anyone have any photos of the games of the columbus team, i've been looking for them for a while, i cant seem to find any. any would help bunches, i'm putting together a columbus soccer page.
Well, it's a slow day...so just for kicks I checked out the American Soccer Archives. I didn't find much though. Turns out Columbus had two indoor teams, the Capitals played in the AISA in 1984/85 and 85/86 before folding. Then the Columbus Invaders played one season in the NPSL (1996/97) where they won 5 and lost 35. You can find all that information here: http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/misl2.html Here is a page with the Columbus Invader logo: http://www.logoserver.com/NPSL.html Here is the Columbus Capitals logo: http://www.logoserver.com/AISA.html That's about all I could find...
Ah, the Columbus Invaders. Actually, I have an Official Columbus Invaders hat signed by the team. But you can't have it. The Columbus Invaders were, of course, actually the Canton Invaders. They had a long, illustrious history in Canton before being sold to an idiot who ran it into the ground and alienated everybody in sight. So when attendance dropped into the basement, he figured he'd pick up and move to greener pastures - Columbus. They played in, of all places, Battelle Hall. (Same place that awful Women's Pro BBall team played). The owner couldn't afford a new carpet so they brought the old worn out one from Canton with them. It had patches held together with duct tape, and at least three different shades of green. Average attendance was about 100, mostly family and freinds. It was an utter embarassment. As for the players, that's a tough one. After about the middle of the season, when the owner basically stopped paying anybody, the roster tended to change. A lot. Pretty much whoever was in town and had a free evening suited up. I wish you luck on the project, but I can't believe there's much out there. Except my hat.
I do have to agree that the Columbus INvaders had to rank up there with the Denver Thunder, Toronto Shooting Stars, and New York Kick as the biggest embarassments in the history of indoor soccer. I worked for the Invaders their last season in Canton, and watching what happened down there made me sick. The guy that bought the team wanted me to go down there as asst. GM for a whopping 10K a year. Bill Archer...the Batelle Hall rug was from Dayton not Canton. The rug in Canton would have never survived the trip! Although your hat is commendable, I think I can top you. I was given Ricci Greenwood's jersey at the end of the season by Drago Jaha. I think those jerseys were the only things with any class the COlumbus Invaders ever had.