Philadelphia KiXX
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| Founded | 1995 | |||
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| Stadium | Liacouras Center (Capacity: 10,224) |
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| Head Coach |  Don D'Ambra |
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| League | MISL | |||
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The Philadelphia KiXX is a professional indoor soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded in 1995 as an NPSL expansion franchise, they now play in the Major Indoor Soccer League.
With the demolition of the Wachovia Spectrum following the 2008 season, the Philadelphia KiXX move to the Liacouras Center, on the campus of Temple University, for 2009. The team colors are red, black, white, and blue. Their current head coach is Don D'Ambra.
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[edit] History
The team's original owner was Ed Tepper, also president of Tepper Properties Inc, had been one of the co-founders of the original MISL. Initially, the KiXX were one of the better drawing teams in the league, but their attendance fell at the turn of the century. In 2001, the KiXX along with five other NPSL franchises founded the new Major Indoor Soccer League. The KiXX won the first MISL championship (2001-2002 season) over the Milwaukee Wave 2 games to 1 (4 to 11, 11 to 4, 8 to 6) in the best of three game championship series. The KiXX also won the 2006-2007 MISL championship defeating the Detroit Ignition 13 to 8 in a one game championship. After the MISL folded in 2008, the KiXX announced that they had joined the Major Indoor Soccer League for its inaugural season in 2008-09.
On November 19, 2009 the KiXX defeated Polish First League Pogon Szczecin, of the Polish First League, 20-10 in an indoor friendly.[1]
[edit] Players
[edit] Current Roster
As of December 6, 2009
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[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Avg. attendance |
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| 1996-97 | NPSL II | 3rd East, 17-23 | Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Blast 8-15; 8-18 | 7,894 |
| 1997-98 | NPSL II | 1st East, 26-14 | Won Conference Semifinals over Crunch 10-4; 29-27 Lost Conference Finals to Wave 9-7; 5-19; 3-12; 10-16 |
8,637 |
| 1998-99 | NPSL II | 1st East, 23-17 | Won Conference Semifinals over Wave 9-11; 13-11; 14-5 Lost Conference Finals to Crunch 0-15; 15-30 |
8,974 |
| 1999-00 | NPSL II | 2nd East, 24-20 | Lost Conference Semifinals to Blast 11-15; 12-25 | 8,081 |
| 2000-01 | NPSL II | 4th American, 22-18 | Won Conference Semifinals over Heat 21-19; 19-14 Won Conference Finals over Blast 19-23; 12-8; 16-15 Lost Championship to Wave 12-16; 8-9; 8-10 |
5,224 |
| 2001-02 | MISL II | 2nd MISL, 30-14 | Won Semifinals over Comets 18-13 Won Championship over Wave 4-11; 11-4; 8-6 |
5,328 |
| 2002-03 | MISL II | 1st Eastern, 24-12 | Lost Semifinals to Blast 6-8 | 4,294 |
| 2003-04 | MISL II | 2nd Eastern, 20-16 | Lost Quarterfinals to Comets 5-8 | 5,226 |
| 2004-05 | MISL II | 3rd MISL, 22-17 | Lost Semifinals to Force 3-6; 6-10 | 5,361 |
| 2005-06 | MISL II | 5th MISL, 10-20 | Failed to Qualify | 6,990 |
| 2006-07 | MISL II | 3rd MISL, 17-13 | Won Semifinals over Storm 8-11; 10-6; 2-0 Won Championship over Ignition 13-8 |
6,551 |
| 2007-08 | MISL II | 7th MISL, 12-18 | Failed to Qualify | 6,118 |
| 2008-09 | NISL | 4th NISL, 10-8 | Failed to Qualify | 6,444 |
| 2009-2010 | MISL III | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Totals | N/A | Reg. Season Record 135-110 Reg. Season Win % = .551 |
Playoff Record 6-6 Playoff Win % = .500 |
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[edit] Head coaches
| Name | Years |
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 Dave MacWilliams |
1996-1999 |
| Omid Namazi |
1999-2002 |
| Don D'Ambra |
2002-present |
[edit] Arenas
- Wachovia Spectrum 1996-2009
- Liacouras Center 2009-present[2]
- Between 1996-2009 the team has also played select games at the Wachovia Center, Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.misl.net/news/?article_id=130
- ^ National Indoor Soccer League Will Begin Play in November
- ^ Sidekicks Opponents: Philadelphia Kixx
[edit] External links
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