in an episode of the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati which guest-starred baseball great Sparky Anderson as himself. Anderson was hired by the station as a host of a new talk radio program. Anderson's first guest is the captain of the Cincinnati Kids Derek Doogle played by guest star Andrew Bloch. In the Kids' only season in Cincinnati the average attendance was 3,191 per game.[citation needed]

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Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Keith Van Eron
2 United States DF Buzz Demling
4 Scotland FW John Smillie
5 United States FW Gene Geimer
7 United States FW Tony Graham
8 United States Mark Poston
9 United States DF Ty Keough
10 United States Mario Oliva
12 United States FW Keith Tozer
13 Portugal FW Telmo Pires
14 United States John Zacheis
15 FW Krys Furman
No. Position Player
16 United States DF Carl Milford
17 Spain FW Manny Cuenca
19 United States DF Dave D'Errico
20 United States GK Roy Messing
22 Lebanon DF Doc Lawson
Italy Gigi Garofano
GK Rick Kessel
Poland John Kowalski
Brian Robertson
Sal Scalici
United States Bob Spielmann
Scotland FW Doug Wark

Home Games At Riverfront Coliseum

  • December 27, 1978 - vs Philadelphia Fever
  • January 5, 1979 - vs New York Arrows
  • January 7, 1979 - vs Houston Summit
  • January 14, 1979 - vs Cleveland Force
  • January 25, 1979 - vs Pittsburgh Spirit
  • February 6, 1979 - vs Pittsburgh Spirit
  • February 10, 1979 - vs Moscow Spartek
  • February 13, 1979 - vs Houston Summit
  • March 3, 1979 - vs Houston Summit
  • March 4, 1979 - vs Cleveland Force
  • March 10, 1979 - vs Philadelphia Fever
  • March 18, 1979 - vs Pittsburgh Spirit

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