The Tallahassee Thunder were a short-lived Arena Football team that played at the Leon County Civic Center from 2000 through 2002. The team played in Arena Football 2, which was a small market developmental circuit for the larger Arena Football League at the time.
The sport of indoor soccer spread across the country during the 1980’s and into the early 1990’s. Thanks to organizations like the Major Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and the Continental Indoor Soccer League, practically every Major League city in the country had seen one or more indoor soccer teams come through town by 1999. Salt Lake City, Utah was an exception until the upstart World Indoor Soccer League (WISL) rolled into town at the E Center in West Valley in 1999.
California League (1987-1995) Born: 1987 – The Ventura County Gulls relocate to San Bernardino, CA Moved: 1992 (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes) Re-Born: 1992 – The Salinas Spurs
Eastern Indoor Soccer League (1997-1998) Born: 1996 – EISL founding franchise Folded: December 23, 1998 First Game: June 13, 1997 (W 17-8 vs. Savannah Rug
The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a mid-level minor league hockey club that played seven seasons in the East Coast Hockey League from 1994 to 2001. The team was affiliated with the New York Islanders of the NHL. The most impactful player to spend time in Tallahassee was Michael Ryder, who played five games for the Tiger Sharks during the team’s final season. Ryder broke into the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens in 2003 and recorded 30-goal seasons with Montreal and the Dallas Stars. He won a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 2011.
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