Ten Years In: That's a Wrap.

I feel like this blog is coming to an end not with a bang, but with a whimper. But after just over ten years, this will be my final post in the 1987-1993 Pacific Soccer Autograph Project.

It was a fun project. I got to meet a lot of great players, great fans, and found that this niche sport still has a lot of die-hards following it around the country-- not just its MISL/NPSL past but even its MASL present and future. Hell, I was even one of the keepers in a 2019 MISL Alumni game!

But the fact is, I'm tapped out. I haven't mailed out a request to a former MISL player for this project in your years-- since November 8, 2021. I don't think my remaining needs can be filled via mail-- at least not easily or at a worthwhile risk. I think the well has pretty much dried up on who I can buy from or trade with. And with the Dallas Sidekicks folding and not even having a worthwhile alumni event in years, anything local and in-person is impossible.

Overall, I gave it a good run and I'm glad I did it. I figured when I started that I might get to 50-60% of these sets finished off.

Instead, I hit over 93% and had successes in nine different countries.

My remaining needs are listed at the bottom of this entry. If you come across this blog in the future, please know I probably am still looking for them so don't hesitate to reach out.

In the meantime, my main autograph site is at DFWGrapher.com, and for the past few years I've been co-host and now main host of the TTMCast podcast. Check both of those out!

1988-89 Pacific	1990-91 Pacific	1991-92 Pacific
2 Stan Stamenkovic	18 Mike Reynolds	20 Greg Ion
48 Frank Rasmussen	29 Gregg Willin	37 Keith Weller
	34 Slobo Ilijevski	40 Omar Gomez
1989-90 Pacific	37 Claudio De Oliveira	41 David Byrne
67 Chris Hundelt	39 Stan Terlecki	56 Domenic Mobilio
67 Chris/Kevin Hundelt	53 Steve Kinsey	68 Chris Simon
	58 Dennis Mepham	79 Pedro DeBrito
1992-93 Pacific NPSL	75 Nenad Nikolic	83 Dali
30 Teddy Krafft	84 Barry Wallace	84 Marcelo Carrera
63 Pedro DeBrito	111 Pedro DeBrito	113 Rick Snyder
87 Joe Kirk	114 David Byrne	118 Claudio De Oliveira
104 Dale Ervine	150 Greg Ion	140 Gregg Willin
9* Kia	166 Majid Jay	2* Claudio De Oliveira
	173 Tacoma All-Stars
	177 Wichita All-Stars
	189 Domenic Mobilio
	192 Preki
	217 Earl Foreman

PARTIALLY COMPLETED1990-91 159 San Diego Sockers ChampsNEED: Black, Cogsville, Ladouceur, Wade, Wright, Ortiz
1990-91 178 St. Louis All-StarsNEED: Ilijevski
1990-91 204 West GoalNEED: Kia
1990-91 205 Byrne & FernandezNEED: Byrne
1991-92 155 KC All-StarsNEED: Goosens
1991-92 158 Wichita All-StarsNEED: Weller
In closing, thanks for following along for so long. It's been fun and maybe I'll be able to quietly finish these sets off eventually. And as the great Hal Lebovitz always signed off, "Stay well and see you somewhere, I hope."