Los Angeles Lazers

Los Angeles Lazers

Full name	Los Angeles Lazers
Founded	1982
Dissolved	1989
Ground	The Forum, Inglewood, California (Capacity: 15,893)
League	Major Indoor Soccer League

Los Angeles Lazers were a soccer team based out of Los Angeles that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1982 to 1989.

History

Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) awarded a Los Angeles franchise to Jerry Buss on June 24, 1982. Buss had purchased the Philadelphia Fever and wanted to move it to southern California. 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 Lazers folded in June 1989.

Arena

The Lazers played their home games in The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Players

• Oscar Albuquerque (1986)
• Amr Aly
• Batata (1983-85) 42 Apps 36 Goals
• Beto (1983-85)
• Darko Birjukov
• Chico Borja (1987-88) 51 Apps 48 Goals
• David Brcic (1986-87) 39 Apps
• Aliktos Caloudas (1983-1986)
• Juan Cardenas (1984-85)
• Clive Charles (1982)
• Paul Child (1987-88)
• Chris Chueden (1987-88)
• Fernando Clavijo (1988-89) 46 Apps 10 Goals
• Ben Collins
• Michael Collins (1988-89) 47 Apps 25 Goals
• Lee Cornwell (1982-89)
• Daryl Doran (1988-89) 38 Apps 6 Goals
• Gary Hyams (1989-90)
• Mike Dowler (1987-88)
• Shamus Dunfield (1986-88)
• Don Ebert (1986)
• George Fernandez
• Val Fernandez
• Patrick L Fitzgerald
• Mark Frederickson
• Jim Gabarra (1986-89)
• Poli Garcia (1982-87) 92 Apps 75 Goals
• Neil Gibson
• Jim Gorsek (1988-89)
• Tim Harris (1984-87)
• Leonard B Hayes (1988-89)
• Gary Heale (1988-89) 48 Apps 37 Goals
• Waad Hirmez
• Greg Ion (1984-85)
• Erhardt Kapp (1986-89)
• Steve Kinsey (1988-89)
• Paul Kitson
• Cle Kooiman (1982-87)
• A.J. Lachoweki (1987-88)
• Stuart Lee (1983-85) 95 Apps 75 Goals / (1986-87) 52 Apps 31 Goals
• Thor Lee
• Dave Madden (1985-87)
• Mike Mahoney (1983-85) 82 Apps 0 Goals
• Hector Marinaro (1988-89) 44 Apps 47 Goals
• Neil Megson
• Gus Mokalis
• Willie Molono
• Oscar Morales (1987-88)
• Cha Cha Namdar
• Kris Peat (1988-89) 24 Apps 0 Goals
• Steve Pecher (1986-88)
• Nathan Sacks (1984-86)
• Zoran Savic
• Kirk Shermer (1982-83) 34 Apps 0 Goals
• Kai Steffen
• Ivo Šurjak
• Thompson Usiyan (1987-88) 51 Apps 52 Goals
• Martin Vasquez (1984-85)
• Chris Whyte (1987-88)
• Greg Willen
• Mike Windischmann (1988-89)
• Octavio Zambrano
• Arturo Zarate Pulido

Coaches

• Peter Wall 1982-1987
• Keith Tozer 1987-1989

Year-by-year

Year	Record	Regular Season	Playoffs	Avg. 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	4,866

Honors

Coach of the Year

• 1984-1985 Peter Wall

Rookie of the Year

• 1982-83 Kirk Shermer

Television coverage

The Lazers were one of the first teams whose games were shown on Prime Ticket, the regional sports network for southern California and other adjacent locations established in 1985. The audio track of these telecasts were also available on Cable Radio Network. Joel Meyers was the play-by-play announcer.

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