Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)

Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)
For usages of the name, see Major Indoor Soccer League.
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)
Misl1.png
Sport indoor soccer
Founded 1977
No. of teams high of 14
Country(ies)  United States
Ceased 1992
Last champion(s) San Diego Sockers

The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. After the folding of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1984, the MISL was the Division I soccer league for the United States. After the league folded in 1992, the Cleveland and Wichita teams joined the National Professional Soccer League. Two other teams (Dallas and San Diego) helped found the Continental Indoor Soccer League.

For two weeks in 1986, players faced a lockout as part of a labor dispute.

The MISL was one of the few "non-major" (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) leagues to actually have a video game of its sport created. MISL Soccer came out in 1988 for the Commodore 64.

Contents

All-time statistics leaders

Points

  1. 1,123--Steve Zungul (New York Arrows, Golden Bay Earthquakes, San Diego Sockers, Tacoma Stars)
  2. 841--Branko Segota (New York Arrows, San Diego Sockers, St.Louis Storm)
  3. 690--Tatu (Dallas Sidekicks)
  4. 686--Dale Mitchell (Tacoma Stars, Kansas City Comets, Baltimore Blast)
  5. 683--Kai Haaskivi (Houston Summit, Cleveland Force, Baltimore Blast, Cleveland Crunch)
  6. 682--Jan Goossens (Golden Bay Earthquakes, Minnesota Strikers, Kansas City Comets, Dallas Sidekicks)
  7. 664--Preki (Tacoma Stars, St. Louis Storm)
  8. 612--Chico Borja (Las Vegas Americans, Wichita Wings, Los Angeles Lazers)
  9. 544--Fred Grgurev (Philadelphia Fever, New York Arrows, New Jersey Rockets, Memphis/Las Vegas Americans, Pittsburgh Spirit, New York Express)
  10. 542--Stan Stamenkovic (Memphis Americans, Baltimore Blast)

Goals

  1. 652--Steve Zungul (New York Arrows, Goden Bay Earthquakes, San Diego Sockers, Tacoma Stars)
  2. 463--Branko Segota (New York Arrows, San Diego Sockers, St. Louis Storm)
  3. 406--Tatu (Dallas Sidekicks, Wichita Wings)
  4. 406--Dale Mitchell (Tacoma Stars, Kansas City Comets, Baltimore Blast)
  5. 344--Jan Goossens (Golden Bay Earthquakes, Minnesota Strikers, Kansas City Comets, Dallas Sidekicks)
  6. 332--Preki (Tacoma Stars, St. Louis Storm)
  7. 331--Fred Grgurev (Philadelphia Fever, New York Arrows, New Jersey Rockets, Memphis/Las Vegas Americans, Pittsburgh Spirit, New York Express)
  8. 307--Andy Chapman (Wichita Wings, Cleveland Force, Baltimore Blast)
  9. 297--Craig Allen (New Jersey Rockets, Cleveland Force)
  10. 297--Kai Haaskivi (Houston Summit, Cleveland Force, Baltimore Blast, Cleveland Crunch)

Assists

  1. 471--Steve Zungul (New York Arrows, Golden Bay Earthquakes, San Diego Sockers, Tacoma Stars)
  2. 386--Kai Haaskivi (Houston Summit, Cleveland Force, Baltimore Blast, Cleveland Crunch)
  3. 378--Branko Segota (New York Arrows, San Diego Sockers, St. Louis Storm)
  4. 338--Chico Borja (New York Cosmos, Las Vegas Americans, Wichita Wings, Los Angeles Lazers)
  5. 338--Jan Goossens (Golden Bay Earthquakes, Minnesota Strikers, Kansas City Comets, Dallas Sidekicks)
  6. 332--Preki (Tacoma Stars, St. Louis Storm)
  7. 311--Stan Stamenkovic (Memphis Americans, Baltimore Blast)
  8. 284--Tatu (Dallas Sidekicks)
  9. 280--Dale Mitchell (Tacoma Stars, Kansas City Comets, Baltimore Blast)
  10. 271--Jorgen Kristensen (Wichita Wings, Kansas City Comets)

Goals against average

(9,500 minutes minimum)

  1. 4.03--Zoltan Toth (New York Arrows, San Diego Sockers, St. Louis Storm)
  2. 4.09--Tino Lettieri (Minnesota Strikers)
  3. 4.14--Krzysztof Sobieski (Pittsburgh Spirit, Cleveland Force, Dallas Sidekicks)
  4. 4.18--Victor Nogueira (Chicago Sting, Cleveland Force, San Diego Sockers)
  5. 4.21--David Brcic (New York Cosmos, Wichita Wings, Pittsburgh Spirit, Los Angeles Lazers, Kansas City Comets, St. Louis Storm)
  6. 4.26--Slobo Ilijevski (St. Louis Steamers, Baltimore Blast, St. Louis Storm)
  7. 4.32--P.J. Johns (Cleveland Force, Tacoma Stars, Cleveland Crunch)
  8. 4.35--Jim Gorsek (San Diego Sockers, Los Angeles Lazers, Kansas City Comets, St. Louis Storm)
  9. 4.3972--Joe Papaleo (Pittsburgh Spirit, Tacoma Stars, Dallas Sidekicks)
  10. 4.3979--Keith Van Eron (Cincinnati Kids, Wichita Wings, Philadelphia Fever, Baltimore Blast, Las Vegas Americans)

MISL/MSL Championship Series

Season Champions Series Runners-Up MVP
1978-79 New York Arrows 2 - 0 Philadelphia Fever Shep Messing
1979-80* New York Arrows 7 - 4 Houston Summit Steve Zungul
1980-81* New York Arrows 6 - 5 St. Louis Steamers Steve Zungul
1981-82 New York Arrows 3 - 2 St. Louis Steamers Steve Zungul
1982-83 San Diego Sockers 3 - 2 Baltimore Blast Juli Veee
1983-84 Baltimore Blast 4 - 1 St. Louis Steamers Scott Manning
1984-85 San Diego Sockers 4 - 1 Baltimore Blast Steve Zungul
1985-86 San Diego Sockers 4 - 3 Minnesota Strikers Brian Quinn
1986-87 Dallas Sidekicks 4 - 3 Tacoma Stars Tatu
1987-88 San Diego Sockers 4 - 0 Cleveland Force Hugo Pérez
1988-89 San Diego Sockers 4 - 3 Baltimore Blast Victor Nogueira
1989-90 San Diego Sockers 4 - 2 Baltimore Blast Brian Quinn
1990-91 San Diego Sockers 4 - 2 Cleveland Crunch Ben Collins
1991-92 San Diego Sockers 4 - 2 Dallas Sidekicks Thompson Usiyan

*Single-game championship

Awards

MISL Most Valuable Player

1979 Steve Zungul, New York 1980 Steve Zungul, New York 1981 Steve Zungul, New York 1982 Steve Zungul, New York and Stan Terlecki, Pittsburgh 1983 Alan Mayer, San Diego 1984 Stan Stamenkovic, Baltimore 1985 Steve Zungul, San Diego 1986 Steve Zungul, San Diego-Golden Bay 1987 Tatu, Dallas 1988 Erik Rasmussin, Wichita 1989 Preki, Tacoma 1990 Tatu, Dallas 1991 Victor Nogueira, San Diego 1992 Victor Nogueira, San Diego

Defender of the Year

1979- N/A 1980- N/A 1981- N/A 1982- Val Tuksa, New York Arrows 1983- Bernie James, Cleveland Force 1984- Kim Roentved, Wichita Wings 1985- Kevin Crow, San Diego Sockers 1986- Kim Roentved, Wichita Wings 1987- Bruce Savage, Baltimore Blast 1988- Kevin Crow, San Diego Sockers 1989- Kevin Crow, San Diego Sockers 1990- Wes McLeod, Dallas Sidekicks 1991- Kevin Crow, San Diego Sockers 1992- Kevin Crow, San Diego Sockers

Goalkeeper of the Year

1979- Paul Hammond, Houston Summit Soccer 1980- Sepp Gantenhammer, Houston Summit Soccer 1981- Enzo DiPede, Chicago Horizon 1982- Slobo Ilijevski, St. Louis Steamers 1983- Zoltan Toth, New York Arrows 1984- Slobo Ilijevski, St. Louis Steamers 1985- Scott Manning, Baltimore Blast 1986- Keith Van Eron, Baltimore Blast 1987- Tino Lettieri, Minnesota Strikers 1988- Zoltan Toth, San Diego Sockers 1989- Victor Nogueira, San Diego Sockers 1990- Joe Papaleo, Dallas Sidekicks 1991- Victor Nogueira, San Diego Sockers 1992- N/A

Attendance

Year Average
1978-79 4,453
1979-80 6,102
1980-81 6,839
1981-82 8,735
1982-83 7,895
1983-84 8,868
1984-85 8,696
1985-86 8,680
1986-87 8,714
1987-88 8,439
1988-89 7,765
1989-90 7,765
1990-91 6,566
1991-92 7,844
Seasons Overall Average
14 7,644

MISL Teams

Team City/Area Arena
Baltimore Blast Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Arena
Buffalo Stallions Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Chicago Horizon Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon
Chicago Sting Chicago, Illinois Chicago Stadium
Rosemont Horizon
Cincinnati Kids Cincinnati, Ohio Riverfront Coliseum
Cleveland Crunch Cleveland, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
Cleveland Force Cleveland, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
Dallas Sidekicks Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
Denver Desperados Denver, Colorado McNichols Sports Arena
never played a game
Denver Avalanche Denver, Colorado McNichols Sports Arena
Detroit Lightning Detroit, Michigan Cobo Arena
Golden Bay Earthquakes San Jose, California Cow Palace
Hartford Hellions Hartford, Connecticut New Haven Coliseum
Hartford Civic Center
Houston Summit Houston, Texas The Summit
Kansas City Comets Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena
Las Vegas Americans Paradise, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center
Los Angeles Lazers Inglewood, California The Forum
Memphis Americans Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum
Minnesota Strikers Bloomington, Minnesota Met Center
New Jersey Rockets East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
New York Arrows Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
New York Express Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
New York Cosmos East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena
Philadelphia Fever Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Spectrum
Phoenix Inferno/Pride Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Pittsburgh Spirit Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
San Diego Sockers San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena
San Francisco Fog Daly City, California Cow Palace
St. Louis Steamers St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
St. Louis Storm St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
Tacoma Stars Tacoma, Washington Tacoma Dome
Wichita Wings Wichita, Kansas Kansas Coliseum

Commissioners

  • Earl Foreman (1978-1985)
  • Francis Dale (1985-1986)
  • Bill Kentling (1986-1989)
  • Earl Foreman (1989-1992)

Prominent players

External links

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ALPF (1894–95) • NAFBL (1895–1921) • ASL I (1921–33) • ASL II (1933–83) • NASFL (1946–47) • NPSL I (1967) • USA (1967) • NASL (1968–84) • MISL I (1978–92) • NPSL II (1984–2001) • USL I (1984–85) • WSA (1985–89) • LSSA (1987–92) • ASL III (1988–89) • CISL (1993–97) • EISL (1997–98) • WISL (1998–2001) • WUSA (2001–03) • AISL (2002-08) • MISL II (2001–08) • XSL (2008–09)

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