1985–86 American Indoor Soccer Association season

American Indoor Soccer Association
Season 1985–86
Champions Canton Invaders (2nd title)
Matches played 120
Goals scored 1,255 (10.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Kia Zolgharnain (52)

Statistics of the American Indoor Soccer Association in season 1985–86.

Overview

The only change in teams from the inaugural season was that Chicago changed its name from the Vultures to the Shoccers. Zoran Savic of Louisville won the scoring title, but Canton’s Kia Zolgharnain netted the most goals with 52. League assists leader, Don Tobin, also of Canton was voted MVP, while his coach Trevor Dawkins took home Coach of the Year honors.

Canton and Louisville finished top of the table, well ahead the rest of the league. Both swept their semifinal opponents, to again face each other in the finals. In the championship round, the Thunder proved to be no match for the Invaders and were themselves swept in three games.[1]

Regular season

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Winning Percentage, GB = Games Behind Leader, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

    -Playoff qualifying teams.
TeamGWL%GBGFGA
Canton Invaders 40 33 7 .825 – 243 149
Louisville Thunder 40 31 9 .775 2 251 185
Kalamazoo Kangaroos 40 17 23 .425 16 176 179
Chicago Shoccers 40 15 25 .375 18 196 225
Columbus Capitals 40 13 27 .325 20 200 270
Milwaukee Wave 40 11 29 .275 22 189 247

AISA League Leaders

Scoring

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

Player Team GP G A Pts
Zoran Savic Canton 40 51 30 81
Ross Ongaro Milwaukee 40 40 33 73
Kia Zolgharnain Canton 37 52 15 67
Peter Knezic Milwaukee 38 31 31 62
Chris Hellenkamp Louisville 38 37 24 61
Ted Powers Kalamazoo 40 42 17 59
Lesh Shkreli Columbus 40 29 30 59
Don Tobin Canton 30 19 39 58
Art Kramer Canton 35 33 24 57
Mike Fall Louisville 38 18 38 56

Goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; Sho = Shots faced; Svs = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

Player Team GP Min* Sho Svs GA GAA W L
Jamie SwannerCanton 25 1485 785 407 88 3.55 20 3
Bill Naumovski Canton 16 971 418 217 59 3.64 13 3
A. J. Lachowecki Louisville 16 881 462 230 57 3.88 12 3
Victor PetroniKalamazoo 33 1979 1075 606 135 4.09 14 8
Jose Garcia Chicago 22 1085 620 345 86 4.75 8 12

*(Minimum 800 minutes played to qualify)

All-Star game

On February 5 the defending champion, Canton Invaders, hosted the first ever AISA All-Star Game at the Canton Memorial Civic Center. The Invaders faced a team of all-stars from the rest of the league’s teams. This gave the hosts a distinct advantage, because unlike their opponent, they had been playing together all season. This was never more evident than in the fact that Canton scored the final seven goals of the match to pull away, 9–4. Canton forward Ian Anderson (1 goal, 2 assists) was named the game’s MVP.[2] Additionally the league announced that Toledo would join the league next season along with three to five others teams.[3][4]

All-Star selections

Starters   Position   Reserves
Victor Petroni, Kalamazoo G Rick Schweizer, Louisville
Hayden Knight, Chicago D Keith Tozer, Louisville • Dave Huson, Chicago
Tom Alioto, Louisville D Paul Kato, Kalamazoo
Rubén Astigarraga, Columbus M Peter Knezic, Milwaukee • Lesh Shkreli, Columbus • Neil Ridgeway, Kalamazoo
Zoran Savic, Louisville F Gary Amlong, Louisville • Gerald Celestin, Columbus
Ross Ongaro, Milwaukee F Janusz Kieca, Chicago

Canton Invaders’ All-Stars

The following Canton players were also selected by their peers as all-stars, but because of the match format, played for the host team.[6]

Canton selections   Position  
– G
Oscar Pisano, Canton D
Walt Schlothauer, Canton D
Don Tobin, Canton M
Kia Zolgharnain, Canton F
Art Kramer, Canton F

Match report

Playoffs

Semifinals

Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 notes
Kalamazoo Kangaroos - Louisville Thunder 1–2 3–4 3–4(OT) – – Louisville wins series 3–0
Chicago Shoccers - Canton Invaders 7–14 3–5 2–3 – – Canton wins series 3–0

Finals

Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 notes
Louisville Thunder - Canton Invaders 3–6 3–7 5–10 – – Canton wins series 3–0

All-AISA first team

  Position   Player
G Victor Petroni, Kalamazoo
D Tim Tyma, Canton
D Oscar Pisano, Canton
M Don Tobin, Canton
F Zoran Savic, Louisville
F Kia Zolgharnain, Canton

Post season awards

References

  1. ↑ Younkin, Lou (April 26, 1986). "Invaders’ rally ends Thunder’s hopes, 10-5". The Courier-Jounal. p. C1. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Pluto, Terry (February 6, 1986). "Invaders give rest of league a hard time". Akron Beacon Journal. p. B1. Retrieved 18 June 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Thunder players to lead AISA All-Stars". The Courier Journal. February 5, 1986. p. D2. Retrieved 18 June 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Canton beat All-Stars; AISA expands". The Courier Journal. February 6, 1986. p. C4. Retrieved 18 June 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1985-86 AISA All-Star team". Chicago Tribune. February 5, 1986. p. D6. Retrieved 18 June 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "AISA to announce expansion club". Akron Beacon Journal. February 5, 1986. p. C1. Retrieved 18 June 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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