1978–79 Major Indoor Soccer League season#All-MISL Teams

The league would begin with six teams and a 24-game schedule beginning in December 1978 and ending in March 1979. The top four teams would advance to a single-game semifinal and a best of three championship series. League attendance would average 4,453 per game.{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/misl/197879.html|title=1978-79 MISL Season Summary|publisher=Our Sports Central|accessdate=November 30, 2011}}

Signs were good that the league would have a long-time presence. The early games drew strong crowds, as Philadelphia sold out the Spectrum for their opener, leading the league in attendance. The first expansion team was announced on December 13, nine days before the first game in league history, as the Buffalo Stallions were slated to start play in the 1979-80 season. 10,386 fans were in the Nassau Coliseum to see the Cincinnati Kids play the Arrows in the league's first game.{{cite book | title=1980-81 MISL Media Guide | year=1980 | page=60}}

Despite finishing in a solid third place, Cincinnati folded after the season.

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{{main article|1978–79 Major Indoor Soccer League regular season schedule}}

The 1978–79 regular season schedule ran from December 22, 1978, to March 18, 1979.

{{cite book |title=1982-83 MISL Information Guide | year=1982 | page=10}} Each team played a schedule of 24 games.

Playoff teams in bold.

{{cite book | title=MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide | year=1987 | page=57}}

GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

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{{cite book | title=MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide | year=1987 | page=83}}

GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

• Most Valuable Player: Steve Zungul, New York
• Scoring Champion: Fred Grgurev, Philadelphia
• Pass Master: Fred Grgurev, Philadelphia
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Paul Hammond, Houston
• Coach of the Year: Timo Liekoski, Houston
• Championship Series Most Valuable Player: Shep Messing, New York

{{Reflist}}

{{cite book|title=1979-80 Buffalo Stallions Media Guide |publisher=Buffalo Stallions |year=1979 |location=Buffalo, New York}}

{{cite book|title=1980-81 MISL Media Guide |publisher=Major Indoor Soccer League |year=1980 |location=Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania}}

{{cite book |last1=Verb |first1=Doug |last2=Jones-Fearnley |first2=Alaina |title=1982-83 MISL Information Guide |publisher=Major Indoor Soccer League |year=1982 |location=Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania}}

{{cite book|title=MISL Official Tenth Anniversary Guide |last1=Leary |first1=Dan |last2=Griffin |first2=John |publisher=Major Indoor Soccer League Communications Department |year=1987 |location=New York}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150217025808/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1978.html#Indoor The Year in American Soccer – 1978]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510021010/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1979.html#MISL The Year in American Soccer - 1979]
• [http://www.oursportscentral.com/misl/197879.html 1978-79 summary at The MISL: A Look Back]

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