WORLD INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE

The 'World Indoor Soccer League' was an indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams.

Contents

History

WISL Championships

Most WISL Championships Won

Presidents

Teams

History

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'. The teams complemented their schedules with games against international teams. In 1999, two more former CISL teams (the Houston Hotshots and Monterrey La Raza) joined the league, which then changed its name to World Indoor Soccer League.
The name change came about as a result of the "merger" of the US-based PSA and an 'English Indoor Football League'. Originally, there was to be a European Division and a North American Division, with 'London United', 'Manchester Magic', 'Newcastle Geordies' and 'Sheffield Strikers' playing in an European division, but that idea was dropped due to rules conflicts between the existing leagues and lack of permission from The Football Association.
The WISL folded in December 2001 when Dallas, St. Louis, and San Diego agreed to join the MISL.

WISL Championships

Season	Champion	Score / series	Runner-Up
1998	Dallas Sidekicks	6 to 2	Sacramento Knights
1999	Sacramento Knights	7 to 6	Dallas Sidekicks
2000	Monterrey La Raza	6 to 5 (SO 3-1)	Dallas Sidekicks
2001	Dallas Sidekicks	2-1	San Diego Sockers

Most WISL Championships Won

Team	Championships	Winning years
Dallas Sidekicks	2	1998 , 2001
Sacramento Knights	1	1999
Monterrey La Raza	1	2000

note: In 2001, the championship was a best-of-three series. All other WISL championships were a single game.

Presidents

Gordon Jago 1998-2001

Teams

★ Arizona Thunder

★ Dallas Sidekicks (formerly of the CISL)

★ Houston Hotshots (formerly of the CISL)

★ Monterrey La Raza (formerly of the CISL)

★ Portland Pythons

★ Sacramento Knights (formerly of the CISL)

★ St. Louis Steamers

★ San Diego Sockers

★ Utah Freezz