The Los Angeles Lazers were an indoor soccer franchise owned by Dr. Jerry Buss for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989. Dr. Buss also owned the Los Angeles Lakers, the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, and The Forum, the arena shared by all three teams during the winter. The Lazers name and purple/yellow color scheme were a riff/brand extension on the Lakers identity.
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1988) Born: 1978 – Major Indoor Soccer League founding franchise Folded: July 22, 1988 – The Force cease operations First Game:
The Cincinnati Kids were a One-Year Wonder in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1992). They were active only for the league’s inaugural season in the winter of 1978-79 and folded shortly thereafter. The Kids gained some minor notoriety by virtue of the fact that Cincinnati Reds star Pete Rose was part of the team’s 10-man ownership group.
Back in 1984 when the Thomas & Mack Arena was just a year old, the Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League were the building’s first pro sports tenant. The club lasted only one season during the winter of 1984-85, but the Americans were a strong club that spent lavishly on the indoor game’s greatest players of the era.
The Detroit Lightning were a short-lived indoor soccer team that played one Major Indoor Soccer League season at Cobo Arena during the winter of 1979-80. The Detroit Express of the rival North American Soccer League, staged a competing season that same winter, playing on an indoor field awkwardly tucked into a corner of the vast Pontiac Silverdome. Following the season, the Lightning were sold and moved to San Francisco.
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