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Harrisburg Heat Wiki Information
The Harrisburg Heat
was a professional indoor soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team was part of the National Professional Soccer League, which later became the Major Indoor Soccer League, and has been defunct since 2003. The Harrisburg Heat was first formed during the 1991-92 season by Dr. Rex Herbert, following the folding of the Hershey Impact, another NPSL team where Herbert was the team physician. Along with numerous investors Dr. Rex Herbert invested and produced the fiscal and economic backdrop to support the team.
The Heat went through several seasons when it was among the most financially sound teams in the League. However, its only trip to the league finals was during the 1994-95 season, when the Heat took on the St. Louis Ambush, also now defunct. The Heat lost, 4 games to 0, with scores of 19-9, 18-8, 12-7 and 14-11.
The last few years of the team's existence saw declining attendance numbers and the team's ownership passed from Herbert to Rodney Rumberger, a Harrisburg-area businessman. The team ceased operations following the 2002-03 season. Despite several attempts to put together a new ownership group, the Heat did not return the next season.
The Heat's home arena was in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center.
In a meeting with executives from the NISL, Greg Cooke and John Wilsbauch met with a few investors to try and formulate a plan to bring back a Harrisburg indoor soccer team to the NISL for the 2009-2010 season. Currently Cooke and Wilsbauch are looking for more investors and have cited that they would like Bob Lilley to be head coach.
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HARRISBURG HEAT TICKETS
| EVENT | DATE | AVAILABILITY |
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| Baltimore Blast vs. Harrisburg Heat Tickets 12/8 | Dec 08, 2024
Sun, 3:00 PM |  | | Baltimore Blast vs. Harrisburg Heat Tickets 12/27 | Dec 27, 2024
Fri, 7:35 PM | | | St. Louis Ambush vs. Harrisburg Heat Tickets 2/1 | Feb 01, 2025
Sat, 6:05 PM | | | Kansas City Comets vs. Harrisburg Heat Tickets 2/2 | Feb 02, 2025
Sun, 4:05 PM | | | Baltimore Blast vs. Harrisburg Heat Tickets 3/2 | Mar 02, 2025
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Year-by-Year
| Year
| League
| Reg. Season
| Playoffs
| U.S. Open Cup
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| 1991/92
| NPSL
| 2nd, American
| Lost Quarterfinals
| N/A
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| 1992/93
| NPSL
| 4th, American
| Lost Semifinals
| N/A
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| 1993/94
| NPSL
| 4th, American
| Lost 2nd Round
| N/A
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| 1994/95
| NPSL
| 2nd, American
| Lost Finals
| N/A
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| 1995/96
| NPSL
| 3rd, American
| Lost Division Semifinals
| N/A
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| 1996/97
| NPSL
| 1st, American East
| Lost Conference Finals
| N/A
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| 1997/98
| NPSL
| 2nd, American East
| Lost Conference Semifinals
| N/A
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| 1998/99
| NPSL
| 2nd, American East
| Lost Conference Quarterfinals
| N/A
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| 1999/00
| NPSL
| 3rd, American East
| Did not qualify
| N/A
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| 2000/01
| NPSL
| 1st, American
| Lost Conference Semifinals
| N/A
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| 2001/02
| MISL
| 6th, MISL
| Did not qualify
| N/A
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| 2002/03
| MISL
| 4th, Eastern
| Did not qualify
| N/A
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Ownership
- Dr. Rex Herbert (1991-03)
- Rodney Rumberger (1995-03)
- Rob Bleecher
Staff
- Vice President - Jim Pollihan
- General Manager - Gregg Cook
- Public Relations Director - Gregory Bibb
- Equipment Manager - Mike Butala
- P.A. Announcer - John Shaffer
Coaches
- 1991-1999 Jim Pollihan
- 1999-2002 Richard Chinapoo
- 2002-2003 Eric Geyer
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