1988–89 American Indoor Soccer Association season explained
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 Granitza | Chicago | 38 | 61 | 25 | 137 |
Rod Castro | Memphis | 39 | 55 | 19 | 111 |
Rudy Pikuzinski | Canton | 32 | 49 | 21 | 109 |
Art Kramer | Milwaukee | 40 | 38 | 20 | 94 |
Franklin McIntosh | Hershey | 34 | 36 | 26 | 92 |
Nilton Batata | Chicago | 33 | 30 | 35 | 86 |
Marcelo Carrera | Canton | 31 | 29 | 27 | 80 |
Zoran Savic | Milwaukee | 36 | 31 | 21 | 79 |
Ricardo Alonso | Mem./Ft. W. | 37 | 29 | 23 | 79 |
Steve Frick | Canton | 31 | 29 | 18 | 75 | |
Goalkeeping
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Otto Orf | Fort Wayne | 25 | 1069 | 597 | 295 | 114 | 6.39 | 10 | 8 |
Arnie Mausser | Dayton | 9 | 431 | 224 | 112 | 57 | 7.93 | 3 | 4 |
Scott Molfenter | Dayton | 14 | 506 | 268 | 132 | 67 | 7.94 | 3 | 5 |
Warren Lipka | Fort Wayne | 24 | 1216 | 634 | 285 | 164 | 8.01 | 10 | 10 |
Tony Pierce | Milwaukee | 32 | 1756 | 964 | 442 | 235 | 8.03 | 17 | 13 | |
League awards
All-AISA Teams
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Jamie Swanner, Canton | G | Tony Pierce, Milwaukee |
Tim Tyma, Milwaukee | D | Saeed Bakhtiari, Milwaukee |
Bret Hall, Chicago | D | Randy Prescott, Fort Wayne |
Charley Greene, Hershey | M | Franklin McIntosh, Hershey |
Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago | F | Art Kramer, Milwaukee |
Rudy Pikuzinski, Canton | F | Rod Castro, Memphis | |
External links
Notes and References
- News: Coleman . Anthony. Area group in negotiations to bring indoor soccer here. December 30, 1988. The Tennessean. 1C. June 10, 2017.
- 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.