Soccer Digest July 1985

Soccer Digest July 1985

On the cover, this Indoor Soccer MISL heyday issue reads: “San Diego’s Branko Segota, Scoring Is His Game”. Branko was explosive and yet another cog in the Sockers Dynasty era.

First, we begin with Dan Herbst’s Opinion piece “Cosmos Management Undermined A Team—And With It The NASL”. Further back in the magazine, Michael Lewis (@FrontRowSoccer) writes: “And Then There Were None: The Demise of the NASL”.

The Fans Speak Out includes: Readers commenting on previous Dan Herbst opinions and, of course, a photo of Steve Zungul, Sockers leader.

Now that we have the demise of the NASL taken care of, MISL coverage begins with Rick Davis, the San Diego Tribune’s soccer writer’s “San Diego’s Branko Segota, Scoring Is His Game”. More MISL coverage includes a feature on Tino Lettieri “A Showman in the Nets”. Lettieri ranked in the upper echelon both indoors and outdoors. Michael Lewis (@FrontRowSoccer) tells us about the MISL Star Nobody Knows (Fred Grgurev). Famous Los Angeles Herald Examiner soccer columnist Fred Robledo tells how “LA’s Lazers Finally Get Their Respect”. Michael Lewis (@FrontRowSoccer) goes on to describe how Dan Canter was doing with his latest team—the Chicago Sting. MISL news wraps up with Jeff Lenihan of the Cleveland Plain Dealer with Craig Allen, the Cleveland Force’s lazy All-Star goal scorer.

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