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. The PSA had already
added four new teams when a merger agreement was announced. 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 the European division, but that idea was cancelled due to rules
conflicts between the existing leagues. In 2000, merger talks were ongoing
between the WISL and the National Professional Soccer Leage for the 2002 season.
Previously many of these teams played in two earlier leagues:
Premier Soccer Alliance (1998)
Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997)
The official WISL League web page is at: http://www.wisl.net.
Current Standings
League Standings and Playoff results
1999
G W L PCT. GB GF GA
Sacramento Knights 22 17 5 .773 --- 127 88
Dallas Sidekicks 22 17 5 .682 2.0 152 107
Monterrey La Raza 22 14 8 .636 3.0 142 114
Utah Freezz 22 12 10 .545 5.0 126 123
Portland Pythons 22 11 11 .500 5.0 115 111
Arizona Thunder 22 7 15 .318 10.0 125 148
Houston Hotshots 22 6 16 .273 11.0 88 131
Brazil 7 2 5 .400 29 38
Mexico 7 0 7 .000 21 68
Semifinals: Dallas defeated Monterrey 4-3 (SO)
Sacramento defeated Utah 6-1
CHAMPIONSHIP: Sacramento defeated Dallas 7-6
After the season, Portland folded.
2000
Before the season, St. Louis was added.
GP W L PCT GB GF GA
Monterrey La Raza 24 20 4 .833 - 167 126
Dallas Sidekicks 24 17 7 .708 3 153 107
Utah Freezz 24 15 9 .625 5 124 113
Houston Hotshots 24 10 14 .416 10 125 135
St. Louis Steamers 24 9 15 .375 11 125 137
Arizona Thundercats 24 8 16 .333 12 105 118
Sacramento Knights 24 5 19 .208 15 94 155
Quarterfinals: Utah defeated Arizona 9-3
St. Louis defeated Houston 5-3
Semifinals: Monterrey defeated St. Louis 7-3
Dallas defeated Utah 7-4
CHAMPIONSHIP: Monterrey defeated Dallas 6-5 (SO)
2001
Monterrey, Houston and Arizona went on hiatus for one season.
Before the season, San Diego was added.
G W L PCT. GF GA
San Diego Sockers 24 14 10 .583 133 114
Dallas Sidekicks 24 14 10 .583 109 108
St. Louis Steamers 24 11 13 .458 122 132
Sacramento Knights 24 11 13 .458 123 125
Utah Freezz 24 10 14 .417 113 121
Semifinals: San Diego defeated St. Louis 7-5, 1-0, 4-0
Dallas defeated Sacramento 2-1, 5-4
CHAMPIONSHIP: Dallas defeated San Diego 6-3, 4-5, 2-1 (MG)
After the season, the league was absorbed by the MISL. San Diego,
Dallas and St. Louis joined the new league.
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