Along with La Raza de Monterrey , the Mexico Toros were one of two Mexico-based franchises in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997). The team was competitive under the direction of Head Coach Jorge Espinoza, qualifying for the playoffs with a 17-11 record. But the Toros lasted just one season, folding at the end of the CISL’s summer 1995 campaign.
The Anaheim Splash played four seasons in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) and were typically among the league’s stronger clubs, thanks to a roster stocked with long-time indoor veterans like Ralph Black, Rod Castro, Dale Ervine and Doug Neely. The Splash folded along with the rest of the CISL in late 1997.
The Washington Warthogs were a summer-time indoor soccer promotion operated by Washington Bullets owner Abe Pollin at the old Capital Centre/USAir Arena during the mid-1990’s. The Warthogs were notable for signing female pros Colette Cunningham and Kristine Lilly to play in the otherwise all-male Continental Indoor Soccer League.
The Seattle SeaDogs played three seasons in the Continental Indoor Soccer League between 1993 and 1997. The CISL was a summertime league that attracted investment from a number of NBA franchise owners. The SeaDogs were backed by Seattle Sonics owner and billboard magnate Barry Ackerley. After two seasons of mediocrity, the SeaDogs won the final CISL championship in 1997. But the league closed its doors in December 1997 before the Seattleites could defend their title.
The Pittsburgh Stingers were part of a brief attempt by Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin to create a year-round team sports & entertainment operation out of Pittsburgh Civic Arena, using the organizational infrastructure of the Penguins. At the same time Baldwin entered the Stingers in the Continental Indoor Soccer League in the summer of 1994, he also launched the Pittsburgh Phantoms of Roller Hockey International. Both the Stingers and the Phantoms filled empty summer dates at the Civic Arena. During this same time period, Baldwin also produced his first Hollywood film – the big-budget Jean-Claude Van Damme thriller “Sudden Death” – in which the Muscles from Brussels battles terrorists in the Civic Arena during the Stanley Cup Finals.
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