Category: Major Indoor Soccer League 1978

Houston Summit

Houston Summit Soccer

Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1980) Born: September 1978 – MISL founding franchise Moved: May 1, 1980 (Baltimore Blast) First Game: December 26, 1978 (W 10-3

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Illustrations of Rick Davis and Shep Messing on the cover of the 1986-87 New York Express Media Guide from the Major Indoor Soccer League

New York Express

This Long Island-based indoor soccer club hoped to convert lingering fondness for the recently deceased New York Cosmos into a hit promotion at the Nassau Coliseum. But a roster full of aging ex-Cosmos such as Shep Messing, Ricky Davis, Mark Liveric, Hubert Birkenmeier and Andranik Eskandarian couldn’t adapt to the indoor game or overcome the ownership problems that doomed the New York Express after just 26 matches.

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Ernie Buriano of the Buffalo Stallions on the cover of a 1983 Los Angeles Lazers program

Buffalo Stallions

Buffalo’s original indoor soccer team, the Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League, patrolled the floor of the Aud from 1979 to 1984. The Stallions initially drew strong crowds in the early 1980’s, but the novelty waned after a couple of seasons and the debt-ridden club disbanded in the summer of 1984.

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