1987/88 Pacific MISL
Following a thrilling 1987 Championship Series where Dallas stunned a packed Tacoma Dome with an overtime victory, Pacific landed its first major league contract when it inked a deal to make cards for the Major Indoor Soccer League. At the time, the sport was outdrawing the NHL and NBA in some markets. Meanwhile, Pacific was a fledgling company mostly known for making minor league baseball cards and a couple regional football releases. The MISL deal gave them a foothold: four years later they had a deal with the NFL, six years later with MLB, and ten years later the NHL. They remained a big player in the industry through the mid-2000s
The 110-card set is loaded with errors and variations, each of which is listed below, for a total of 127 cards in the master set.
After getting my first card in this project signed on February 16, 2002 when Hector Marinaro signed for me at the 2002 MISL All-Star Skills Competition, I got the last one signed on August 13, 2021 with Hugo Perez signing my card via mail.
Note: I do not count the alternate blank back Tatu card as part of the project as it was simply a cutout from the display boxes found in stores and not a legitimate release.
1 Tatu Purchase, eBay tra5710, March 2017
2 Krys Sobieski IP, January 2015
2A Krys Sobieski IP, January 2016 ERR: Last name Sobiesk
3 Victor Moreland TTM, September 2015
4 Willie Molano IP, January 2016
4A Willie Molano IP, January 2016 ERR: Last name Molino
5 Kevin Smith TTM, October 2015
6 Wes McLeod TTM, September 2015
7 Eddie Radwanski TTM, April 2016
8 Mark Karpun Purchase, eBay tra5710, March 2017
9 Tatu IP, October 2018
10 Mike Powers IP, January 2016
11 Doc Lawson IP, July 2019
12 Steve Zungul TTM, September 2019
13 Gregg Blasingame TTM, March 2017
14 Preki Purchase, eBay arodcollector, 2016
15 Bernie James TTM, September 2015
16 Joey Waters TTM, December 2015
17 Ricky Davis TTM, March 2016
17A Ricky Davis TTM, June 2017 ERR: First name Rickey
18 Ralph Black TTM, October 2015
19 Bill Crook TTM, August 2019
20 Peter Ward TTM, December 2015
21 Gary Heale TTM, October 2015
22 Godfrey Ingram TTM, March 2017
22A Godfrey Ingram Purchase, R. Knisley, 2/21 ERR: First name Godfry
23 Ali Kazemaini IP, February 2002
24 Mike Stankovic TTM, October 2015
25 Mike Fox TTM, October 2016
26 Kevin Kewley TTM, October 2015
27 Mark Kerlin TTM, July 2020
28 Erik Rasmussen TTM, October 2021
29 Barry Wallace Trade
30 Al Smith TTM, June 2017
31 Terry Rowe TTM, September 2021
32 Garry Stanley Purchase, Ray Knisley, February 2021
33 Marcio Leite IP, January 2015
34 Carl Valentine Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
35 Kai Haaskivi IP, July 2019
36 Dennis Mepham Purchase, Ray Knisley, February 2021
37 Craig Allen TTM, December 2016
38 Pasquale DeLuca Purchase, Ray Knisley, February 2021
39 John Stollmeyer TTM, November 2016
40 Desmond Armstrong Trade, Brian Reser, November 2019
41 Benny Dargle Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
42 Gino DiFlorio IP, February 2002
43 Victor Nogueira Purchase, Philip Rogich, September 2016
43A Victor Nogueira IP, February 2002 ERR: Last name Nogueria
44 John Bain TTM, October 2016
45 Nebo Bandovic Purchase, Ray Knisley, February 2021
46 Jeff Cacciatore TTM, October 2016
47 Daryl Doran TTM, September 2016
48 Poli Garcia Trade
49 Slobo Ilijevski Purchase, eBay tra5710, March 2017
50 Chris Kenny TTM, September 2016
51 Redmond Lane TTM, June 2017
52 Tim Schulz TTM, October 2016
53 Branko Segota TTM, September 2015
54 Brian Quinn TTM, June 2018
55 Kevin Crow TTM, September 2015
56 Fernando Clavijo IP, March 2017
57 Hugo Perez TTM, August 2021
58 Zoltan Toth TTM, September 2015
59 Juli Veee IP, July 2019
60 Jean Willrich TTM, April 2016
61 Waad Hirmez TTM, December 2020
62 Brian Schmetzer Trade, Paul Buxton, November 2016
63 George Katakalidis TTM, December 2016
64 Alan Mayer IP, July 2019
65 Jan Goossens TTM, January 2016
66 Kim Roentved TTM, January 2016
67 Gino Schiraldi TTM, June 2017
68 Dave Boncek TTM, June 2016
69 Damir Haramina TTM, October 2020
70 Tasso Koutsoukos TTM, April 2016
71 Charley Greene IP, February 2002
72 Dale Mitchell Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
73 Jim Schwab TTM, June 2017
74 Chris Vaccaro Trade VAR: Black Text
74A Chris Vaccaro TTM, September 2015 VAR: White Text
75 Heinz Wirtz TTM, June 2019 VAR: Black Text
75A Heinz Wirtz TTM, June 2019 VAR: White Text
76 Ben Collins TTM, June 2017 VAR: Black Text
76A Ben Collins TTM, October 2015 VAR: White Text
77 Frank Klopas Purch., B. Gutmann, 7/18 VAR: Black Text
77A Frank Klopas Trade VAR: White Text
78 Paul Krumpe Trade VAR: Black Text
78A Paul Krumpe Trade VAR: White Text
79 Chico Moreira Purch., eBay tra5710, 3/17 VAR: Black Text
79A Chico Moreira TTM, June 2017 VAR: White Text
80 Batata TTM, May 2016 VAR: Black Text
80A Batata TTM, May 2016 VAR: White Text
81 Ted Krafft TTM, June 2017 VAR: Black Text
81A Ted Krafft TTM, June 2017 VAR: White Text
82 Mark Simanton TTM, April 2016 VAR: Black Text
82A Mark Simanton TTM, April 2016 VAR: White Text
83 Alan Willey IP, October 2018
84 Tino Lettieri TTM, September 2016
84A Tino Lettieri TTM, September 2016 ERR: Green border
85 Gary Etherington TTM, September 2016
85A Gary Etherington Purchase, R. Knisley, 2/21 ERR: Last name Ethernigton
86 Ray Hudson Purchase, Philip Rogich, September 2016
87 Gregg Thompson Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
88 Steve Kinsey Purchase, Ray Knisley, February 2021
89 Dwight Lodeweges TTM, October 2015
90 John O'Hara TTM, October 2016
91 Hector Marinaro IP, February 2002
92 Ken Fogarty TTM, October 2015
92A Ken Fogarty TTM, October 2015 ERR: Last name Forgerty
93 Chico Borja TTM, September 2015
94 David Brcic TTM, October 2015
95 Thompson Usiyan TTM, September 2015
96 Mark Frederickson TTM, November 2017
97 Chris Whyte Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
98 Michael Collins TTM, September 2015
99 Gus Mokalis IP, July 2019
100 Lee Cornwell TTM, January 2017
101 Bruce Savage TTM, March 2016
102 Keith van Eron Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
103 Tim Wittman TTM, December 2015
104 Richard Chinapoo Purchase, eBay tra5710, March 2017
105 Andy Chapman TTM, June 2017
106 Drago Purchase, Ray Knisley, December 2015
107 Mike Reynolds Purchase, eBay
108 Stan Stamenkovich Purchase, eBay
109 Dave MacKenzie IP, July 2019
110 Michael Brady Purchase, eBay