1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season

Football league season

Major Indoor Soccer LeagueSeason| 1989–90

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Champions| San Diego Sockers
(6th title)
Matches played| 208
Top goalscorer| Tatu (64 goals)
Average attendance| 7,765

← 1988–89

1990–91 →

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

## Map of clubs

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Blast

Crunch

Comets

Wings

Sidekicks

Sockers

Storm

Stars

Eastern Division  Western Division

## Final standings

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Eastern Division  Team  | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | GF | GA | GD | GB | PCT | Qualification

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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

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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

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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

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

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts

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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

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First Team |  Position  | Second Team

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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

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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

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

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Commissioners|

* Earl Foreman (1978–1985; 1989–1992)
* Francis Dale (1985–1986)
* Bill Kentling (1986–1989)

All-Star Game|

* 1989

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*[HW]: Home won
*[HL]: Home lost
*[AW]: Away won
*[AL]: Away lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[GB]: Games behind
*[PCT]: Win percentage
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