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The Pittsburgh Spirit were an indoor soccer team based out of Pittsburgh and were one of the original six teams that played in the 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 This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League.

The Spirit began operations in 1978 but suspended operations after the '79-'80 season. Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Nikolai Andrianov, USSR They did return one year later and played in Pittsburgh until 1986. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1986 in athletics (track and field Auto Racing Their best season occurred in '83-'84, when the team went 32-16. Indoor soccer reached its peak around this time. Proof of this was the Pittsburgh Spirit averaged around 8,000 fans per game while the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL only averaged around 6,000 fans per game. Their home arena was the Pittsburgh Civic Arena — also known as the Igloo — now called Mellon Arena. The Mellon Arena (known as Pittsburgh Civic Arena from 1961–1999 and informally known as " The Igloo " is an indoor arena in Pittsburgh There was an attempt to revive the Spirit for the final MSL (as it was then called) season, but it did not come to be. Some of their more notable players were Stan Terlecki and MISL's 1984 rookie of the year Kevin Maher. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1984 in athletics (track and field Auto Racing

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