Gerry Morielli is a retired Italian-Canadian

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player who played professionally in the

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and Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1978, Morielli signed with the

Houston Hurricane The Houston Hurricane was a soccer team based out of Houston that played in the NASL. They played from 1978 to 1980. Their home field was the Astrodome. Their colors were orange, white and red. History The team was the last of six expansion ...

of the

. He would play three seasons with the Hurricane. In the fall of 1978, he began his indoor career with the

Houston Summit Houston Summit were a professional indoor soccer team that operated from 1978 to 1980. They played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1980, the franchise was moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Blast. Their roster mainly inclu ...

of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Summit drew most of its roster from the Hurricane. After two seasons with the Summit, Morielli moved to the

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for one season before joining the Hartford Hellions. In 1983, he played with

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in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. On January 4, 1979, Morielli played one Olympic qualification game with the Canadian Olympic soccer team in a 3-0 loss to Bermuda. He then played two Pan American Games qualifiers later in the year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morielli, Gerry 1958 births Living people Baltimore Blast (1980–1992) players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Hartford Hellions players Houston Hurricane players Houston Summit players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Montreal Castors players Men's association football utility players Italian emigrants to Canada Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards FC Inter-Montréal players Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen