The 1985–86 American Indoor Soccer Association season was the second season for the league. 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.
League Standings
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. Additionally the league announced that Toledo would join the league next season along with three to five others teams.
All-Star selections Head Coach: Keith Tozer, Louisville Asst. Coach: Chris Bartels, Kalamazoo
Starters Reserves Victor Petroni, KalamazooG Rick Schweizer, Louisville Hayden Knight, ChicagoTom Alioto, LouisvilleD Keith Tozer, LouisvilleDave Huson, ChicagoPaul Kato, Kalamazoo Rubén Astigarraga, ColumbusM Peter Knezic, MilwaukeeLesh Shkreli, ColumbusNeil Ridgeway, Kalamazoo Zoran Savic, LouisvilleRoss Ongaro, MilwaukeeF Gary Amlong, LouisvilleGerald Celestin, ColumbusJanusz 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.
PlayerG Bill Naumovski, CantonD Oscar Pisano, CantonD Walt Schlothauer, Canton M Don Tobin, CantonF Kia Zolgharnain, CantonF Art Kramer, Canton
Match report
Playoffs
League Leaders
Scoring Player Team Zoran SavicCanton 40 51 30 81Ross OngaroMilwaukee 40 40 33 73Kia ZolgharnainCanton 37 52 15 67Peter KnezicMilwaukee 38 31 31 62Chris HellenkampLouisville 38 37 24 61Ted PowersKalamazoo 40 42 17 59 Lesh ShkreliColumbus 40 29 30 59Don TobinCanton 30 19 39 58Art KramerCanton 35 33 24 57Mike FallLouisville 38 18 38 56
Goalkeeping Player Team Jamie SwannerCanton 25 1485 785 407 88 3.55 20 3Bill NaumovskiCanton 16 971 418 217 59 3.64 13 3A. J. LachoweckiLouisville 16 881 462 230 57 3.88 12 3Victor PetroniKalamazoo 33 1979 1075 606 135 4.09 14 8Jose GarciaChicago 22 1085 620 345 86 4.75 8 12
League awards Most Valuable Player: Don Tobin, Canton Coach of the Year: Trevor Dawkins, Canton Defender of the Year: Oscar Pisano, Canton Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Petroni, Kalamazoo Rookie of the Year: Jamie Swanner, Canton
All-AISA Teams First Team Second Team Victor Petroni, KalamazooG Jamie Swanner, Canton Tim Tyma, Canton D Martin Rincon, Chicago Oscar Pisano, CantonD Saeed Bakhtiari, Louisville Don Tobin, CantonM Peter Knezic, Milwaukee Zoran Savic, LouisvilleF Chris Hellenkamp, Louisville Kia Zolgharnain, CantonF Ross Ongaro, Milwaukee
References
External links Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF) 1986 in American Soccer