MISL 1980s: The Story of Indoor Soccer

MISL 1980s: The Story of Indoor Soccer

Beginnings

Why the MISL's birth still fascinates...all these years later.

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Tim O'Bryhim
Oct 09, 2025
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The story of the MISL’s beginning fascinates me. The sheer guts of Ed Tepper and Earl Foreman take your breath away. Starting a quality, major league professional sports league is a gargantuan task. But trying to do that with a sport that, five minutes ago, didn’t exist? Surely this is folly?

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