Tacoma Stars (1983–1992)
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The Tacoma Stars were an American professional
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team that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1983 to 1992. They played at the
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in
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. The team was established in 1983 from the defunct Denver Avalanche. The Stars hold the record for the largest crowd to witness an
indoor soccer Indoor soccer or arena soccer is a form of five-a-side football, five-a-side or six-a-side version of minifootball. It is derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arenas. It differs from the FIFA, FIFA ...
game—21,728 people—from game 7 of the 1987 MISL Championship, which they lost to the Dallas Sidekicks in overtime. Tacoma was the only team in MISL history to defeat the perennial champion San Diego Sockers in a MISL playoff series. A new team named after the MISL Stars began play in the
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in 2003. The team eventually dropped down to the minor league
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and later
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before moving to the
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in 2015.


Year-by-year record


References


External links


Tacoma Stars History Website


{{DEFAULTSORT:Tacoma Stars (1983-92) Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) teams Sports in Tacoma, Washington Soccer clubs in Washington (state) 1983 establishments in Washington (state) 1992 disestablishments in Washington (state) Association football clubs established in 1983 Association football clubs disestablished in 1992