1981-82 Major Indoor Soccer League season
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| 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 |
Teams and Alignment
| Division | Team | Primary Venue | Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Division | Baltimore Blast | CFG Bank Arena | Baltimore |
| Buffalo Stallions | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, New York | |
| Cleveland Force | Richfield Coliseum | Summit County, Ohio | |
| New Jersey Rockets | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
| New York Arrows | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | |
| Philadelphia Fever | The Spectrum | Philadelphia | |
| Pittsburgh Spirit | Civic Arena | Pittsburgh | |
| Western Division | Denver Avalanche | McNichols Sports Arena | Denver |
| Kansas City Comets | Hy-Vee Arena | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Memphis Americans | Mid-South Coliseum | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Phoenix Inferno | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Phoenix | |
| St. Louis Steamers | St. Louis Arena | St. Louis | |
| Wichita Wings | Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum | Park City, Kansas |
Changes
- League realigned into Eastern Division and Western Division.
- Baltimore Blast realigned from Atlantic Division to Eastern Division.
- Buffalo Stallions realigned from Central Division to Eastern Division.
- Chicago Horizons fold.
- Cleveland Force realigned from Central Division to Eastern Division.
- Hartford Hellions relocate from PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut to Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, renamed Memphis Americans, and realigned from Atlantic Division to Western Division.
- New Jersey Rockets enfranchised in Eastern Division, playing at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- New York Arrows realigned from Atlantic Division to Eastern Division.
- Philadelphia Fever realigned from Atlantic Division to Eastern Division.
- Pittsburgh Spirit resume operations and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh.
- San Francisco Fog relocate from Cow Palace in Daly City, California to Hy-Vee Arena in Kansas City, Missouri and renamed Kansas City Comets.
- St. Louis Steamers realigned from Central Division to Western Division.
Regular Season Results
| Division | Team | W | L | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Division | New York Arrows | 36 | 8 | |
| Pittsburgh Spirit | 31 | 13 | 5 | |
| Baltimore Blast | 27 | 17 | 9 | |
| Buffalo Stallions | 24 | 20 | 12 | |
| New Jersey Rockets | 17 | 27 | 19 | |
| Cleveland Force | 15 | 29 | 21 | |
| Philadelphia Fever | 11 | 33 | 25 | |
| Western Division | St. Louis Steamers | 28 | 16 | |
| Wichita Wings | 27 | 17 | 1 | |
| Memphis Americans | 20 | 24 | 8 | |
| Denver Avalanche | 19 | 25 | 9 | |
| Phoenix Inferno | 17 | 27 | 11 | |
| Kansas City Comets | 14 | 30 | 14 |
Postseason Results
| Team (Best-of-Three) | Team (Best-of-Three) | Team (Best-of-Five) | Champions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Arrows | 2 | New York Arrows | 2 | New York Arrows | 3 | New York Arrows |
| Buffalo Stallions | 1 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Spirit | 1 | Baltimore Blast | 1 | |||
| Baltimore Blast | 2 | |||||
| St. Louis Steamers | 2 | St. Louis Steamers | 2 | St. Louis Steamers | 2 | |
| Denver Avalanche | 0 | |||||
| Wichita Wings | 2 | Wichita Wings | 1 | |||
| Memphis Americans | 1 | |||||
Special Event Results
| Event | Away | Score | Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISL All-Star Game | Western Division | 9-5 | Eastern Division |
Markets and Venues
| Combined Statistical Area | Metropolitan Statistical Area | Metropolitan Division | County / Equivalent | Municipality | Venue | Team / Event | Regular | Postseason | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY Combined Statistical Area | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area | Erie County, New York | Buffalo, New York | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo Stallions | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area | Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area | Summit County, Ohio | Unincorporated | Richfield Coliseum | Cleveland Force | ||||
| Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area | Denver County, Colorado | Denver | McNichols Sports Arena | Denver Avalanche | ||||
| New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | Hartford, Connecticut | PeoplesBank Arena | Hartford Hellions | ||||
| New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area | Maricopa County, Arizona | Phoenix | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Phoenix Inferno | ||||
| 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 | |||
| St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area | St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area | St. Louis | St. Louis Arena | St. Louis Steamers | |||||
| New York Arrows | |||||||||
| Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area | Baltimore | CFG Bank Arena | Baltimore Blast | |||||
| Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Combined Statistical Area | Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area | Sedgwick County, Kansas | Wichita, Kansas | Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum | Wichita Wings | ||||
| Total | |||||||||
