1988–89 American Indoor Soccer Association season explained

Competition:American Indoor Soccer Association
Season:1988–89
Winners:Canton Invaders
4th title
League Topscorer:Karl-Heinz Granitza (61)
Matches:140
Total Goals:1253
Prevseason:1987–88
Nextseason:1989–90

The 1988–89 American Indoor Soccer Association season was the fifth season for the league. In the offseason, the league announced new scoring rules with goals being worth either 1, 2, or 3 points based on distance and/or game situation. Before the season, teams were added in Chicago and Hershey. During the season, the league took control of the Memphis Storm team on December 18 because the ownership had financial issues.[1] After the season, the league announced that an expansion team based in Atlanta would join for 1989–90 season.

League Leaders

Scoring

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Karl-Heinz GranitzaChicago38 61 25 137
Rod CastroMemphis39 55 19 111
Rudy PikuzinskiCanton32 49 21 109
Art KramerMilwaukee40 38 20 94
Franklin McIntoshHershey34 36 26 92
Nilton BatataChicago33 30 35 86
Marcelo CarreraCanton31 29 27 80
Zoran SavicMilwaukee36 31 21 79
Ricardo AlonsoMem./Ft. W.37 29 23 79
Steve FrickCanton31 29 18 75

Goalkeeping

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Otto OrfFort Wayne25 1069 597 295 114 6.39 10 8
Arnie MausserDayton9 431 224 112 57 7.93 3 4
Scott MolfenterDayton14 506 268 132 67 7.94 3 5
Warren LipkaFort Wayne24 1216 634 285 164 8.01 10 10
Tony PierceMilwaukee32 1756 964 442 235 8.03 17 13

League awards

All-AISA Teams

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Jamie Swanner, CantonGTony Pierce, Milwaukee
Tim Tyma, MilwaukeeDSaeed Bakhtiari, Milwaukee
Bret Hall, ChicagoDRandy Prescott, Fort Wayne
Charley Greene, HersheyMFranklin McIntosh, Hershey
Karl-Heinz Granitza, ChicagoFArt Kramer, Milwaukee
Rudy Pikuzinski, CantonFRod Castro, Memphis

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Coleman . Anthony. Area group in negotiations to bring indoor soccer here. December 30, 1988. The Tennessean. 1C. June 10, 2017.
  2. News: Knowles . Joseph . April 13, 1989 . Power's Granitza Finishes 2nd In Indoor League's MVP Voting . Chicago Tribune . June 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322095537/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-04-13/sports/8904040473_1_open-tryouts-milwaukee-wave-aisa . 2016-03-22.