1982–83 Major Indoor Soccer League season

August 2023 Major Indoor Soccer League 1982–83 San Diego Sockers YUG Steve Zungul (75 goals) 316 3498 7,895 1981–82 1983–84 The 1982–83 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the fifth in league history and would end with the San Diego Sockers winning their first MISL title. It would be the Sockers' second straight indoor championship, as the club had won the North American Soccer League's indoor league the previous spring. Recap The league would enter into an agreement with the NASL in the summer of 1982 to begin plans for an eventual merger.NASL, indoor league announce merger August 11, 1982 Vancouver Sun https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=taFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VowNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3861,175302&dq=nasl+indoor&hl=en C2 2012-01-27 Initial plans to have all 14 NASL teams play in the winter would not come to pass, as most teams preferred to concentrate on the outdoor season. However, the Chicago Sting and Golden Bay Earthquakes would join the Sockers for the MISL season. The Earthquakes would perform worst of the three NASL teams, but picked up Steve Zungul from the New York Arrows when New York's new management decided to try to 'Americanize' the team in an attempt to boost ticket sales.Golden Bay Gets Zungul January 20, 1983 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/20/sports/golden-bay-gets-zungul.html 2012-01-27 The Arrows, only two games out of first place when the trade was made on January 19, finished at .500 and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Despite the Quakes' struggles, Zungul would win the MISL scoring title again. The expansion Los Angeles Lazers, owned by the Los Angeles Lakers' Jerry Buss, set a record for the lowest winning percentage in league history. After the season, Chicago, San Diego and Golden Bay withdrew and returned to the NASL as the league made plans for an indoor return the following winter. Despite losing the NASL teams, the league continued to expand as teams were announced for Tacoma in 1983-84 and Dallas for 1984–85. The MISL continued to make inroads on national television. While the spring would see the end of the league's two-year deal with the USA Network, CBS would broadcast a playoff game live from Cleveland on May 7 that drew an estimated four million viewers. Teams TeamCity/AreaArenaBaltimore BlastBaltimore, Maryland Baltimore ArenaBuffalo StallionsBuffalo, New YorkBuffalo Memorial Auditorium Chicago StingChicago Chicago StadiumCleveland ForceCleveland, Ohio Richfield ColiseumGolden Bay EarthquakesOakland, CaliforniaOakland–Alameda County Coliseum ArenaKansas City CometsKansas City, Missouri Kemper ArenaLos Angeles LazersInglewood, California The ForumMemphis AmericansMemphis, Tennessee Mid-South ColiseumNew York ArrowsUniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumPhoenix InfernoPhoenix, Arizona Arizona Veterans Memorial ColiseumPittsburgh SpiritPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena (Pittsburgh) San Diego SockersSan Diego, California San Diego Sports ArenaSt. Louis SteamersSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis ArenaWichita WingsWichita, Kansas Kansas Coliseum Map of clubs left 10px Eastern Division 10px Western Division 1090 500 300 425 355 North America 870 North America 39.29 -76.62 Blue pog.svg 80 right Blast North America 42.88 -78.88 Blue pog.svg 80 top Stallions North America 41.88 -87.67 Blue pog.svg 80 bottom Sting North America 41.25 -81.59 Blue pog.svg 80 top Force North America 35.12 -89.98 Blue pog.svg 80 right Americans North America 40.72 -73.59 Blue pog.svg 80 right Arrows North America 40.44 -79.99 Blue pog.svg 80 bottom Spirit North America 37.75 -122.20 Red pog.svg 80 left Earthquakes North America 39.09 -94.61 Red pog.svg 80 top Comets North America 33.96 -118.34 Red pog.svg 80 left Lazers North America 33.47 -112.10 Red pog.svg 80 top Inferno North America 32.76 -117.21 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Sockers North America 38.63 -90.28 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Steamers North America 37.84 -97.32 Red pog.svg 80 bottom Wings Regular season schedule The 1982–83 regular season schedule ran from November 5, 1982, to April 17, 1983. The 48 games per team was an increase of four over the 1981–82 schedule of 44 games.1982-83 MISL Information Guide 1982 89–90 Final standings Playoff teams in bold. Eastern Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road Baltimore Blast 3018.625 --24922419-511-13 Cleveland Force 2919.604128526716-813-11 Chicago Sting 2820.583228523917-711-13 New York Arrows 2424.500622521915-99-15 Pittsburgh Spirit 2424.500625024715-99-15 Buffalo Stallions 2226.458827027413-119-15 Memphis Americans 1929.3961123927415-94-20 Western Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road San Diego Sockers 3216.667-- 28923019-513-11 Wichita Wings 2721.563527324917-710-14 Kansas City Comets 2622.542621921017-79-15 St. Louis Steamers 2622.542623423415-911-13 Phoenix Inferno 2424.500824925517-77-17 Golden Bay Earthquakes 1731.354152402908-169-15 Los Angeles Lazers 840.167241912866-182-22 Playoffs Division Semifinals Division Finals Championship Series E1 Baltimore Blast 2 E4 New York Arrows 1 E2 Cleveland Force 2 E3 Chicago Sting 1 W1 San Diego Sockers 2 W4 Kansas City Comets 0 W2 Wichita Wings 2 W3 St. Louis Steamers 1 E1 Baltimore Blast 3 E2 Cleveland Force 2 W1 San Diego Sockers 3 W2 Wichita Wings 0 E1 Baltimore Blast 2 W1 San Diego Sockers 3 Quarterfinals Baltimore vs. New York Date Away Home Attendance April 19 New York 4 Baltimore 11 10,511 April 22 Baltimore 6 New York 7 7,157 April 23 New York 3 Baltimore 8 11,223 Baltimore wins series 2-1 Cleveland vs. Chicago Date Away Home Attendance April 19 Chicago 9 Cleveland 5 8,519 April 21 Cleveland 5 Chicago 4 9,643 April 23 Chicago 5 Cleveland 7 19,106 Cleveland wins series 2-1 San Diego vs. Kansas City Date Away Home Attendance April 20 Kansas City 2 San Diego 6 9,120 April 23 San Diego 9 Kansas City 4 15,957 San Diego wins series 2-0 Wichita vs. St. Louis Date Away Home Attendance April 19 St. Louis 5 Wichita 6 8,355 Andy Chapman scored at 13:01 of overtime April 23 Wichita 2 St. Louis 8 13,881 April 25 St. Louis 7 Wichita 9 9,875 Wichita wins series 2-1 Semifinals Baltimore vs. Cleveland Date Away Home Attendance April 26 Cleveland 7 Baltimore 6 9,787 April 29 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 10 11,223 May 5 Baltimore 7 Cleveland 3 16,136 May 7 Baltimore 3 Cleveland 6 12,178 May 10 Cleveland 6 Baltimore 8 11,311 Baltimore wins series 3-2 San Diego vs. Wichita Date Away Home Attendance April 28 Wichita 5 San Diego 8 11,340 April 30 Wichita 2 San Diego 5 11,520 May 6 San Diego 4 Wichita 3 9,725San Diego wins series 3-0 Championship Series San Diego vs. Baltimore Date Away Home Attendance May 13 Baltimore 0 San Diego 6 12,549 May 15 Baltimore 0 San Diego 7 12,185 May 17 San Diego 3 Baltimore 4 11,223 May 19 San Diego 6 Baltimore 7 11,431 Joe Fink scored at 1:03 of overtime May 23 Baltimore 1 San Diego 3 12,948 San Diego wins series 3-2 Regular season player statistics MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide 1987 53 Scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts YUG Steve Zungul New York/Golden Bay 43 75 47 122 YUG Stan Stamenkovic Memphis Americans 41 55 65 120 USA Juli Veee San Diego Sockers 37 57 53 110 POL Stan Terlecki Pittsburgh Spirit 45 65 40 105 ARG Omar Gomez Wichita Wings 44 37 49 86 GUE Craig Allen Cleveland Force 45 53 31 84 ENG Keith Furphy Cleveland Force 48 56 28 84 FIN Kai Haaskivi Cleveland Force 46 38 46 84 TRI Steve David Phoenix Inferno 47 61 20 81 ARG Ruben Astigarraga Phoenix Inferno 43 34 46 80 Leading goalkeepers Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses Player Team GP Min GA GAA W LHUN Zoltán Tóth New York Arrows 27 1555 104 4.01 12 14 YUG Slobo Ilijevski St. Louis Steamers 44 2548 175 4.12 23 19USA Keith Van Eron Baltimore Blast 38 1969 138 4.20 23 9USA Alan Mayer San Diego Sockers 43 2407 172 4.29 30 10CAN Victor Petroni Kansas City Comets 26 1498 112 4.49 14 10 USA Victor Nogueira Chicago Sting 28 1441 110 4.58 14 12 ITA Enzo DiPede Kansas City Comets 24 1362 109 4.80 12 12WAL Mike Dowler Wichita Wings 42 2502 203 4.87 25 17YUG Blagoje Tamindzic Phoenix Inferno 39 2252 183 4.88 19 18POL Krys Sobieski Pittsburgh Spirit 41 2273 185 4.88 19 20 Playoff Player Statistics MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide 1987 81 Scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts USA Juli Veee San Diego Sockers 10 13 19 32 USA Dave MacWilliams Baltimore Blast 13 12 11 23 GER Heinz Wirtz Baltimore Blast 13 10 11 21 USA Joey Fink Baltimore Blast 13 12 8 20 POL Kaz Deyna San Diego Sockers 9 14 4 18 Leading goalkeepers Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses Player Team GP Min GA GAA W LUSA Alan Mayer San Diego Sockers 10 587 28 2.86 8 2USA Keith Van Eron Baltimore Blast 10 556 49 5.29 4 6WAL Mike Dowler Wichita Wings 6 357 33 5.55 2 4PUR Cris Vaccaro Cleveland Force 7 321 36 6.73 2 3 All-MISL Teams First Team   Position   Second Team USA Alan Mayer, San Diego GUSA Keith Van Eron, BaltimoreYUG Val Tuksa, New York DUSA Greg Makowski, Kansas CityGER Heinz Wirtz, Baltimore DDEN Kim Roentved, WichitaUSA Juli Veee, San Diego MDEN Jorgen Kristensen, WichitaYUG Steve Zungul, New York/Golden Bay FPOL Stan Terlecki, PittsburghYUG Stan Stamenkovic, Memphis FFIN Kai Haaskivi, Cleveland Honorable Mention   Position  YUG Slobo Ilijevski, St. Louis GBRA Renato Cila, New York DPOL Helmut Dudek, Memphis DARG Pato Margetic, Chicago FPOL Kaz Deyna, San Diego F League awards Most Valuable Player: Alan Mayer, San Diego Scoring Champion: YUG Steve Zungul, New York/Golden Bay Pass Master: YUG Stan Stamenkovic, Baltimore Defender of the Year: USA Bernie James, Cleveland Rookie of the Year: USA Kirk Shermer, Los Angeles Goalkeeper of the Year: HUN Zoltán Tóth, New York Coach of the Year: USA Pat McBride, Kansas City Championship Series Most Valuable Player: USA Juli Veee, San Diego References Verb Doug Jones-Fearnley Alaina 1982-83 MISL Information Guide Major Indoor Soccer League 1982 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 1983-84 MISL Media Guide Major Indoor Soccer League 1983 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide Leary Dan Griffin John Major Indoor Soccer League Communications Department 1987 New York External links The Year in American Soccer - 1983 1982-83 summary at The MISL: A Look Back Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) seasons Major Major