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

History

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.

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

Roster

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

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

Indoor year-by-year

External links

• MISL history
• Fog logo
• [1]
• The Year in American Soccer – 1981
• Roster