Detroit Lightning

The Detroit Lightning was a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise which existed for only one season, 1979-1980. The Lightning finished that season at 15-17. The team's home arena was Cobo Arena.

On May 28, 1980, at the end of the 1979-1980 season, David Schoenstadt bought the Lightning and moved the team from Detroit, Michigan to San Francisco, California where he renamed the team the San Francisco Fog.

Owners

• Norman Lear
• Jerry Perenchio

Staff

• Lynne Saunders - President / General Manager
• Klaas de Boer - Assistant Coach

Record

Year	Record	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1979-1980	15-17	3rd Central Division	1st Round	Did not enter

Honors

First Team All MISL

• 1979-1980 Flemming Lund

1979-1980 Roster

• Buzz Demling 25 Apps 0 Goals
• Pat Ercoli 32 Apps 44 Goals
• Bernie Fagan 31 Apps 2 Goals
• Bart Farley 8 Apps 0 Goals
• Randy Garber
• Mani Hernandez 38 Apps 8 Goals
• Mike Hunter 20 Apps 4 Goals
• Flemming Lund 32 Apps 7 Goals
• Johnny Moore 24 Apps 22 Goals
• Wolfgang Rausch 27 Apps 21 Goals
• Len Renery 9 Apps 4 Goals
• Craig Reynolds 32 Apps 5 Goals
• Antonio Simoes 2 Apps 0 Goals
• Chris Turner 31 Apps 0 Goals
• Zequinha 22 Apps 20 goals

References

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Indoor soccer in Detroit
Current: Detroit Waza
Defunct: Detroit Lightning (1979-1980) | Detroit Express (1979-1981)
Detroit Rockers (1990-2001) | Detroit Neon/Safari (1994-1997) | Detroit Ignition (2006-2009)