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Year-by-year attendance figures for the original Major Indoor Soccer League, which played from 1978-1992. This is still a work in progress. Let me know if you have any data to share or correct.

Team	G	Total	Avg.
1978-79 MISL
Philadelphia Fever	12	90,176	7,515
New York Arrows	12	65,350	5,446
Houston Summit Soccer	12	43,472	3,623
Cincinnati Kids	12	38,287	3,191
Cleveland Force	12	37,393	3,116
Pittsburgh Spirit	12	33,606	2,801
MISL TOTAL	72	308,284	4,282

1979-80 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
St. Louis Steamers	16	224,959	14,060
Buffalo Stallions	16	136,892	8,556
New York Arrows	16	125,008	7,813
Philadelphia Fever	16	105,881	6,618
Pittsburgh Spirit	16	81,781	5,111
Wichita Wings	16	61,618	3,851
Detroit Lightning	16	56,325	3,520
Cleveland Force	16	49,280	3,080
Houston Summit Soccer	16	33,496	2,094
Hartford Hellions
MISL TOTAL	144	875,240	6,078

1980-81 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
St. Louis Steamers	20	304,377	15,219
Buffalo Stallions	20	189,742	9,487
New York Arrows	20	161,661	8,083
Phoenix Inferno	20	143,590	7,180
Baltimore Blast	19	124,254	6,540
Philadelphia Fever	20	109,459	5,473
Hartford Hellions	20	107,485	5,374
Wichita Wings	22	116,495	5,295
Cleveland Force	20	97,680	4,884
Chicago Horizons	20	67,072	3,354
Denver Avalanche
San Francisco Fog
MISL TOTAL	201	1,421,815	7,074

1981-82 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
St. Louis Steamers	22	376,349	17,107
Kansas City Comets	22	243,276	11,058
Baltimore Blast	22	210,262	9,557
Buffalo Stallions	22	202,713	9,214
Wichita Wings	22	160,625	7,301
Phoenix Inferno	22	156,580	7,117
New Jersey Rockets	22	144,421	6,565
New York Arrows	22	141,439	6,429
Pittsburgh Spirit	22	139,373	6,335
Cleveland Force	22	110,030	5,001
Philadelphia Fever	22	98,905	4,496
Denver Avalanche
Memphis Americans
MISL TOTAL	242	1,983,973	8,198

1982-83 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
St. Louis Steamers	24	352,620	14,693
Kansas City Comets	24	352,609	14,692
Baltimore Blast	24	257,487	10,729
Chicago Sting	24	220,815	9,201
Wichita Wings	24	200,193	8,341
San Diego Sockers	24	193,948	8,081
Buffalo Stallions	24	178,119	7,422
Cleveland Force	24	158,619	6,609
New York Arrows	24	135,043	5,627
Pittsburgh Spirit	24	130,184	5,424
Los Angeles Lazers	24	95,112	3,963
Golden Bay Earthquakes	24	82,716	3,447
Memphis Americans
Phoenix Inferno
MISL TOTAL	288	2,357,465	8,186

1983-84 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Kansas City Comets	24	378,864	15,786
St. Louis Steamers	24	335,805	13,992
Cleveland Force	24	328,619	13,692
Baltimore Blast	24	268,534	11,189
Wichita Wings	24	216,824	9,034
Pittsburgh Spirit	24	198,668	8,278
Phoenix Pride	24	142,157	5,923
New York Arrows	24	131,472	5,478
Tacoma Stars	24	127,728	5,322
Buffalo Stallions	24	116,020	4,834
Los Angeles Lazers	24	105,720	4,405
Memphis Americans
MISL TOTAL	264	2,350,411	8,903

1984-85 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Cleveland Force	24	310,284	12,929
Kansas City Comets	24	310,017	12,917
St. Louis Steamers	24	305,054	12,711
Baltimore Blast	24	265,224	11,051
Chicago Sting	24	255,073	10,628
San Diego Sockers	24	230,272	9,595
Wichita Wings	24	209,035	8,710
Pittsburgh Spirit	24	187,021	7,793
Tacoma Stars	24	173,317	7,222
Las Vegas Americans	24	152,083	6,337
Los Angeles Lazers	24	121,488	5,062
Dallas Sidekicks	24	119,248	4,969
Minnesota Strikers	24	115,408	4,809
New York Cosmos	16	66,900	4,181
MISL TOTAL	328	2,820,424	8,599

1985-86 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Cleveland Force	24	307,040	12,793
Kansas City Comets	24	298,269	12,428
Baltimore Blast	24	246,046	10,252
St. Louis Steamers	24	244,543	10,189
San Diego Sockers	24	229,935	9,581
Wichita Wings	24	202,725	8,447
Pittsburgh Spirit	24	186,597	7,775
Tacoma Stars	24	182,696	7,612
Chicago Sting	24	176,287	7,345
Dallas Sidekicks	24	165,694	6,904
Minnesota Strikers	24	156,071	6,503
Los Angeles Lazers	24	114,480	4,770
MISL TOTAL	288	2,510,383	8,717

1986-87 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Cleveland Force	26	366,887	14,111
Kansas City Comets	26	323,622	12,447
Tacoma Stars	26	269,974	10,384
Baltimore Blast	26	258,333	9,936
San Diego Sockers	26	253,434	9,747
Dallas Sidekicks	26	224,536	8,636
Wichita Wings	26	209,800	8,069
St. Louis Steamers	26	182,984	7,038
Minnesota Strikers	26	181,441	6,979
Chicago Sting	26	152,861	5,879
New York Express	13	67,752	5,212
Los Angeles Lazers	26	113,831	4,378
MISL TOTAL	299	2,605,455	8,714

1987-88 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Cleveland Force	28	315,807	11,279
Kansas City Comets	28	313,896	11,211
Tacoma Stars	28	294,149	10,505
Dallas Sidekicks	28	276,586	9,878
Wichita Wings	28	252,030	9,001
San Diego Sockers	28	251,901	8,996
Baltimore Blast	28	230,198	8,221
St. Louis Steamers	28	180,318	6,440
Chicago Sting	28	167,344	5,977
Minnesota Strikers	28	166,050	5,930
Los Angeles Lazers	28	150,762	5,384
MISL TOTAL	308	2,599,041	8,438

1988-89 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Kansas City Comets	24	221,465	9,228
Wichita Wings	24	207,465	8,644
Dallas Sidekicks	24	205,607	8,567
San Diego Sockers	24	201,186	8,383
Baltimore Blast	24	196,068	8,170
Tacoma Stars	24	162,751	6,781
Los Angeles Lazers	24	116,774	4,866
MISL TOTAL	168	1,311,316	7,805

1989-90 MISL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
Kansas City Comets	26	272,343	10,475
Dallas Sidekicks	26	234,095	9,004
Baltimore Blast	26	221,773	8,530
San Diego Sockers	26	211,422	8,132
Wichita Wings	26	193,588	7,446
St. Louis Storm	26	178,036	6,848
Tacoma Stars	26	159,816	6,147
Cleveland Crunch	26	144,111	5,543
MISL TOTAL	208	1,615,184	7,765

1990-91 MSL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
St. Louis Storm	26	200,769	7,722
Baltimore Blast	26	193,223	7,432
San Diego Sockers	26	187,000	7,192
Kansas City Comets	26	184,678	7,103
Dallas Sidekicks	26	179,864	6,918
Wichita Wings	26	164,033	6,309
Tacoma Stars	26	142,523	5,482
Cleveland Crunch	26	120,630	4,640
MSL TOTAL	208	1,372,720	6,600

1991-92 MSL
Team	G	Total	Avg.
St. Louis Storm	20	205,323	10,266
San Diego Sockers	20	186,962	9,348
Baltimore Blast	20	164,129	8,206
Wichita Wings	20	164,127	8,206
Cleveland Crunch	20	141,120	7,056
Dallas Sidekicks	20	140,053	7,003
Tacoma Stars	20	96,426	4,821
MSL TOTAL	140	1,098,140	7,844

Source: Team and league media guides, and research by Rich Paschette and Steve Holroyd.