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Los Angeles Lazers
Full name Los Angeles Lazers
Founded 1982
Ground The Forum,
Inglewood, California
(Capacity 15,893)
League Major Indoor Soccer League

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. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Forum, known for a time as the Great Western Forum, is an indoor arena in Inglewood California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Contents

History

Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) awarded a Los Angeles franchise to Jerry Buss on June 24, 1982. This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. Gerald Hatten “Jerry” Buss (born in 1934 is an American professional Basketball team owner a former Real estate developer and a Poker player Buss had purchased the Philadelphia Fever and wanted to move it to southern California. The Philadelphia Fever were a Soccer team based out of Philadelphia that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League. 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 Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA team based in Los Angeles, California. A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission.

The Lazers folded in June 1989.

Arena

The Lazers played their home games in the The Forum in Inglewood, California. The Forum, known for a time as the Great Western Forum, is an indoor arena in Inglewood California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Players

Coaches

Year-by-year

Year Record Regular Season Playoffs Avg. Clive Charles ( October 3, 1951 - August 26, 2003) was a football player coach and television announcer Gary John Heale (born July 15, 1958, in Canvey Island, Essex England is a former professional soccer player in both USA and England Dave Madden ( December 17, 1931) is a Canadian actor He was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, but was raised in Terre Christopher Anderson "Chris" Whyte (born September 2, 1961) is an English former footballer He made nearly 350 appearances in Keith Tozer is a retired soccer player who coaches the Milwaukee Wave of Major Indoor Soccer League. Attendance
1982-1983 8-40 7th Western Division Did not qualify 3,963
1983-1984 24-24 3rd Western Division First Round 4,405
1984-1985 24-24 3rd Western Division Quarterfinals 5,062
1985-1986 13-35 6th Western Division Did not qualify 4,770
1986-1987 16-36 6th Western Division Did not qualify 4,647
1987-1988 31-25 2nd Western Division 1st Round 5,879
1988-1989 21-27 6th Did not qualify 4,356

Honors

Coach of the Year

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