2002-03 Major Indoor Soccer League season

Seasons

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

Teams and Alignment

Conference	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Conference	Baltimore Blast	CFG Bank Arena	Baltimore
	Cleveland Force	Wolstein Center	Cleveland
	Harrisburg Heat	New Holland Arena at The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
	Philadelphia KiXX	The Spectrum	Philadelphia
Western Conference	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	Dallas
	Kansas City Comets	Hy-Vee Arena	Kansas City, Missouri
	Milwaukee Wave	Bradley Center	Milwaukee
	San Diego Sockers	Pechanga Arena San Diego	San Diego

Changes

• League aligned into Eastern Conference and Western Conference.
• Baltimore Blast aligned into Eastern Conference.
• Cleveland Crunch renamed Cleveland Force and aligned into Eastern Conference.
• Dallas Sidekicks transfer from World Indoor Soccer League and aligned into Western Conference, playing at Reunion Arena in Dallas.
• Harrisburg Heat aligned into Eastern Conference.
• Kansas City Comets aligned into Western Conference.
• Milwaukee Wave aligned into Western Conference.
• Philadelphia KiXX aligned into Eastern Conference.
• San Diego Sockers transfer from World Indoor Soccer League and aligned into Western Conference, playing at Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego.

Regular Season Results

Conference	Team	W	L	GB
Eastern Conference	Philadelphia KiXX	24	12
	Cleveland Force	19	17	5
	Baltimore Blast	18	18	6
	Harrisburg Heat	15	21	9
Western Conference	Milwaukee Wave	28	8
	Kansas City Comets	17	19	11
	San Diego Sockers	14	22	14
	Dallas Sidekicks	9	27	19

Postseason Results

Team (Single-Game)		Team (Single-Game)		Team (Best-of-Three)		Champions
Philadelphia KiXX			6	Baltimore Blast	2	Baltimore Blast
Cleveland Force	14	Baltimore Blast	8
Baltimore Blast	16
Milwaukee Wave			20	Milwaukee Wave	1
Kansas City Comets	13	Kansas City Comets	19
San Diego Sockers	11

Special Event Results

Event	Away	Score	Home
MISL All-Star Game	Eastern Conference	13-20	Western Conference

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	Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Cuyahoga County, Ohio	Cleveland	Wolstein Center	Cleveland Crunch	18	One	19
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Arena	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division	Dallas County, Texas	Dallas	Reunion Arena	Dallas Sidekicks	18		18
Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Dauphin County, Pennsylvania	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	New Holland Arena at The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center	Harrisburg Heat	18		18
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area	Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area		Jackson County, Missouri	Kansas City, Missouri	Hy-Vee Arena	Kansas City Comets	18	One	19
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area		Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Bradley Center	Milwaukee Wave	18	Three	21
						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 KiXX	18	One	19
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area			San Diego County, California	San Diego	Pechanga Arena San Diego	San Diego Sockers	18		18
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area		Baltimore		CFG Bank Arena	Baltimore Blast	18	One	19
Total							144	Seven	152