Major Indoor Soccer League Rosters

Cleveland Force 1978-79
Coach: Peter Terry (3-15), Gordon Fearnley (2-4) Sixth Place
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
1 Jim May G 6' 1" 170 12 0 1 1 USA
1 Paul Dueker G 6' 0" 183 1 0 0 0 USA
2 Mike Barca G 5' 9" 155 10 0 0 0 USA
3 Alan Hamlyn D 5' 11" 162 23 6 5 11 England/USA
4 Jose Perna       9 0 2 2 USA
5 Tim Murphy D     23 1 6 7 USA
6 Rildo D 5' 9" 155 16 2 0 2 Brazil
7 Mohammad Attiah D 5' 4" 135 17 9 10 19 Ghana
8 Steve Norris D     17 1 1 2 USA
10 Roy Sinclair M 5' 8" 147 24 10 14 24 England
11 Ceasar Cervin F 5' 9" 155 19 8 10 18 USA
12 Mark Yeeles       17 3 1 4 England
13 Les Peterson D 5' 10" 155 23 3 9 12 USA
14 Brian Budd F 6' 1" 180 19 24 5 29 Canada
15 Freddie Garcia F 5' 9" 160 6 3 3 6 Mexico/USA
16 Rich Brands G     13 0 0 0 USA
18 Gordon Fearnley F 5' 10" 165 4 1 1 2 England/USA
20 Everald Cummings F 5' 8" 140 6 1 0 1 Trinidad
20 Bob Hritz F     10 2 1 3 Germany/USA
25 Tony Douglas M 5' 9" 160 4 0 1 1 Trinidad
  Randy Garber M 5' 9" 155 1 0 0 0 USA
  Gene Mishalow D 5' 8" 150 3 0 0 0 USA
Oscar Pisano D 5' 8" 164  16 2 2 4 Argentina
  John Nelson       12 3 4 7  
  Roman Urbanczuk F 5' 9" 165 2 0 0 0 Poland/USA
  Steve Newman F 5' 11" 170 7 0 0 0 USA
  Blaz Stimac M 5' 7" 155 17 8 6 14  
Cleveland Force 1979-80
Coach: Eddie McCreadie (12-20 Fifth Place)

Thanks Jan Reinertsen
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
00 Cliff Brown G 5' 11" 160 28 0 0 0 USA
1 Gary Allison G 6' 0" 180 25 0 1 1 Germany/USA
2 Brooks Cryder D 5' 9" 170 - - - - USA
3 Les Peterson D 5' 10" 155 25 2 1 3 USA
4 Ray Schnettgoecke D 6' 0" 180 29 4 5 9 USA
5 Mike England D 6' 2" 184 11 0 1 1 Wales
6 Oscar Pisano D 5' 8" 164 - - - - Argentina
7 Peter Notaro M 5' 10" 155 8 4 1 5 USA
7 Hugh O'Neill M 5' 11" 150         USA
8 Alan Hudson M 5' 11" 160 13 6 13 19 England
9 Ron Wigg M     10 5 3 8 England
9 Ben Popoola F 5' 10" 160 8 5 4 9 Nigeria
10 Roy Sinclair M 5' 8" 147 28 8 11 19 England
11 Poli Garcia F 5' 7" 167 29 21 15 36 USA
12 Clyde Best F 6' 1" 195 30 33 16 49 Bermuda
13 Pat Fidelia F 5' 9" 170 29 10 9 19 Haiti/USA
14 Scott Jones       - - - -  
14 Gary Evans D     8 0 2 2 England
13,15 Mohammad Attiah D 5' 4" 135 16 3 2 5 Ghana
16 Chris Bennett M     25 6 6 12 England/Canada
17 Bruce Miller D 5' 10" 170 9 5 4 9 Canada
18 Dave Grimaldi D 5' 11" 165 30 1 5 6 USA
19 Jim McDonald D 5' 11" 165 3 0 0 0 Scotland/Canada
20 Carlos Devenutto F 5' 6" 140 3 0 1 1 Argentina
21 Mike Barry D 5' 8" 160 18 12 8 20 England
22 Kevin Terry F     17 1 0 1 England/USA
23 Ruben Astigarraga F 6' 0" 170 14 16 12 28 Argentina
  John Brooks D 6' 4" 190 9 1 0 1 England
  Derek Scott       15 2 0 2 USA
Cleveland Force 1980-81
Coach: Eddie McCreadie (21-19 Second Place Central)
Force 80-81 Home Team Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
00 Cliff Brown G 5' 11" 160 33 0 2 2 USA
1 Marine Cano G 6' 2" 170 18 0 0 0 USA
2 John O'Hara D 5' 11" 170 37 1 16 17 USA
3 Wayne Jentas D 5' 11" 160 38 4 7 11 Canada
4 Ian Anderson D 6' 0" 165 37 30 31 61 Scotland
4,17 George Dewsnip F 5' 7" 140 33 14 17 31 England
5 Walter Schlothauer D 5' 10" 170 28 6 6 12 USA
6 Trevor Dawkins D 5' 9" 155 40 4 5 9 England/USA
7 Ivair Ferreira F 5' 9" 150 29 16 4 20 Brazil
8 John Victor D 5' 11" 160 21 2 4 6 Brazil
9 Mike Barry D 5' 8" 160 32 19 19 38 England
10 Roy Sinclair M 5' 8" 147 10 4 4 8 England
11 Michel Lacevic M 5' 11" 160 28 3 4 7 Yugoslavia/USA
12 Tony Graham F 5' 5" 140 19 1 0 1 USA
12 Vanildo Jose DeLima D 5' 9" 170 - - - - Brazil
13 Mohammad Attiah D 5' 4" 135 4 2 1 3 Ghana
14 Prosper Cohen F 5' 9" 150 30 16 9 25 Morocco/Israel
15 Graham Fyfe F 5' 9" 160 33 38 20 58 England
16 Dieter Wimmer F 5' 11" 170 7 0 0 0 S. Africa/Austria
18 Dave Grimaldi D 5' 11" 165 37 3 3 6 USA
20 Simon Look F 5' 10" 155 21 26 6 32 Israel
22 Kevin Terry F 5' 10" 150 35 2 1 3 England/USA
23 Ruben Astigarraga F 6' 0" 170 22 18 25 43 Argentina
30 John Houska G 6' 0" 190 4 0 0 0 USA
Pre-Season
                   
                   
Cleveland Force 1981-82
Coach: Eddie McCreadie (15-29 Seventh Place Eastern "Coach")
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
00 Slavko Njegus G 5' 9" 162 6 0 0 0 Yugoslavia
1 John Houska G 6' 0" 190 32 0 0 0 USA
2 Marian Nowacki D 5' 9" 150 13 0 4 4 Poland
3 Danilo Mandic D 6' 2" 160 9 0 2 2 Yugoslavia
4,10 Ian Anderson D 6' 0" 165 11 4 5 9 Scotland
4 Trevor Franklin D 5' 10" 160 26 2 6 8 England/USA
5 Tom Condric D 5' 7" 145 38 3 7 10 Yugoslavia/USA
6 Trevor Dawkins D 5' 9" 155 40 2 7 9 USA
7 Jimmy Husband F 5' 8" 160 33 9 6 15 England
8 John Victor D 5' 11" 160 36 9 16 25 Brazil
9 Kevin Terry F 5' 10" 150 33 9 3 12 England/USA
10 Vic Davidson F/M 5' 9" 145 24 24 12 36 Scotland
11 Tony Suarez F/M 5' 11" 160 8 4 2 6 Cuba/USA
13 Mike Barry D 5' 8" 160 18 2 3 5 England/USA
14 Prosper Cohen F 5' 9" 150 30 14 15 29 Morocco/Israel
15 Charlie Cooke F 5' 9" 160 19 4 0 4 Scotland
17 George Dewsnip F 5' 7" 146 21 4 9 13 England
18 Dave Grimaldi D 5' 11" 165 43 1 3 4 USA
20 Simon Look F 5' 10" 155 41 18 15 33 Israel
22 Luis Alberto F 5' 5" 155 13 7 9 16 Argentina
23 Ruben Astigarraga F 6' 0" 170 5 5 4 9 Argentina
23 George Nanchoff F/M 6' 0" 160 33 26 17 43 Yugoslavia/USA
25 Keith Furphy F 6' 2" 165 44 50 25 75 England
  Peter Carr D 5' 9" 155 14 1 0 1 England
  Lou Cioffi G 6' 0" 170 15       USA
  Derek Scott       15 2 0 2 USA
  David Stride D 5' 10" 165 14 0 4 4 England
Cleveland Force 1982-83
Coach: Timo Liekoski (13-11 Second Place Eastern "Coach")
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
0 Cris Vaccaro G 6' 0" 175 35 1 5 6 USA
1 Radmilo Ivancevic G 6' 0" 175 17 0 2 2 Yugoslavia
2 Michel Kaham D 6' 1" 170 32 1 6 7 Cameroon
3 Gary Vogel D 5' 8" 155 17 2 2 4 USA
4 Ricardo Rodrigues M 5' 9" 165 34 7 7 14 Brazil
5 Branko Radovic D 5' 10" 165  40 2 3 5 Yugoslavia
6 Trevor Dawkins D 5' 9" 155 44 5 8 13 USA
7,15 Josef Iliic F/M 5' 8" 140 28 9 10 19
8 John Victor D 5' 11" 160 28 7 9 16 Brazil
9 Ross Ongaro F/M 5' 11" 170 16 4 5 9 Canada
10 Vic Davidson F/M 5' 9" 145 36 27 15 42 Scotland
12 Kai Haaskivi M 5' 10" 170 46 38 46 84 Finland
13 Louie Nanchoff F/M 5' 10" 155 39 25 24 49 Yugoslavia/USA
14 George Nanchoff F/M 6' 0" 160 33 12 6 18 Yugoslavia/USA
16 Craig Allen F 6' 0" 160 45 53 31 84 England
18 Tony Suarez F/M 5' 11" 160 1 0 0 0 USA
20 Bernie James D 6' 0" 200 47 8 11 19 England/USA
21 Charlie Greene F/M 5' 9" 165 41 15 17 32 USA
22 Luis Alberto M 5' 5" 155 34 13 22 35 Argentina/USA
25 Keith Furphy F 6' 2" 165 48 56 28 84 England/USA
30 Lou Cioffi G 6' 0" 170 2 0 0 0 USA
                   
                   
Cleveland Force 1983-84
Coach: Timo Liekoski (31-71 Third Place Eastern)
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
0 Cris Vaccaro G 6' 0" 175 22 0 4 4 USA
2 Michel Kaham D 6' 1" 170 5 0 0 0 Cameroon
3 Drew Ferguson M 5' 10" 155 44 2 13 33 Canada
4 Peter Millar D 5' 9" 150 45 13 12 25 Scotland
5 Hector Marinaro F 5' 9" 155 6 0 1 1 Canada
6 Trevor Dawkins D 5' 9" 155 44 5 3 8 USA
7 Tommy Kristiansen M 5' 6" 155 15 4 2 6 Denmark
8 John Victor D 5' 11" 160 38 10 0 10 Brazil
9 Ross Ongaro F/M 5' 11" 170 8 2 0 2 Canada
10 Vic Davidson F/M 5' 9" 145 40 28 29 57 Scotland
12 Kai Haaskivi M 5' 10" 170 46 36 51 87 Finland
13 Louie Nanchoff F 5' 10" 155 42 35 35 70 Yugoslavia/USA
14 George Nanchoff F/M 6' 0" 160 27 13 10 23 Yugoslavia/USA
15 Benny Dargle D 5' 11" 170 43 4 5 9 England/USA
16 Craig Allen F 6' 0" 160 46 49 37 86 England
19 George Fernandez D 5' 9" 155 1 0 0 0 USA
19 Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 155 - - - - USA
20 Bernie James D 6' 0" 200 37 4 5 9 England/USA
21 Alex Tarnoczi F/M 5' 6" 159 6 2 3 5 Hungary
21 Charlie Greene F 5' 9" 165 5 0 1 1 USA
23 Bret Hall D 5' 6" 145 32 1 5 6 USA
25 Keith Furphy F 6' 2" 165 48 39 30 69 England/USA
26 Joe Raduka D 5' 9" 160 18 1 2 3 Yugoslavia/Canada
30 Lou Cioffi G 6' 0" 170 - - - - USA
31 Krys Sobieski G 5' 11" 165 32 0 2 2 Poland
Reserves
  Carlo Bosco D             Canada
  Kyle Dietrich G 5' 11" 165         USA
  Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 155         Italy/Canada
Cleveland Force 1984-85
Coach: Timo Liekoski
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
0 Cris Vaccaro G 6' 0" 175 27 0 3 3 USA
1 Kyle Dietrich G 5' 11" 165 - - - - USA
2 Michel Kaham D 6' 1" 170 37 2 1 3 Cameroon
3 Dennis Mepham D 6' 1" 170 47 11 16 27 USA
4 Peter Millar D 5' 9" 150 18 2 3 5 Scotland
5 Flemming Lund M 5' 8" 150 11 0 1 1 Denmark
6 Mike Sweeney D 5' 7" 145 45 12 22 34 Canada
7 Tommy Kristiansen M 5' 6" 155 20 5 3 8 Denmark
8 Peter Ward F 5' 7" 145 47 34 18 52 England
9 Ali Kazemaini D 6' 0" 180 33 5 8 13 Iran
10 George Fernandez D 5' 9" 155 5 0 1 1 USA
11 Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 55 0 0 0 0 Italy/Canada
12 Kai Haaskivi M 5' 10" 170 34 19 28 47 Finland
13 Louie Nanchoff F 5' 10" 155 42 36 34 70 Yugoslavia/USA
14 George Nanchoff F/M 6' 0" 160 17 3 6 9 Yugoslavia/USA
15 Benny Dargle D 5' 11" 170 48 6 9 15 England/USA
16 Craig Allen F 6' 0" 160 42 45 30 75 England
20 Bernie James D 6' 0" 200 46 2 8 10 England/USA
21 Alex Tarnoczi F/M 5' 6" 159 38 13 10 23 Hungary
23 Bret Hall D 5' 6" 145 30 1 3 4 USA
24 P.J. Johns G 6' 2" 175 9 0 1 1 USA
25 Keith Furphy F 6' 2" 165 48 40 22 62 England/USA
26 Joe Raduka D 5' 9" 160 30 1 0 1 Yugoslavia/Canada
30 Andy Chapman F 5' 10" 160 14 8 6 14 England
31 Krys Sobieski G 5' 11" 165 17 0 2 2 Poland
Reserves
  Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 155         Italy/Canada
17,22 Jimmy Willenborg D 5' 8" 140 - - - - USA
Pre-Season
17 Carlo Bosco D             Canada
  Ken Dodd F             Canada
  Richard Key G             England
  Dino Mastrogiannis M             Canada
  Scotty McGeoch F             Canada
  Glenn McNamara G             Canada
  Janusz Michallik D 5' 11" 170         Poland/USA
  Rob Olson M 6' 1" 175         USA
Cleveland Force 1985-86
Coach: Timo Liekoski
Force 85-86 Home Team
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
0 Cris Vaccaro G 6' 0" 175 36 0 6 6 USA
1 Kyle Dietrich G 5' 11" 165         USA
2 Michel Kaham D 6' 1" 170 - - - - Cameroon
3 Dennis Mepham D 6' 1" 170 42 12 16 28 USA
4 Peter Millar D 5' 9" 150 - - - - Scotland
5 Charlie Morgan D     30 0 5 5 USA
6 Mike Sweeney D 5' 7" 145 25 4 12 16 Canada
7 Pat Ercoli F 5' 10" 165 29 6 4 10 Canada
8 Peter Ward F 5' 7" 145 40 29 25 54 England
9 Ali Kazemaini F 6' 0" 180 47 38 21 59 Iran
10 Carl Valentine F 5' 9" 160 40 25 14 40 England/Canada
11 Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 155 23 1 1 2 Italy/Canada
12 Kai Haaskivi M 5' 10" 170 27 16 25 41 Finland
13 Ulf Ryberg M 6' 0" 165 8 1 1 2 Sweden
14 Pasquale DeLuca D 5' 10" 150 40 3 4 7 Canada
15 Benny Dargle D 5' 11" 170 48 10 13 23 England/USA
16 Craig Allen F 6' 0" 160 43 50 31 81 England
17 Chris Chueden F/M 5' 7" 155 31 19 8 27 Canada
20 Bernie James D 6' 0" 200 45 1 6 7 England/USA
21 Alex Tarnoczi F/M 5' 6" 159 37 9 4 13 Hungary
24 P.J. Johns G 6' 2" 175 17 0 2 2 USA
25 Keith Furphy F 6' 2" 165 - - - - England/USA
26 Joe Raduka D 5' 9" 160 38 1 7 8 Yugoslavia/Canada
M30 Andy Chapman F 5' 10" 160 45 26 19 45 England
  Hugh O'Neill M 5' 11" 150 15 1 2 3 USA
Reserves
27 Jeff Cambridge M 5' 8" 165         Canada
  Chris Baker G              
  Walter Schmetzer M 5' 9" 155         USA
Cleveland Force 1986-87
Coach: Timo Liekoski
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
0 Cris Vaccaro G 6' 0" 175 29 1 6 7 USA
1 Rob Campbell G 5' 11" 150 - - - - USA
2 Desmond Armstrong D 6' 0" 175 43 3 5 8 USA
3 Dennis Mepham D 6' 1" 170 48 18 9 27 USA
4 Walter Schmetzer M 5' 9" 155 4 1 0 1 USA
5 Charlie Morgan D 5' 10" 155 7 0 0 0 USA
6 Mike Sweeney M 5' 7" 145 17 2 2 4 Canada
7 Chris Chueden M 5' 7" 155 13 5 4 9 Canada
7 Paul Kitson M 5' 8" 155 19 6 3 9 England
8 Peter Ward F 5' 7" 145 46 26 15 41 England
9 Ali Kazemaini F 6' 0" 180 35 17 8 25 Iran
10 Carl Valentine F 5' 9" 160 52 33 29 62 England/Canada
11 Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 55 52 33 24 57 Italy/Canada
12 Kai Haaskivi M 5' 10" 170 49 34 55 89 Finland
13 Michael King D 6' 1" 180 14 3 0 3 England
14 Pasquale DeLuca D 5' 10" 150 22 3 4 7 Canada
15 Benny Dargle D 5' 11" 170 52 17 8 25 England/USA
16 Craig Allen F 6' 0" 160 31 37 19 56 England
19 John Stollmeyer D 5' 9" 170 48 8 10 18 USA
20 Bernie James D 6' 0" 200 51 4 6 10 England/USA
21 Alex Tarnoczi F/M 5' 6" 159 2 0 0 0 Hungary
22 Andy Schmetzer F 5' 10" 155 18 1 4 5 USA
24 P.J. Johns G 6' 2" 175 24 1 4 5 USA
26 Joe Raduka D 5' 9" 160 19 3 2 5 Yugoslavia/Canada
Cleveland Force 1987-88
Coach: Timo Liekoski
Num Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pt Born/Citizen
1 Victor Nogueira G 6' 0" 180 39       Mozambique
2 Desmond Armstrong D 6' 0" 175 50 11 21 32 USA
3 Dennis Mepham D 6' 1" 170 36 11 10 21 USA
4 Walter Schmetzer M 5' 9" 155 32 2 3 5 USA
5 Francis Okaroh D 6' 0" 170 13 0 0 0 Nigeria
6 Rui Felgueira F 5' 7" 155 24 6 1 7 Portugal
7 Paul Kitson F 5' 8" 155 19 4 0 4 England/USA
8 Brian Bliss D 5' 8" 150 51 4 4 8 USA
9 Ali Kazemaini F 6' 0" 180 29 14 10 24 Iran
10 Carl Valentine F 5' 9" 160 32 24 13 37 England/Canada
11 Gino DiFlorio F 5' 9" 155 53 22 22 44 Italy/Canada
12 Kai Haaskivi M 5' 10" 170 39 15 38 53 Finland
13 Michael King D 6' 1" 180 56 18 6 24 England
14 Pasquale DeLuca D 5' 10" 150 48 13 15 28 Canada
15 Benny Dargle D 5' 11" 170 56 5 5 10 England/USA
16 Craig Allen F 6' 0" 160 47 41 32 73 England
17 Elias Zurita F 5'  7" 145 26 3 1 4 USA
18 Glenn Lurie F 5' 9" 160 8 2 1 3 USA
19 John Stollmeyer D 5' 9" 170 53 21 10 31 USA
20 Doug Swanson                
22 Andy Schmetzer F 5' 10" 155 42 20 9 29 USA
24 P.J. Johns G 6' 2" 175 36       USA
25 Gino Epifani G 5' 10" 160 1 0 0 0  
39 Bobby Joe Esposito F 5' 11" 160 37 10 4 14 USA
  Rob Campbell G 5' 11" 150         USA