2011–12 Major Indoor Soccer League season

Football league season

Major Indoor Soccer LeagueSeason| 2011–12

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Champions| Milwaukee Wave (6th title)
Top goalscorer| Geison (Missouri, 37)
Longest winning run| Milwaukee Wave, 8 wins November 13th, 2011 – December 27th, 2011[1]
Longest losing run| Norfolk SharX, 9 losses November 11th, 2011 – December 22nd, 2011[1]
Highest attendance| 9,644 Milwaukee at Baltimore February 18th, 2012[2]
Lowest attendance| 837 Rochester at Norfolk December 1st, 2011[3]
Average attendance| 4,009[4]

← 2010–11

2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the third under the MISL banner and fourth season overall. It was also the 34th season of professional Division 1 indoor soccer. The Milwaukee Wave won their sixth title in franchise history and second MISL title in a row.

In May 2011, the United Soccer Leagues announced it had entered into an agreement with the MISL to operate the indoor league. In September, the Chicago Kick announced that they were unable to secure an arena in time to begin play for 2011–12 but planned to join the MISL in 2012–13.

Besides the aborted team in Chicago, other franchises were added in Syracuse, Norfolk, Rochester, and Wichita. Of the four, the reborn Rochester Lancers were the most successful, finishing second in league attendance[4] and qualifying for the league playoffs.

## Teams

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### New teams

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Team  | City/area  | Arena  | Joined  | Head coach

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Norfolk SharX | Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk Scope | 2011  |  Jon Hall[5]
Rochester Lancers | Rochester, New York | Blue Cross Arena | 2011  |  Bill Andracki[6]
Syracuse Silver Knights | Syracuse, New York | War Memorial at Oncenter | 2011  |  Tommy Tanner[7]
Wichita Wings | Park City, Kansas (Wichita area)  | Hartman Arena | 2011  |  LeBaron Hollimon[8]

### Teams that left the MISL

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Team  | City/area  | Arena  | Founded  | Joined MISL  | Left MISL  | New league

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Chicago Riot | Chicago | Odeum Expo Center | 2010  | 2010  | 2011  | Folded
Omaha Vipers[9] | Omaha, Nebraska | Omaha Civic Auditorium | 2010  | 2010  | 2011  | Folded after joining the PASL-Pro

## Map of clubs

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Blast

SharX

Lancers

Knights

Wave

Comets

Wings

Eastern Division  Western Division

## Standings

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2011–12 League Champions 2011–12 Playoff Team

### Eastern Division

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Team  | GP | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | GB | Home | Road

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1 | Baltimore Blast | 24  | 18  | 6  | .750  | 344  | 238  | –  | 9-3  | 9-3
2 | Rochester Lancers | 24  | 11  | 13  | .458  | 325  | 321  | 7  | 6-6  | 5-7
3 | Syracuse Silver Knights | 24  | 9  | 15  | .375  | 330  | 370  | 9  | 5-7  | 4-8
4 | Norfolk SharX | 24  | 5  | 19  | .208  | 222  | 434  | 13  | 4-8  | 1-11

### Central Division

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Team  | GP | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | GB | Home | Road

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1 | Milwaukee Wave | 24  | 18  | 6  | .750  | 356  | 264  | –  | 10-2  | 8-4
2 | Missouri Comets | 24  | 15  | 9  | .625  | 340  | 258  | 3  | 8-4  | 7-5
3 | Wichita Wings | 24  | 8  | 16  | .333  | 262  | 294  | 10  | 6-6  | 2-10

Updated to matches played on March 5, 2012.[10]

## Statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Scorer  | Club  | Games  | 2pt goals  | 3pt goals  | Assists  | Points

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1  |  Geison | Missouri Comets | 24  | 33  | 4  | 12  | 90
2  |  Mauricio Salles | Rochester Lancers | 24  | 22  | 8  | 13  | 81
3  |  Byron Alvarez | Missouri Comets | 23  | 27  | 1  | 21  | 78
4  |  Max Ferdinand | Baltimore Blast | 24  | 22  | 1  | 25  | 72
5  |  Machel Millwood | Baltimore Blast | 24  | 23  | 3  | 16  | 71
6  |  Doug Miller | Rochester Lancers | 23  | 23  | 2  | 14  | 66
7  |  Slaviša Ubiparipović | Syracuse Silver Knights | 24  | 19  | 3  | 14  | 61
Greg Howes | Milwaukee Wave | 22  | 21  | 0  | 19  | 61
9  |  Jamar Beasley | Wichita Wings | 24  | 21  | 1  | 14  | 59
10  |  Vahid Assadpour | Missouri Comets | 21  | 17  | 2  | 16  | 56

Last updated on March 8, 2012. Source: MISL.com Statistics - Total Points

### Top 2pt goal scorers

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Rank  | Scorer  | Club  | Games  | 2pt goals

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1  |  Geison | Missouri Comets | 24  | 33
2  |  Byron Alvarez | Missouri Comets | 23  | 27
3  |  Machel Millwood | Baltimore Blast | 23  | 23
Doug Miller | Rochester Lancers | 23  | 23
5  |  Mauricio Salles | Rochester Lancers | 24  | 22
Max Ferdinand | Baltimore Blast | 24  | 22
7  |  Jamar Beasley | Wichita Wings | 24  | 21
Greg Howes | Milwaukee Wave | 22  | 21
9  |  Slaviša Ubiparipović | Syracuse Silver Knights | 24  | 19
Jeff Hughes | Syracuse Silver Knights | 24  | 19

Last updated on March 8, 2012. Source: MISL.com Statistics - 2 Point Goals

## Playoffs

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Both rounds of the playoffs were in a home and home format. The higher seed had the option to choose whether to host the first or second game. A mini-game would be held immediately after Game 2 if the series was tied at one win apiece. Baltimore had the top seed, due to their 2–1 season series win over Milwaukee.[11][12]

| Division Finals | | | Championship |

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| 1E | Baltimore | 2 | |
| 2E | Rochester | 0 |
| | 1E | Baltimore | 0 |
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| 1C | Milwaukee | 2 |

| 2C | Missouri | 0 |

### Division Finals

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#### Game 1

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March 9, 2012

Milwaukee Wave| 27–10| Missouri Comets

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Independence Events Center

Attendance: 4,624

Referee: Ron Cory

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March 10, 2012

Rochester Lancers| 2–8| Baltimore Blast

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1st Mariner Arena

Attendance: 5,322

Referee: Joseph Della Penna

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#### Game 2

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March 11, 2012

Missouri Comets| 7–9| Milwaukee Wave

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U.S. Cellular Arena

Attendance: 5,453

Referee: Rich Grady

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March 12, 2012

Baltimore Blast| 14–8| Rochester Lancers

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Blue Cross Arena

Attendance: 4,106

Referee: Tim Tyma

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### MISL Finals

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#### Game 1

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March 16, 2012

Milwaukee Wave| 14–2| Baltimore Blast

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1st Mariner Arena

Attendance: 6,072

Referee: Tim Tyma

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#### Game 2

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March 18, 2012

Baltimore Blast| 10–12 (OT)| Milwaukee Wave

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U.S. Cellular Arena

Attendance: 5,243

Referee: Rich Grady

## Awards

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Award  | Name  | Team

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MVP | Geison | Missouri Comets
Coach of the Year  | Keith Tozer | Milwaukee Wave
Rookie of the Year  | Slaviša Ubiparipović | Syracuse Silver Knights
Defender of the Year  | Mike Lookingland | Baltimore Blast
Goalkeeper of the Year  | Sagu | Baltimore Blast
Championship MVP | Marcio Leite | Milwaukee Wave

### All-League First Team

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Name  | Position  | Team

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Mike Lookingland | D  | Baltimore Blast
Nelson Santana  | D  | Syracuse Silver Knights
Geison | M  | Missouri Comets
Max Ferdinand | M  | Baltimore Blast
Mauricio Salles | F  | Rochester Lancers
Sagu | GK  | Baltimore Blast

### All-League Second Team

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Name  | Position  | Team

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Leo Gibson | D  | Missouri Comets
Joe Hammes | D  | Milwaukee Wave
Marcio Leite | M  | Milwaukee Wave
Byron Alvarez | F  | Missouri Comets
Machel Millwood | F  | Baltimore Blast
Danny Waltman | GK  | Missouri Comets

### All-Rookie Team

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Name  | Position  | Team

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Stephen DeRoux | D  | Baltimore Blast
Gerson Dos Santos | D  | Norfolk SharX
Kevin Ten Eyck  | M  | Wichita Wings
Slaviša Ubiparipović | F  | Syracuse Silver Knights
Nicolas Perera | F  | Milwaukee Wave
Eric Reed | GK  | Syracuse Silver Knights

## References

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1. ^ a b "Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
2. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
3. ^ "Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
4. ^ a b "Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)". pointstreak.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
5. ^ "Soccer: Short-handed Norfolk SharX fall in debut". hamptonroads.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
6. ^ Democrat and Chrocnicle [dead link‍]
7. ^ "Tommy Tanner will be head coach of Syracuse Silver Knights soccer team". syracuse.com. August 5, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
8. ^ Long, Kollen. "LeBaron Hollimon named coach for new Wichita Wings". kansas.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
11. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
12. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
13. ^ "MISL Award Winners Announced". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
14. ^ a b c "All-League, Rookie Teams Announced". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.

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