MISL Logo PNG
Major Indoor Soccer League was one of the non-mainstream soccer leagues in the United States, founded in 1977 and ending in 1992. After the league was disbanded in 1992, the remaining teams joined the National Professional Football League. However, in 2001, the league was revitalized and continued for another seven years. Another chapter of the MISL history started in 2009, yet as of 2024, it was the final stage, and the League ceased to exist in 2014.
Meaning and history
The Major Indoor Soccer League logo looks a bit as if it was inspired by the emblem of the Major League Baseball. At least, the palette and the structure are very close to that of the baseball organization’s logo.
1978 – 1992
The original logo depicted a shape of a rectangle with rounded corners. The outlines were three layers of red, white and blue lines, while the insides were mostly white. The very center was occupied by the acronym ‘MISL’, written in big, bold serif letters. On their immediate right, there was a red soccer ball.
2001 – 2008
This next logo used a more elaborate shape of a shield with a low, wide plaque in the bottom. Both bits were fused into a single form of dark blue with a red outline. The latter section was where they wrote ‘MISL’ in white letters. The font was a sharper, more abrupt style. The center of the shield bit was occupied by an image of a soccer ball with a red tile in the middle.
2009 – 2010
The new concept of the MISL visual identity was introduced in 2009. The badge was executed in a style, resembling the legendary NBA badge; with a blue and red medallion, split into two halved by a white silhouette of a football player. Unlike the NBA badge, the MISL one was stretched horizontally and had its full name written under the graphical element, with the first characters of each word enlarged and set in red.
2011 – 2014
The MISL logo features a football player in white. The player creates a “border” between two fields, a red and dark blue one. The red part contains the letters “MI,” while the blue part houses “SL.”
There’s the text “Major Indoor Soccer League” below. While the words themselves are in dark blue, the initials are given in red. The logo is placed inside a thin dark blue frame with white filling.
