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  World Indoor Soccer League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The World Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams.
After the demise of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, four of its teams decided to create a new indoor league to be called the Premier Soccer Alliance.
In 1999, two more former CISL teams (from Houston and Monterrey) joined the league which changed its name to World Indoor Soccer League.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Indoor_Soccer_League   (251 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sacramento, California
At one time, it was also home to an indoor soccer team, the Sacramento Knights of the CISL and later WISL.
Indoor Soccer game in Mexico Indoor soccer is a game derived from association football (soccer), adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink.
The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sacramento,-California   (9246 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Struggling indoor soccer badly in need of kick-start
Sockers coach Brian Quinn has compared the indoor game to the cockroach able to survive nuclear holocaust, but those in the soccer world are beginning to wonder if the sport has finally met its match – a Roach Motel of financial and sociological circumstances that renders its viability untenable.
Indoor soccer's heyday was in the mid-and late 1980s, after the outdoor North American Soccer League folded and a glut of quality players had nowhere else to go (and soccer fans had nothing else to watch).
But the soccer crowd in the States is largely immigrant-based and generally more conscious of global events, and it appears to prefer its soccer like the rest of the planet.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20050108-9999-1s8indoor.html   (1026 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Indoor soccer's alphabet soup
MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League): The original MISL runs from 1978 to 1992 and is generally regarded as the heyday of the indoor game, with some teams averaging close to 10,000 fans per game.
SISL (Southwest Indoor Soccer League): That's SISL, as in sizzle.
CISL (Continental Indoor Soccer League): It forms in 1993 with the idea of finding summer tenants for NBA arenas and quickly grows to 14 teams the following year.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20050108-9999-1s8socchart.html   (358 words)

  
 Los Angeles Business Journal: Real estate, sports business bigwigs shoot for L.A.-based soccer league - Continental ...
The start-up and first-year operating cost of the new league is estimated to be between $9 million and $10 million, said CISL spokesman Dan Courtemanche.
The league is currently operating out of an office at 10940 Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood with a skeleton staff that is headed by league Commissioner Ron Weinstein, a 36-year-old Northridge resident who began his career in the sports business in 1978 working for Jack Kent Cooke.
League spokesman Courtemanche said part of the effort to build local team loyalty is a requirement that eight of a franchise's 13 players must come from within a 150-mile radius.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n11_v15/ai_13603320   (1060 words)

  
 Untitled9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Professional indoor soccer has been absent in San Diego since 1996, when the San Diego Sockers competed in the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
The Flash has been planning its entry into the indoor market since the inception of the team and is in a strong position to operate an indoor entity.
The WISL is an eight-team indoor circuit with expansion plans for ten teams in 2000, throughout North America and Mexico that plays a fall/winter season schedule.
www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/sept03/flash.htm   (670 words)

  
 Indoor soccer still kicking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
It's indoor soccer, and the players in the spotlight are much more talented than this year's teen pin-ups.
Soccer scores are 2-1 and 3-0, not the 21-18 scores seen with the NPSL's system of two-point and three-point goals.
Several A-League teams delay their season openers until May, when NPSL players are usually done with the playoffs.
www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/dure02.htm   (1044 words)

  
 A2Z : Sports : Soccer
Soccer from The Hague in Holland comes to the Web through the FC Den Haag home page that is officially recognized by the club.
Soccer information from Denmark and Europe is the focus here, although results from around the world are available.
Soccer is Life gives a shot in the arm to fans inflicted with socceritis.
jove.prohosting.com /fima59/discrete/sports/58.htm   (1850 words)

  
 Indoor 'Stars of the Century' team is released.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Indoor 'Stars of the Century' team is released.
Tatu, who competed in all the major indoor leagues, had 776 goals, 592 assists through 1997.
The backups are brilliant in their own right -- Preki Radosavljevic, pure scorer Julie Veee, and all-time scoring champion Hector Marinaro, still active with the Cleveland Crunch, and indoor soccer's top career scorer with 942 goals and 501 assists.
www.soccertimes.com /proleagues/indoor/1999/feb04.htm   (371 words)

  
 Suggestions for conquering soccer's final frontier
Soccer, which for some wild reason is popular everywhere else in the world, just isn't catching on with us rebel Americans.
A sport like soccer, so dignified that no commercials are shown during telecasts, shouldn't have to stoop this low.
The CISL even has a team in Monterrey, Mexico, where fans might even be interested in the game and not the gimmick.
www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V132/N29/04-ed.29s.html   (722 words)

  
 USIndoor-Donald L. Shapero Bio
Don is the Founder and President of the United States Indoor Soccer Association.
He was instrumental in the organization of the professional World Indoor Soccer League in 1998 and managed the league as its Chief Operating Officer until 2000, when he began full-time work at USIndoor.
Prior to forming USIndoor in 1998, he was Director of Operations of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, which he joined in 1995 after having practiced law for several years.
www.usindoor.com /donshapero.html   (174 words)

  
 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
The league proved to be remarkably successful early on, growing from the six original teams to 14 just four seasons later.
The league also drew attention for its innovative promotional efforts, which were soon copied by their basketball and hockey competition.
Among the leagues that came and went: the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL), the Eastern Indoor Soccer League (EISL), the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL), and the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL).
pointme.to /soccer/misl.htm   (326 words)

  
 TheFireAlarm - Your Independent Chicagoland Soccer Source   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In the 1990's, the indoor Hotshots of the Continental Indoor Soccer League average about the same in their four years.
The hard line the league took in dealing with the group that emerged briefly as buyers in San Jose is proof that MLS is not going to accept ownership that doesn't come to the table committed and cashed.
This website is an unofficial and independently-operated source of soccer news and information and is not directly affiliated with or endorsed by any team, league or their owners.
thefirealarm.matchnight.com /tfadefault.cfm?page=ARTICLE&show=841   (1635 words)

  
 San Diego Sockers
The original MISL (1978-92), Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) and the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL) all used the single goal scoring system during their respective seasons.
The Major Indoor Soccer League is a single-entity organization featuring coast-to-coast presence with teams throughout the United States.
The MISL is "the single major league of indoor soccer," playing a 149-game schedule that begins in October 2003 and concludes in March 2004.
www.sockers.com /news?cat=1&id=171   (287 words)

  
 Sidekicks withdraw from CISL
The new league will be owned equally by each of its member teams, league officials said.
CISL officials said they knew nothing of the Sidekicks' plans until Friday, when they received a copy of the news release by fax.
Namiaf declined further comment Friday, saying CISL Commissioner Ron Weinstein was away from of the league's Ventura, Calif., office.
www.texnews.com /texsports97/kick122197.html   (401 words)

  
 Indoor soccer great Tatu to also coach Sidekicks
DALLAS (AP) -- Tatu, the five-time indoor soccer scoring champion and seven-time league MVP, is adding coaching to his list of duties with the Dallas Sidekicks.
"It has never been my goal to be a coach, but the trend in indoor soccer seems to be towards player-coaches," Tatu said.
The Sidekicks are competing this year in the Premier Soccer Alliance, a new four-team league that includes three former members of the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
www.texnews.com /1998/texsports/tatu0617.html   (224 words)

  
 Soccer - Johann & Sandra's Web
Soccer is an outdoor ball and goal game, called football in most other parts of the world.
Soccer is the most popular international team sport, followed by vast, emotional audiences and associated at times with such events as the 1969 “Soccer War” between El Salvador and Honduras and oubreaks of mass hooliganism, notably by British supporters.
Since the 1970s, American soccer has grown at many levels, from childrens' to collegiate; professional soccer, however, has achieved only sporadic success, with the birth and decline of several leagues as fan interest generally lagged.
www.johann-sandra.com /soccer.htm   (627 words)

  
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He was the leading scorer for the St. Louis Steamer's (1986,1987,1988)and an all star player in the major indoor soccer league in 1987 and 1988.
He was a member of the continental indoor soccer league 1995-1996 all star team and was named the most valuable player in 1995 all-star game in Portland, Oregon.
He feels compelled to pass his soccer knowledge and talents on to kids of all ages to help them improve their skill level and gain confidence so they can more enjoy the game of soccer.
www.gotsoccer.com /Camp/nebo.asp   (509 words)

  
 USA - World Indoor Soccer League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The WISL was created in 1999 as a merger of the US-based Premier Soccer Alliance and the English Indoor Football League.
The PSA had in turn been formed only one year earlier by several teams who had left the Continental Indoor Soccer League during its final disintegration.
After the 2001 season, the league was absorbed by the MISL.
www.rsssf.com /usadave/wisl.html   (324 words)

  
 FIFA Magazine - April 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
So she adopted a radical solution and joined the Continental Indoor Soccer League club, the Washington Warthogs - the radical part being the fact that she was the only woman in an otherwise all-male league.
Her first CISL season is now behind her and the experiment has been worthwhile.
But there has had to be one special concession made to Kristine Lilly as the only women member of the league: she needs a separate locker-room, a lonely place deprived of the camaraderie of the male team group next door.
www.fifa.com /fifa/pub/magazine/fm4-96.15.html   (790 words)

  
 AsianWeek.com: Sports: Mark Chung: American Soccer’s Coolest Man   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
All-star soccer player Mark Chung pretty much defines the word “multicultural.” Born in Toronto of Chinese Jamaican parents, Chung grew up in Florida, and his professional career in Major League Soccer has included stops in Kansas City, New York and now Colorado, where he excels as a midfielder for Denver’s Rapids.
This success put him on the radar of the newly-formed Major League Soccer association, and when the nascent organization had its first draft in 1996, Chung was the sixth player chosen overall.
Chung was named the league’s Fair Play award winner for the second time this season (he also won the award in 1997 as a member of Kansas City Wizards).
www.asianweek.com /2002_11_22/sports_soccer.html   (684 words)

  
 Chiropractic Benefitting Soccer Pros
Karen Bisesi, DC, a 1996 graduate of National College of Chiropractic, who also holds a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University, is the official chiropractor of the Indiana Twisters of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL).
Jorge nearly retired as a soccer player in 1984 from the nagging injuries incurred on the field.
The indoor soccer season is over, but you can find out more about the Twisters on the team's website: http://www.indianatwisters.com.
www.chiroweb.com /archives/15/25/29.html   (367 words)

  
 JS Online: MISL All-Star Game: West Roster
Began pro indoor career with the Wave during the 1999-2000 season and was named to NPSL's all-rookie team.
Began indoor career with the Sockers in 1996 and was named rookie of the year in the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
Led the league in fouls two consecutive seasons, and is known for fiery temper and fancy footwork.
www.jsonline.com /sports/socc/mar03/123440.asp?format=print   (399 words)

  
 Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997)
The CISL started in 1993 following the collapse in 1992 of the Major Indoor Soccer League, the Canadian Soccer League and the Lone Star Soccer Alliance.
To fill in the gap, the founders established an indoor league to replace the MISL, but scheduled it during the summer, placing it in competition with outdoor soccer and not the NPSL.
On December 23, 1997, the league folded, but Sacramento, Dallas, Portland and Arizona (renamed Phoenix) formed the new Premier Soccer Alliance in the summer of 1998, and the Indiana Twisters joined the NPSL for the 1998-99 season.
www.sover.net /~spectrum/cisl-history.html   (348 words)

  
 Major Indoor Soccer League
Prior to Baltimore, he played two seasons for the Steamers of the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL), where he left his mark with a 4-0 shutout against the San Diego Sockers in the 2001 playoffs.
Phillips also played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) with the Washington Warthogs and the Las Vegas Dustdevils (1994-95), where he helped win the CISL championship.
In addition to his indoor experience, Phillips has played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the A-League.
www.misl.net /players/index3.php?id=9&team_id=9   (153 words)

  
 The Blast Are Kickin'
The league, formerly known as the National Professional Soccer League, is now the Major Indoor Soccer League.
Indoor soccer purists will recall the old MISL league of the late ’70’s through the early ’90’s.
Barber was a member of the 1999 Continental Indoor Soccer League Championship Las Vegas Dust Devils team.
baltimorechronicle.com /sports_dec01.html   (592 words)

  
 Sidekicks Opponents: the Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-97)
A dispute with Commisioner Ron Weinstien led to franchises in Portland, Houston, Arizona, and Dallas withdrawing from the league in December of 1997.
After the demise of the Major (Indoor) Soccer League, team owner Donald Carter moved the Sidekicks to the CISL.
The CISL approved the 'Kicks request for membership on August 21, 1992.
www.kicksfan.com /opponents/cisl   (81 words)

  
 Men's Soccer - Coaching Staff - Culver-Stockton College
Thomas has competed with a number of National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) organizations during his pro indoor career, including the St. Louis Steamers, Kansas City Attack, Cleveland Crunch, Cincinnati Silverbacks, Florida Thundercats and Baltimore Blast.
In addition to his soccer duties at Culver-Stockton, Thomas is currently serving as the administrative director of the First Tee Program in Quincy.
Schneider was the first head coach of the Wildcat soccer program when the program began in 1988.
www.culver.edu /athletics/menssoccer/staff.asp   (395 words)

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