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(Redirected from Houston Summit (indoor soccer)) Defunct indoor soccer team For the Houston arena once known as The Summit, see Lakewood Church Central Campus.

Houston Summit were a professional indoor soccer team that operated from 1978 to 1980. They played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League. 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. 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, 1979–80)
Ian Anderson (1978–79)

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

Conway, Joe (January 30, 2006). "Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed?". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
"www.sover.net". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-05-20.

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