MISL Final Team Standings
and Playoff Results

1978-79 SEASON
	G	W	L	GF	GA	GB	Pct.
Houston Summit Soccer	24	18	6	175	114	--	.750
New York Arrows	24	16	8	176	136	2	.667
Cincinnati Kids	24	16	8	154	129	2	.667
Philadelphia Fever	24	11	13	141	154	7	.458
Pittsburgh Spirit	24	6	18	123	171	12	.250
Cleveland Force	24	5	19	94	159	13	.208

Playoffs
New York defeated Cincinnati 9-4
Philadelphia defeated Houston 6-3

Championship
New York defeated Philadelphia 14-7, 9-5

After the season, Cincinnati folded.

1979-80 SEASON
ATLANTIC DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	GB	Pct.
New York Arrows	32	27	5	296	175	--	.844
Pittsburgh Spirit	32	18	14	188	191	9	.563
Buffalo Stallions	32	17	15	172	197	10	.531
Philadelphia Fever	32	17	15	201	197	10	.531
Hartford Hellions	32	6	26	151	240	21	.188
CENTRAL DIVISION
Houston Summit Soccer	32	20	12	181	160	--	.625
Wichita Wings	32	16	16	187	173	4	.500
Detroit Lightning	32	15	17	192	201	5	.469
St. Louis Steamer	32	12	20	177	184	8	.375
Cleveland Force	32	12	20	152	179	8	.375

1st Round
Wichita defeated Detroit 6-5
Pittsburgh defeated Buffalo 5-3

Semifinals
New York defeated Pittsburgh 5-3, 11-3
Houston defeated Wichita 5-4 (OT), 4-3

Championship
New York defeated Houston 7-4

Before the season, Buffalo, Hartford, Wichita, Detroit and St. Louis were added.

After the season, Pittsburgh suspended operations for one year.

1980-81 SEASON
ATLANTIC DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	GB	Pct.
New York Arrows	40	35	5	285	176	--	.875
Baltimore Blast	40	21	19	182	190	14	.525
Philadelphia Fever	40	18	22	212	245	17	.450
Hartford Hellions	40	13	27	165	192	22	.325
CENTRAL DIVISION
St. Louis Steamer	40	25	15	222	196	--	.625
Cleveland Force	40	21	19	209	214	4	.525
Chicago Horizon	40	20	20	216	187	5	.500
Buffalo Stallions	40	20	20	246	210	5	.500
WESTERN DIVISION
Wichita Wings	40	23	17	228	181	--	.575
Phoenix Inferno	40	17	23	210	254	6	.425
Denver Avalanche	40	16	24	174	217	7	.400
San Francisco Fog	40	11	29	175	271	12	.275

1st Round
Baltimore defeated Cleveland 6-5 (OT), 1-7, 5-2
Wichita defeated Chicago 3-4, 6-4, 8-6
St. Louis defeated Buffalo 6-4, 6-5
New York defeated Phoenix 6-10, 10-6, 6-5

Semifinals
New York defeated Baltimore 10-1
St. Louis defeated Wichita 8-7(SO)

Championship
New York defeated St. Louis 6-5

Before the season, Houston moved to Baltimore and Detroit moved to San Francisco. Chicago, Denver and Phoenix were added. Pittsburgh was inactive this season.

After the season, Chicago folded.

1981-82 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	GB	Pct.
New York Arrows	44	36	8	302	199	--	.818
Pittsburgh Spirits	44	31	13	254	208	5	.705
Baltimore Blast	44	27	17	223	207	9	.614
Buffalo Stallions	44	24	20	276	244	12	.545
New Jersey Rockets	44	17	27	195	230	19	.386
Cleveland Force	44	15	29	205	250	21	.341
Philadelphia Fever	44	11	33	175	250	25	.250
WESTERN DIVISION
St. Louis Steamer	44	28	16	228	182	--	.636
Wichita Wings	44	27	17	235	200	1	.614
Memphis Americans	44	20	24	250	271	8	.455
Denver Avalanche	44	19	25	182	203	9	.432
Phoenix Inferno	44	17	27	222	254	11	.386
Kansas City Comets	44	14	30	174	223	14	.318

1st Round
Baltimore defeated Pittsburgh 1-3, 6- 5 (OT), 6-2
New York defeated Buffalo 7-9, 5-4 (OT), 10-6
St. Louis defeated Denver 4-2, 7-6
Wichita defeated Memphis 3-5, 6-3, 12-3

Semifinals
New York defeated Baltimore 6-5 (OT), 6-2
St. Louis defeated Wichita 10-5, 6-7 (OT), 4-1

Championship
New York defeated St. Louis 2-3 (OT), 5-3, 9-8 (OT), 4-6, 8-6

Before the season, New Jersey was added. Hartford moved to Memphis and San Francisco moved to Kansas City. Pittsburgh resumed operations.

After the season, New Jersey and Denver suspended operations.

1982-83 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	GB	Pct.
Baltimore Blast	48	30	18	249	224	--	.625
Cleveland Force	48	29	19	285	267	1	.604
Chicago Sting	48	28	20	285	239	2	.583
New York Arrows	48	24	24	225	219	6	.500
Pittsburgh Spirit	48	24	24	250	247	6	.500
Buffalo Stallions	48	22	26	270	274	8	.458
Memphis Americans	48	19	29	239	274	11	.396
WESTERN DIVISION
San Diego Sockers	48	32	16	289	230	--	.667
Wichita Wings	48	27	21	273	249	5	.563
Kansas City Comets	48	26	22	219	210	6	.542
St. Louis Steamer	48	26	22	234	234	6	.542
Phoenix Inferno	48	24	24	249	255	8	.500
Golden Bay Earthquakes	48	17	31	240	290	15	.354
Los Angeles Lazers	48	8	40	191	286	24	.167

1st Round
Baltimore defeated New York 11-4, 6-7, 8-3
Cleveland defeated Chicago 5-9, 5-4, 7-5
San Diego defeated Kansas City 6-2, 9-4
Wichita defeated St. Louis 6-5 (OT), 2-8, 9-7

Semifinals
Baltimore defeated Cleveland 6-7, 10-5, 7-3, 3-6, 8-6
San Diego defeated Wichita 8-5, 5-2, 4-3

Championship
San Diego defeated Baltimore 6-0, 7-0, 3-4, 6-7 (OT), 3-1

Before the season, Philadelphia moved to Los Angeles. Chicago, San Diego, and Golden Bay (formerly San Jose) from the NASL participated in the MISL this year.

After the season, Chicago, San Diego & Golden Bay returned to the NASL.

1983-84 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	GB	Pct.
Baltimore Blast	48	34	14	280	203	--	.708
Pittsburgh Spirit	48	32	16	245	204	2	.667
Cleveland Force	48	31	17	269	229	3	.646
New York Arrows	48	20	28	232	280	14	.417
Memphis Americans	48	18	30	216	284	16	.375
Buffalo Stallions	48	15	33	226	279	19	.313
WESTERN DIVISION
St. Louis Steamers	48	26	22	220	202	--	.542
Wichita Wings	48	25	23	237	228	1	.521
Los Angeles Lazers	48	24	24	223	239	2	.500
Kansas City Comets	48	23	25	232	246	4	.500
Tacoma Stars	48	22	26	226	232	4	.375
Phoenix Pride	48	18	30	221	249	8	.375

1st Round
Baltimore defeated New York 11-5, 8- 9 (OT), 4-3, 14-5
Cleveland defeated Pittsburgh 6-4, 1-4, 6-5 (OT), 5-3
Wichita defeated Los Angeles 10-7, 4-6, 5-4, 6-5
St. Louis defeated Kansas City 6-4, 7-6, 1-2, 3-5, 6-5

Semifinals
Baltimore defeated Cleveland 5-4, 6-5, 7-2
St. Louis defeated Wichita 4-3, 7-6, 5-4 (OT)

Championship
Baltimore defeated St. Louis 3-7, 5- 3, 5-2, 5-4 (OT), 10-3

Before the season, Denver was reactivated and moved to Tacoma. Phoenix changed their name to the Pride.

After the season, Buffalo and Phoenix folded. New York went bankrupt.

1984-85 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Blast	48	32	16	252	190	.681	--
Chicago Sting	48	28	20	261	223	.583	4
Cleveland Force	48	27	21	239	228	.553	5
Minnesota Strikers	48	24	24	224	226	.500	8
St. Louis Steamers	48	24	24	211	207	.500	8
Pittsburgh Spirit	48	19	29	217	256	.396	13
New York Cosmos	33	11	22	137	185	.333	13.5
WESTERN DIVISION
San Diego Sockers	48	37	11	302	201	.771	--
Las Vegas Americans	48	30	18	269	214	.625	7
Los Angeles Lazers	48	24	24	232	230	.500	13
Kansas City Comets	48	22	26	216	221	.458	15
Wichita Wings	48	21	26	202	233	.437	15.5
Tacoma Stars	48	17	31	207	263	.354	20
Dallas Sidekicks	48	12	36	194	286	.250	25

Wild Cards
Kansas City Defeated St. Louis, 5- 4 (OT), 4-3 (OT)
Minnesota defeated Wichita (2-1, 3-8, 3-2 (OT)

Quarterfinals
Cleveland defeated Chicago 5-4 (OT), 4-8, 6-1, 5-4 (OT)
San Diego defeated Kansas City, 4-3 (OT), 11-7, 3-2
Baltimore defeated Los Angeles, 4-3, 12-3, 5-4
Minnesota defeated Las Vegas, 6-5, 4-6, 3-2, 4-1

Semifinals
San Diego defeated Minnesota, 8-1, 6-5 (OT), 5-8, 3-4(SO),8-0
Baltimore defeated Cleveland, 6-5, 3-5, 4-3, 7-6, 7-4

Championship
San Diego defeated Baltimore, 5-4, 7-3, 6-10, 14-2, 5-3

Before the season, San Diego, Chicago, New York, and Minnesota rejoined the league from the NASL. Memphis moved to Las Vegas and New Jersey moved to Dallas. Cosmos withdrew after 33 games (Folded after playing several exhibition games).

After the season, Las Vegas folded.

1985-86 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Force	48	27	21	252	212	.563	--
Minnesota Strikers	48	26	22	232	242	.542	1
Dallas Sidekicks	48	25	23	220	231	.521	2
Baltimore Blast	48	24	24	211	201	.500	3
Chicago Sting	48	23	25	196	196	.479	4
Pittsburgh Spirit	48	23	25	221	237	.479	4
WESTERN DIVISION
San Diego Sockers	48	36	12	308	195	.750	--
Wichita Wings	48	27	21	258	226	.563	9
Tacoma Stars	48	23	25	208	232	.479	13
St. Louis Steamers	48	23	25	223	233	.479	13
Kansas City Comets	48	18	30	217	268	.375	18
Los Angeles Lazers	48	13	35	197	270	.271	23

Quarterfinals
Cleveland defeated Baltimore, 7-2, 3-8, 6-8, 4-3 (OT), 5-1
Minnesota defeated Dallas, 5-3, 7-2, 1-4, 7-4
San Diego defeated St. Louis, 7-6 (OT), 5-3, 7-8, 10-4
Tacoma defeated Wichita, 5-6, 5-4, 5-4 (OT), 3-2

Semifinals
Minnesota defeated Cleveland, 2-5, 6-2, 5-4 (OT), 7-3
San Diego defeated Tacoma, 10-4, 7-2, 3-4, 8-5

Championship
San Diego defeated Minnesota, 7-2, 1-6, 2-7, 3-4, 7-4, 6-3, 5-3

After the season, Pittsburgh folded.

1986-87 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Force	52	34	18	252	218	.654	--
Baltimore Blast	52	33	19	239	201	.635	1
Dallas Sidekicks	52	28	24	209	197	.538	6
Minnesota Strikers	52	26	26	205	198	.500	8
Chicago Sting	52	23	29	263	265	.442	11
New York Express	26	3	23	97	159	.115	--
WESTERN DIVISION
Tacoma Stars	52	35	17	249	211	.673	--
Kansas City Comets	52	28	24	271	253	.538	7
San Diego Sockers	52	27	25	214	200	.519	8
Wichita Wings	52	27	25	268	265	.519	8
St. Louis Steamers	52	19	33	195	224	.365	16
Los Angeles Lazers	52	16	36	183	254	.308	19

Divisional Semifinals
Cleveland defeated Minnesota, 4- 5 (OT), 7-6, 6-5 (OT), 4-5,7-3
Dallas defeated Baltimore, 2-3, 7-6, 2-3 (OT), 4-3 (OT),7-4
San Diego defeated. Kansas City, 5-4 (OT), 1-5, 7-9, 5-2, 9-5
Tacoma defeated Wichita, 9-7, 9-1, 3-10, 2-6, 4-2

Semifinals
Dallas defeated Cleveland, 3-5, 9-6, 5-2, 9-4
Tacoma defeated San Diego, 5-6, 7-2, 3-2, 2-6, 5-6, 4-3, 8-5

Championship
Dallas defeated Tacoma, 4-10, 4-7, 5-3, 6-5, 3-5, 5-4(2 OT), 4-3 (OT)

Before the season, New York was reactivated and changed its name to Express.

During the season, New York folded.

1987-88 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Minnesota Strikers	56	31	25	274	252	.554	--
Cleveland Force	56	30	26	242	219	.536	1
Dallas Sidekicks	56	28	28	200	204	.500	3
Baltimore Blast	56	25	31	235	249	.446	6
Chicago Sting	56	24	32	227	247	.429	7
WESTERN DIVISION
San Diego Sockers	56	42	14	277	189	.750	--
Los Angeles Lazers	56	31	25	291	266	.554	11
Kansas City Comets	56	29	27	294	290	.518	13
Tacoma Stars	56	27	29	259	285	.482	15
Wichita Wings	56	23	23	232	261	.411	19
St. Louis Steamers	56	18	38	214	280	.321	24

Divisional Semifinals
Minnesota defeated Baltimore, 5-3, 4-2, 1-5, 9-4
Cleveland defeated Dallas, 3-2, 3-6, 5-4 (2OT), 5-2
Kansas City defeated Los Angeles, 9-6, 4-2, 7-5
San Diego defeated Tacoma, 6-2, 3-4 (OT), 7-2, 7-6

Divisional Finals
Cleveland defeated Minnesota, 7- 3, 0-7, 5-4, 5-2, 7-2
San Diego defeated Kansas City, 4-5, 5-4, 6-7 (OT) 3-7, 7-1, 6-1, 8-5

Championship
San Diego defeated Cleveland, 6- 5 (OT), 6-1, 3-2, 7-4

After the season, Chicago, Tacoma, Cleveland, St. Louis and Minnesota folded.

1988-89 SEASON
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Blast	48	29	19	215	208	.604	--
San Diego Sockers	48	27	21	218	168	.563	2
Dallas Sidekicks	48	24	24	185	206	.500	5
Tacoma Stars	48	23	25	208	207	.479	6
Wichita Wings	48	23	25	213	208	.479	6
Los Angeles Lazers	48	21	27	218	222	.438	8
Kansas City Comets	48	21	27	194	233	.438	8

Wild Card Series
Wichita defeated Tacoma, 4-1, 7-4, 4-5, 6-2

Semifinals
San Diego defeated Dallas, 7-4, 4-5, 5-4 (OT), 3-7, 1-4, 7-2, 1-0
Baltimore defeated Wichita, 5-4 (OT), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 11-1

Championship
San Diego defeated Baltimore, 3- 4 (OT), 5-4 (OT), 5-2, 4-3, 3-6, 0-7, 6-5

A new team was added in Tacoma.

After the end of the season, Los Angeles folded.

1989-90 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Blast	52	32	20	231	191	.615	--
Kansas City Comets	52	30	22	208	205	.577	2
Wichita Wings	52	26	26	210	229	.490	6.5
Cleveland Crunch	52	20	32	201	237	.392	11.5
WESTERN DIVISION
Dallas Sidekicks	52	31	21	217	190	.596	--
San Diego Sockers	52	25	27	217	204	.481	6
St. Louis Storm	52	24	28	202	205	.462	7
Tacoma Stars	52	20	32	191	217	.385	11

Divisional Semifinals
Kansas City defeated Wichita 5-4, 4-3, 3-4, 5-4
San Diego defeated St. Louis 3-2, 3-4 (OT), 4-1, 5-4

Divisional Finals
San Diego defeated Dallas 4-2, 1-6, 1-4, 4-2, 4-0, 3-1
Baltimore defeated Kansas City 6-4, 4-2, 2-1 (OT), 2-3 (OT), 2-3 (OT), 7-2

Championship
San Diego defeated Baltimore 4-7, 4-3, 5-2, 4-1, 2-3,6-4

New teams in St. Louis and Cleveland were added.

1990-91 SEASON
EASTERN DIVISION
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Crunch	52	29	23	322	280	.558	--
Kansas City Comets	52	26	26	263	283	.500	3
Baltimore Blast	52	21	31	298	315	.404	8
Wichita Wings	52	21	31	257	308	.404	8
WESTERN DIVISION
San Diego Sockers	52	34	18	302	250	.654	--
St. Louis Storm	52	32	20	320	288	.615	2
Tacoma Stars	52	25	27	254	259	.481	9
Dallas Sidekicks	52	20	32	257	294	.385	14

Divisional Semifinals
St. Louis defeated Tacoma 9- 2, 3-4 (OT), 9-2
Kansas City defeated Wichita 6-0, 9-8

Divisional Finals
San Diego defeated St. Louis 9-6, 5- 4 (OT), 4-5, 11-4, 7-4
Cleveland defeated Kansas City 7-2, 7-5, 6-7 (OT), 5-4, 4-5 (OT), 6-8, 7-6

Championship
San Diego defeated Cleveland, 8-4, 3-4, 6-5, 5-7, 6-1, 8-6

The league changed its name to Major Soccer League in 1990.

After the season, Kansas City folded.

1991-92 SEASON
	G	W	L	GF	GA	Pct.	GB
San Diego Sockers	40	26	14	243	186	.650	--
Dallas Sidekicks	40	22	18	231	229	.550	4
Cleveland Crunch	40	20	20	249	229	.500	4
Baltimore Blast	40	19	21	213	230	.475	7
Wichita Wings	40	18	22	228	242	.450	8
Tacoma Stars	40	18	22	198	236	.450	8
St. Louis Storm	40	17	23	241	251	.425	9

Semifinals
San Diego defeated Baltimore 5-4, 6-7, 5-4 (OT), 6-3, 4-3
Dallas defeated Cleveland, 6-3, 7-6 (OT), 6-7 (OT), 8-7 (OT), 7-8 (OT), 8-4

Championship
San Diego defeated Dallas 7-3, 9-7, 5-4 (OT), 6-10, 2-4, 8-2

After the season, the league folded along with Baltimore, Tacoma and St. Louis. Cleveland and Wichita joined the NPSL, while San Diego and Dallas joined the CISL.

MISL Final Team Standingsand Playoff Results

MISL Final Team Standings
and Playoff Results