Colorado Comets
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The Colorado Comets were an American soccer club based in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 founded in 1985 which later competed in the SISL and USISL.

History

Founded by Ed Eid in 1985, the team began as an amateur club coached by Kelvin Norman
Kelvin Norman
Kelvin Norman is a deceased American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and SISL. He was the 1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League MVP and coached the Colorado Comets in the SISL and USISL....

. That year, they lost to the Mitre Eagles of Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

 in the semifinals of the National Amateur Indoor Championship. In 1989, the Comets entered the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League, winning the championship that year. Eid coached the team, winning Coach of the Year honors and Norman was selected as the league MVP. In October 1989, Norman returned to the position of head coach. Despite winning three titles, the Comets began having financial difficulties in 1991. In February 1992, Norman announced that the team would withdraw from the league. The team 1998 in the USISL Premier Development Soccer League, a U.S. fourth division league.

Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
1989
1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League
-Overview:After running two indoor seasons, the Southwest Indoor Soccer League added an outdoor season in 1989. With the move outdoors, the league added the Colorado Comets and Tulsa Renegades who quickly proved their worth when they finished at the top of the standing...

N/A SOSL 1st Champion Did not enter
1989/90
1989-90 Southwest Independent Soccer League
Overview of the 1989-1990 Southwest Independent Soccer League indoor season and 1990 outdoor season.-Texas Division:-Tex-Ark-Oma Division:-Central Division:-Cactus Division:-Playoffs:-Awards:*MVP: Andy Crawford, Permian Basin/Colorado...

N/A SISL Indoor 1st, Central Semifinals N/A
1990 N/A SISL 2nd, Western Champion (no final) Did not enter
1990/91 N/A SISL Indoor 3rd, Southwest Champion N/A
1991 N/A SISL 3rd, Southwest Quarterfinals Did not enter
1991/92 N/A USISL Indoor 2nd, Southwest Playoffs N/A
1998 N/A USISL PDSL 1st, Central First round N/A
1999 N/A USISL PDSL 3rd, Heartland Did not qualify N/A
2000 N/A USISL PDSL 1st, Rocky Mountain Quarterfinals N/A

Head coaches

  • Kelvin Norman
    Kelvin Norman
    Kelvin Norman is a deceased American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and SISL. He was the 1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League MVP and coached the Colorado Comets in the SISL and USISL....

    (1985-1989
  • Ed Eid (1989)
  • Kelvin Norma (1989-1992)
  • Marc Francis (1998-1999, 2000)
  • Merv Johnson (1999)
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