The 1984–85 American Indoor Soccer Association season was the inaugural season of the AISA. The league began with six teams, all based in the Midwest. Canton won the regular season by five games. Lesh Shkreli of Columbus ran away with the scoring title, and also won the MVP vote. Canton coach Klaas de Boer took home Coach of the Year honors. Louisville upset Columbus with a semifinals-sweep, and faced Canton in the finals. In the championship round, the Invaders handled the Thunder in four games.
League Standings
Playoffs
League Leaders
Scoring Player Team Lesh ShkreliColumbus 40 59 44 103Neil RidgewayKalamazoo 40 48 28 76Kia ZolgharnainCanton 40 49 25 74Salvador ValenciaChicago 37 44 26 70Peter KnezicMilwaukee 40 24 46 70Jim GabarraLouisville 33 44 23 67 Mike FallLouisville 38 29 37 66Art KramerCanton 38 39 24 63Tim SedlacekMilwaukee 39 41 21 62Tony JohnsonColumbus 38 35 25 60
Goalkeeping Player Team Mike BarbarickCanton 28 1588 1359 491 114 4.27 20 7Rick Schweizer Louisville 37 2155 1902 806 177 4.93 19 18Bill Naumovski Canton 15 810 710 279 73 5.40 11 2Bernie WattKalamazoo 20 1186 985 427 109 5.51 7 12Sepp Gantenhammer Columbus 12 664 595 193 65 5.87 10 0
League awards Most Valuable Player: Lesh Shkreli, Columbus Coach of the Year: Klaas de Boer, Canton Defender of the Year: Oscar Pisano, Canton Goalkeeper of the Year: Rick Schweizer, Louisville
All-AISA Teams First Team Second Team Rick Schweizer, LouisvilleG Mike Barbarick, Canton Tom Alioto, Milwaukee D Mike Noonan, Louisville Oscar Pisano, CantonD Keith Tozer, Louisville Peter Knezic, MilwaukeeM Neil Ridgway, Kalamazoo Lesh Shkreli, ColumbusF Jim Gabarra, Louisville Kia Zolgharnain, CantonF Art Kramer, Canton
References
External links Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF) 1985 in American Soccer