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

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, finished their single season of existence at 11–29. The team used The Eagles "

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" as their anthem. On May 28, 1980, at the end of the 1979–1980 season, the owner of the

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, David Schoenstadt, moved his team from

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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

Staff

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, General manager * Johnny Moore, Coach * Peter Simon, Public Relations Director * Brad Jacobs, Marketing Director

Indoor year-by-year

{, class="wikitable" !Year !League !Record !Reg. Season !Playoffs !Avg. Attendance , - , 1980–81 , MISL , 11–29 , 4th West , ''Failed to Qualify'' , 4,588 , -

External links

MISL history

Fog logo

F Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) teams Soccer clubs in California 1980 establishments in California 1981 disestablishments in California