American Indoor Soccer League

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American Indoor Soccer League
Sport	Indoor Soccer
Founded	2003
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Current champions	Cincinnati Excite

The American Indoor Soccer League or AISL considered itself a minor indoor soccer league. In the 2005/2006 season, they recognized themselves as a major soccer league.

Contents 1 History 2 Previous Champions 3 Current Teams 4 Former Teams 5 Notable Names 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] History

The AISL founded in 2003 is headquarters are in West Springfield, MA, but the media relations office is based out of Cleveland, OH. The league currently has five teams actively playing. The 2005/06 season started with promise, starting with 6 teams, but the New Mexico Storm and Detroit-Windsor Border Stars dedcided not to play in the AISL just before the season got underway. In 2006, the league announced the membership of the Canton Crusaders, but the team's membership was revoked after the ownership was unable to fulfill its financial obligations.

[edit] Previous Champions

• 2005/2006 Cincinnati Excite
• 2004/2005 Detroit-Windsor Border Stars
• 2003 Massachusetts Aztecs

[edit] Current Teams

• Cincinnati Excite
• Rockford Thunder
• Massachusetts Twisters
• New York Hampton Surf

[edit] Former Teams

• Memphis Mojo
• Canton Crusaders (Never played)
• Connecticut Academica FC
• Detroit-Windsor Border Stars
• Massachusetts Aztecs (now the Boston Aztecs)
• Montréal Team Canada
• New Hampshire Storm
• New Mexico Storm

[edit] Notable Names

• Conally Edozien formerly of the Nigeria national football team's youth system and New England Revolution.
• Oscar Albuquerque current owner of the Rockford Thunder franchise played for Canada's 1980 Olympic qualifying team and in the National Professional Soccer League.
• Dayton O'Brien formerly with the University of Memphis, O'Brien was drafted by the Columbus Crew in 2006. O'Brien signed with the Memphis Mojo for the 2006/2007 season.
• Everson Maciel of the Western Mass Pioneers signed with the Massachusetts Twisters for the 2006/2007 season after good season in the USL Second Division earned Maciel a spot on the USL 2 All League Team.

[edit] See also

• Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)

[edit] External links

• New AISL logo
• AISL Homepage
• The Excite's Homepage
• The Exite's Myspace
• The Twisters' Homepage
• The Mojo's Homepage
• The Rockford Thunder's Myspace
• The Aztecs' Homepage
• The Borderstars' Homepage