Cincinnati Kids

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.

Owner

• Pete Rose

Coach

• John Kowalski

Roster

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Keith Van Eron 2 DF Buzz Demling 4 FW John Smillie 5 FW Gene Geimer 7 FW Tony Graham 8 Mark Poston 9 DF Ty Keough 10 Mario Oliva 12 FW Keith Tozer 13 FW Telmo Pires 14 John Zacheis 15 FW Krys Furman

No. Position Player 16 DF Carl Milford 17 FW Manny Cuenca 19 DF Dave D'Errico 20 GK Roy Messing 22 DF Doc Lawson Gigi Garofano GK Rick Kessel John Kowalski Brian Robertson Sal Scalici Bob Spielmann 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

External links

• Cincinnati Kids on FunWhileItLasted.net
• The Year in American Soccer - 1979
• Cincinnati Kids roster