Tag: Nassau Coliseum

Billie Jean King New York Apples of World Team Tennis

New York Apples

World Team Tennis (1974-1978) Born: December 16, 1976 – Re-branded from New York Sets Folded: October 27, 1978 First Match: April 28, 1977 (W 24-23

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Illustrations of Rick Davis and Shep Messing on the cover of the 1986-87 New York Express Media Guide from the Major Indoor Soccer League

New York Express

This Long Island-based indoor soccer club hoped to convert lingering fondness for the recently deceased New York Cosmos into a hit promotion at the Nassau Coliseum. But a roster full of aging ex-Cosmos such as Shep Messing, Ricky Davis, Mark Liveric, Hubert Birkenmeier and Andranik Eskandarian couldn’t adapt to the indoor game or overcome the ownership problems that doomed the New York Express after just 26 matches.

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