1980–81 Major Indoor Soccer League season

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Major Indoor Soccer League
Season1980–81
ChampionsNew York Arrows
(3rd title)
Matches played240
Top goalscorerSteve Zungul (108 goals)
Average attendance6,839

The 1980–81 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the third in league history and would end with the New York Arrows repeating once again as MISL champions.

Recap

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There were plenty of changes as the league began its third year. The Houston Summit would move to Baltimore and the Detroit Lightning moved to San Francisco. Three new clubs were added – the Chicago Horizons, the Denver Avalanche and the Phoenix Inferno.

With 12 teams, the league moved to three divisions. To accommodate the three-division setup, the playoff format was tweaked once again. The top two teams in each division would qualify, along with the next best two teams for eight qualifiers in total.[1] While the first round was a best of three series, Commissioner Earl Foreman announced in early November 1980 that there would be single-game semifinals and a final set to be played in St. Louis on the weekend of March 27, 1981.[2]

As it turned out, St. Louis pulled off a worst-to-first turnaround in their division with the second-best record in the MISL and made the championship game. In their semifinal against Wichita, the Steamers rallied from a 6-1 third quarter deficit to tie the game and win in a shootout. Over 33,000 fans attended both nights at the St. Louis Arena.[3][4]

New York's Steve Zungul won regular season MVP honors for the third time, and added the playoff MVP.[5] Zungul scored four goals and an assist in both the semifinal win over Baltimore and the championship game.[6][7] Zungul scored the game-winning goal with less than 30 seconds left against St. Louis,[8] the last of his combined 123 goals (108 regular season and 15 playoff goals, respectively). The 108 goals would remain an MISL record through the end of the league in 1992.

After the season, Chicago folded. The league wanted to return to the market, but Chicago Sting owner Lee Stern paid to keep the Chicago market for himself and the Sting.[9]

Teams

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Team City/Area Arena
Baltimore Blast Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Arena
Buffalo Stallions Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Chicago Horizons Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon
Cleveland Force Cleveland, Ohio Richfield Coliseum
Denver Avalanche Denver, Colorado McNichols Sports Arena
Hartford Hellions Hartford, Connecticut New Haven Coliseum
Hartford Civic Center
New York Arrows Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Philadelphia Fever Philadelphia The Spectrum
Phoenix Inferno Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
San Francisco Fog Daly City, California Cow Palace
St. Louis Steamers St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena
Wichita Wings Wichita, Kansas Kansas Coliseum

Map of clubs

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Atlantic Division Central Division Western Division

Regular Season Schedule

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Main article: 1980–81 Major Indoor Soccer League regular season schedule

The 1980–81 regular season schedule ran from November 7, 1980, to March 8, 1981. The 40 games per team was an increase of eight over the 1979–80 schedule of 32 games.[10]

1980-81 Major Indoor Soccer League Regular Season Schedule
Day of Week Date Away Team Away Score Home Team Home Score OT
Friday 11/7/1980 Cleveland Force 6 Buffalo Stallions 10
Saturday 11/8/1980 San Francisco Fog 2 Philadelphia Fever 8
Saturday 11/8/1980 Cleveland Force 5 Hartford Hellions 4
Sunday 11/9/1980 San Francisco Fog 8 Buffalo Stallions 7
Friday 11/14/1980 Denver Avalanche 4 Buffalo Stallions 10
Friday 11/14/1980 Baltimore Blast 3 Hartford Hellions 4
Saturday 11/15/1980 Denver Avalanche 3 Cleveland Force 7
Sunday 11/16/1980 Philadelphia Fever 6 Hartford Hellions 7 OT
Sunday 11/16/1980 Wichita Wings 2 New York Arrows 7
Tuesday 11/18/1980 New York Arrows 10 Philadelphia Fever 3
Wednesday 11/19/1980 Buffalo Stallions 4 Hartford Hellions 5
Wednesday 11/19/1980 San Francisco Fog 3 Denver Avalanche 4
Thursday 11/20/1980 Baltimore Blast 3 St. Louis Steamers 6
Friday 11/21/1980 New York Arrows 8 Chicago Horizons 7 OT
Friday 11/21/1980 San Francisco Fog 6 Phoenix Inferno 5 OT
Saturday 11/22/1980 Chicago Horizons 4 Wichita Wings 5
Saturday 11/22/1980 St. Louis Steamers 7 Denver Avalanche 5
Saturday 11/22/1980 Phoenix Inferno 3 San Francisco Fog 5
Sunday 11/23/1980 Hartford Hellions 1 New York Arrows 2
Wednesday 11/26/1980 Baltimore Blast 5 New York Arrows 3
Wednesday 11/26/1980 San Francisco Fog 1 Chicago Horizons 9
Friday 11/28/1980 St. Louis Steamers 4 Philadelphia Fever 2
Friday 11/28/1980 San Francisco Fog 5 Buffalo Stallions 11
Friday 11/28/1980 Baltimore Blast 3 Chicago Horizons 5
Friday 11/28/1980 Denver Avalanche 5 Wichita Wings 10
Saturday 11/29/1980 Philadelphia Fever 7 Baltimore Blast 10
Saturday 11/29/1980 New York Arrows 6 Cleveland Force 4
Saturday 11/29/1980 Wichita Wings 4 Phoenix Inferno 5
Sunday 11/30/1980 Buffalo Stallions 7 New York Arrows 10
Sunday 11/30/1980 Denver Avalanche 4 Chicago Horizons 10
Sunday 11/30/1980 Cleveland Force 7 St. Louis Steamers 8
Monday 12/1/1980 Buffalo Stallions 4 Philadelphia Fever 7
Tuesday 12/2/1980 New York Arrows 4 Wichita Wings 5
Wednesday 12/3/1980 Buffalo Stallions 4 Baltimore Blast 5 OT
Wednesday 12/3/1980 St. Louis Steamers 2 Chicago Horizons 7
Wednesday 12/3/1980 Hartford Hellions 3 Denver Avalanche 4 OT
Wednesday 12/3/1980 Cleveland Force 6 Phoenix Inferno 3
Wednesday 12/3/1980 New York Arrows 10 San Francisco Fog 4
Thursday 12/4/1980 Chicago Horizons 6 Phoenix Inferno 4
Friday 12/5/1980 Philadelphia Fever 3 Wichita Wings 4
Friday 12/5/1980 St. Louis Steamers 5 Buffalo Stallions 4
Friday 12/5/1980 Denver Avalanche 4 San Francisco Fog 6
Saturday 12/6/1980 Philadelphia Fever 5 Denver Avalanche 3
Saturday 12/6/1980 Cleveland Force 5 Baltimore Blast 6
Saturday 12/6/1980 St. Louis Steamers 3 Hartford Hellions 2
Saturday 12/6/1980 New York Arrows 9 Phoenix Inferno 5
Sunday 12/7/1980 Buffalo Stallions 2 Cleveland Force 6
Sunday 12/7/1980 Hartford Hellions 4 Chicago Horizons 2
Sunday 12/7/1980 San Francisco Fog 4 Wichita Wings 8
Tuesday 12/9/1980 San Francisco Fog 4 Baltimore Blast 3 OT
Wednesday 12/10/1980 Wichita Wings 7 Chicago Horizons 6
Wednesday 12/10/1980 San Francisco Fog 5 Phoenix Inferno 11
Thursday 12/11/1980 New York Arrows 5 Hartford Hellions 3
Thursday 12/11/1980 Cleveland Force 6 Wichita Wings 5 OT
Friday 12/12/1980 Philadelphia Fever 7 Cleveland Force 6
Friday 12/12/1980 Phoenix Inferno 5 Buffalo Stallions 13
Friday 12/12/1980 Denver Avalanche 3 St. Louis Steamers 6
Saturday 12/13/1980 Baltimore Blast 3 Philadelphia Fever 4
Saturday 12/13/1980 Wichita Wings 6 Hartford Hellions 2
Saturday 12/13/1980 New York Arrows 8 Denver Avalanche 4
Sunday 12/14/1980 Buffalo Stallions 6 Chicago Horizons 7 OT
Sunday 12/14/1980 Hartford Hellions 4 Cleveland Force 5 OT
Sunday 12/14/1980 Phoenix Inferno 4 Baltimore Blast 6
Sunday 12/14/1980 New York Arrows 9 St. Louis Steamers 5
Tuesday 12/16/1980 Wichita Wings 0 Philadelphia Fever 3
Wednesday 12/17/1980 Philadelphia Fever 5 Chicago Horizons 4 OT
Wednesday 12/17/1980 Buffalo Stallions 1 St. Louis Steamers 4
Wednesday 12/17/1980 New York Arrows 11 San Francisco Fog 6
Thursday 12/18/1980 Wichita Wings 4 Baltimore Blast 8
Friday 12/19/1980 Wichita Wings 4 Buffalo Stallions 9
Friday 12/19/1980 New York Arrows 5 Hartford Hellions 3
Friday 12/19/1980 Chicago Horizons 6 Cleveland Force 9
Friday 12/19/1980 San Francisco Fog 2 Denver Avalanche 5
Saturday 12/20/1980 Philadelphia Fever 3 Phoenix Inferno 6
Saturday 12/20/1980 St. Louis Steamers 11 San Francisco Fog 3
Sunday 12/21/1980 Denver Avalanche 3 Cleveland Force 6
Sunday 12/21/1980 Hartford Hellions 7 Baltimore Blast 5
Sunday 12/21/1980 Chicago Horizons 5 New York Arrows 6
Sunday 12/21/1980 Phoenix Inferno 4 St. Louis Steamers 7
Monday 12/22/1980 Philadelphia Fever 4 Hartford Hellions 3
Tuesday 12/23/1980 Phoenix Inferno 3 Denver Avalanche 5
Tuesday 12/23/1980 Cleveland Force 4 San Francisco Fog 3
Friday 12/26/1980 St. Louis Steamers 6 Chicago Horizons 5 OT
Friday 12/26/1980 Phoenix Inferno 6 Wichita Wings 8
Friday 12/26/1980 Hartford Hellions 2 San Francisco Fog 3
Saturday 12/27/1980 New York Arrows 6 Buffalo Stallions 5 OT
Saturday 12/27/1980 Cleveland Force 3 St. Louis Steamers 4
Sunday 12/28/1980 Baltimore Blast 3 Cleveland Force 10
Sunday 12/28/1980 San Francisco Fog 0 Wichita Wings 8
Sunday 12/28/1980 Chicago Horizons 3 Denver Avalanche 5
Sunday 12/28/1980 Hartford Hellions 8 Phoenix Inferno 13
Monday 12/29/1980 San Francisco Fog 4 St. Louis Steamers 8
Tuesday 12/30/1980 Philadelphia Fever 4 Chicago Horizons 9
Friday 1/2/1981 Philadelphia Fever 6 St. Louis Steamers 5
Friday 1/2/1981 Chicago Horizons 7 Buffalo Stallions 10
Friday 1/2/1981 Denver Avalanche 3 New York Arrows 8
Friday 1/2/1981 Cleveland Force 0 Wichita Wings 10
Friday 1/2/1981 Baltimore Blast 5 Phoenix Inferno 2
Saturday 1/3/1981 Denver Avalanche 2 Hartford Hellions 5
Saturday 1/3/1981 Baltimore Blast 9 San Francisco Fog 6
Sunday 1/4/1981 Philadelphia Fever 3 New York Arrows 4
Sunday 1/4/1981 Chicago Horizons 3 Cleveland Force 4
Sunday 1/4/1981 Wichita Wings 2 St. Louis Steamers 11
Tuesday 1/6/1981 Baltimore Blast 10 Philadelphia Fever 4
Tuesday 1/6/1981 Buffalo Stallions 4 Chicago Horizons 2
Thursday 1/8/1981 Phoenix Inferno 5 Denver Avalanche 7
Friday 1/9/1981 St. Louis Steamers 1 Buffalo Stallions 7
Friday 1/9/1981 San Francisco Fog 5 Cleveland Force 6
Friday 1/9/1981 Phoenix Inferno 1 New York Arrows 10
Friday 1/9/1981 Baltimore Blast 3 Wichita Wings 10
Saturday 1/10/1981 Chicago Horizons 11 Philadelphia Fever 4
Saturday 1/10/1981 Hartford Hellions 3 St. Louis Steamers 7
Saturday 1/10/1981 Baltimore Blast 2 Denver Avalanche 5
Sunday 1/11/1981 Buffalo Stallions 5 Cleveland Force 6
Sunday 1/11/1981 San Francisco Fog 2 New York Arrows 5
Monday 1/12/1981 Buffalo Stallions 2 Wichita Wings 6
Tuesday 1/13/1981 Chicago Horizons 7 St. Louis Steamers 6 OT
Wednesday 1/14/1981 Hartford Hellions 6 Philadelphia Fever 7
Wednesday 1/14/1981 Phoenix Inferno 3 Chicago Horizons 7
Wednesday 1/14/1981 New York Arrows 4 Denver Avalanche 3
Thursday 1/15/1981 Wichita Wings 3 Phoenix Inferno 4
Friday 1/16/1981 Philadelphia Fever 6 Denver Avalanche 4
Friday 1/16/1981 Buffalo Stallions 5 St. Louis Steamers 6 OT
Friday 1/16/1981 Baltimore Blast 2 Hartford Hellions 4
Friday 1/16/1981 Cleveland Force 7 New York Arrows 10
Saturday 1/17/1981 Denver Avalanche 2 Phoenix Inferno 6
Sunday 1/18/1981 Philadelphia Fever 4 Hartford Hellions 3
Sunday 1/18/1981 Chicago Horizons 6 Buffalo Stallions 8
Sunday 1/18/1981 Baltimore Blast 5 New York Arrows 12
Sunday 1/18/1981 Wichita Wings 5 St. Louis Steamers 8
Tuesday 1/20/1981 Cleveland Force 5 Philadelphia Fever 9
Tuesday 1/20/1981 Wichita Wings 6 Denver Avalanche 7
Wednesday 1/21/1981 St. Louis Steamers 3 Cleveland Force 1
Wednesday 1/21/1981 Denver Avalanche 1 Wichita Wings 2
Thursday 1/22/1981 New York Arrows 4 Baltimore Blast 3
Thursday 1/22/1981 Phoenix Inferno 3 Hartford Hellions 7
Friday 1/23/1981 Philadelphia Fever 8 New York Arrows 10
Friday 1/23/1981 Cleveland Force 5 Buffalo Stallions 3
Friday 1/23/1981 Chicago Horizons 5 St. Louis Steamers 6
Friday 1/23/1981 Wichita Wings 5 San Francisco Fog 2
Saturday 1/24/1981 Buffalo Stallions 5 Philadelphia Fever 0
Saturday 1/24/1981 Chicago Horizons 4 Baltimore Blast 7
Saturday 1/24/1981 Hartford Hellions 4 Cleveland Force 5 OT
Saturday 1/24/1981 St. Louis Steamers 7 Phoenix Inferno 9
Monday 1/26/1981 Buffalo Stallions 6 Denver Avalanche 7 SO
Tuesday 1/27/1981 Philadelphia Fever 3 Wichita Wings 8
Tuesday 1/27/1981 Buffalo Stallions 4 San Francisco Fog 5 OT
Tuesday 1/27/1981 St. Louis Steamers 4 Hartford Hellions 6
Wednesday 1/28/1981 Wichita Wings 5 Cleveland Force 6 OT
Thursday 1/29/1981 Hartford Hellions 2 Baltimore Blast 5
Thursday 1/29/1981 Denver Avalanche 7 San Francisco Fog 4
Friday 1/30/1981 Philadelphia Fever 8 Buffalo Stallions 12
Friday 1/30/1981 Hartford Hellions 8 New York Arrows 9 OT
Friday 1/30/1981 Phoenix Inferno 7 Cleveland Force 4
Friday 1/30/1981 St. Louis Steamers 8 Wichita Wings 6
Saturday 1/31/1981 Phoenix Inferno 5 Baltimore Blast 6
Saturday 1/31/1981 Cleveland Force 1 Chicago Horizons 5
Saturday 1/31/1981 San Francisco Fog 5 Denver Avalanche 3
Sunday 2/1/1981 Philadelphia Fever 5 Baltimore Blast 6 SO
Sunday 2/1/1981 Wichita Wings 4 Buffalo Stallions 5
Sunday 2/1/1981 Chicago Horizons 1 Hartford Hellions 3
Sunday 2/1/1981 St. Louis Steamers 4 New York Arrows 3 OT
Monday 2/2/1981 Phoenix Inferno 4 Denver Avalanche 11
Tuesday 2/3/1981 Baltimore Blast 3 Philadelphia Fever 4
Tuesday 2/3/1981 Phoenix Inferno 1 Wichita Wings 8
Thursday 2/5/1981 Buffalo Stallions 1 Chicago Horizons 6
Thursday 2/5/1981 San Francisco Fog 2 Hartford Hellions 3
Thursday 2/5/1981 Wichita Wings 4 Denver Avalanche 5
Thursday 2/5/1981 Cleveland Force 8 Phoenix Inferno 5
Friday 2/6/1981 Philadelphia Fever 7 New York Arrows 11
Friday 2/6/1981 San Francisco Fog 3 St. Louis Steamers 10
Friday 2/6/1981 Hartford Hellions 4 Wichita Wings 8
Saturday 2/7/1981 St. Louis Steamers 4 Buffalo Stallions 8
Saturday 2/7/1981 Denver Avalanche 2 Phoenix Inferno 6
Sunday 2/8/1981 Chicago Horizons 6 Buffalo Stallions 4
Sunday 2/8/1981 Hartford Hellions 2 New York Arrows 9
Sunday 2/8/1981 Baltimore Blast 5 Cleveland Force 4 OT
Monday 2/9/1981 Baltimore Blast 6 San Francisco Fog 3
Wednesday 2/11/1981 West All-Stars 8 East All-Stars 5
Thursday 2/12/1981 St. Louis Steamers 6 Baltimore Blast 3
Thursday 2/12/1981 Hartford Hellions 3 Phoenix Inferno 4 OT
Friday 2/13/1981 Buffalo Stallions 7 Cleveland Force 3
Friday 2/13/1981 Baltimore Blast 4 New York Arrows 2
Friday 2/13/1981 St. Louis Steamers 4 Chicago Horizons 7
Friday 2/13/1981 Hartford Hellions 4 San Francisco Fog 6
Saturday 2/14/1981 Denver Avalanche 1 Philadelphia Fever 7
Saturday 2/14/1981 Wichita Wings 4 Phoenix Inferno 5 OT
Sunday 2/15/1981 Buffalo Stallions 2 Baltimore Blast 3
Sunday 2/15/1981 St. Louis Steamers 1 New York Arrows 6
Sunday 2/15/1981 San Francisco Fog 4 Chicago Horizons 5
Monday 2/16/1981 Phoenix Inferno 6 Philadelphia Fever 5
Tuesday 2/17/1981 New York Arrows 4 Baltimore Blast 3
Tuesday 2/17/1981 Cleveland Force 3 Chicago Horizons 5
Wednesday 2/18/1981 Buffalo Stallions 14 Phoenix Inferno 4
Wednesday 2/18/1981 St. Louis Steamers 5 Cleveland Force 6
Wednesday 2/18/1981 Wichita Wings 5 Denver Avalanche 4
Wednesday 2/18/1981 Chicago Horizons 7 San Francisco Fog 6
Thursday 2/19/1981 New York Arrows 7 Philadelphia Fever 4
Thursday 2/19/1981 Baltimore Blast 4 Hartford Hellions 3
Friday 2/20/1981 Chicago Horizons 2 Cleveland Force 4
Friday 2/20/1981 Denver Avalanche 3 St. Louis Steamers 6
Friday 2/20/1981 San Francisco Fog 4 Wichita Wings 8
Saturday 2/21/1981 Chicago Horizons 4 Hartford Hellions 3
Saturday 2/21/1981 Denver Avalanche 6 Baltimore Blast 5
Saturday 2/21/1981 San Francisco Fog 4 Phoenix Inferno 10
Sunday 2/22/1981 Baltimore Blast 3 Buffalo Stallions 5
Sunday 2/22/1981 St. Louis Steamers 3 Cleveland Force 13
Sunday 2/22/1981 Wichita Wings 7 New York Arrows 10
Sunday 2/22/1981 Hartford Hellions 5 Philadelphia Fever 7
Tuesday 2/24/1981 Denver Avalanche 2 Hartford Hellions 5
Tuesday 2/24/1981 New York Arrows 6 Baltimore Blast 3
Tuesday 2/24/1981 Wichita Wings 5 San Francisco Fog 6 OT
Wednesday 2/25/1981 Phoenix Inferno 5 Chicago Horizons 3
Thursday 2/26/1981 Hartford Hellions 2 Baltimore Blast 3
Thursday 2/26/1981 Cleveland Force 5 Denver Avalanche 4
Friday 2/27/1981 Philadelphia Fever 12 San Francisco Fog 11
Friday 2/27/1981 Buffalo Stallions 7 St. Louis Steamers 4
Friday 2/27/1981 Cleveland Force 3 Chicago Horizons 4
Friday 2/27/1981 Phoenix Inferno 3 Wichita Wings 8
Sunday 3/1/1981 New York Arrows 9 Philadelphia Fever 5
Sunday 3/1/1981 Cleveland Force 4 Buffalo Stallions 7
Sunday 3/1/1981 Chicago Horizons 4 St. Louis Steamers 3
Sunday 3/1/1981 Phoenix Inferno 5 San Francisco Fog 2
Monday 3/2/1981 Chicago Horizons 3 Denver Avalanche 4
Tuesday 3/3/1981 Phoenix Inferno 7 Philadelphia Fever 6
Tuesday 3/3/1981 Denver Avalanche 2 Wichita Wings 6
Wednesday 3/4/1981 Wichita Wings 7 San Francisco Fog 3
Thursday 3/5/1981 Philadelphia Fever 3 Baltimore Blast 4
Thursday 3/5/1981 Buffalo Stallions 6 Phoenix Inferno 7 OT
Thursday 3/5/1981 New York Arrows 11 Hartford Hellions 4
Friday 3/6/1981 Cleveland Force 4 St. Louis Steamers 10
Friday 3/6/1981 Denver Avalanche 9 San Francisco Fog 7
Saturday 3/7/1981 Hartford Hellions 10 Philadelphia Fever 3
Saturday 3/7/1981 New York Arrows 4 Buffalo Stallions 8
Saturday 3/7/1981 Baltimore Blast 2 Wichita Wings 6
Saturday 3/7/1981 Denver Avalanche 10 Phoenix Inferno 7
Sunday 3/8/1981 Cleveland Force 7 Philadelphia Fever 11
Sunday 3/8/1981 Hartford Hellions 4 Buffalo Stallions 5
Sunday 3/8/1981 Chicago Horizons 7 New York Arrows 8 OT
Sunday 3/8/1981 Phoenix Inferno 9 San Francisco Fog 11
Sunday 3/8/1981 St. Louis Steamers 4 Baltimore Blast 5
Thursday 3/12/1981 Cleveland Force 5 Baltimore Blast 6 OT
Thursday 3/12/1981 Wichita Wings 3 Chicago Horizons 4
Friday 3/13/1981 Buffalo Stallions 4 St. Louis Steamers 6
Saturday 3/14/1981 Baltimore Blast 1 Cleveland Force 7
Sunday 3/15/1981 Cleveland Force 5 Baltimore Blast 6
Wednesday 3/18/1981 Chicago Horizons 4 Wichita Wings 6
Thursday 3/19/1981 New York Arrows 6 Phoenix Inferno 10
Saturday 3/21/1981 St. Louis Steamers 6 Buffalo Stallions 5
Saturday 3/21/1981 Phoenix Inferno 6 New York Arrows 10
Monday 3/23/1981 Chicago Horizons 6 Wichita Wings 8
Tuesday 3/24/1981 Phoenix Inferno 5 New York Arrows 6
Friday 3/27/1981 Baltimore Blast 1 New York Arrows 10
Friday 3/27/1981 Wichita Wings 7 St. Louis Steamers 7 SO (3-1 STL)
Sunday 3/29/1981 New York Arrows 6 St. Louis Steamers 5

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Final standings

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Playoff teams in bold.

Atlantic Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road
New York Arrows 35 5 .875 -- 285 176 17-3 18-2
Baltimore Blast 21 19 .525 14 182 190 13-7 8-12
Philadelphia Fever 18 22 .450 17 212 245 10-10 8-12
Hartford Hellions 13 27 .188 22 165 192 10-10 3-17
Central Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road
St. Louis Steamers 25 15 .625 -- 222 196 15-5 10-10
Cleveland Force 21 19 .525 4 209 214 14-6 7-13
Chicago Horizons 20 20 .500 5 216 187 13-7 7-13
Buffalo Stallions 20 20 .500 5 246 210 15-5 5-15
Western Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road
Wichita Wings 23 17 .575 -- 228 181 18-2 5-15
Phoenix Inferno 17 23 .425 6 210 254 12-8 5-15
Denver Avalanche 16 24 .400 7 174 217 12-8 4-16
San Francisco Fog 11 29 .275 12 175 271 7-13 4-16

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
         
1 New York Arrows 2
8 Phoenix Inferno 1
1 New York Arrows 10
4 Baltimore Blast 1
4 Baltimore Blast 2
5 Cleveland Force 1
1 New York Arrows 6
2 St. Louis Steamers 5
2 St. Louis Steamers 2
7 Buffalo Stallions 0
2 St. Louis Steamers 7 (3)
3 Wichita Wings 7 (1)
3 Wichita Wings 2
6 Chicago Horizons 1

Quarterfinals

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New York vs. Phoenix
Date Away Home Attendance
March 19 New York 6 Phoenix 10 8,719
March 21 Phoenix 6 New York 10 12,488
March 24 Phoenix 5 New York 6 6,315
New York wins series 2-1
Baltimore vs. Cleveland
Date Away Home Attendance
March 12 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 6 7,461
Dan Counce scored at 14:06 of overtime
March 14 Baltimore 1 Cleveland 7 10,639
March 15 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 6 7,692
Baltimore wins series 2-1
St. Louis vs. Buffalo
Date Away Home Attendance
March 13 Buffalo 4 St. Louis 6 11,667
March 21 St. Louis 6 Buffalo 5 16,329
St. Louis wins series 2-0
Wichita vs. Chicago
Date Away Home Attendance
March 12 Wichita 3 Chicago 4 4,313
March 18 Chicago 4 Wichita 6 7,309
March 23 Chicago 6 Wichita 8 7,753
Wichita wins series 2-1

Semifinals

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New York vs. Baltimore
Date Away Home Attendance
March 27 Baltimore 1 New York 10 16,236
St. Louis vs. Wichita
Date Away Home Attendance
March 27 Wichita 7 St. Louis 7 16,236
St. Louis wins shootout 3-1

Championship Game

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St. Louis vs. New York
Date Away Home Attendance
March 29 New York 6 St. Louis 5 17,206

Regular Season Player Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Steve Zungul New York Arrows 40 108 44 152
Branko Segota New York Arrows 35 38 45 83
Charlie Cordas Buffalo Stallions 36 40 41 81
Vic Davidson Phoenix Inferno 30 50 29 79
Iubo Petrovic Buffalo Stallions 39 44 33 77
Joe Fink Philadelphia Fever 39 51 18 69
Fred Grgurev Philadelphia Fever 37 44 25 69
Jorgen Kristensen Wichita Wings 38 14 52 66
Don Ebert St. Louis Steamers 40 46 19 65
Dave MacWilliams Philadelphia Fever 37 37 28 65

Leading Goalkeepers

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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 L
Enzo DiPede Chicago Horizons 16 931 63 4.06 9 6
Mike Dowler Wichita Wings 28 1616 111 4.12 16 12
Sepp Gantenhammer Baltimore Blast 33 1862 130 4.19 17 14
Zoltán Tóth New York Arrows 22 1005 73 4.36 14 2
Shep Messing New York Arrows 27 1411 103 4.38 21 3
Aly Anderson Denver Avalanche 10 506 38 4.51 4 4
Richard But Hartford Hellions 39 2262 175 4.64 12 25
Slobo Ilijevski St. Louis Steamers 33 1878 146 4.66 21 11
Pascal Antoine Denver Avalanche 13 698 56 4.81 7 5
Scott Manning Buffalo Stallions 29 1380 112 4.87 13 12

Playoff Player Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Steve Zungul New York Arrows 3 15 4 19
Branko Segota New York Arrows 3 9 6 15
Andy Chapman Wichita Wings 4 11 0 11
Tony Glavin St. Louis Steamers 4 8 2 10
George Nanchoff Phoenix Inferno 3 6 4 10

Leading Goalkeepers

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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 L
Cliff Brown Cleveland Force 3 188 12 3.83 1 2
Mike Dowler Wichita Wings 4 225 19 5.07 2 1
Scott Manning Buffalo Stallions 2 94 8 5.09 0 1
Slobo Ilijevski St. Louis Steamers 4 255 22 5.18 3 1
Zoltán Tóth New York Arrows 2 69 6 5.22 1 0

All-MISL Teams

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First Team   Position   Second Team
Shep Messing, New York G Richard But, Hartford
Dave D'Errico, New York D Doc Lawson, Philadelphia
Steve Pecher, St. Louis D Jim Pollihan, Baltimore
Ian Anderson, Cleveland
Tony Glavin, St. Louis M Vic Davidson, Phoenix
Steve Zungul, New York F Paul Kitson, Chicago
Branko Segota, New York F Charlie Cordas, Buffalo
Honorable Mention   Position  
Sepp Gantenhammer, Baltimore G Slobo Ilijevski, St. Louis
Ty Keough, St. Louis D Tony Bellinger, St. Louis
Adrian Brooks, Denver M Johnny Moore, San Francisco
Joe Fink, Philadelphia F Jorgen Kristensen, Wichita

League awards

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  • Most Valuable Player: Steve Zungul, New York
  • Scoring Champion: Steve Zungul, New York
  • Pass Master: Jorgen Kristiansen, Wichita
  • Rookie of the Year: Don Ebert, St. Louis
  • Goalkeeper of the Year: Enzo DiPede, Chicago
  • Coach of the Year: Don Popovic, New York
  • Championship Series Most Valuable Player: Steve Zungul, New York

References

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  1. ^ 1980-81 MISL Media Guide. 1980. p. 43.
  2. ^ "Indoor soccer won't be hurt by expansion". The Day (New London). November 7, 1980. p. 26. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "St. Louis Steamers face problem in big contest". Daily Union. March 29, 1981. p. 16. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "St. Louis Indoor Soccer History". Jim Fossell. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "1980-81 MISL Season Summary". Our Sports Central. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  6. ^ "Steamers, Arrows triumph". The Bulletin (Bend). March 28, 1981. p. 21. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  7. ^ "Arrows Were On Target". Evening Independent. March 29, 1981. p. 8C. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  8. ^ 1982-83 MISL Information Guide. 1982. p. 52.
  9. ^ "The Year In American Soccer - 1981". Dave Litterer. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  10. ^ 1980-81 MISL Media Guide. 1980. pp. 107–108.
  11. ^ Buffalo Courier Express, November 1980-March 1981
  12. ^ MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide. 1987. p. 55.
  13. ^ MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide. 1987. p. 82.

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Verb, Doug; Jones-Fearnley, Alaina (1982). 1982-83 MISL Information Guide. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania: Major Indoor Soccer League.

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

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