1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season

The 1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the 12th in league history.

Major Indoor Soccer League

Season	1989–90
Champions	San Diego Sockers (6th title)
Matches played	208
Top goalscorer	Tatu (64 goals)
Average attendance	7,765
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Map of clubs

Blast

Crunch

Comets

Wings

Sidekicks

Sockers

Storm

Stars

Eastern Division Western Division

Final standings

Eastern Division

Team	Pld	HW	HL	AW	AL	GF	GA	GD	GB	PCT	Qualification
Baltimore Blast	52	19	7	13	13	231	191	+40	—	.615	Playoffs
Kansas City Comets	52	23	3	7	19	208	205	+3	2	.577
Wichita Wings	52	18	8	8	18	210	229	−19	6	.500
Cleveland Crunch	52	13	13	7	19	201	237	−36	12	.385

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Western Division

Team	Pld	HW	HL	AW	AL	GF	GA	GD	GB	PCT	Qualification
Dallas Sidekicks	52	19	7	12	14	217	190	+27	—	.596	Playoffs
San Diego Sockers	52	19	7	6	20	217	204	+13	6	.481
St. Louis Storm	52	15	11	9	17	202	205	−3	7	.462
Tacoma Stars	52	14	12	6	20	191	217	−26	11	.385

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Div. Semi-finals:	Kansas City defeated Wichita 5-4, 4-3, 3-4, 5-4
	San Diego defeated St. Louis 3-2, 3-4 (OT), 4-1, 5-4
Div. Finals:	San Diego defeated Dallas 4-2, 1-6, 1-4, 4-2, 4-0,3-1
	Baltimore defeated Kansas City 6-4, 4-2, 2-1(OT), 2-3(OT), 2-3(OT), 7-2
Championship:	San Diego def. Baltimore 4-7, 4-3, 5-2, 4-1, 2-3,6-4

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Tatu	Dallas Sidekicks	52	64	49	113
Jan Goossens	Kansas City Comets	51	41	55	96
Preki	Tacoma Stars	44	33	39	72
Michael King	Cleveland Crunch	52	45	26	71
Dale Mitchell	Kansas City Comets	48	47	23	70
Dale Ervine	Wichita Wings	47	48	20	68
Hector Marinaro	Cleveland Crunch	45	40	23	63
Branko Segota	San Diego Sockers	44	27	34	61
Domenic Mobolio	Baltimore Blast	48	41	20	61
Chico Borja	Wichita Wings	43	24	35	59

All-MISL Teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Scott Manning, Baltimore	G	Joe Papaleo, Dallas
Wes McLeod, Dallas	D	Kevin Crow, San Diego
Bruce Savage, Baltimore	D	Mike Powers, Dallas
Preki, Tacoma	M	Tim Wittman, Baltimore
Tatu, Dallas	F	Michael King, Cleveland
Jan Goossens, Kansas City	F	Dale Mitchell, Kansas City

League awards

Most Valuable Player: Tatu, Dallas

Scoring Champion: Tatu, Dallas

Pass Master: Jan Goossens, Kansas City

Defender of the Year: Wes McLeod, Dallas

Rookie of the Year: Terry Brown, St Louis

Newcomer of the Year: Claudio De Olivieria, St Louis

Goalkeeper of the Year: Joe Papaleo, Dallas

Coach of the Year: Billy Phillips, Dallas

Championship Series Most Valuable Player: Brian Quinn, San Diego

Championship Series Unsung Hero: Paul Wright, San Diego

External links

• 1989-90 summary at The MISL: A Look Back