Oh, Hector. Ye hero of the Crunch faithful. I think the first sporting event I ever went to in person was a Cleveland Force game. Since then I’ve always had a soft spot for indoor soccer in the Forest City (I don’t collect much, but I do have two Cleveland Force media guides and a dope Cleveland Force t-shirt), which is why this jersey caught my eye. No, not because it’s game-worn. Who really cares about that? No, it’s because it’s rare you see this color jersey (most remember just the purple get-ups), with the Revco brand on the front (remember them?), and, well, because Marinaro was the shit.
$9.99 right now with one day of bidding left.
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2009.
Actually this is a goalkeeper jersey of Rob Marinaro, Hector’s brother who played briefly with the Crunch. The number 01 looks weird though. Most indoor keepers wear 0, 1, or 00 like Otto Orf (get it?) or normal numbers. Who wears 01? Is it a civil war reference? Rob is Canadian but played his college soccer at Clemson.
The Force wore blue and yellow while the Crunch mostly wore red, yellow and black. From 96-98 they wore green and yellow when they were sponsored by BP; I hated those jerseys and colors! Imagine that, BP ruining something else!