United States Interregional Soccer League

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from SISL)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use American English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football league

The United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL) was a semi-professional men's outdoor soccer league that played six seasons from 1989 to 1994. It was the first outdoor league to be operated by the organization known today as the United Soccer League. Commencing play in 1989, it received Division 3 status from U.S. Soccer for its final season in 1994. It was split into the USISL Professional League and the amateur USISL Premier League in 1995. The Colorado Comets and Greensboro Dynamo were the most successful clubs in the league, winning two championships each.

History

Ahead of the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States, U.S. Soccer began work with various leagues, including the Southwest Indoor Soccer League (SISL), to professionalize soccer in the country. The SISL embarked on their ambitions to run a three-tiered outdoor soccer league, and launched the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League in the 1988–89 season as part of the first step towards that goal.[1][2] The organization, and its two leagues, would be rebranded as the Southwest Independent Soccer League in the 1989–90 season, the Sunbelt Independent Soccer League in the 1990–91 season, and finally the United States Interregional Soccer League in the 1991–92 season.[3][4]

In its 1993–94 season, the league was granted Division 3 status by U.S. Soccer.[2] Following significant expansion over the preceding years to 69 teams by 1994, the USISL decided to split the league for the 1995 season into a Division 3 league populated with its professional clubs, the USISL Professional League, and a league outside of U.S. Soccer's canonical pyramid populated with its amateur clubs, the USISL Premier League.[1] The USISL, now the United Soccer League, recognizes the Premier League as the successor to the original outdoor league in its statistical records.[5]

Teams

Script error: No such module "Hatnote".

Template:Div col Template:Resizediv Template:Div col end

Seasons

List of SOSL / SISL / USISL seasons
Yr. T MP Champion Runners-up Top goalscorer Ref.
1989 8 12 Colorado Comets Addison Arrows Template:Sort [6]
1990 14 14 Colorado Comets Richardson Rockets Template:Sort [7]
1991 17 16 Richardson Rockets New Mexico Chiles Template:Sort [8]
1992 21 14 Palo Alto Firebirds Tucson Amigos Template:Sort [9]
1993 38 16 Greensboro Dynamo Orlando Lions Template:Sort [10]
1994 69 18 Greensboro Dynamo Minnesota Thunder Template:Sort [11]

See also

Script error: No such module "Portal".

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:United Soccer League Script error: No such module "Navbox".

Template:USSF D3 soccer seasons

  1. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=United_States_Interregional_Soccer_League&oldid=3193460"