2013–14 Major Indoor Soccer League season
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The 2013–14 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the third under the United Soccer Leagues banner, fifth under the MISL name, and the sixth season overall. The season began on November 15 and concluded on March 2. Each team played a 20-game schedule.[3] This was the final season for this third incarnation of the MISL. Six of the seven teams joined the Professional Arena Soccer League, later renamed Major Arena Soccer League.
| Season | 2013–14 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Missouri Comets |
| Top goalscorer | Ian Bennett (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | BAL 29-0 PEN (December 21) |
| Biggest away win | MIS 28-7 STL (November 23) MIS 27-6 STL (February 27) |
| Highest scoring | MIS 26-21 STL (February 22) |
| Longest winning run | Baltimore, 9 wins January 24, 2014 – March 2, 2014[1] |
| Longest losing run | Pennsylvania, 11 losses November 15th, 2013 – January 11, 2014[1] |
| Highest attendance | 8,910, BAL @ ROC (February 23) |
| Lowest attendance | 922, SYR @ PEN (December 1) |
| Average attendance | 4,658[2] |
← 2012–13 final season → | |
News
On December 4, the MISL Board of Governors approved video review of three-point goals. The decision states: "Referees will be able to use the reviews to determine the position of the ball in relation to the 3-point arc when the ball was struck. Reviews will not be used to determine if the ball crossed the goal line." The first game the new system was available was the December 6 game between the Pennsylvania Roar and the Rochester Lancers.[4]
Teams and arenas
New Teams
| Team | City/Area | Arena | Joined | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Roar | Reading, Pennsylvania | Sovereign Center | 2013 |  Eric Puls[5] |
| St. Louis Ambush | St. Charles, Missouri (St. Louis area) | Family Arena[6] | 2013 | Daryl Doran[7] |
Teams that left the MISL
| Team | City/Area | Arena | Founded | Joined MISL | Left MISL | New League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Soul | Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Chicago area) | Sears Centre | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | Folded |
| Wichita Wings | Park City, Kansas (Wichita area) | Hartman Arena | 2011 | 2011 | 2013 | Folded |
Stadiums and locations
| Baltimore Blast | Rochester Lancers | Pennsylvania Roar | Syracuse Silver Knights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Arena | Blue Cross Arena | Santander Arena | War Memorial at Oncenter |
| Capacity: 11,286 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 11,200 | Capacity: 6,195 |
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| Milwaukee Wave | Missouri Comets | St. Louis Ambush |
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| U.S. Cellular Arena | Independence Events Center | Family Arena |
| Capacity: 9,500 | Capacity: 5,800 | Capacity: 9,643 |
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Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Comets |  Kim Røntved[8] |
 Vlatko Andonovski[9] |
Offseason |
| Rochester Lancers | Jim Resch[10] |
Josh Rife[11] |
Offseason |
Results table
| Abbreviation and Color Key: Baltimore Blast – BAL • Milwaukee Wave – MIL • Missouri Comets – MIS • Pennsylvania Roar – PEN Rochester Lancers – ROC • St. Louis Ambush – STL • Syracuse Silver Knights – SYR Win • Loss • Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Match | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Baltimore Blast | ROC | MIL | MIL | ROC | PEN | PEN | PEN | MIS | PEN | STL | SYR | SYR | ROC | SYR | STL | MIS | PEN | SYR | ROC | PEN | ||||||||||
| 19-8 | 0-8 | 10-12 | 12-0 | 21-2 | 29-0 | 24-0 | 14-6 | 16-5 | 14-2 | 8-9 | 10-5 | 17-2 | 12-10 | 12-6 | 18-4 | 23-6 | 10-9 | 22-5 | 18-2 | |||||||||||
| Milwaukee Wave | MIS | BAL | PEN | BAL | MIS | STL | SYC | STL | ROC | MIS | MIS | STL | STL | SYC | ROC | PEN | STL | MIS | STL | MIS | ||||||||||
| 23-21 (OT) | 8-0 | 21-4 | 12-10 | 6-15 | 24-4 | 20-10 | 13-11 | 28-12 | 4-22 | 16-4 | 21-9 | 19-12 | 15-13 (OT) | 15-7 | 30-4 | 20-9 | 9-15 | 16-12 | 4-9 | |||||||||||
| Missouri Comets | MIL | STL | STL | MIL | STL | SYC | ROC | BAL | ROC | SYC | PEN | MIL | MIL | STL | BAL | PEN | STL | MIL | STL | MIL | ||||||||||
| 21-23 (OT) | 28-7 | 12-10 (OT) | 15-6 | 24-13 | 15-18 | 19-17 | 6-14 | 11-9 (OT) | 8-11 | 13-5 | 22-4 | 4-16 | 26-2 | 4-18 | 24-4 | 26-21 | 15-9 | 27-6 | 9-4 | |||||||||||
| Pennsylvania Roar | SYR | STL | MIL | SYR | ROC | BAL | BAL | ROC | BAL | BAL | MIS | STL | ROC | SYR | MIS | MIL | ROC | BAL | SYR | BAL | ||||||||||
| 7-18 | 4-17 | 4-21 | 9-10 | 2-11 | 2-21 | 0-29 | 5-10 | 0-24 | 5-16 | 5-13 | 16-0 | 8-24 | 13-24 | 4-24 | 4-30 | 2-18 | 6-23 | 7-24 | 2-18 | |||||||||||
| Rochester Lancers | BAL | SYR | SYR | PEN | BAL | STL | SYR | PEN | MIS | STL | MIS | MIL | SYR | PEN | BAL | MIL | SYR | PEN | BAL | SYR | ||||||||||
| 8-19 | 8-21 | 8-20 | 11-2 | 0-12 | 16-7 | 7-10 | 10-5 | 17-19 | 12-14 | 9-11 (OT) | 12-28 | 16-14 | 24-8 | 2-17 | 7-15 | 10-17 | 18-2 | 5-22 | 16-17 | |||||||||||
| St. Louis Ambush | PEN | MIS | MIS | SYR | ROC | MIS | MIL | SYR | MIL | ROC | BAL | PEN | MIS | MIL | MIL | BAL | MIL | MIS | MIS | MIL | ||||||||||
| 17-4 | 7-28 | 10-12 (OT) | 10-6 | 7-16 | 13-24 | 4-24 | 14-12 | 11-13 | 14-12 | 2-14 | 0-16 | 2-26 | 9-21 | 12-19 | 6-12 | 9-20 | 21-26 | 6-27 | 12-16 | |||||||||||
| Syracuse Silver Knights | PEN | ROC | ROC | PEN | STL | ROC | MIS | STL | MIL | MIS | ROC | BAL | BAL | PEN | BAL | MIL | ROC | BAL | PEN | ROC | ||||||||||
| 18-7 | 21-8 | 20-8 | 10-9 | 6-10 | 10-7 | 18-15 | 12-14 | 10-20 | 11-8 | 14-16 | 9-8 | 5-10 | 24-13 | 10-12 | 13-15 (OT) | 17-10 | 9-10 | 24-7 | 17-16 | |||||||||||
Standings
2013-14 League Champions 2013-14 Playoff Team
| Team | GP | W | L | GB | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Blast | 20 | 17 | 3 | --- | .850 | 309 | 101 | 9-1 | 8-2 |
| 2 | Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 324 | 203 | 8-2 | 8-2 |
| 3 | Missouri Comets | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .700 | 329 | 217 | 7-3 | 7-3 |
| 4 | Syracuse Silver Knights | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | .600 | 278 | 223 | 7-3 | 5-5 |
| 5 | Rochester Lancers | 20 | 6 | 14 | 11 | .300 | 216 | 280 | 4-6 | 2-8 |
| 6 | St. Louis Ambush | 20 | 4 | 16 | 13 | .200 | 186 | 348 | 3-7 | 1-9 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania Roar | 20 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .050 | 105 | 375 | 1-9 | 0-10 |
Updated to matches played on 3/2/2014[14]
Statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Games | 2pt Goals | 3pt Goals | Assists | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Leo Gibson |
Missouri Comets | 20 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 76 |
| 2 |  Kenardo Forbes |
Syracuse Silver Knights | 20 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 67 |
| 3 |  Ian Bennett |
Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 64 |
| 4 |  Marcio Leite |
Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 61 |
| 5 | Machel Millwood |
Syracuse Silver Knights | 20 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 58 |
| 6 | Vahid Assadpour |
Missouri Comets | 16 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 57 |
| 7 | Mike Lookingland |
Baltimore Blast | 20 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 56 |
| 8 |  Nick Perera |
Milwaukee Wave | 19 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 51 |
| 9 |  Carlos Muñoz |
Milwaukee Wave | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 49 |
| 10 | Tony Donatelli |
Baltimore Blast | 20 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 48 |
Last updated on March 4, 2014. Source: MISL.com Statistics - Total Points
Top 2pt Goal Scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Games | 2pt Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Bennett |
Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 23 |
| 2 | Leo Gibson |
Missouri Comets | 20 | 21 |
| 3 | Kenardo Forbes |
Syracuse Silver Knights | 20 | 19 |
| 4 | Tony Donatelli |
Baltimore Blast | 20 | 18 |
| Marcio Leite |
Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 18 | |
| Vahid Assadpour |
Missouri Comets | 16 | 18 | |
| 7 | Machel Millwood |
Syracuse Silver Knights | 20 | 17 |
| 8 | Gary Boughton |
Rochester Lancers | 19 | 16 |
| Nick Perera |
Milwaukee Wave | 19 | 16 | |
| 10 |  Slaviša Ubiparipović |
Syracuse Silver Knights | 17 | 15 |
Last updated on March 2, 2014. Source: MISL.com Statistics - Total Points
Playoffs
The MISL Playoffs began with the semifinals, featuring the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds and the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds meeting in home-and-home series with a 15-minute mini game to decide the series following the second game if needed. The championship followed the same format. The higher seed having the option to choose which game it hosts.
| Semi-Finals | Championship | ||||||||
| 1 | Baltimore | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Syracuse | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Baltimore | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Missouri | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Missouri | 2 | |||||||
Semi-finals
Game 1
Game 2
Mini-Game Tie Breaker
MISL Finals
Game 1
Game 2
Mini-Game Tie Breaker
Awards
Individual awards
| Award | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| MVP | Mike Lookingland | Baltimore Blast |
| Coach of the Year | Danny Kelly | Baltimore Blast |
| Rookie of the Year | Odaine Sinclair | St. Louis Ambush |
| Defender of the Year | Mike Lookingland | Baltimore Blast |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | William Vanzela | Baltimore Blast |
| Championship MVP | Brian Harris | Missouri Comets |
All-League First Team
| Name | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Lookingland | D | Baltimore Blast |
| Nelson Santana | D | Syracuse Silver Knights |
| Kenardo Forbes | M/F | Syracuse Silver Knights |
| Leo Gibson | M/F | Missouri Comets |
| Marcio Leite | M/F | Milwaukee Wave |
| William Vanzela | GK | Baltimore Blast |
All-League Second Team
| Name | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Harris | D | Missouri Comets |
| Bozidar Jelovac | D | Syracuse Silver Knights |
| Vahid Assadpour | M/F | Missouri Comets |
| Ian Bennett | M/F | Milwaukee Wave |
| Machel Millwood | M/F | Syracuse Silver Knights |
| Marcel Feenstra | GK | Milwaukee Wave |
All-Rookie Team
| Name | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Chad Vandegriffe | D | St. Louis Ambush |
| Tony Walls | D | Milwaukee Wave |
| Odaine Sinclair | M/F | St. Louis Ambush |
| Max Touloute | M/F | Missouri Comets |
| Diego Zuniga | M/F | Baltimore Blast |
| Scott Krotee | GK | Pennsylvania Roar |