Kansas City Comets
in the MISL archive.
Eleven dispersal picks, nine of them out of the folded Monterrey roster.
MISL.net / Clubs / Kansas City Comets
The Kansas City Comets drafted differently from everyone else in January 2005. Of their eleven picks in the dispersal draft, nine came from Monterrey La Raza and only two from San Diego — the reverse of every other club's balance, and by some distance the largest share of the Monterrey roster taken by any single side. Seventeen Monterrey players were dispersed in total; Kansas City took nine of them.
Eight reports name the Comets, spanning 11 November 2002 to 16 August 2010 — the widest window of any club in the archive relative to its report count. Six fall in the revival era and two in the last league. The corpus carries 47 mentions.
Jamar Beasley was named Rookie of the Year for 2003-04 while at Kansas City, the club's one honour in the recovered record. The report that announces it is preserved verbatim, as are the All-MISL team reports that name him again two seasons later.
The Comets' name outlasts this archive. The 2010-11 fixture list the site preserves is played by clubs identified only by city — Missouri, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and Omaha — and the archive gives no basis for tying those labels to particular club identities, so this page does not attempt it. What the fixture list does show is that indoor soccer was still being played in that market at the end of the record.
League honours in the archive
Each name links to the league report that announced it. Award titles and club names are given exactly as the MISL worded them.
| Season | Award | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | Rookie of the Year | Jamar Beasley |
The 2005 dispersal draft
Kansas City Comets took 11 of the 59 players moved on 5 January 2005. Pick numbers are the overall order across all twelve rounds. The whole draft, club by club.
Kansas City Comets11
- 4Armando Valdiviafrom Monterrey La Raza
- 11Ryan Mackfrom San Diego Sockers
- 18Victor Quirozfrom Monterrey La Raza
- 25Oswalda Medinafrom Monterrey La Raza
- 32Marco Coriafrom Monterrey La Raza
- 39Ricardo Gilfrom Monterrey La Raza
- 46Marin Hernandezfrom Monterrey La Raza
- 53Rich Cullenfrom San Diego Sockers
- 60Walter Gomezfrom Monterrey La Raza
- 67Francisco Portocarrerofrom Monterrey La Raza
- 74Aurelio Portesfrom Monterrey La Raza
Reports naming Kansas City Comets
8 of the 50 recovered reports name this club, filed between 2002 and 2010 — 2 in the last league, 6 in the revival. Every one is served verbatim as it was recovered. Nothing is reconstructed.
Elsewhere on MISL.net
The archive index lists all 50 recovered reports by year. The records page holds every league honour and the complete 2005 dispersal draft; the players record sets the draft out club by club. The fixture list preserves the 2010-11 season, and the three eras explains how one league name covered three separate competitions between 1978 and 2014.
About Kansas City Comets in this archive
How many players did Kansas City take in the 2005 dispersal draft?
Eleven, tied with Milwaukee and one behind Cleveland. Nine came from Monterrey La Raza and two from San Diego.
Why is the Kansas City draft unusual?
Every other club took most of its players from San Diego. Kansas City took nine of the seventeen dispersed Monterrey players — the largest share of that roster taken by any single club.
Which award did a Comets player win?
Jamar Beasley was named Rookie of the Year for the 2003-04 season. It is the club's only honour among the fourteen in this archive.
What years does the Comets coverage span?
November 2002 to August 2010 — eight reports across the widest window of any club here, six in the revival era and two in the last league.
Is the Missouri club in the 2010-11 fixture list the same team?
The preserved fixture list identifies clubs by city only. Nothing in the recovered files supports tying those labels to particular club identities, so this archive does not make that claim.