The Philadelphia KiXX was a professional
indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is five-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor socc ...
team based in
Philadelphia, USA. The team competed as an
NPSL expansion franchise and then played in the
Major Indoor Soccer League.
History
The team's original owner was Ed Tepper, also president of Tepper Properties Inc, had been one of the co-founders of the original
MISL
The Misls (derived from an Arabic word wikt:مثل#Etymology_3, مِثْل meaning 'equal') were the twelve sovereign states of the Sikh Confederacy, which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian ...
. In 2001, the KiXX along with five other NPSL franchises founded the new
Major Indoor Soccer League. They were originally sponsored by Oki Data Americas. The KiXX won the first MISL championship (2001–02 season) over the
Milwaukee Wave 2 games to 1 (4–11, 11–4, 8–6) in the best of three game championship series. The KiXX also won the 2006–07 MISL championship defeating the
Detroit Ignition 13–8 in a one-game championship. After the MISL folded in 2008, the KiXX announced that they had joined the
National Indoor Soccer League for its inaugural season in 2008–09. The NISL took on the MISL moniker for its second season.
On March 2, 2010, KiXX goalkeeper Peter Pappas retired after playing his final match against the Baltimore Blast at the Liacouras Center. In honor of his years of dedication and spotless record the KiXX decided to retire the #22 jersey. Pappas spent 13 seasons with the KiXX. During that time he played in 416 matches, recording 5,399 saves and 230 wins. He was named Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) ‘Goalkeeper of the Year’ four times and an All-League selection eight times. Fellow long-term KiXX member
Don D'Ambra
Don D'Ambra (born May 5, 1972 in Philadelphia) is a retired American soccer forward who currently coaches the Saint Joseph's University men's soccer team.
Player
Youth
D'Ambra graduated from Northeast Catholic High School. He then attended S ...
also retired in 2010. He served as head coach of the KiXX from 2002 to 2010 and played 575 games, scoring 483 goals. In April 2010, D'Ambra was named the head coach of the
Saint Joseph's Hawks men's soccer team.
The team went on hiatus after the conclusion of the 2009–10 season and did not return to play before the MISL folded as a league in 2014.
The KiXX: Reborn
On May 20, 2021, a
charter franchise in the new
Arena Soccer League was announced and named in honor of the original team for the spring 2023 season.
Year-by-year
Head coaches
Arenas
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Wachovia Spectrum
The Spectrum (later known as CoreStates Spectrum, First Union Spectrum and Wachovia Spectrum) was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Opened in September 1967 as part of what is now known as the South Philadelphia ...
1996–2009
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Liacouras Center 2009–2010
# Between 1996 and 2009 the team has also played select games at the
Wachovia Center,
Gaylord Entertainment Center in
Nashville, Tennessee, and at the
Sovereign Bank Arena in
Trenton, New Jersey.
Sidekicks Opponents: Philadelphia Kixx
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References
External links
Official website
* http://www.misl.net/news/?article_id=248
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Soccer clubs in Pennsylvania
1995 establishments in Pennsylvania
2010 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Indoor soccer clubs in the United States
Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) teams
Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014) teams
National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) teams
Association football clubs established in 1995
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