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The Major Indoor Soccer League became the highest level of soccer in North America in the 1980s. But much of the story of this league is in danger of being lost to the sands of time. This Substack is dedicated to capturing this unique moment in American sports history for both the older fans with fading memories and young soccer fans who might know little about the phenomenon that was indoor soccer in the 1980s.

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This is the wild and wooly story of how quality European pros, young American talent, and deep-pocketed owners combined to create an indoor, Americanized version of soccer that took the sports world by storm in the 1980s.

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