Major Indoor Soccer League

The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) debuted in 1978 with six teams. Playing on a astroturf-covered hockey rinks, the league quickly grew in popularity through the 1980s. Interest began to wane toward the end of the decade. Teams included the very popular St. Louis...

The New Jersey Rockets were members of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1981-82 season. They played their home games in??Brendan Byrne Arena at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ. The team folded after their lone season in the MISL. The team's...

The New York Arrows were charter members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978. They played their home games at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island. In the league's first ever game, baseball legend Pete Rose kicked out the first...

The New York Arrows were charter members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978. They played their home games at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island. Though successful on the indoor pitch, winning four championships, the Arrows had trouble drawing...

The Philadelphia Fever were charter members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978. They played their home matches at the old Spectrum before moving to Los Angeles in 1982 to become the Lazers.

The Phoenix Inferno joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1980. In 1983 new ownership renamed them the Pride. They folded after that season.

The Pittsburgh Spirit were one the 6 original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) teams in 1978. They took the 1980/1981 season off but returned for 5 more seasons, folding in 1986.

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE *Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena (also known as...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The St. Louis Storm played in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1989 to 1992, replacing the Steamers who folded a year earlier.

The original San Diego Sockers began as the Baltimore Comets in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1974. The team moved to San Diego in 1976, becoming the Jaws. A year later, they were the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, before returning to Southern...

The Fog began as the Detroit Lightning, an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1979-80 season. They moved to Northern California in the summer of 1980. In 1981, the team moved again, this time to Kansas City, where they...

The original Tacoma Stars joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1983 as an expansion team. They hold the record for largest ever to see an MISL game as 21,728 witnessed a Game 7 loss to the Dallas Sidekicks in the 1987 MISL...

In its second season, 1979/80, the Major Indoor Soccer League welcomed the Wichita Wings. The team competed in every subsequent season until the league's demise in 1992 and was immensely popular. They went on to play in the National Professional Soccer League until 2001....