The Colorado Comets were an American soccer club based in Denver, Colorado , founded in 1985 which later competed in the SISL and USISL .
5-802: Founded by Ed Eid in 1985, the team began as an amateur club coached by Kelvin Norman . That year, they lost to the Mitre Eagles of Seattle, Washington ,in the semifinals of the National Amateur Indoor Championship. In 1989, the Comets entered the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League , winning the championship that year. Eid coached the team, winning Coach of the Year honors and Norman was selected as
10-614: The Denver Avalanche of the Major Indoor Soccer League . He played two seasons with Denver, then finished with one season with the Los Angeles Lazers . Norman then became the head coach of the amateur Colorado Comets . In 1989, the Comets entered, and won, the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League under the direction of Ed Eid. Norman spent that season as a player-assistant coach and was named
15-742: The Denver Cougars and played three more years in the PDL. In 2003 the team folded and ceased operation. This article about a soccer club from Colorado is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Denver -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kelvin Norman Kelvin Norman was an American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League , Major Indoor Soccer League and SISL . He
20-500: The league MVP. In October 1989, Norman returned to the position of head coach. Despite winning three titles, the Comets began having financial difficulties in 1991. In February 1992, Norman announced that the team would withdraw from the league. The team reformed in 1998, playing in the USISL Premier Development Soccer League , a U.S. fourth division league. In 2000, they changed their name to
25-763: Was the 1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League MVP and coached the Colorado Comets in the SISL and USISL. In 1978, Norman signed with the Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League . He spent two seasons with the Timbers, largely in the reserves. In the fall of 1979, he moved to the New England Tea Men where he saw time in three games during the NASL indoor season. He then moved to
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