Philadelphia KiXX
in the MISL archive.
Three awards in one season — the only clean sweep in the archive's record.
MISL.net / Clubs / Philadelphia KiXX
The single most concentrated run of honours in this archive belongs to Philadelphia. In 2004-05 the KiXX took three of the five awards the league handed out: Pat Morris as Defender of the Year, Peter Pappas as Goalkeeper of the Year and John Barry Nusum as Rookie of the Year. No other club takes three awards in one season anywhere in the recovered record.
Nineteen reports name the club and the corpus carries 90 KiXX mentions, third behind Baltimore and Milwaukee. The span runs from 1 December 2004 to 12 July 2010 and crosses the boundary between the revival era and the last league, with five of the nineteen falling in the later period.
Many of those nineteen are league-wide reports — award announcements and All-MISL team selections — rather than club bulletins, which is a useful reminder of how these files were filed. A report is listed here because it names the club, not because it is about the club. The award reports of May 2005 name Philadelphia three times over for that reason.
In the dispersal draft of January 2005 the KiXX took six players, all six from the San Diego Sockers: Dan Antoniuk, Steve Butcher, Herculez Gomez, Ricardo Villar, Alan Gordon and McKinley Tennyson. They are the only one of the seven drafting clubs to take its entire allocation from a single folded roster.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | Defender of the Year | Pat Morris |
| 2004-05 | Goalkeeper of the Year | Peter Pappas |
| 2004-05 | Rookie of the Year | John Barry Nusum |
The 2005 dispersal draft
Philadelphia KiXX took 6 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.
Philadelphia KiXX6
- 5Dan Antoniukfrom San Diego Sockers
- 12Steve Butcherfrom San Diego Sockers
- 19Herculez Gomezfrom San Diego Sockers
- 26Ricardo Villarfrom San Diego Sockers
- 33Alan Gordonfrom San Diego Sockers
- 40McKinley Tennysonfrom San Diego Sockers
Reports naming Philadelphia KiXX
19 of the 50 recovered reports name this club, filed between 2004 and 2010 — 5 in the last league, 14 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 Philadelphia KiXX in this archive
What did the Philadelphia KiXX win in 2004-05?
Three of the five league awards: Defender of the Year (Pat Morris), Goalkeeper of the Year (Peter Pappas) and Rookie of the Year (John Barry Nusum). It is the only three-award season by one club in the archive.
How many reports mention the KiXX?
Nineteen of the fifty, with 90 mentions across the corpus — third behind Baltimore and Milwaukee.
Who did Philadelphia take in the 2005 dispersal draft?
Six players, every one of them from the San Diego Sockers: Dan Antoniuk, Steve Butcher, Herculez Gomez, Ricardo Villar, Alan Gordon and McKinley Tennyson.
Why do league-wide reports appear under this club?
A report is listed here when it names the club, not only when it is about the club. Award announcements and All-MISL team selections name several clubs at once and appear under each of them.
What period does the KiXX coverage cover?
December 2004 to July 2010, spanning both the revival era and the last league.