Major Indoor Soccer League (1978-1992) · United States · level 1

1979-1980

Honors
champion New York Arrows
mvp Slavisa Zungul
golden boot Slavisa Zungul

77 games 11.86 goals / game 10,712 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W L gf ga gf/ga
New York Arrows 32 27 5 296 175 1.69
Houston Summit Soccer 32 20 12 181 160 1.13
Pittsburgh Spirit 32 18 14 188 191 0.98
Buffalo Stallions 32 17 15 172 197 0.87
Philadelphia Fever 32 17 15 201 197 1.02
Wichita Wings 32 16 16 187 173 1.08
Detroit Lightning 32 15 17 192 201 0.96
Cleveland Force 32 12 20 152 179 0.85
St. Louis Steamers 32 12 20 177 184 0.96
Hartford Hellions 32 6 26 151 240 0.63

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Slavisa Zungul 90
  2. Fred Grgurev 64
  3. Branko Segota 55
  4. Kai Haaskivi 51
  5. Pat Ercoli 44
  6. Graham Fyfe 37
  7. Iubo Petrovic 35
  8. Steve Buttle 35
  9. Clyde Best 33
  10. Damir Sutevski 32

Assists

  1. Slavisa Zungul 46
  2. Fred Grgurev 40
  3. Kai Haaskivi 36
  4. Julie Veee 35
  5. Flemming Lund 32
  6. Branko Segota 31
  7. Jim Ryan 29
  8. Graham Fyfe 28
  9. Damir Sutevski 26
  10. John Stremlau 25

Appearances

  1. Mani Hernández 38
  2. Jose Neto 36
  3. Alan Kelley 32
  4. Carlos Metidieri 32
  5. Carl Rose 32
  6. Craig Reynolds 32
  7. Dale Russell 32
  8. Dan Geerling 32
  9. Emilio Romero 32
  10. Flemming Lund 32

Most recent games

all games

date season round team score team venue referee attendance sources
March 28, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 4 - 7 New York Arrows Uniondale, NY — 1
March 23, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 4 - 7 New York Arrows Nassau Coliseum 8469 1
March 21, 1980 1979-1980 New York Arrows 11 - 3 Pittsburgh Spirit Nassau Coliseum 8802 1
March 20, 1980 1979-1980 sf Houston Summit 4 - 3 Wichita Wings Houston, TX — 2
March 18, 1980 1979-1980 sf Houston Summit 5 - 4 Wichita Wings Wichita, KS — 2
March 16, 1980 1979-1980 New York Arrows 5 - 3 Pittsburgh Spirit Pittsburgh, PA — 1
March 11, 1980 1979-1980 Detroit Lightning 5 - 6 Wichita Wings Wichita, KS — 1
March 10, 1980 1979-1980 St. Louis Steamers 9 - 6 Wichita Wings St. Louis, MO — 1
March 9, 1980 1979-1980 f Cleveland Force 0 - 4 Houston Summit Houston, TX — 1
March 8, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 8 - 9 Wichita Wings Wichita, KS — 2
March 4, 1980 1979-1980 Buffalo Stallions 6 - 5 Wichita Wings Buffalo, NY — 1
March 4, 1980 1979-1980 f Detroit Lightning 3 - 8 Houston Summit Houston, TX — 1
March 1, 1980 1979-1980 Cleveland Force 2 - 6 Wichita Wings Wichita, KS — 1
March 1, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 6 - 8 Philadelphia Fever Philadelphia, PA — 1
Feb. 29, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 2 - 3 New York Arrows Uniondale, NY — 1
Feb. 29, 1980 1979-1980 Buffalo Stallions 5 - 3 Wichita Wings Buffalo, NY — 1
Feb. 24, 1980 1979-1980 f Buffalo Stallions 5 - 9 Houston Summit Buffalo, NY — 1
Feb. 24, 1980 1979-1980 Philadelphia Fever 6 - 7 Wichita Wings Wichita, KS — 1
Feb. 22, 1980 1979-1980 Hartford Hellions 4 - 11 New York Arrows Nassau Coliseum — 1
Feb. 22, 1980 1979-1980 f Cleveland Force 4 - 8 Houston Summit Cleveland, OH — 1
Feb. 20, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 5 - 4 St. Louis Steamers St. Louis, MO — 1
Feb. 17, 1980 1979-1980 Buffalo Stallions 3 - 9 Wichita Wings Wichita, KS — 1
Feb. 16, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 6 - 5 Wichita Wings Houston, TX — 2
Feb. 15, 1980 1979-1980 Detroit Lightning 6 - 12 New York Arrows Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI — 1
Feb. 12, 1980 1979-1980 f Houston Summit 7 - 5 St. Louis Steamers Houston, TX — 1

Awards

award winner
Champion New York Arrows
Coach of the Year Pat McBride
Coach of the Year Len Bilous
Goalkeeper of the Year Sepp Gantenhammer
MVP Slavisa Zungul
Pass Master Sepp Gantenhammer
Rookie of the Year Jim Sinclair
Scoring Champion Slavisa Zungul

Where the appearances came from

United States: 1,525 games, 32.9%United States: 1,525 games, 32.9%England: 648 games, 14.0%Scotland: 288 games, 6.2%Serbia: 100 games, 2.2%Serbia: 100 games, 2.2%Hungary: 141 games, 3.0%Croatia: 196 games, 4.2%Canada: 132 games, 2.9%Brazil: 138 games, 3.0%Argentina: 131 games, 2.8%Venezuela: 7 games, 0.2%Bermuda: 65 games, 1.4%Wales: 11 games, 0.2%Northern Ireland: 29 games, 0.6%Trinidad and Tobago: 1 game, 0.0%Trinidad and Tobago: 1 game, 0.0%Suriname: 9 games, 0.2%Spain: 38 games, 0.8%Spain: 38 games, 0.8%Spain: 38 games, 0.8%Portugal: 47 games, 1.0%Portugal: 47 games, 1.0%Portugal: 47 games, 1.0%Nigeria: 33 games, 0.7%Mozambique: 5 games, 0.1%Mexico: 36 games, 0.8%Macedonia: 27 games, 0.6%Jamaica: 11 games, 0.2%Italy: 60 games, 1.3%Italy: 60 games, 1.3%Italy: 60 games, 1.3%Italy: 60 games, 1.3%Haiti: 46 games, 1.0%Guyana: 30 games, 0.6%Ghana: 27 games, 0.6%Germany: 90 games, 1.9%Finland: 27 games, 0.6%Denmark: 32 games, 0.7%Denmark: 32 games, 0.7%Cyprus: 28 games, 0.6%Bolivia: 1 game, 0.0%Barbados: 21 games, 0.5%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
United States 1,525 32.9%
England 648 14.0%
not recorded 598 12.9%
Scotland 288 6.2%
Croatia 196 4.2%
Hungary 141 3.0%
Brazil 138 3.0%
Canada 132 2.9%
Argentina 131 2.8%
Serbia 100 2.2%
Germany 90 1.9%
Bermuda 65 1.4%
Italy 60 1.3%
Yugoslavia 52 1.1%
Portugal 47 1.0%
Haiti 46 1.0%
Spain 38 0.8%
Mexico 36 0.8%
Nigeria 33 0.7%
Denmark 32 0.7%
Guyana 30 0.6%
Northern Ireland 29 0.6%
Cyprus 28 0.6%
Finland 27 0.6%
Ghana 27 0.6%
Macedonia 27 0.6%
Barbados 21 0.5%
Jamaica 11 0.2%
Wales 11 0.2%
Suriname 9 0.2%
Venezuela 7 0.2%
Mozambique 5 0.1%
Bolivia 1 0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago 1 0.0%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.