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1978–79 Major Indoor Soccer League season

The 1978–79 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the first in league history and would end with the New York Arrows winning the first MISL title.

Recap

The league would begin with six teams and a 24-game schedule beginning in December 1978 and ending in March 1979. The top four teams would advance to a single-game semifinal and a best of three championship series. League attendance would average 4,453 per game.[1]

Signs were good that the league would have a long-time presence. The early games drew strong crowds, as Philadelphia sold out the Spectrum for their opener, leading the league in attendance. The first expansion team was announced on December 13, nine days before the first game in league history, as the Buffalo Stallions were slated to start play in the 1979-80 season. 10,386 fans were in the Nassau Coliseum to see the Cincinnati Kids play the Arrows in the league's first game.[2]

Despite finishing in a solid third place, Cincinnati folded after the season.

Teams

Map of clubs

Regular season

Schedule

The 1978–79 regular season schedule ran from December 22, 1978, to March 18, 1979. [3] Each team played a schedule of 24 games.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

Team attendance

Regular season statistics

[4]

Scoring leaders

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

Goalkeeping leaders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals

Championship Series

Playoff statistics

[5]

Playoff scoring

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

Playoff goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

League awards

All-MISL team

References

  1. ^ "1978-79 MISL Season Summary". Our Sports Central. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  2. ^ 1980-81 MISL Media Guide. 1980. p. 60.
  3. ^ 1982-83 MISL Information Guide. 1982. p. 10.
  4. ^ MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide. 1987. p. 57.
  5. ^ MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide. 1987. p. 83.

1979-80 Buffalo Stallions Media Guide. Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Stallions. 1979.

1980-81 MISL Media Guide. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania: Major Indoor Soccer League. 1980.

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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