Ted Eck

In 1988, Eck began an itinerant career when he signed with the Kansas City Comets of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He played with the team through the end of the 1990–1991 season when the team folded. In 1989, Eck also played outdoor soccer during the MISL off season with the Ottawa Intrepid of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL). His twenty-one goals with the Intrepid were best in the CSL and earned Eck a spot on the CSL All-Star team. Eck returned to the CSL, this time with the Toronto Blizzard in 1991. That year Eck scored ten goals, tied for fourth on the league's goals list. The Blizzard made it to the CSL championship before losing to the Vancouver 86ers. With the demise of the Comets, Eck moved to the St. Louis Storm, also of MISL, for the 1991–1992 season. However, the Storm also folded at the end of the season and Eck moved to the Denver Thunder, an expansion team which lasted only the 1992–1993 season before folding. Eck found some outdoor stability in 1992 when he signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). He would play each summer with the Foxes until he left to join the Dallas Burn in 1996. While with the Foxes, Eck won the APSL championship in 1992 and 1993, as well as the 1992 Professional Cup. Eck scored in the 90th minute of the Foxes 4–1 Pro Cup final victory over Tampa Bay. The 1993 APSL title game pitted the Foxes against the Los Angeles Salsa. Scoreless through most of the game, Philip Gyau of the Salsa scored in…