Soccer Corner Magazine March 1981

Be sure to Click on photos to read the editorial content.

On the cover is a posed shot of Scott Manning, future MISL star goalkeeper…“NASL NOTEBOOK” is where we begin to see the wheels coming off of the NASL, down to 21 teams, some relocations and the indoor experiment in a shambles…Player Gallery features Chicago’s Karl-Heinz Granitza..Q&A interview with Jan Van Beverin—arguably the best goalkeeper in NASL history…The Surf Rolls On describes the California Surf’s ties with the community…Jim Brown, Goalkeeper for the Detroit Express is featured…

ASL 1981’s headline was a start reality “A Matter of Survival” for the league that had been on a shoestring for decades this was the worst-of-the-worst
USSoccer fans can remember failing in the CONCACAF prelims on a regular basis…

MISL Report shows the growing significance by 1981 that indoor soccer was experiencing…of note, a 20 year old kid in Wichita named Kim Roentved will go on to a great indoor soccer career…