Major Indoor Soccer League

This article deals with the currently existing indoor soccer league Major Indoor Soccer League. For the former indoor soccer league , which had the same name from 1978 to 1990, see Major Soccer League . For the second division under the name, see Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)

Major Indoor Soccer League
Full name	Major Indoor Soccer League
abbreviation	MISL
Association	USSF
First edition	2008
Teams	5
master	Missouri Comets
Record champions	Milwaukee Wave (2) Baltimore Blast (2)
Website	www.misl.net

The Major Indoor Soccer League ( MISL ), and 2009 National Indoor Soccer League , was a professional American Indoor Football League , which existed from 2008 to 2014. It was the unofficial successor to the 2008 Major Indoor Soccer League . Four teams played in the MISL until 2008, one was added via the American Indoor Soccer League, which was also closed in 2008. In the last season of 2014 six teams took part. This moved to the Major Arena Soccer League .

The league name and all other rights are owned by the United Soccer Leagues .

history

The National Indoor Soccer League was one of three indoor soccer leagues that emerged in 2008 after the dissolution of the second Major Indoor Soccer League. The others were the Professional Arena Soccer League and the Xtreme Soccer League. The NISL and XSL had similar structures, as many of the former MISL teams passed over there. The same rules were also applied as in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

In July 2009 the XSL stopped its gaming operations for one year. This made the National Indoor Soccer League the highest and most profitable indoor soccer league in the United States. The XSL never returned and the NISL took over Milwaukee Wave.

For the 2009/2010 season the name was changed to Major Indoor Soccer League.

Teams (2008-2014)

team	City / region	Arena / hall	Founded	accession	exit
Baltimore Blast	Baltimore, Maryland	Baltimore Arena	1992	2008	Moved in 2014 to the MASL
Chicago Riot	Chicago, Illinois	Odeum Expo Center	2010	2010	Disbanded in 2011
Chicago soul	Hoffman Estates, Illinois ( Chicago )	Sears Center	2012	2012	Disbanded 2013
Massachusetts Twisters	West Springfield, Massachusetts	The Big E Coliseum	2003	2008	Disbanded in 2009
Milwaukee Wave	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	US Cellular Arena	1984	2009	Moved in 2014 to the MASL
Missouri Comets	Independence, Missouri ( Kansas City )	Independence Events Center	2010	2010	Moved in 2014 to the MASL
Monterrey La Raza	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Monterrey Arena	2007	2008	Disbanded in 2010
Norfolk SharX	Norfolk, Virginia	Norfolk Scope	2010	2011	Disbanded in 2012
Omaha Vipers	Omaha, Nebraska	Omaha Civic Auditorium	2010	2010	Moved to the PASL in 2011
Orlando Sharks	Orlando, Florida	Amway Arena	2007	2008	Disbanded in 2008
Pennsylvania Roar	Reading, Pennsylvania	Santander Arena	2013	2013	Disbanded in 2014
Philadelphia KiXX	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Liacouras Center	1995	2008	Disbanded in 2010
Rochester Lancers	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena	2010	2010	Moved in 2014 to the MASL
Rockford Rampage	Rockford, Illinois	Rockford MetroCentre	2005	2008	Disbanded in 2008.
St. Louis Ambush	St. Charles, Missouri ( St. Louis )	Family arena	2013	2013	Moved in 2014 to the MASL
Syracuse Silver Knights	Syracuse, New York	War Memorial at Oncenter	2010	2010	Moved in 2014 to the MASL
Wichita Wings	Park City, Kansas ( Wichita )	Hartman Arena	2011	2011	Disbanded 2013

MISL finals

season	winner		finalist	venue
2008/09	Baltimore	13-0	Rockford	Baltimore
2009/10	Monterrey	12-6	Milwaukee	Milwaukee
2010/11	Milwaukee	3–0	Baltimore	Baltimore

Championships by team

team	title	year
Baltimore Blast	1	2009
Monterrey La Raza	1	2010
Milwaukee Wave	1	2011

Average audience

year	cut
2008/09	4.163
2009/10	3,760
2010/11	3,982

Web links

• Official homepage of the MISL
• Rules of the MISL

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Orlando Sharks join new indoor soccer league, will play 18-game schedule . Orlando Business Journal. September 10, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
2. ^ The Associated Press, September 10, 2008. " Blast owner announces new league ". Accessed October 1, 2008.
3. ↑ Welsh, Sean. September 10, 2008. Baltimore Examiner , " A new league Blasts off: National Indoor Soccer League to house Blast, 4 others ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ". Accessed October 1, 2008. 
4. ^ Economic Hardship Shuts Down Norfolk SharX Pro Soccer Team . NorfolkSharX. June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.