Category: Premier Soccer Alliance

1999 Arizona Thunder program from the World Indoor Soccer League

Arizona Thunder

The Arizona Thunder were a professional indoor soccer club that played for three seasons between 1998 and 2000 at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Many members of the Thunder roster and coaching staff had ties to Phoenix’s earlier pro indoor teams including the Phoenix Pride and the Arizona Sandsharks. The club quietly went out of business following the 2000 season.

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Sacramento Knights

Sacramento Knights

Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997) Premier Soccer Alliance (1998) World Indoor Soccer League (1999-2001) Born: July 7, 1992 – CISL founding franchise Folded: January 31,

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Dallas Sidekicks Major Indoor Soccer League

Dallas Sidekicks (1984-2004)

The Sidekicks won championships in the Major Indoor Soccer League (1987), Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993), Premier Soccer Alliance (1998) and World Indoor Soccer League (2001). At the peak of their popularity in the late 1980’s, the Sidekicks attracted nearly 10,000 fans per match to Reunion Arena for a 28-game home calendar. The team’s success and community goodwill was inextricably tied to the talents of resident superstar Tatu, the Brazilian scoring wizard who led the Sidekicks on the field for 19 of their 20 seasons. By the time that the Sidekicks finally closed their doors in 2004, they were the longest continuously operating professional soccer franchise in the United States.

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