| Season | 1988–89 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Canton Invaders 4th title |
| Matches | 140 |
| Goals | 1,253 (8.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Karl-Heinz Granitza (61) |
1989–90 → | |
The1988–89 American Indoor Soccer Association season was the fifth season for the league. In the offseason, the league announced new scoring rules with goals being worth either 1, 2, or 3 points based on distance and/or game situation. Before the season, teams were added in Chicago and Hershey. During the season, the league took control of the Memphis Storm team on December 18 because the ownership had financial issues.[1] After the season, the league announced that an expansion team based in Atlanta would join for 1989–90 season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canton Invaders | 40 | 25 | 15 | 454 | 368 | +86 | .625 | — |
| 2 | Milwaukee Wave | 40 | 24 | 16 | 377 | 355 | +22 | .600 | 1 |
| 3 | Chicago Power | 40 | 22 | 18 | 375 | 380 | −5 | .550 | 3 |
| 4 | Hershey Impact | 40 | 21 | 19 | 360 | 335 | +25 | .525 | 4 |
| 5 | Fort Wayne Flames | 40 | 20 | 20 | 337 | 299 | +38 | .500 | 5 |
| 6 | Dayton Dynamo | 40 | 14 | 26 | 328 | 410 | −82 | .350 | 11 |
| 7 | Memphis Storm | 40 | 14 | 26 | 303 | 387 | −84 | .350 | 11 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Canton Invaders | 14 | 5 | – | |||||||||||
| 4 | Hershey Impact | 8 | 0 | – | |||||||||||
| 1 | Canton Invaders | 16 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 15 | |||||||||
| 3 | Chicago Power | 8 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 9 | |||||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee Wave | 12 | 14 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago Power | 16 | 10 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Heinz Granitza | Chicago | 38 | 61 | 25 | 137 |
| Rod Castro | Memphis | 39 | 55 | 19 | 111 |
| Rudy Pikuzinski | Canton | 32 | 49 | 21 | 109 |
| Art Kramer | Milwaukee | 40 | 38 | 20 | 94 |
| Franklin McIntosh | Hershey | 34 | 36 | 26 | 92 |
| Nilton Batata | Chicago | 33 | 30 | 35 | 86 |
| Marcelo Carrera | Canton | 31 | 29 | 27 | 80 |
| Zoran Savic | Milwaukee | 36 | 31 | 21 | 79 |
| Ricardo Alonso | Mem./Ft. W. | 37 | 29 | 23 | 79 |
| Steve Frick | Canton | 31 | 29 | 18 | 75 |
| Player | Team | GP | Min | SA | SV | PA | PAA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Orf | Fort Wayne | 25 | 1069 | 597 | 295 | 114 | 6.39 | 10 | 8 |
| Arnie Mausser | Dayton | 9 | 431 | 224 | 112 | 57 | 7.93 | 3 | 4 |
| Scott Molfenter | Dayton | 14 | 506 | 268 | 132 | 67 | 7.94 | 3 | 5 |
| Warren Lipka | Fort Wayne | 24 | 1216 | 634 | 285 | 164 | 8.01 | 10 | 10 |
| Tony Pierce | Milwaukee | 32 | 1756 | 964 | 442 | 235 | 8.03 | 17 | 13 |
| First Team | Pos | Second Team |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Swanner, Canton | G | Tony Pierce, Milwaukee |
| Tim Tyma, Milwaukee | D | Saeed Bakhtiari, Milwaukee |
| Bret Hall, Chicago | D | Randy Prescott, Fort Wayne |
| Charley Greene, Hershey | M | Franklin McIntosh, Hershey |
| Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago | F | Art Kramer, Milwaukee |
| Rudy Pikuzinski, Canton | F | Rod Castro, Memphis |