"We are considering structural changes that will bring us greater efficiencies, while also allowing long term growth and expansion of the League", said John Hantz, former Chairman of the MISL, and Owner/Operator of the Detroit Ignition.

The six surviving teams organized the MISL as a single-entity structure similar to Major League Soccer.

In 2002, the MISL absorbed two teams from the World Indoor Soccer League: the Dallas Sidekicks and San Diego Sockers.

The MISL had a relative lack of television coverage for being a national professional sports league.

In February 2007, the league and Versus announced a partnership to deliver a nationally televised game of the week starting in March 2007.

Before the 2006–2007 season, national television coverage was limited to the MISL Championships in 2005 and 2006, which were shown on ESPN2.

For the 2007–08, the MISL signed an agreement with Fox Soccer Channel to televise 20 games that season.

The MISL game was the standard North American version of indoor soccer.

First, all kicks were direct, with no whistle to restart play, which usually resulted in a "quick start".

Yellow cards were given for dissent, resulting in a 5-minute penalty but the offending team did not play short.

After the 2003 Championship, the league began using a traditional one-point-per-goal rule because of a controversial goal scored during the deciding game.