1985–86 American Indoor Soccer Association season

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

American Indoor Soccer Association
Season1985–86
ChampionsCanton Invaders (2nd title)
Matches played120
Goals scored1,255 (10.46 per match)
Top goalscorerKia Zolgharnain (52)

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%GBGFGAHomeRoad
Canton Invaders40337.825–24314918-215-5
Louisville Thunder40319.775225118517-314-6
Kalamazoo Kangaroos401723.4251617617913-74-16
Chicago Shoccers401525.375181962259-116-14
Columbus Capitals401327.325202002708-125-15
Milwaukee Wave401129.275221892477-134-16

AISA League Leaders

Scoring

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

Player Team GP G A Pts
Zoran Savic Canton40513081
Ross Ongaro Milwaukee40403373
Kia Zolgharnain Canton37521567
Peter Knezic Milwaukee38313162
Chris Hellenkamp Louisville38372461
Ted Powers Kalamazoo40421759
Lesh Shkreli Columbus40293059
Don Tobin Canton30193958
Art Kramer Canton35332457
Mike Fall Louisville38183856

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 SwannerCanton251485785407883.55203
Bill NaumovskiCanton16971418217593.64133
A. J. LachoweckiLouisville16881462230573.88123
Victor PetroniKalamazoo33197910756061354.09148
Jose GarciaChicago221085620345864.75812

*(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
  • Head Coach: Keith Tozer, Louisville[5]
  • Asst. Coach: Chris Bartels, Kalamazoo
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
February 5, 1986 All-Stars Canton Invaders 9–4 AISA All-Stars Canton, Ohio
7:35 PM (EST) Kia , ,
Anderson
Pikuzinski
Killingsworth
Frick
Kramer
??? 		report Knezic
Savic
Ongaro
Ridgeway 		Stadium: Canton Memorial Civic Center
Attendance: 2,720

Playoffs

Semifinals
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 notes
Kalamazoo Kangaroos-Louisville Thunder1–23–43–4(OT)––Louisville wins series 3–0
Chicago Shoccers-Canton Invaders7–143–52–3––Canton wins series 3–0

Finals
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 notes
Louisville Thunder-Canton Invaders3–63–75–10––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

All-AISA second team
  Position  Player
G Jamie Swanner, Canton
D Martin Rincon, Chicago
D Saeed Bakhtiari, Louisville
M Peter Knezic, Milwaukee
F Chris Hellenkamp, Louisville
F Ross Ongaro, Milwaukee

Post season awards

References
  1. Younkin, Lou (April 26, 1986). "Invaders' rally ends Thunder's hopes, 10-5". The Courier-Journal. 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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