Harrisburg Heat (2012–)

Harrisburg Heat
Full name Harrisburg Heat
Founded 2012
Stadium New Holland Arena
Ground Capacity 7,317
Owner Carl Delmont
General Manager Carl Delmont
Coach Denison Cabral [1]
League Major Arena Soccer League
2016–17 2nd, Eastern Division
Playoffs: Division Final
Website Club website

The Harrisburg Heat are an American professional indoor soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team is a part of the Major Arena Soccer League. The Heat's home venue is New Holland Arena at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center.[2][3]

The Harrisburg Heat claim the heritage of an original Harrisburg Heat franchise that was a member of the National Professional Soccer League, which later became the Major Indoor Soccer League.[4][5] On May 2, 2012, the Heat were awarded a PASL expansion franchise to begin with the 2012–13 season.[2][6][7]

On January 24, 2014, the Heat announced they would relocate from the 2,200-seat Equine Arena at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center to the complex's 7,300-seat New Holland Arena (originally called the "Large Arena") starting with the 2014–15 season. The original Harrisburg Heat played their home matches at the Large Arena during their 12 seasons of existence.[8] The team was scheduled to join the Indoor Professional League in 2016, but it was later announced that they had rejoined the MASL.[9]

Ownership

The Heat at the Dallas Sidekicks home opener, Nov. 3, 2012.

The Heat were sold by the PASL in September 2013 and are currently owned and operated by the Heat Soccer Group LLC with longtime indoor soccer broadcaster John Wilsbach the principal owner. Wilsbach serves as the President and General Manager.

Richard Chinapoo served as the team's head coach the first two seasons before retiring and being replaced by onetime indoor soccer star Tarik Walker, who was fired after an 0-13 start in the 2015-16 season. Gino DiFlorio lontime assistant coach, served as interim head co-coach with Mark Ludwig for the remainder of the season, with a 1-5 record.[10]

Panoramic view of the Heat field

Carl Delmont purchased the team in June 2016[11] from John Wilsbach and now serves as the CEO and General Manager. Wilsbach remains with the team as the Vice President. Denison Cabral was named head coach of the Heat for the upcoming 2016-17 season.[1]

Players

2016–17 roster

Active Players

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

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Ryan Sipe
1 Brazil GK Hugo Silva
2 United States DF Brad Kerstetter
4 Morocco MF Youssef Naciri
5 Brazil MF Leandro Alves Duarte
7 Portugal MF Val Teixeira
8 Brazil MF Thiago Freitas
9 Cuba MF Yaikel Pérez
10 Argentina FW Fernando Gatica
11 Brazil MF Ricardo Carvalho
12 England MF David Mellor
No. Position Player
13 United States DF Stephen Basso
14 England FW Tom Mellor
15 Brazil DF Jose Luiz Birche
16 Brazil DF Marcos Chantel
17 England MF Dominic Francis
19 United States DF Darvin Ebanks
27 South Africa MF Jade Mesias
28 United States GK Nick Noble
75 Brazil FW Elmo Neto
99 Brazil MF Lucio Gonzaga

Inactive Players

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

No. Position Player
41 United States FW Ty Hall
No. Position Player
44 United States GK Jeffrey Estep

Staff

Year-by-year

League Champions Runners-Up Division Champions Playoff Berth
Season League Won Lost GF GA Regular Season Playoffs Avg. Attendance U.S. Open Cup
2012–13 PASL 6 10 106 102 3rd, Eastern Division Did Not Qualify 1,781 Quarter-finals
2013–14 PASL 4 12 94 156 5th, Eastern Division Did Not Qualify 1,720 Quarter finals
2014–15 MASL 2 18 104 216 5th, Eastern Division Did Not Qualify 2,989 N/A
2015–16 MASL 1 18 38 79 4th, Eastern Division Did Not Qualify 2,029 N/A
2016–17 MASL 10 10 116 124 2nd, Eastern Division Division Final 1,449 N/A

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.harrisburgheat.com/heat-news/
  2. 1 2 Bristol, Jason (May 2, 2012). "Harrisburg Heat is back, begins play in November in PASL". WHP-TV. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ Sedor, Michael (November 14, 2012). "Harrisburg Heat Saturday home opener to feature new Farm Show scoreboard". The Patriot-News. Harrisburg, PA. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Bullock, Michael (November 16, 2012). "Memorable dates in Harrisburg Heat history". The Patriot-News. Harrisburg, PA. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ Bristol, Jason (May 1, 2012). "Heat indoor soccer team returning to Harrisburg". Harrisburg, PA: WHP-TV. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Harrisburg Heat Return for 2012/13 Season" (Press release). Professional Arena Soccer League. May 2, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  7. ↑ Bullock, Michael (May 2, 2012). "Indoor soccer making return to Farm Show as Harrisburg Heat is reborn". The Patriot-News. Harrisburg, PA. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ Bullock, Michael (January 24, 2014). "Harrisburg Heat moving to Farm Show's Large Arena in 2014-15, maybe sooner". The Patriot-News. Harrisburg, PA: Advance Publications. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ http://pointstreaksites.com/view/masl/news/news_460679
  10. ↑ Bristol, Jason (August 22, 2012). "Chinapoo to coach newly-formed Harrisburg Heat soccer team". Harrisburg, PA: WHP-TV. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Harrisburg Heat's New Owner Announced - Harrisburg Heat". harrisburgheat.com. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  12. ↑ "Harrisburg Heat Roster". MASLSoccer.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.


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