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

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