The St. Louis Storm were a Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) club that played at the old St. Louis Arena from 1989 through 1992. The Storm never quite equaled the early popularity of their MISL predecessors, the St. Louis Steamers (1979-1988), but the club featured many of the top indoor players of the era, including Preki, Branko Segota, Thompson Usiyan and Slobo Ilijevski.
This Long Island-based indoor soccer club hoped to convert lingering fondness for the recently deceased New York Cosmos into a hit promotion at the Nassau Coliseum. But a roster full of aging ex-Cosmos such as Shep Messing, Ricky Davis, Mark Liveric, Hubert Birkenmeier and Andranik Eskandarian couldn’t adapt to the indoor game or overcome the ownership problems that doomed the New York Express after just 26 matches.
The Long Island-based New York Arrows were the original dynasty franchise in the sport of indoor soccer in the United States. One of six founding franchises in the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1978, the Arrows won the first four MISL championships from 1979 to 1982. The team was virtually unbeatable during this stretch, posting a regular season record of 114-26 with a star-studed roster that included all-time greats Steve Zungul and Branko Segota along with ex-New York Cosmos goalkeeper Shep Messing.
American Soccer League (1967-1969) North American Soccer League (1970-1980) Born: 1967 – ASL expansion franchise Folded: November 24, 1980 First Game: August 27, 1967 (L 4-2 vs.
Back in 1984 when the Thomas & Mack Arena was just a year old, the Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League were the building’s first pro sports tenant. The club lasted only one season during the winter of 1984-85, but the Americans were a strong club that spent lavishly on the indoor game’s greatest players of the era.
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