1988-89 Major Indoor Soccer League season

Seasons

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

Teams and Alignment

Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Baltimore Blast	CFG Bank Arena	Baltimore
Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	Dallas
Kansas City Comets	Hy-Vee Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
Los Angeles Lazers	Kia Forum	Inglewood, California
San Diego Sockers	Pechanga Arena San Diego	San Diego
Tacoma Stars	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma, Washington
Wichita Wings	Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum	Park City, Kansas

Changes

• League realigned into single table.
• Baltimore Blast realigned from Eastern Division to single table.
• Chicago Sting fold.
• Cleveland Force fold.
• Dallas Sidekicks realigned from Eastern Division to single table.
• Kansas City Comets realigned from Western Division to single table.
• Los Angeles Lazers realigned from Western Division to single table.
• Minnesota Strikers fold.
• San Diego Sockers realigned from Western Division to single table.
• St. Louis Steamers fold.
• Tacoma Stars realigned from Western Division to single table.
• Wichita Wings realigned from Western Division to single table.

Regular Season Results

Team	W	L	GB
Baltimore Blast	29	19
San Diego Sockers	27	21	2
Dallas Sidekicks	24	24	5
Tacoma Stars	23	25	6
Wichita Wings	23	25	6
Kansas City Comets	21	27	8
Los Angeles Lazers	21	17	8

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Five)		Team (Best-of-Seven)		Team (Best-of-Seven)		Champions
Baltimore Blast			4	Baltimore Blast	3	San Diego Sockers
Tacoma Stars	1	Wichita Wings	2
Wichita Wings	3
San Diego Sockers			4	San Diego Sockers	4
Dallas Sidekicks			3

Special Event Results

Event	Away	Score	Home
MISL All-Star Game	Major Indoor Soccer League	8-1	Dallas Sidekicks

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area	Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Summit County, Ohio	Unincorporated	Richfield Coliseum	Cleveland Force	24	Three	27
						MISL All-Star Game			One
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division	Dallas County, Texas	Dallas	Reunion Arena	Dallas Sidekicks	24		24
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division	Los Angeles County, California	Inglewood, California	Kia Forum	Los Angeles Lazers	24		24
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area			San Diego County, California	San Diego	Pechanga Arena San Diego	San Diego Sockers	24	Seven	31
Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Tacoma-Lakewood, WA Metropolitan Division	Pierce County, Washington	Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma Stars	24	Two	26
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area		Baltimore		CFG Bank Arena	Baltimore Blast	24	Seven	31
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	24	Five	29
Total							168	24	193