Mississippi Beach Kings

Mississippi Beach Kings
Mississippi Beach Kings logo
Full nameMississippi Beach Kings
Founded1997 (as Columbus Comets)
Dissolved1998
GroundMississippi Coast Coliseum
Biloxi, Mississippi
Capacity9,150
General ManagerRoy Turner
Head CoachGary Hindley
LeagueEastern Indoor Soccer League

The Mississippi Beach Kings were an indoor soccer team based in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. They played their games in the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.[1] They were members of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League and played only during the 1998 season.[2] During the 1997 season, the team played in Columbus, Georgia as the Columbus Comets.[3][4][5]

During their existence, the Beach Kings/Comets played a total of 52 games, winning 21 (including two via shootout) and losing 31 (including four via shootout). They scored a total of 595 goals and allowed a total of 719 goals and notched 65 total points in standings out of a possible 156 points.[5] (The EISL awarded 3 points for a win, 2 for a shootout win, 1 for a shootout loss, and 0 for a loss in regulation.)

The team was successful in Biloxi, earning with the league's second-best average attendance in the 1998 regular season with 3,187 fans per game,[6] and nearly 4,000 per game in the playoffs.[7] The Beach Kings planned to return for the 1999 season but the league shutdown after two other teams withdrew.[8][9][10]

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  6. ^ "Daily Report Through Games of 08/16/98". Eastern Indoor Soccer League. August 24, 1998. Archived from the original on October 6, 1999. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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