New Jersey Rockets (MISL)
The New Jersey Rockets were an indoor soccer team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League for the 1981-82 season. Their home arena was the Brendan Byrne Arena, now known as the Meadowlands Arena. One of the owners was Timothy Sullivan, who was later asked if he wanted to be a part-owner of the New Jersey Devils, to which he replied, "hockey is too big a risk."[citation needed] The Rockets' average attendance for their one season of play was 6,565.
Head coaches[]
- Timo Liekoski (1981–1982)
- Ian Anderson (1982)
Categories:
- Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) teams
- Soccer clubs in New Jersey
- Sports in East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Association football clubs established in 1981
- Association football clubs disestablished in 1982
- 1981 establishments in New Jersey
- 1982 disestablishments in New Jersey
- Northeastern United States soccer club stubs
- New Jersey sports team stubs