Indoor Professional League

Indoor Professional League (IPL)

Country	United States
Founded	2016
Number of teams	4
Website	www.indoorproleague.com

The Indoor Professional League (IPL) is a professional indoor soccer league that is slated to begin play in late 2016.

History

Launch as IPL

On February 18, 2016, the current owner of the Baltimore Blast, Ed Hale, announced his intentions to leave the Major Arena Soccer League and form a new league.^[1]

On May 3, 2016, the expansion franchise, Florida Tropics SC, held a press conference stating they would be joining the IPL. At the press conference Ed Hale was announced as the chairman of the league, and Sam Fantauzzo, former owner of the Rochester Lancers, was announced as the first commissioner of the league. It was announced that the St. Louis Ambush, Baltimore Blast, and Harrisburg Heat had "resigned" from the MASL.^{[2] [3]}

Commissioner

Name	Years
Sam Fantauzzo	2016-present

Teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Founded	1st Season	Notes
Baltimore Blast	Baltimore, Md	Baltimore Arena	1992	2016	Founding member
Florida Tropics SC	Lakeland, Fl	Lakeland Center	2016	2016	Founding member
Harrisburg Heat	Harrisburg, Pa	Farm Show Complex	2012	2016	Founding member
St Louis Ambush	St. Charles, Mo	Family Arena	2013	2016	Founding member

References

1. Graham, Glenn (February 18, 2016). "Baltimore Blast owner Ed Hale plans to remove team from MASL, form new league". The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD: Tribune Publishing). Retrieved February 29, 2016.
2. https://www.facebook.com/FLTropics/videos/1783778395175144/
3. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/soccer/bs-sp-blast-brief-0504-20160503-story.html

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