National Professional Soccer League was a professional indoor soccer league in the USA. It started out as the American Indoor Soccer Association in 1984 but changed its name the National Professional Soccer League in 1990. During the summer of 2001 the league disbanded and the six surviving teams formed the Major Indoor Soccer League, which would later absorb three teams from the World Indoor Soccer League.
Beginning in 1989, the NPSL would have a unique scoring system where goals were worth 1, 2, or 3 points depending upon distance or game situation.
Teams
Canton Invaders (1984_1996) , Columbus Invaders (1996_1997) , Montreal Impact (1997_2000)
Chicago Vultures (1984_1985) , Chicago Shoccers (1985_1987)
SEASON CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SERIES 1984-85 Canton Invaders Louisville Thunder 3-1 1985-86 Canton Invaders Louisville Thunder 3-0 1986-87 Louisville Thunder Canton Invaders 3-2 1987-88 Canton Invaders Ft. Wayne Flames (Round Robin Challenge Cup Series for Championship) 1988-89 Canton Invaders Chicago Power 3-2 1989-90 Canton invaders Dayton Dynamo 3-1 1990-91 Chicago Power Dayton Dynamo 3-0 1991-92 Detroit Rockers Canton Invaders 3-2 1992-93 Kansas City Attack Cleveland Crunch 3-2 1993-94 Cleveland Crunch St. Louis Ambush 3-1 1994-95 St. Louis Ambush Harrisburg Heat 4-0 1995-96 Cleveland Crunch Kansas City Attack 4-2 1996-97 Kansas City Attack Cleveland Crunch 4-0 1997-98 Milwaukee Wave St. Louis Ambush 4-1 1998-99 Cleveland Crunch St. Louis Ambush 3-2 1999-00 Milwaukee Wave Cleveland Crunch 3-2 2000-01 Milwaukee Wave Philadelphia Kixx 3-0
The American Football Association was organized in Newark, NJ, uniting the numerous metropolitan area enclaves of the East to maintain uniformity in the interpretation of rules and provide an orderly and stable growth of soccer in America.
At the 10th Olympiad in Los Angeles, soccer was eliminated due to a controversy between FIFA and the IOC over the definition of amateur and the reluctance of most of the strong soccer countries to travel to California because of the expense involved.
The AmericanSoccer League (ASL) was granted permission from the USSFA assumed to create an International Soccer League (ISL), made up of top-class European, South American and United States professional league teams that would operate in the cities throughout the United States.
Indoorsoccer is a sport which, like its better known outdoor version, is rapidly gaining in popularity in America.
Soccer, particularly indoorsoccer, is one of the roughest of the "non-contact" sports.
Because athletes and soccer players in particular are the focus of his work, Dr. Speizer is quick to assert that it is vital that he or any sports chiropractor keep up with the latest literature on sports injuries.
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