LOS ANGELES LAZERS

The 'Los Angeles Lazers' were a soccer team based out of Los Angeles that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1982 to 1989.

Contents

History

Arena

Coaches

Year-by-year

Honors

History

Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) awarded a Los Angeles franchise to Jerry Buss on June 24, 1982. Buss had purchased the Philadelphia Fever and wanted to move it to southern California. MISL approved and the team was renamed the Lazers. As Buss also owned the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, he chose the name Lazers for his soccer team both as a pun on the scientific acronym LASER and to note their connection to the Lakers.
The Lazers folded in June 1989.

Arena

The Lazers played their home games in the The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Coaches

★ Peter Wall 1982-1987

★ Keith Tozer 1987-1989

Year-by-year

Year	Record	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1982-1983	8-40	7th Western Division	''Did not qualify''	''Did not enter''
1983-1984	24-24	3rd Western Division	First Round	''Did not enter''
1984-1985	24-24	3rd Western Division	Quarterfinals	''Did not enter''
1985-1986	13-35	6th Western Division	''Did not qualify''	''Did not enter''
1986-1987	16-36	6th Western Division	''Did not qualify''	''Did not enter''
1987-1988	31-25	2nd Western Division	1st Round	''Did not enter''
1988-1989	21-27	6th	''Did not qualify''	''Did not enter''

Honors

'Coach of the Year'

★ 1984-1985 Peter Wall