St. Louis Steamers

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St. Louis Steamers
Founded	1998
Arena	Scottrade Center (2004-2006) Family Arena (2000-2001 & 2003-2004)
Based in	St. Louis, Missouri
Colors	orange & blue
League	WISL & MISL II

The St. Louis Steamers is the name of two professional indoor soccer teams based in St. Louis, Missouri. The first played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1979-1988, while the second played in the World Indoor Soccer League from 2000 to 2001, then in the MISL from the 2003-04 season to the 2005-06 season.

The St. Louis Steamers were granted a World Indoor Soccer League expansion franchise in December 1998 but did not begin play until the 2000 season. In 2002, the team, along with fellow WISL teams Dallas Sidekicks and San Diego Sockers joined the Major Indoor Soccer League when the two leagues merged. However, the Steamers elected to take a year to reorganize.

The team was purchased before the 2004-05 season by owners planning a reality television series about the team, which was called Red Card and played on a local cable channel. The team suspended operations after the 2005-2006 season.

Contents 1 Honors 2 Retired numbers 3 Players 4 Year-by-year 5 Head Coaches 6 Arenas

[edit] Honors

Division Titles

• 2005-2006 MISL Regular Season

[edit] Retired numbers

• #30 Slobo Ilijevski
• #7 Daryl Doran

[edit] Players

• Godfrey Ingram (1987-88)
• Graham Fyfe (1983-84)
• Tony Glavin (1980-87)

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
2000	WISL	5th WISL, 9-15	Lost Semifinal	5,398
2001	WISL	3rd WISL, 11-13	Lost Semifinal	4,812
2003-04	MISL	3rd Central, 14-22	Failed to qualify	3,483
2004-05	MISL	4th MISL, 20-20	Lost Semifinal	4,794
2005-06	MISL	1st MISL, 23-7	Lost Championship	5,675

[edit] Head Coaches

• Daryl Doran 2000-2001 & 2003-2005
• Omid Namazi 2005-2006
• Joe Reiniger 2005-2006 (served as head coach during a Namazi suspension)

[edit] Arenas

• Family Arena 2000-2001 & 2003-2004
• Scottrade Center 2004-2006

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