Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)

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Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)
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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

[edit] All-time statistics leaders

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Awards

[edit] Most Valuable Player

Year Winner
1978-79 Steve Zungul, New York
1979-80 Steve Zungul, New York
1980-81 Steve Zungul, New York
1981-82 Steve Zungul, New York and Stan Terlecki, Pittsburgh
1982-83 Alan Mayer, San Diego
1983-84 Stan Stamenkovic, Baltimore
1984-85 Steve Zungul, San Diego
1985-86 Steve Zungul, San Diego/Golden Bay
1986-87 Tatu, Dallas
1987-88 Erik Rasmussen, Wichita
1988-89 Preki, Tacoma
1989-90 Tatu, Dallas
1990-91 Victor Nogueira, San Diego
1991-92 Victor Nogueira, San Diego

[edit] Scoring Champion

Year Winner
1978-79 Fred Grgurev, Philadelphia
1979-80 Steve Zungul, New York
1980-81 Steve Zungul, New York
1981-82 Steve Zungul, New York
1982-83 Steve Zungul, New York/Golden Bay
1983-84 Stan Stamenkovic, Baltimore
1984-85 Steve Zungul, San Diego
1985-86 Steve Zungul, San Diego/Tacoma
1986-87 Tatu, Dallas
1987-88 Erik Rasmussen, Wichita
1988-89 Preki, Tacoma
1989-90 Tatu, Dallas
1990-91 Tatu, Dallas
1991-92 Zoran Karic, Cleveland

[edit] MISL Pass Master

The Pass Master award was given out to the player with the most assists during the regular season.

Year Winner
1978-79 Fred Grgurev, Philadelphia
1979-80 Steve Zungul, New York
1980-81 Jorgen Kristiansen, Wichita
1981-82 Steve Zungul, New York
1982-83 Stan Stamenkovic, Memphis
1983-84 Stan Stamenkovic, Baltimore
1984-85 Steve Zungul, San Diego
1985-86 Steve Zungul, San Diego/Tacoma
1986-87 Kai Haaskivi, Cleveland
1987-88 Preki, Tacoma
1988-89 Preki, Tacoma and Chico Borja, Wichita
1989-90 Jan Goossens, Kansas City
1990-91 Tatu, Dallas
1991-92 Zoran Karic, Cleveland

[edit] Defender of the Year

Year Winner
1981-82 Val Tuksa, New York
1982-83 Bernie James, Cleveland
1983-84 Kim Roentved, Wichita
1984-85 Kevin Crow, San Diego
1985-86 Kim Roentved, Wichita
1986-87 Bruce Savage, Baltimore
1987-88 Kevin Crow, San Diego
1988-89 Kevin Crow, San Diego
1989-90 Wes McLeod, Dallas
1990-91 Kevin Crow, San Diego
1991-92 Kevin Crow, San Diego

[edit] Goalkeeper of the Year

Year Winner
1978-79 Paul Hammond, Houston
1979-80 Sepp Gantenhammer, Houston
1980-81 Enzo DiPede, Chicago
1981-82 Slobo Ilijevski, St. Louis
1982-83 Zoltan Toth, New York
1983-84 Slobo Ilijevski, St. Louis
1984-85 Scott Manning, Baltimore
1985-86 Keith Van Eron, Baltimore
1986-87 Tino Lettieri, Minnesota
1987-88 Zoltan Toth, San Diego
1988-89 Victor Nogueira, San Diego
1989-90 Joe Papaleo, Dallas
1990-91 Victor Nogueira, San Diego
1991-92 Victor Nogueira, San Diego

[edit] Rookie Of The Year

Year Winner
1979-80 Jim Sinclair, Buffalo
1980-81 Don Ebert, St. Louis
1981-82 Germain Iglesias, Buffalo
1982-83 Kirk Shermer, Los Angeles
1983-84 Kevin Maher, Pittsburgh
1984-85 Ali Kazemani, Cleveland
1985-86 Dave Boncek, Kansas City
1986-87 John Stollmeyer, Cleveland
1987-88 David Doyle, Kansas City
1988-89 Rusty Troy, Baltimore
1989-90 Terry Brown, St. Louis
1990-91 David Banks, San Diego
1991-92 Tommy Tanner, Cleveland

[edit] Newcomer Of The Year

This award was given to 'the most outstanding player in his first year of competition in the Major Indoor Soccer League' [1] in order to differentiate it from the Rookie Of The Year award.

Year Winner
1986-87 Steve Kinsey, Minnesota
1987-88 Nanad Zigante, Wichita
1988-89 Domenic Mobilio, Baltimore
1989-90 Claudio DeOliviera, St. Louis
1990-91 Paul Peschisolido, Kansas City

[edit] Coach Of The Year

Year Winner
1978-79 Timo Liekoski, Houston
1979-80 Len Bilous, Pittsburgh and Pat McBride, St. Louis
1980-81 Don Popovic, New York
1981-82 Dave Clements, Denver
1982-83 Pat McBride, Kansas City
1983-84 Kenny Cooper, Baltimore
1984-85 Peter Wall, Los Angeles
1985-86 Gordon Jago, Dallas
1986-87 Dave Clements, Kansas City
1987-88 Ron Newman, San Diego
1988-89 Kenny Cooper, Baltimore
1989-90 Billy Phillips, Dallas
1990-91 Trevor Dawkins, Cleveland
1991-92 Gordon Jago, Dallas

[edit] Championship Series Most Valuable Player

Year Winner
1978-79 Shep Messing, New York
1979-80 Steve Zungul, New York
1980-81 Steve Zungul, New York
1981-82 Steve Zungul, New York
1982-83 Juli Veee, San Diego
1983-84 Scott Manning, Baltimore
1984-85 Steve Zungul, San Diego
1985-86 Brian Quinn, San Diego
1986-87 Tatu, Dallas
1987-88 Hugo Perez, San Diego
1988-89 Victor Nogueira, San Diego
1989-90 Brian Quinn, San Diego
1990-91 Ben Collins, San Diego
1991-92 Thompson Usiyan, San Diego

[edit] Championship Series Unsung Hero

This award was given to the player 'in the Championship Series whose impact to his team's success was measured by hustle, determination and leadership.' [2]

Year Winner
1987-88 George Fernandez, San Diego
1988-89 Paul Dougherty, San Diego
1989-90 Paul Wright, San Diego
1990-91 Glenn Carbonara, San Diego
1991-92 Kevin Crow, San Diego

[edit] Attendance

Year Average Playoffs
1978-79 4,453 4,766
1979-80 6,102 6,691
1980-81 6,839 10,740
1981-82 8,735 8,848
1982-83 7,895 11,536
1983-84 8,868 10,252
1984-85 8,696 8,511
1985-86 8,680 11,983
1986-87 8,714 12,514
1987-88 8,439 7,771
1988-89 7,765 7,557
1989-90 7,765 6,584
1990-91 6,566 7,264
1991-92 7,844 6,825
Seasons Overall Average
14 7,644 9,049

[edit] 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 Oakland, California Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
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

[edit] Commissioners

[edit] Prominent players

[edit] References

  1. ^ MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide. 1987. p. 44. 
  2. ^ 1989-90 Official MISL Guide. 1989. p. 44. 

Leary, Dan; Griffin, John (1987). MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide. New York, NY: Major Indoor Soccer League Communications Department. 

Griffin, John, ed. (1989). MISL Official Guide. Overland Park, KS: Major Indoor Soccer League Communications Department. 

[edit] External links

Major Indoor Soccer League I seasons
Defunct soccer leagues in the United States
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