Western Indoor Soccer League

Western Indoor Soccer League

Country	United States
Confederation	Confederación Panamericana de Minifutbol
Founded	June 20, 2014
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Bellingham United FC (2015-16)
Website	http://wislnews.wordpress.com

The Western Indoor Soccer League (WISL) is an American semi-professional indoor soccer league. It was formed on June 20, 2014^[1] by a group of arena/team owners in the Pacific Northwest. The WISL began its first season on November 15, 2014 with five teams.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Many of the founding clubs previously competed in the Premier Arena Soccer League.

Teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Coach
Bellingham United FC	Bellingham, Washington	Bellingham Sports Complex	Mark Lackey
Oly Town Artesians	Olympia, Washington	Olympia Indoor Soccer Center	Nate Salveson
Olympic Force	Bremerton, Washington	Olympic Sports Center
Snohomish Skyhawks	Snohomish, Washington	Snohomish Soccer Dome
Sporting Everett FC	Everett, Washington	Everett Soccer Arena	Craig Otto
Tacoma Stars Reserves	Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma Soccer Center	Darren Sawatzky
Vancouver Victory FC	Vancouver, Washington	Clark County Indoor Sports Center	Aaron Lewis

Champions

Season	Champions	Score	Runner-Up
2014-15	Tacoma Stars	6-2^[5]	Bellingham United FC
2015-16	Bellingham United FC	8-5^[6]	Olympic Force

Management

Co-Founder: John Crouch

External links

WISL official website

References

↑ "Western Indoor Soccer League will kick off this fall in Northwest". Indoor Soccer News. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
↑ "Apply to join the Western Indoor Soccer League". WISL. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
↑ "Tacoma Stars return home to help start the WISL". WISL. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
↑ "Stars, Fire win openers as WISL kicks off". goalWA.net. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
↑ "Tacoma Stars outlast Bellingham United to claim WISL trophy". goalWA.net. February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
↑ "Hammers win the WISL". goalWA.net. February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

Soccer in the United States

Overview	U.S. Soccer USASA USCS League system History Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues (stadiums by capacity, SSS) Women's soccer in the United States

Men's national teams	Senior (statistics) U23 U21 U20 U18 U17 U15 Futsal Beach soccer

Men's outdoor leagues	MLS Playoffs MLS Cup NASL Soccer Bowl USL PDL NPSL ASL PLA UPSL USL Super-20 U.S. Development Academy

Men's indoor leagues	MASL PASL-Premier WISL

Men's futsal leagues	PFL MLF

Cup competitions	Open Cup National Amateur Cup Women's Open

Men's college soccer	NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) NAIA Championship

Women's national teams	Senior U23 U20 U18 U17

Women's leagues	NWSL WPSL UWS

Women's college soccer	NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) NAIA Championship

Defunct men's outdoor leagues	AFA (1884–1924) American Cup (1885–1924) ALPF (1894) NAFL (1895–98) AAFA Cup (1912–13) ASL (1921–33) ASL (1933–83) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–84) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–92) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USL 2nd (1990–2010) A-League (1995–2004) USL 1st (2005–10) D2 Pro League (2010)

Defunct men's indoor leagues	NASL (1975–76, 1979–84) MISL (1978–92) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–97) EISL (1997–98) WISL (1998–2001) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2001–08) XSL (2008–09) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2008–14)

Defunct women's leagues	WUSA (2000–03) WPS (2007–12) WPSL Elite (2012–13) W-League (1995–2015)

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