1991–92 USISL indoor

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The 1991–92 USISL indoor was an American soccer season run by the United States Interregional Soccer League during the winter of 1991 to 1992.

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Regular season

Southeast Conference

PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints
1 Atlanta Magic 87112178+4328
2 Memphis Survivors 8626857+1124
3 Atlanta Lightning 8448894-616
4 Nashville Metros 8264572-278
5 Arkansas Diamonds 8174970-214

Southwest Conference

PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints
1 Tucson Amigos 1412211369+4448
2 Colorado Comets 1410413380+5340
3 Lubbock Tornado 149511481+3336
4 Phoenix Hearts 14597993-1420
5 Amarillo Challengers 1459119129-1020
6 Permian Basin Mirage 1411374164-904

Tex-Oma Conference

PlaceTeamGPWLGFGAGDPoints
1 Dallas Kickers 1411313169+6244
2 Oklahoma City Warriors 1411312057+6344
3 North Texas Mid-Cities Flyers 148610770+3732
4 San Antonio Generals 147797112-1528
5 Tulsa Renegades 145973112-3920
6 Austin Soccadillos 1401428137-1090

Playoffs

The 1991–92 USISL indoor playoffs were among the most peculiar in American sports history. Eight teams entered the playoff from the three conferences. However, the selection of those eight teams followed no apparent pattern. Although it appears the league selected the top two teams from each conference, the selection of the remaining two teams is inexplicable. First, the North Texas Mid-City Flyers, third ranked teams in the Tex-Oma Conference with 32 points entered the playoffs over the Lubbock Tornado (36 points) of the Southwest Conference. Then the third ranked team in the Southeast Conference, the Atlanta Lightning with 16 points, entered the playoffs over five other teams with better records. The playoffs began with several inter-conference games, again following no discernible pattern. The Dallas Kickers, top team in the Tex-Oma Conference, defeated the North Texas Mid-City Flyers in a two-game series. Then the Tucson Amigos defeated fellow Southwest Conference team Colorado Comets in a four-game series. Then, the Memphis Survivors, second ranked team in the Southeast Conference, lost to the Atlanta Lightning, the third ranked team in that conference in a single game. To finish the playoffs, the Atlanta Magic then defeated the Atlanta Lightning, also in a single game. Finally, the Oklahoma City Warriors, second ranked team in the Southwest Conference, did not play at all. In the second round, the four remaining team played a round robin with the two teams with the best record advancing to the final.

The Richardson Rockets were a soccer club based in Richardson, Texas, United States, a suburb of Dallas. The club originally started in the indoor SISL league. They became the North Texas Mid-Cities Flyers for the 1991/92 USISL indoor league and were renamed the Dallas Rockets beginning with the 1992 outdoor league.

First round

Sizzlin' Four

PlaceTeamWLGFGAGD
1 Atlanta Magic 302116+5
2 Oklahoma City Warriors 212215+7
3 Dallas Kickers 12914-5
4 Tucson Amigos 031219-7
Dallas Kickers (TX)3-2 Tucson Amigos (AZ)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Oklahoma City Warriors (OK)6-9 Atlanta Magic (GA)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Atlanta Magic (GA)8-7 Tucson Amigos (AZ)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Oklahoma City Warriors (OK)8-3 Dallas Kickers (TX)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Atlanta Magic (GA)4-3 Dallas Kickers (TX)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Oklahoma City Warriors (OK)8-3 Tucson Amigos (AZ)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Final

Oklahoma City Warriors (OK)7-2 Atlanta Magic (GA)
Chico's Indoor Soccer Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Points leaders

RankScorerClubGPGoalsAssistsPoints
1Chris Melton Amarillo Challengers 13371488
2 Andy Crawford Colorado Comets 14252277
3 Enrique Serrano Amarillo Challengers 13281470
4F. Manzano Tucson Amigos 12251666
D. Watland Amarillo Challengers 14232066
6Marcelo Draguicevich San Antonio Generals 11222165
7 Mike Cook Oklahoma City Warriors 12202161
8Jeff Rogers Phoenix Hearts 11191957
C. Hobbs Lubbock Tornado 14211557
10 Chris Cook Atlanta Magic 12211254

Honors

Christopher Cook is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League. He was the 1991-92 USISL indoor season MVP.

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