Tacoma Stars - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Tacoma Stars

Operated	1983 - 1992
Arena	Tacoma Dome Tacoma Dome The Tacoma Dome is an indoor arena located in Tacoma, Washington, USA, approximately 30 miles south of Seattle.-History:...
Based in	Tacoma, Washington Tacoma, Washington Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
Colors	blue, yellow & orange
League	MISL I Major Soccer League The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. After the folding of the North American Soccer League in 1984, the MISL was the Division I soccer league for the United States...

The Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

Stars were a franchise in the original Major Indoor Soccer League

Major Soccer League

The Major Indoor Soccer League, known in its final two seasons as the Major Soccer League, was an indoor soccer league in the USA from 1978 to 1992. After the folding of the North American Soccer League in 1984, the MISL was the Division I soccer league for the United States...

. The team existed from 1983 - 1992 and is notable for two reasons. First, the team holds the record for the largest crowd to witness an indoor soccer

Indoor soccer

Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink. The most important difference in play is that the indoor field is surrounded by a wall...

game with 21,728 people packing the Tacoma Dome

Tacoma Dome

The Tacoma Dome is an indoor arena located in Tacoma, Washington, USA, approximately 30 miles south of Seattle.-History:...

to see Tacoma fall to the Dallas Sidekicks

Dallas Sidekicks

The Dallas Sidekicks were one of the longest operating professional soccer teams, either indoor or outdoor, in the United States, based in Dallas, Texas, and operating from 1984 until suspending operations following the 2004 season. The team was founded as a member of the original Major Indoor...

4-3 (OT) in Game 7 of the 1986-1987 MISL Championship. Also, Tacoma was the only team in MISL history to defeat the original San Diego Sockers in a MISL playoff series.

Notable players

John Bain

John Bain is a retired Scottish-U.S. soccer midfielder who currently coaches youth soccer in the U.S. Bain began his professional career in England before moving to the United States in 1978. Over his twenty year playing career, Bain played for numerous leagues and teams, both indoors and out...

Ralph Black

Ralph Black (soccer)

Ralph Black is a retired Scottish-American soccer defender who spent most of his career in indoor soccer.-MISL:...

Rick Blubaugh

Rick Brian Blubaugh is an American former professional soccer player. He spent four seasons in the Western Soccer Alliance, one in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League.-Youth:Blubaugh's roots are traced to Lynnwood, Washington, son of Joe and Selva Blubaugh...

Tony Chursky

Tony Chursky is a former Canadian national soccer team and NASL goalkeeper.- Player :...

Billy Crook Ricky Davis

Rick Davis

Richard Dean Davis is a retired American soccer midfielder, and former captain of the U.S. National Team for much of the 1980s...

Mike Dowler

Mike Dowler is a retired Welsh professional football goalkeeper. He spent most of his career in the U.S. indoor leagues where he was named the 1995 Continental Indoor Soccer League Goalkeeper of the Year....

Gerry Gray

Gerard "Gerry" Gray is a former Canadian national soccer team player who is currently the head coach of Tacoma F.C..-Club career:...

John Hamel

John Hamel is a retired American soccer midfielder who played three seasons in the Western Soccer Alliance, one in the American Professional Soccer League, one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and at least one in the Major Indoor Soccer League.-Playing:Hamel grew up in Seattle where he...

Gary Heale

Gary John Heale is a former professional football player in both USA and England....

Gordon Hill David Hoggan

David Hoggan (footballer)

David Matthew "Hoggy" Hoggan is a retired Scottish professional footballer. He spent four seasons in England with the Bolton Wanderers before moving to the United States...

Godfrey Ingram

Godfrey Patrick Ingram is a retired English professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in England, Wales and the United States, Ingram made over 440 career league appearances, and scored over 270 league goals.-Career:...

(1987;1988-89) Bernie James

Bernie James

Bernie James is a former U.S. soccer player and current youth soccer coach. James spent twenty-four years as a professional, both beginning and ending his career with different versions of the Seattle Sounders. He played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American...

P.J. Johns Ali Kazemaini

Ali Kazemaini

Ali Kazemaini is a retired Iranian-American soccer forward who currently coaches at Cleveland State. He spent eight seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the National Professional Soccer League, earning 1985 MISL Rookie of the Year honors.-Youth:Born in Tehran, Iran, Kazemaini...

Steve Kinsey (1990-91) Bob Lenarduzzi

Bob Lenarduzzi

Robert Italo Lenarduzzi, OBC is a former North American Soccer League star, Canadian international, and coach of the Canadian national and olympic soccer teams. He is currently President of Vancouver Whitecaps FC...

Jim McAlister

Jimmy McAlister (soccer)

Jimmy McAlister is a retired U.S. soccer defender. He was the 1977 NASL Rookie of the Year and earned six caps with the U.S. national team.-Professional:...

Paul Maguire (footballer)

Paul Edward Maguire is a Scottish footballer who played for a number of English clubs, racking up 373 appearances in the Football League.-Playing career:...

(1984-85)

Neil Megson

Neil Megson (soccer)

Neil Megson is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who currently coaches youth soccer. He played two seasons in the North American Soccer League, nine in Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and six in the USL First Division and its predecessors...

(1983-1992) Dale Mitchell

Dale Mitchell (soccer)

Dale William Dink Mitchell is a former top-level professional association football striker who played for several North American teams in the 1980s and 1990s....

Fran O'Brien

Francis Joseph O'Brien was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League who played for the Cleveland Browns , the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers . He played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the third round of the 1959 NFL...

Mark Peterson

Mark Peterson was an American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer Alliance. He also earned six caps, scoring one goal, with the United States men's national soccer team.-Youth:Peterson was born and raised in...

Preki

Predrag Radosavljević is a former American international soccer player of Serbian extraction...

Bob Rigby

Bob Rigby is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper. Among the most talented soccer goalkeepers born in the United States, Rigby played twelve seasons in the North American Soccer League, three in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Western Soccer Alliance and earned six caps with the United...

Peter Roe

Peter Roe (soccer)

Peter Roe is a retired Canadian soccer player who spent twelve seasons in the North American Soccer League and two in the Major Indoor Soccer League...

Andy Schmetzer

Andy M. Schmetzer Andy M. Schmetzer Andy M. Schmetzer (born April 26, 1967 in Seattle, Washington is a former U.S. soccer midfielder and indoor soccer coach.-Youth:Schmetzer grew up in Seattle, Washington where he attended Nathan Hale High School. He learned to play soccer under the tutelage of his...

Brian Schmetzer

Brian Schmetzer is a retired U.S. soccer player who played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer League. He coached the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division for seven seasons, winning two championships. He was the 2002 USL-1 Coach of the Year...

Walt Schmetzer

Walter M. Schmetzer is a former U.S. soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Western Soccer Alliance and Major Indoor Soccer League....

Geoff Wall

Geoff Wall is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer Alliance....

Peter Ward

Peter Ward (English footballer)

Peter Ward is a retired footballer, whose most successful times were with Brighton & Hove Albion. He mostly played as a forward.He now lives in the United States, but can still be seen at Brighton games and events when he visits the UK....

Joe Waters

Joseph "Joe" Waters is an Irish former professional footballer who played professionally in England and the United States. He lives in the United States where he coaches youth football teams.-Club:...

Roy Wegerle

Roy Wegerle is a South African-American former soccer player, who played for the United States in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. He is one of two players who played in both the NASL and MLS; the other is Hugo Sánchez....

Steve Zungul

Slaviša Žungul, known in the United States as Steve Zungul is a retired Yugoslavian-American football striker. Žungul began his career with Hajduk Split in his native Yugoslavia before moving to the United States where he became a dominant indoor soccer striker...

Year-By-Year Record

Year	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PCT	Finish	Playoffs	Avg. Attendance
1983-84	48	22	26	226	232	.375	5th West	Out of Playoffs	5,322
1984-85	48	17	31	207	263	.354	6th West	Out of Playoffs	7,222
1985-86	48	23	25	208	232	.479	3rd West	Lost Semifinal	7,612
1986-87	52	35	17	249	211	.673	1st West	Lost Championship	10,384
1987-88	56	27	29	259	285	.482	4th West	Lost Division Semifinal	10,505
1988-89	48	23	25	208	207	.479	4th MISL	Lost Wild Card	6,781
1989-90	52	20	32	191	217	.385	4th West	Out of Playoffs	6,146
1990-91	52	25	27	254	259	.481	3rd West	Lost Division Semifinal	5,482
1991-92	40	18	22	228	242	.450	6th MISL	Out of Playoffs

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.