Cincinnati Kids

The Cincinnati Kids were an indoor soccer team based out of Cincinnati that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League. Partially owned by Pete Rose, the team played only in the 1978–79 MISL season. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum. In the Kids' only season in Cincinnati the average attendance was 3,191 per game.

Personnel

Owner: Pete Rose
Head coach: Len Bilous
1979 home schedule
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 Spartak
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
In popular culture

The Cincinnati Kids are referenced in "Sparky", an episode of the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati which guest-starred baseball great Sparky Anderson as himself. Anderson is hired by the station as host of a new sports talk radio program, and his first guest is the captain of the Cincinnati Kids, Derek Doogle, played by Andrew Bloch. The episode first aired December 24, 1979 after the team had folded.

Cincinnati Kids

Personnel

1979 home schedule

In popular culture