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==History== |
==History== |
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In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice President, Ron Weinstein, he was closing the doors on the [[Los Angeles Lazers]] of the Major Indoor Soccer League |
In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice President, Ron Weinstein, he was closing the doors on the [[Los Angeles Lazers]] of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and that if he ever wanted to "create a professional indoor soccer league that played in the summer months, out from under the shadow of the NBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA Football and NCAA Basketball", he would support the endeavor.<ref name="SBJ-Weinstein">{{cite news |last=Duarte |first=Joseph |date=September 11, 1997 |title=CISL's Weinstein calls league credible and eyes expansion |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1997/09/11/Leagues-Governing-Bodies/CISLS-WEINSTEIN-CALLS-LEAGUE-CREDIBLE-AND-EYES-EXPANSION.aspx?hl=CISL&sc=0 |work=[[Sports Business Journal]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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One year later, in late 1990, Ron Weinstein incorporated the Continental Indoor Soccer League with his business partner Jorge Ragde. They drafted all the necessary franchise documents to bring the league into fruition and create what was the first professional sports league to operate under the "single entity" formula in 1991.<ref>{{cite book|last1=CISL Communications|title=CISL Official Guide|date=1997|publisher=Sports Press LLC}}</ref> Buss later took a leave of absence from the project and was temporarily replaced by Phoenix Suns owner, Jerry Colangelo, who joined as one of the inaugural members of the league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.funwhileitlasted.net/tag/jerry-colangelo/|title=Jerry Colangelo Archives • Fun While It Lasted}}</ref> |
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Colangelo and Weinstein took the lead role in working to attract NBA and NHL owners. Through Buss's and Colangelo's cooperative efforts they orchestrated two CISL meetings in conjunction with their own NBA Board of Governors meetings. The first was held in 1991 in Marina Del Rey and the second in New York City in 1992. CISL was launched with 7 teams committed to begin playing in the summer of 1993 with another eight contracted for 1994.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 5, 1994 |title=Alive & Kicking in the USA |work=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref> |
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Monterrey La Raza made the CISL the first US league to have a team from Mexico participating. In 1995, a second team entered the league, the Mexico City Toros.<ref>{{cite |
Monterrey La Raza made the CISL the first US league to have a team from Mexico participating. In 1995, a second Mexican team entered the league, the Mexico City Toros.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 7, 1994 |title=South of the Border: Arena football – CISL head to Mexico |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1994/10/07/Leagues-Governing-Bodies/SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER-ARENA-FOOTBALLCISL-HEAD-TO-MEXICO.aspx |work=Sports Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=December 19, 2023}}</ref> |
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⚫ | By the end of the 1995 season, the third year of the league, 50% of the teams were already profitable |
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⚫ | By the end of the 1995 season, the third year of the league, 50% of the teams were already profitable. In 1996, CISL signed a three-year agreement with FOX Sports to televise a game of the week nationally in prime time. That same year, the Indiana Twisters became the next expansion franchise admitted to the league. |
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"The league has become very credible. ... We definitely look upon ourselves as a major-league sport. If you look at the roots of the NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and NFL, we are so far ahead of the game from where they were when they finished their fourth year." Ron Weinstein was quoted saying to the ''Houston Chronicle''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Duarte|first1=Joseph|title=Cisl's Weinstein Calls League Credible and Eyes Expansion|work=Houston Chronicle |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1997/09/11/Leagues-Governing-Bodies/CISLS-WEINSTEIN-CALLS-LEAGUE-CREDIBLE-AND-EYES-EXPANSION.aspx?hl=CISL&sc=0}}</ref> |
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In the fall of 1997, the surprising demise of the league took place primarily due to differences of direction between the NBA/NHL owners and three of the leagues non NBA/NHL teams: Dallas, Portland and Houston. They collaborated in an effort to leave the CISL and form their own league, The Premier Soccer Alliance. It is the opinion of many executives within the sports world, that indoor Soccer has never again reached the pinnacle of the CISL since operations formally ceased in the winter of 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url= |
In the fall of 1997, the surprising demise of the league took place primarily due to differences of direction between the NBA/NHL owners and three of the leagues non NBA/NHL teams: Dallas, Portland and Houston. They collaborated in an effort to leave the CISL and form their own league, The Premier Soccer Alliance. It is the opinion of many executives within the sports world, that indoor Soccer has never again reached the pinnacle of the CISL since operations formally ceased in the winter of 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-24-sp-1945-story.html|title=Soccer League Will Cease Operations|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Martin|last=Henderson|date=December 24, 1997}}</ref> |
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The Continental Indoor Soccer League Championship Trophy was titled the "Lawrence Trophy" named in honor of the commissioner and founder's father, Lawrence Albert Weinstein. |
The Continental Indoor Soccer League Championship Trophy was titled the "Lawrence Trophy" named in honor of the commissioner and founder's father, Lawrence Albert Weinstein. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-cisl-standings/ All-Time CISL Standings] |
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*[https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-cisl-attendance/ All-Time CISL Attendance] |
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*[https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-cisl-scores/ All-Time CISL Scores] |
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*[https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/cisl-coaching-records/ All-Time CISL Coaching Records] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180918103101/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/cisl-history.html Continental Indoor Soccer League history] – American Soccer History Archives |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180918103101/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/cisl-history.html Continental Indoor Soccer League history] – American Soccer History Archives |
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*[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115825419/cisl-rules-and-regulations/ CISL rules and regulations] from ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'' (1996) |
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| list1 = [[1993 Continental Indoor Soccer League season|1993]] • [[1994 Continental Indoor Soccer League season|1994]] • [[1995 Continental Indoor Soccer League season|1995]] • [[1996 Continental Indoor Soccer League season|1996]] • [[1997 Continental Indoor Soccer League season|1997]] |
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Revision as of 01:37, 17 August 2024
Founded | 1989 |
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First season | 1993 |
Folded | 1997 |
Country | United States Mexico |
Number of teams | 15 |
Last champions | Seattle SeaDogs |
Most championships | Monterrey La Raza (2 titles) |
TV partners | Prime Network FSN Southwest |
The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997.
History
In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice President, Ron Weinstein, he was closing the doors on the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and that if he ever wanted to "create a professional indoor soccer league that played in the summer months, out from under the shadow of the NBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA Football and NCAA Basketball", he would support the endeavor.[1] One year later, in late 1990, Ron Weinstein incorporated the Continental Indoor Soccer League with his business partner Jorge Ragde. They drafted all the necessary franchise documents to bring the league into fruition and create what was the first professional sports league to operate under the "single entity" formula in 1991.[2] Buss later took a leave of absence from the project and was temporarily replaced by Phoenix Suns owner, Jerry Colangelo, who joined as one of the inaugural members of the league.[3]
Colangelo and Weinstein took the lead role in working to attract NBA and NHL owners. Through Buss's and Colangelo's cooperative efforts they orchestrated two CISL meetings in conjunction with their own NBA Board of Governors meetings. The first was held in 1991 in Marina Del Rey and the second in New York City in 1992. CISL was launched with 7 teams committed to begin playing in the summer of 1993 with another eight contracted for 1994.[4]
Monterrey La Raza made the CISL the first US league to have a team from Mexico participating. In 1995, a second Mexican team entered the league, the Mexico City Toros.[5]
By the end of the 1995 season, the third year of the league, 50% of the teams were already profitable. In 1996, CISL signed a three-year agreement with FOX Sports to televise a game of the week nationally in prime time. That same year, the Indiana Twisters became the next expansion franchise admitted to the league.
In the fall of 1997, the surprising demise of the league took place primarily due to differences of direction between the NBA/NHL owners and three of the leagues non NBA/NHL teams: Dallas, Portland and Houston. They collaborated in an effort to leave the CISL and form their own league, The Premier Soccer Alliance. It is the opinion of many executives within the sports world, that indoor Soccer has never again reached the pinnacle of the CISL since operations formally ceased in the winter of 1998.[6]
The Continental Indoor Soccer League Championship Trophy was titled the "Lawrence Trophy" named in honor of the commissioner and founder's father, Lawrence Albert Weinstein.
Teams
Lawrence Trophy Champions
Season | Champion | Series | Runner-Up |
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1993 | Dallas Sidekicks | 2–1 | San Diego Sockers |
1994 | Las Vegas Dustdevils | 2–1 | Dallas Sidekicks |
1995 | Monterrey La Raza | 2–1 | Sacramento Knights |
1996 | Monterrey La Raza | 2–0 | Houston Hotshots |
1997 | Seattle SeaDogs | 2–0 | Houston Hotshots |
By Team
Team | Championships | Runner Up | Champions | Runner-up |
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Monterrey La Raza | 2 | 0 | 1995, 1996 | |
Dallas Sidekicks | 1 | 1 | 1993 | 1994 |
Las Vegas Dustdevils | 1 | 0 | 1994 | |
Seattle SeaDogs | 1 | 0 | 1997 | |
Houston Hotshots | 0 | 2 | 1996, 1997 | |
Sacramento Knights | 0 | 1 | 1995 | |
San Diego Sockers | 0 | 1 | 1993 |
Annual awards
Most Valuable Player
- 1993: Tatu, Dallas Sidekicks
- 1994: Tatu, Dallas Sidekicks
- 1995: Preki, San Jose Grizzlies
- 1996: Tatu, Dallas Sidekicks
- 1997: Paul Dougherty, Houston Hotshots
Goalkeeper of the Year
- 1993: Joe Papaleo, Dallas Sidekicks
- 1994: Antonio Cortes, San Diego Sockers
- 1995: Mike Dowler, Sacramento Knights
- 1996: Juan de la O, Seattle SeaDogs
- 1997: Juan de la O, Seattle SeaDogs
Coach of the Year
- 1993: Gordon Jago, Dallas Sidekicks
- 1994: George Fernandez, Anaheim Splash
- 1995: Erich Geyer, Monterrey La Raza
- 1996: Trevor Dawkins, Houston Hotshots
- 1997: Fernando Clavijo, Seattle SeaDogs
Rookie of the Year
- 1993: Marco Lopez, Monterrey La Raza
- 1994: John Olu–Molomo, San Diego Sockers
- 1995: Mark Chung, San Diego Sockers
- 1996: Carlos Farias, San Diego Sockers
- 1997: Guillermo Castaneda, Washington Warthogs
Defender of the Year
- 1993: Sean Bowers, Sacramento Knights
- 1994: Ralph Black, Anaheim Splash
- 1995: Danny Pena, Sacramento Knights
- 1996: Troy Snyder, Washington Warthogs
- 1997: Genoni Martinez, Monterrey La Raza
Playoff MVP
- 1993: Tatu, Dallas Sidekicks
- 1994: Branko Šegota, Las Vegas Dustdevils
- 1995: Zizinho, Monterrey La Raza
- 1996: Raul Salas, Monterrey La Raza
- 1997: Juan de la O, Seattle SeaDogs
References
- ^ Duarte, Joseph (September 11, 1997). "CISL's Weinstein calls league credible and eyes expansion". Sports Business Journal.
- ^ CISL Communications (1997). CISL Official Guide. Sports Press LLC.
- ^ "Jerry Colangelo Archives • Fun While It Lasted".
- ^ "Alive & Kicking in the USA". Houston Chronicle. June 5, 1994.
- ^ "South of the Border: Arena football – CISL head to Mexico". Sports Business Journal. October 7, 1994. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Martin (December 24, 1997). "Soccer League Will Cease Operations". Los Angeles Times.
External links
- All-Time CISL Standings
- All-Time CISL Attendance
- All-Time CISL Scores
- All-Time CISL Coaching Records
- Continental Indoor Soccer League history – American Soccer History Archives
- CISL rules and regulations from The Indianapolis Star (1996)
- Continental Indoor Soccer League
- 1993 establishments in the United States
- 1997 disestablishments in the United States
- Sports leagues established in 1993
- Organizations disestablished in 1997
- Defunct indoor soccer leagues in the United States
- 1993 in American soccer leagues
- 1994 in American soccer leagues
- 1995 in American soccer leagues
- 1996 in American soccer leagues
- 1997 in American soccer leagues