The New York Arrows are a soccer team based out of Uniondale, New York that played in the Major Soccer League. They played from 1978 to 1984. Their home arena was Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They had many star players, including goalie Shep Messing. In 2005 the Arrows were reborn in the National Alliance Soccer League (NASL) buoyed by a TV contract with the TVS Television Network. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Uniondale is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Nassau County, New York (Long Island). ... The Major Soccer League, originally called the Major Indoor Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... Nassau Coliseum is home to the New York Islanders hockey team, member of the National Hockey League and the New York Dragons Arena Football League team. ...
He won the NewYork Emmy award for "On-Camera Achievement" in both 1995 and 1996, after being nominated for the honor in 1992 and 1994.
In 1995, he won a NewYork Emmy for his writing work on the Marathon, and two national Emmy's for his writing on NBC's Ironman Triathlon.
A former NewYork Islanders stickboy and NewYork Nets ballboy, Trautwig lives on the north shore of Long Island with his wife Cathy and 10-year-old son Alex.
The NewYork Raiders, intended by the fledging World Hockey Association to be their flagship franchise, was initially slated to play in the brand-new Nassau Coliseum.
The NHL responded by hastily awarding a franchise to Long Island--the NewYork Islanders, which forced the Raiders to play in the Madison Square Garden under the shadow of the NewYork Rangers.
During the NewYork Islanders run of four consecutive Stanley Cup Championships in the early-1980's, Nassau Coliseum was proudly referred to as "Fort Neverlose" by fans of the team.