Montreal Manic were a soccer team based out of Montreal

Montreal

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 that played in the NASL. They played from 1981 to 1983. Their home field was Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Montreal)

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. Previous to Montreal, the team played as the Philadelphia Fury

Philadelphia Fury

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Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1981	NASL	15	17	—	141	2nd, Eastern Division	Won 1st Round (Los Angeles Los Angeles Aztecs The Los Angeles Aztecs were a soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League from 1974-81. The team was based in Los Angeles, California and part-owned by Elton John.-History:... ) Lost Quarterfinal (Chicago Chicago Sting The Chicago Sting was an American professional soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League from in the 1982-83 season and again from 1984 to 1988... )
1981/82	NASL Indoor	9	9	—	—	1st, American Conference, East Division	Lost 1st Round (Tampa Bay)
1982	NASL	19	13	—	159	2nd, Eastern Division	Lost 1st Round (Ft. Lauderdale)
1982/83	NASL Indoor	Season cancelled
1983	NASL	12	18	—	124	4th, Eastern Division	Won 1st Round (New York New York Cosmos The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City, New York and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, where it remained for the rest of its history... ) Lost Semifinal (Tulsa Tulsa Roughnecks -NASL:The Tulsa Roughnecks were a North American Soccer League team from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They played at Skelly Stadium on the campus of the University of Tulsa. The Roughnecks were a regular in the NASL playoffs, and won the NASL Soccer Bowl in 1983, defeating the Toronto Blizzard at B.C. Place... )

Players

Alan Willey

Alan Willey

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 (1981–83) Andrew Parkinson

Andrew Parkinson (soccer)

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 (1981–1982) Andy Lynch

Andy Lynch (footballer)

Andy Lynch is a Scottish former football player and coach.Lynch moved to Queens Park from Renfrew Juniors in his teens, however he quickly returned to the Junior ranks with Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. He earned a second chance in senior football when he joined Heart of Midlothian, signing for the...

 (1981–82) Bob Rigby

Bob Rigby

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 (1981–1982) Dragan Vujovic (1982–1983)   Dwight Lodeweges

Dwight Lodeweges

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 (1983) Elvis Comrie

Elvis Comrie

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 (1982–1983) Fran O'Brien

Fran O'Brien

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 (1981–1982) Gordon Hill (1981–82)   Jean-François Larios

Jean-François Larios

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 Mehdi Cerbah

Mehdi Cerbah

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 (1982–1983) Mike Hewitt (1983) http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#H Pasquale Di Blasio (1983) Thompson Usiyan

Thompson Usiyan

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 (1981–1982) Tony Towers

Tony Towers

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 (1981–1983) John Vanoostveen (1981–1982)

Head coaches

  Eddie Firmani

Eddie Firmani

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 1981-1982 Andy Lynch

Andy Lynch (footballer)

Andy Lynch is a Scottish former football player and coach.Lynch moved to Queens Park from Renfrew Juniors in his teens, however he quickly returned to the Junior ranks with Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. He earned a second chance in senior football when he joined Heart of Midlothian, signing for the...

(1983)

Giuseppe Pietrantonio ( canada)

External links

• History of the Montreal Manic, from loop48.com