Philadelphia KiXX

Philadelphia KiXX

Founded	1995
Dissolved	2010
Stadium	Liacouras Center (Capacity: 10,206)
President	Jeffrey Rotwitt
League	MISL
Home colors Away colors

The Philadelphia KiXX were a professional indoor soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded in 1995 as an NPSL expansion franchise, they played in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The team colors were red, black, white, and blue. After the closing of the Spectrum following the 2008 season, the Philadelphia KiXX moved to the Liacouras Center, on the campus of Temple University, for 2009.

The team went on hiatus after the conclusion of the 2010 season.

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. 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 National Indoor Soccer League for its inaugural season in 2008-09. The NISL took on the MISL moniker for its second season.

On November 19, 2009 the KiXX defeated Polish First League Pogoń Szczecin, of the Polish First League, 20-10 in an indoor friendly.

Roster

As of March 17, 2010

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Kevin Coleman 4 DF Joe Di Buono 5 MF Sandre Naumoski 7 MF Ptah Meyers 8 MF Semir Mesanovic 9 FW Jeremy Ortiz 11 FW Don D'Ambra 12 FW Anthony Maher 13 DF Clay Roberts 14 MF Tijani Ayegbusi 15 FW Adauto Neto

No. Position Player 16 MF Angel Rivillo 17 DF Pat Morris 23 MF Ricardinho 25 GK Sanaldo 29 GK Nick Hovaker 30 MF Gary Brooks 33 DF Will Kletzien 35 DF Rey Martinez 44 FW Shawn Boney 57 DF Ryan Heins

Year-by-year

Year	League	Logo	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
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
2009-10	MISL III		4th MISL, 8-12	Failed to Qualify	4,725
Total			265-222 Win % = .544	15-20 Win % = .429	6,080

Head coaches

Name	Years
Dave MacWilliams	1996–1999
Omid Namazi	1999–2002
Don D'Ambra	2002–2010

Arenas

• Wachovia Spectrum 1996-2009
• Liacouras Center 2009–2010

1. 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.

External links

• Official site

http://www.misl.net/news/?article_id=248