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	* Houston Summit Soccer relocate from The Summit in Houston to CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, renamed Baltimore Blast, and realigned from Central Division to Atlantic Division.		* Houston Summit Soccer relocate from The Summit in Houston to CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, renamed Baltimore Blast, and realigned from Central Division to Atlantic Division.
	* Phoenix Inferno enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.		* Phoenix Inferno enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.
	* Pittsburgh Spirit suspend operations before Pittsburgh Spirit resume operations in ~~1982~~-83.		* Pittsburgh Spirit suspend operations before Pittsburgh Spirit resume operations in 1981-82.

	== Regular Season Results ==		== Regular Season Results ==

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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1979-80 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1979-80]]
|'''1980-81'''
|[[1981-82 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1981-82]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="4" |Atlantic Division
|Baltimore Blast
|CFG Bank Arena
|Baltimore
|-
|Hartford Hellions
|PeoplesBank Arena
|Hartford, Connecticut
|-
|New York Arrows
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Uniondale, New York
|-
|Philadelphia Fever
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia
|-
| rowspan="4" |Central Division
|Buffalo Stallions
|Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
|Buffalo, New York
|-
|Chicago Horizons
|Allstate Arena
|Rosemont, Illinois
|-
|Cleveland Force
|Richfield Coliseum
|Summit County, Ohio
|-
|St. Louis Steamers
|St. Louis Arena
|St. Louis
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Division
|Denver Avalanche
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver
|-
|Phoenix Inferno
|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix
|-
|San Francisco Fog
|Cow Palace
|Daly City, California
|-
|Wichita Wings
|Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum
|Park City, Kansas
|}

=== Changes ===

* League realigned into Atlantic Division, Central Division, and Western Division.
* Buffalo Stallions realigned from Atlantic Division to Central Division.
* Chicago Horizons enfranchised in Central Division, playing at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
* Denver Avalanche enfranchised in Western Division, playing at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver.
* Detroit Lightning relocate from Cobo Arena at Cobo Center in Detroit to Cow Palace in Daly City, California, renamed San Francisco Fog, and realigned from Central Division to Western Division.
* Houston Summit Soccer relocate from The Summit in Houston to CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, renamed Baltimore Blast, and realigned from Central Division to Atlantic Division.
* Phoenix Inferno enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.
* Pittsburgh Spirit suspend operations before Pittsburgh Spirit resume operations in 1982-83.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="4" |Atlantic Division
|'''New York Arrows'''
|'''35'''
|'''5'''
|
|-
|'''Baltimore Blast'''
|'''21'''
|'''19'''
|'''14'''
|-
|Philadelphia Fever
|18
|22
|17
|-
|Hartford Hellions
|13
|27
|22
|-
| rowspan="4" |Central Division
|'''St. Louis Steamers'''
|'''25'''
|'''15'''
|
|-
|'''Cleveland Force'''
|'''21'''
|'''19'''
|'''4'''
|-
|'''Chicago Horizons'''
|'''20'''
|'''20'''
|'''5'''
|-
|'''Buffalo Stallions'''
|'''20'''
|'''20'''
|'''5'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |Western Division
|'''Wichita Wings'''
|'''23'''
|'''17'''
|
|-
|'''Phoenix Inferno'''
|'''17'''
|'''23'''
|'''6'''
|-
|Denver Avalanche
|16
|24
|7
|-
|San Francisco Fog
|11
|29
|12
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
!Champions
|-
|'''New York Arrows'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''New York Arrows'''
| rowspan="2" |'''10'''
| rowspan="4" |'''New York Arrows'''
| rowspan="4" |'''6'''
| rowspan="8" |'''New York Arrows'''
|-
|Phoenix Inferno
|1
|-
|'''Baltimore Blast'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Baltimore Blast
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|Cleveland Force
|1
|-
|'''St. Louis Steamers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''St. Louis Steamers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''7 (3)'''
| rowspan="4" |St. Louis Steamers
| rowspan="4" |5
|-
|Buffalo Stallions
|0
|-
|'''Wichita Wings'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Wichita Wings
| rowspan="2" |7 (1)
|-
|Chicago Horizons
|1
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|MISL All-Star Game
|'''Western Stars'''
|8-5
|Eastern Stars
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
|Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Erie County, New York
|Buffalo, New York
|Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
|Buffalo Stallions
|20
|One
|21
|-
|Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
|Cook County, Illinois
|Rosemont, Illinois
|Allstate Arena
|Chicago Horizons
|20
|One
|21
|-
|Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Summit County, Ohio
|Unincorporated
|Richfield Coliseum
|Cleveland Force
|20
|One
|21
|-
|Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Denver County, Colorado
|Denver
|McNichols Sports Arena
|Denver Avalanche
|20
|
|20
|-
|New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
|Hartford, Connecticut
|PeoplesBank Arena
|Hartford Hellions
|20
|
|20
|-
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
|Nassau County, New York
|Uniondale, New York
|Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|New York Arrows
|20
|Two
|22
|-
|New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
|New York County, New York
|Manhattan, New York
|Madison Square Garden
|MISL All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
|Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
|Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia Fever
|20
|
|20
|-
|Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Maricopa County, Arizona
|Phoenix
|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
|Phoenix Inferno
|20
|One
|21
|-
|San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
|San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
|San Mateo County, California
|Daly City, California
|Cow Palace
|San Francisco Fog
|20
|
|20
|-
| rowspan="2" |St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |St. Louis
| rowspan="2" |St. Louis Arena
|St. Louis Steamers
|20
|Three
|23
|-
|New York Arrows
|
|One
|One
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Baltimore
|CFG Bank Arena
|Baltimore Blast
|20
|Two
|22
|-
|Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Sedgwick County, Kansas
|Wichita, Kansas
|Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum
|Wichita Wings
|20
|Two
|22
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''240'''
|'''14'''
|'''255'''
|}
[[Category:1980-81]]
[[Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1990) seasons]]

1980-81 Major Indoor Soccer League season - Revision history

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