San Francisco Fog (soccer)

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The San Francisco Fog was a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise which existed for only one season, 1980–1981.

San Francisco Fog
Full nameSan Francisco Fog
Nickname(s)Fog
Founded1980
Dissolved1981
GroundCow Palace
Daly City, California
Capacity11,089 (under 5,000 per game)
ChairmanDavid Schoenstadt
ManagerJohnny Moore
LeagueMajor Indoor Soccer League
11–294th, Western Division

History

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The Fog, which played their home games at the Cow Palace, finished their single season of existence at 11–29. The team used The Eagles "Heartache Tonight" as their anthem, which was played when their cheerleading squad, The Mistys, came out to perform. The Mistys wore all black outfits

On May 28, 1980, at the end of the 1979–1980 season, the owner of the Detroit Lightning, David Schoenstadt, moved his team from Detroit, Michigan to San Francisco, California where he renamed the team the San Francisco Fog. It had few decent players and drew under five thousand fans per game. After a dismal 1980–1981 season, Schoenstadt moved the franchise to Kansas City in May 1981 where the team flourished as the Kansas City Comets, the Fog finished 4th in the West division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Roy Messing
2 DF   USA Buzz Demling
3 DF   USA Lee Atack
4 DF   USA Mark Demling
5 DF    Andy Stanton
6 FW   USA Mani Hernandez
7 FW   USA Art Welch
8 FW   USA Johnny Moore
9 FW   USA Geoff Davies
10 FW   ENG Jimmy Rolland
11 FW   USA John Smillie
12 MF   NGA Andy Atuegbu
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   SCO Davie Kemp
14 DF   ENG Brian Joy
15 DF   USA Len Salvemini
16 FW   ENG John Brooks
17 MF   ENG Mike Mancini
18 DF   USA Dirk Denkers
19 DF   ENG Len Renery
20 GK   USA Tom Reynolds
FW   ESP Manny Cuenca
DF   USA Greg Delgado
FW   USA Doug Wark
MF   EIR Gerard McAleese
FW   ENG Alan Sproates

Staff

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  • Dick Berg, General manager
  • Johnny Moore, Coach
  • Peter Simon, Public Relations Director
  • Brad Jacobs, Marketing Director

Indoor year-by-year

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Year League Record Reg. season Playoffs Avg. attendance
1980–81 MISL 11–29 4th West Opted out of playoffs 4,588
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