Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Year: 1988-89
Set: Pacific MISL (Rate)
Card: #45 Ed Gettemeier
“ Hey, an actual card! I like the gray border. The back reminds me of Donruss. ” -Billy Kingsley
“ At least it is not a gaming soccer card. The design is simple and good, and the back is also clean. I remember going to MISL games in Detroit (grew up in Windsor right across the river) and the game in that environment barely resembled soccer. Nets embedded into hockey boards, boards to start with, and goal keepers barely had a chance as balls were usually blasted at them from a couple of yards away at 80mph plus. As you can see by this guys stats. ” -rmpaq5
“ "Hello, this is Pacific Trading Cards. How may we help you?" "Yes, this is 1985 Fleer - we'd like our design back, please. Thank you." ” -vrooomed
“ Wow , a soccer card that actually has stats.& info. Cool !! ” -uncaian
“ Ugly uniform, guy looks more like a ref, but hey this is a huge improvement compared to the other soccer cards lately. ” -Doc Floyd
“ Old school soccer, not bad. ” -carthage44
“ Hey a Soccer card that isn't one of those silly Topps Attax type game cards. This card is a stereotypical late 1980s sports card. Looks like a simple minor league card ..checking what the MISL is (I forget) Oh it's MAJOR Indoor Soccer League so OK major league not minor sorry. Front design is OK even with the frumpy color design. Minor irks it should have the team name, at least the team logo is there. Text font should be a better one to distinguish capital letters and avoid the whole "is it an "I" or an "L" thing." Back is OK I hope 45 is the card number and not his jersey number. I don't follow soccer so I don't know if goalkeepers have a specific number range like other sports often do. Rest of the back is fine for me. I do miss the cartoons on the backs Pre mid 1970s. ” -captkirk42
“ Yeah!!! Finally, a soccer card that's NOT a game. Not a bad card. Nice simple design. Don't particularly care for the gray border. ” -C2Cigars
“ Go Comets! I should have went to one of their games when they were around. At least when they were the Attack years later. ” -jupiterhill
“ Don't follow soccer, so can't comment on the player himself. I like the clean look of the back, which makes it easy to read. However, the heavy use of the color grey on the border of the front makes it seem a little plain. Nothing really pops. Perhaps a better action shot of the goalie blocking, or in an intense defensive stance would have done the trick, as opposed to a shot of him getting ready to throw the ball back out after the fact. ” -CollectingAfterDeath
