The Cincinnati Kids were an

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team based out of

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that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League. Partially owned by

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, the team played only in the 1978–79 MISL season. Their home arena was

Riverfront Coliseum Heritage Bank Center is an indoor arena in downtown Cincinnati, adjacent to Great American Ball Park. It was completed in September 1975 and named Riverfront Coliseum because of its placement next to Riverfront Stadium. In 1997, the facility be ...

. In the Kids' only season in Cincinnati the average attendance was 3,191 per game.

Personnel

* Owner:

* 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 ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' is an American sitcom television series about the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional AM radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson. It was based upon his experiences obs ...

'' which guest-starred baseball great

Sparky Anderson George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1978 and the American League's Detroit Ti ...

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.

References

External links

The Year in American Soccer – 1979
Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States K Soccer clubs in Ohio Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) teams 1978 establishments in Ohio 1979 disestablishments in Ohio Association football clubs established in 1978 Association football clubs disestablished in 1979 {{Cincinnati-sport-stub