The Cincinnati Excite were a semi-professional indoor soccer club which played in the

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History

The Excite are owned by David Galus, and took the

season championship in the 2005/2006 season. A number of Excite players took to the pitch during the summer of 2006 with the teams in the

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. Five Excite (

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, Salvatore Fiore, Michael McGinlay,

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, and Tiest Sondaal) players signed up with the

Cincinnati Kings Cincinnati Kings were a professional American association football, soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2005, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid ...

in the

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; while fellow Excite teammate,

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joined the

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of the

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. Michael McGinlay joined

Bohemians F.C. Bohemian Football Club ( ga, an Cumann Peile Bóihéamach), more commonly referred to as Bohemians or Bohs, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland, and are the ...

in the

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during the summer of 2007. In 2008 the Excite decided to take off for the 2008-2009 year, but never found another league.http://www.cincinnati-excite.com/single.php?more=144 Most of the personnel transitioned to the new 1790 Cincinnati of the

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Year-by-Year

References

External links

The Excite Homepage
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