The Harrisburg Heat are an American professional

indoor soccer Indoor soccer or arena soccer is a form of five-a-side football, five-a-side or six-a-side version of minifootball. It is derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arenas. It differs from the FIFA, FIFA ...

team based in

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg ( ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,099 as of 2020, Harrisburg is the ninth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. It is the larger of the two pr ...

, that competes in the

Major Arena Soccer League The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a professional indoor soccer league in North America. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. The league is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. The le ...

(MASL). The team plays its home games at Equine Arena at the

Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, formerly known as State Farm Show Arena and informally known simply as the Farm Show, is a large exhibition center and indoor arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is primarily used for concerts, ...

. The Harrisburg Heat claim the heritage of an original Harrisburg Heat franchise that was a member of the National Professional Soccer League, which later became the Major Indoor Soccer League. On May 2, 2012, the Heat were awarded a PASL expansion franchise to begin with the 2012–13 season. On January 24, 2014, the Heat announced they would relocate from the 2,200-seat Equine Arena at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center to the complex's 7,300-seat New Holland Arena (originally called the "Large Arena") starting with the 2014–15 season. The original Harrisburg Heat played their home matches at the Large Arena during their 12 seasons of existence. The team was scheduled to join the Indoor Professional League in 2016, but it was later announced that they had rejoined the MASL. The Heat has a purple dragon as their mascot named Scorch.

Ownership

Harrisburg Heat at Dallas Sidekicks - 3 November 2012

The Heat was sold by the PASL in September 2013 and was owned and operated by the Heat Soccer Group LLC with longtime indoor soccer broadcaster John Wilsbach the principal owner. Wilsbach served as the President and General Manager.

Richard Chinapoo Richard Chinapoo (born 18 January 1957) is a former footballer from Trinidad who had an extensive career, primarily in the United States. Chinapoo spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League, eight in the National Professional Soccer L ...

served as the team's head coach the first two seasons before retiring and being replaced by onetime indoor soccer star Tarik Walker, who was fired after an 0-13 start in the 2015-16 season.

Gino DiFlorio Gino DiFlorio is an Italian-American former professional soccer player who had an extensive indoor career in North America during the 1990s. Since 2020 he is the Technical Director at the Capital Area Soccer Association (CASA) in Harrisburg, PA. ...

longtime assistant coach, served as interim head co-coach with Mark Ludwig for the remainder of the season, with a 1-5 record. Panoramic_picture_of_the_Heats_field

Carl Delmont purchased the team in June 2016 from John Wilsbach, and is the CEO and general manager. Wilsbach remains with the team as the vice president of broadcasting.

Denison Cabral Denison Cabral is a retired Brazilian-American soccer forward /midfielder who played professionally in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and USISL. He played three games for the United States national futsa ...

was named head coach of the Heat for the 2016-17 season and stepped down after the 2017-18 season.

Staff

* Pat Healey – ''Head coach''

Notable former players

Stephen Basso Stephen Basso (born August 22, 1987) is a Costa Rican-born American soccer player. Basso currently plays for the Harrisburg Heat in the Major Arena Soccer League, as well as serving as the head coach for Wake FC in the Women's Premier Soccer L ...

* Douglas dos Santos * Darvin Ebanks *

Lucio Gonzaga Lucio Luiz de Oliveira Gonzaga (born August 7, 1980), known as just Lúcio Gonzaga, is a Brazilian soccer player who currently plays for Florida Tropics SC in the Major Arena Soccer League. Career South America Gonzaga was part of the you ...

* Alex Mendoza * Youssef Naciri * Nick Noble * Yaikel Pérez * Val Teixeira * Dahood Qaisi

Year-by-year

Playoffs

References

External links

Harrisburg Heat official website
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