Premier Arena Soccer League
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The Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL-Premier) is an Indoor Soccer
Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink. The most important difference in play is that the indoor field is surrounded by a wall...

 league with amateur and semi-professional teams. PASL-Premier currently has 38 teams in 6 divisions across the USA and Mexico
Mexico
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. PASL-Premier is the official developmental league of the Professional Arena Soccer League
Professional Arena Soccer League
The Professional Arena Soccer League is an North American indoor soccer league recognized by FIFRA ....

 (PASL).

Teams play in regional competition to keep travel costs to a minimum. The champion of each region will then compete in a tournament to decide the league champion.

PASL-Premier currently runs a men's winter and summer league and a women's summer league. The winter league starts the 1st weekend in December and ends the 3rd weekend in March. The summer league runs from the 1st weekend in May through the 3rd weekend in July.

PASL-Premier is an affiliated member of the FIFRA (Federation International Futbal Rapido Association)
Federación Internacional de Futbol Rapido
The Federación Internacional de Futbol Rapido, commonly known by the acronym FIFRA, is the international governing body of arena soccer and futbol rapido. FIFRA is responsible for the organisation and governance of Arena Soccer's major international tournaments...

.

Pacific Division

  • Soccer World Elk Grove
  • Chico Bigfoot
  • Redding Velocity
  • Sacramento Scorpions
    Sacramento Scorpions
    The Sacramento Scorpions were an American soccer team that played in Sacramento, California.-Year-by-year:...

  • Turlock Express
  • Vacaville Blaze
  • OTW Santa Clara


Great Lakes Division

  • Cincinnati Kings Reserves
  • Cincinnati Saints
  • Detroit Waza Reserves
  • FC Indiana Lions
  • Indy Elite FC
  • Waukegan Lightning
    Waukegan Lightning
    The Waukegan Lightning are a professional indoor soccer team from Waukegan, Illinois formally known as the Northern Illinois Rebels of the Chicago Latin American Soccer Association and more recently the American Indoor Soccer League.-Rebels:...


Midwest Division

  • Futskilz Fusion (Morganfield, KY)
  • Paducah Premier
  • Evansville Crush
    Evansville Crush
    The Evansville Crush are an American indoor soccer team, founded in 2010. The indoor team is a member of the Premier Arena Soccer League , the development league for the Professional Arena Soccer League , and plays in the Midwest Conference against teams from Cincinnati, Ohio , Granite City,...

  • Illinois Fire
  • Louisville Lightning Reserves
  • Springfield Demize
    Springfield Demize
    Springfield Demize is an American soccer team based in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference.The team plays its home games at...


South Central Division

  • FC Austin Gunners
  • DFW Tornados
    DFW Tornados
    DFW Tornados was an American soccer team based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1986, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southern Conference...

  • Lubbock Lonestar
  • Vitesse Dallas

Rocky Mountains Division

  • Colorado Blizzard
  • Edwards Freedom
  • Fort Collins Fury
  • Rocky Mountain Rattlers

Northwest Division

  • Kitsap Pumas
    Kitsap Pumas
    Kitsap Pumas is an American soccer team based in Bremerton, Washington, United States. Founded in 2008, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference.Kitsap are the reigning PDL champions,...

  • Snohomish Skyhawks
  • South Sound FC Shock
  • Wenatchee Fire
    Wenatchee Fire
    The Wenatchee Fire FC is an American arena soccer team, founded in 2008.The team is a charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League , the first division of arena soccer in North America....

  • WSA Rapids (Bellingham, WA)
  • Marysville Ruckus

Southwest Division

  • Arizona Heat
    Arizona Heat
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  • ASC Warriors
  • Tucson
  • Las Vegas Knights
  • San Diego Sockers Reserves
  • Anaheim Bolts Reserves
  • Deft Touch (Los Alamitos, CA)
  • CF Revolucion Tijuana

Men's Champions

Year Summer Year Winter
1998 OTW Santa Clara 1998/99 N/A
1999 OTW Santa Clara 1999/00 N/A
2000 ISA 2000 2000/01 N/A
2001 OTW Sacramento 2001/02 N/A
2002 OTW Sacramento 2002/03 N/A
2003 Bladium Hornets 2003/04 Minnesota Blast
2004 Tacoma Stars 2004/05 Mass Aztecs
2005 San Diego Fusion 2005/06 OTW Sacramento
2006 Cuernavaca 2006/07 Studio (Dallas)
2007 Stockton Pumas 2007/08 Waza FC
2008 OTW Santa Clara 2008/09 Vitesse Dallas
2009 OTW Santa Clara 2009/10 Tacoma Stars
2010 Fort Collins Fury 2010/11 Las Vegas Knights (By Forfeit)
2011 OTW Santa Clara 2011/12

Women's Summer Champions

Year Team
2008 OTW Santa Clara
2009 Chico United
2010 Denver Sizzle
2011 Soccer World Elk Grove

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