Hector Marinaro
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Hector Marinaro is the all-time leader in points and goals in professional indoor soccer. He retired at age 39 in October 2004.
A native of Mississauga, and member of amateur national club champion Toronto Italia as an 18 year old, Marinaro started his career in 1983 with the Cleveland Force of the original MISL. He has won six Most Valuable Player awards the most in any sport by one player. He also has the most points and goals in the professional indoor soccer playoffs. He played 19 seasons as a pro.
Marinaro scored the overtime goal in the 1994 NPSL championship to bring back first championship to Cleveland in 30 years. He also help win the NPSL championship for Cleveland in 1996, and 1999. Marinaro scored 1,222 goals, 701 assists 1,923 points in just only 685 games. In the playoffs he has scored 224 goals, 96 assists, 320 points in only 104 games. He scored his 1,000th point against his goalkeeper brother Rob. MISL's MVP trophy, the "Marinaro award", is named in his honor.
Marinaro also earned 6 caps for Canada men's national soccer team (outdoors) - playing 3 times 1986 in Singapore and three more times in 1995. He may have played many more times but was found guilty of match fixing in Singapore and was suspended by the Canadian Soccer Association for a year.
Marinaro was a Toronto Blizzard outdoor player for the 1993 season and one season with Rochester Raging Rhinos in 1996.
[edit] Teams/leagues:
- Toronto Blizzard/APSL
- Cleveland Force/MISL
- Minnesota Strikers/MISL
- Los Angeles Lazers/MISL
- Cleveland Crunch-Force/MISL-NPSL-MISL
