Houston Summit

Houston Summit were a professional indoor soccer team that operated from 1978–1980. They played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League.[1] In 1980, the franchise was moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Blast. Their roster mainly included players from the Houston NASL, the Houston Hurricane.[2] During the two seasons that the Summit played in Houston the average home attendance was 2,749. The team was named for its home arena.

Season-by-Season

Season	Record	Regular Season	Playoffs
1978–79	18-6	1st	Lost Semifinals to Philadelphia Fever
1979–80	20-12	1st, Central Division	Lost MISL Finals to New York Arrows

Honors

MISL Championships runner-up: (1979–80) MISL Regular Season Prmiereships (1978–79) MISL Division Championships Central Division: (1979–80) MISL Coach Of The Year Timo Liekoski (1978–79) MISL Goalkeeper of the Year Paul Hammond (1978–79) Sepp Gantenhammer (1979–80) MISL Leading Goalkeeper Paul Hammond (1978–79) Sepp Gantenhammer (1979–80)

All-MISL: First Team Kai Haaskivi (1978–79) Ian Anderson (1978–79) Kai Haaskivi (1979–80) All-MISL: Second Team Paul Hammond (1978–79) Stewart Jump (1978–79) All-MISL: Honorable Mention Mick Poole (1979–80) Jim Pollihan (1979–80) MISL All-Star Game Selections: First Team Mick Poole (1979–80) Ian Anderson (1979–80) Kai Haaskivi ((1979–80) MISL All-Star Game Selections: Second Team Stewart Jump (1979–80) John Stremlau (1979–80)

References

1. Conway, Joe (January 30, 2006). "Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed?". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
2. "www.sover.net". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-05-20.