Professional Arena Soccer League
Founded
2008
Cups
US Open Arena Soccer Championship United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer The US Open Arena Soccer Championship is a cup style tournament for all PASL-Pro and PASL-Premier teams. In 2008, the PASL-Pro announced they would hold the first tournament for indoor soccer open to all leagues and/or exisitng teams.-Champions:... Copa America Copa America (indoor) The Copa America is an Indoor soccer tournament organised by the Professional Arena Soccer League. As well as teams from the PASL, the competition is also open to teams from the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League.-Champions:...
Nations
Number of Teams
11 US, 1 MEX, 4 CAN (CMISL); Total:16
Current Champions
San Diego Sockers (2)
Website
Official site
Current Season
2011-12 season 2011–12 PASL-Pro season March 2-4, 2012Wild Card Round Fri. March 9, 2012 SemifinalsSemifinal A -Semifinal B -Sat. March 10, 2012 Finals-Awards:-All-League First Team:-All-League Second Team:-External links:*...

The Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro) is an North American

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 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 recognized by FIFRA (Federation International Futbal Rapido Association).

October 2008 marked the debut of the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro) as an offshoot of the Premier Arena Soccer League

Premier Arena Soccer League

The Premier Arena Soccer League is an Indoor Soccer league with amateur and semi-professional teams. PASL-Premier currently has 38 teams in 6 divisions across the USA and Mexico. PASL-Premier is the official developmental league of the Professional Arena Soccer League .Teams play in regional...

 (PASL-Premier), the nation's largest amateur league, and has affiliated with the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League

Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League

The Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League or CMISL is a professional indoor soccer league that began full league play in January 2008. The league's president is Mel Kowalchuk...

 (CMISL) and Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Rápido (LMFR).

The PASL-Pro does not use multi-point scoring. Prior to the season, the CMISL teams also agreed to use single-point scoring. Previously they had one-point goals and three-point goals for shots behind the arc.

The PASL-Pro 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...

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Teams

• Not every CMISL team is 100% confirmed for the 2011-12 season, and the above map may change slightly.

  Team	City/Area	Arena	Coach	Notes
  Eastern Division
  Cincinnati Kings	Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati Gardens The Cincinnati Gardens is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that opened in 1949. The 25,000 square foot brick and limestone building, whose entrance is decorated with six three-dimensional carved athletic figures, was modeled after Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,...	Roby Stahl
  Detroit Waza Detroit Waza The Detroit Waza are an American arena soccer team founded in 2008.The team is a charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League .They will play their home matches at the Taylor Sportsplex in Taylor, Michigan during the 2010-11 season....	Taylor Taylor, Michigan Taylor is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 63,131 at the 2010 census. Taylor was originally known as Taylor Township and residents of the township voted to incorporate as the City of Taylor in May 1968... , Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....  (Detroit area)	Taylor Sportsplex	Dominic Scicluna; Costea Decu
  Illinois Piasa Piasa FC Piasa F.C. is an American Arena soccer team, founded in 2006.The team is a charter member of the Premier Arena Soccer League , the second division of arena soccer in North America....	Glen Carbon, Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	The Sports Academy	Justin McMillian; Joe Reiniger	Moved up from Frontier Division 2010–2011 season 2010-11 PASL-Pro Season Thu. March 10, 2011QuarterfinalsQuarterfinal A - 6:30 pm - La Raza de Guadalajara 9, Tacoma Stars 6Quarterfinal B - 9:00 pm - PPM Sidekicks del Estado de Mexico 10, Calgary United FC 2Fri...
  Kansas Magic	Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park, Kansas -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...	EPIC Indoor Sports	Randall Porter	Expansion Team
  Louisville Lightning Louisville Lightning Louisville Lightning are an indoor soccer team based in Louisville, Kentucky. They joined the Professional Arena Soccer League in 2009. They were confirmed as an expansion team in August of that year and began playing in November of the same year. -History:...	Louisville, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	Mockingbird Valley Soccer Club	Scott Budnick Scott Budnick Scott Budnick is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played two seasons in Major League Soccer, one in the USISL and one in the Oberliga....
  Ohio Vortex Ohio Vortex Ohio Vortex is a professional indoor soccer team based in Canton, Ohio. They joined the Professional Arena Soccer League in 2009. The Ohio Vortex is a non-profit organization that donates a portion of their revenue to local charities. The team was founded by former Canton Invaders player Nick Bogdan...	Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...	Canton Civic Center	Denzil Antonio
  Western Division
  Anaheim Bolts	Anaheim, California Anaheim, California Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center The Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities...	Bernie Lilavois Bernie Lilavois Bernie Lilavois is an American soccer forward who played two seasons in the American Professional Soccer League, one in the USISL, one in the USL A-League, four in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, six in the National Professional Soccer League, and four in the Major Indoor Soccer League...	Expansion Team
  Phoenix Monsoon Phoenix Monsoon (Soccer Team) Phoenix Monsoon is an Outdoor/Indoor Professional Soccer team based in Phoenix Arizona. They will play indoors in 2011-2012 and plan to play outdoors in 2012.- History :...	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	Castle Sports Club	Luis Dabo	Expansion Team
  Revolucion Tijuana	Tijuana, Baja California	Estadio Furati	Diego Terry
  San Diego Sockers	San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Chevrolet Del Mar Arena	Phil Salvagio
  Tacoma Stars Tacoma Stars (PASL-PRO) The Tacoma Stars are an American arena soccer team founded in 2010.The team is a member of the Professional Arena Soccer League , the first division of arena soccer in North America....	Tacoma, Washington	Starfire Sports Complex	Leighton O'Brien Leighton O'Brien Leighton O'Brien is an American soccer player, currently serving as the Director of Coaching for the Renton Football Club for youth since 2006 and the head coach of the Seattle Sounders Women....
  Turlock Express	Turlock, California Turlock, California Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States, part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census, Turlock had a population of 80,549, up from 55,810 at the 2000 census, making it the second-largest city in Stanislaus County.-Geography:Turlock lies in the...	Turlock Soccer Complex	Art Pulido	Moved up from PASL-Premier
  Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League The Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League or CMISL is a professional indoor soccer league that began full league play in January 2008. The league's president is Mel Kowalchuk...
  Calgary United FC Calgary United FC Calgary United F.C. is one of four of Canada's newest professional soccer teams participating in the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League.-Regular Season Schedule:-Year-By-Year:-Year-By-Year Stats:...	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	Subway Soccer Centre
  Edmonton Drillers Edmonton Drillers (CMISL) The Edmonton Drillers are a Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League team.-History:On January 24, 2007, the formation of the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League was announced along with that a series of exhibition games would take place in various markets to gauge interest...	Edmonton, Alberta	Edmonton Soccer Centre South
  Winnipeg Alliance FC Winnipeg Alliance FC Winnipeg Alliance FC are a professional soccer team that plays in the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League.-2007 Season:The Winnipeg Alliance was one of 4 founding teams of the CMISL. In 2007 the league played a Showcase season consisting of exhibition games the Alliance played 2 double headers...	Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... , Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	Gateway Soccer Complex/MTS Centre MTS Centre The MTS Centre is an indoor sports arena and entertainment venue in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and home of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. It is located on the former Eaton's site and is owned and operated by True North Sports & Entertainment. The 440,000 square feet ...
  Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... , British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...			Expansion Team

• For explanation of Frontier Division see 2010–2011 season
  2010-11 PASL-Pro Season
  Thu. March 10, 2011QuarterfinalsQuarterfinal A - 6:30 pm - La Raza de Guadalajara 9, Tacoma Stars 6Quarterfinal B - 9:00 pm - PPM Sidekicks del Estado de Mexico 10, Calgary United FC 2Fri...
  
  

Announced Expansion

Team	City/Area	Arena	Founded	Joining PASL-Pro	Notes
Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	Hoffman Estates, Illinois Hoffman Estates, Illinois Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003...	Sears Centre	2011	2012-2013	Will play One Exhibition Game in the 2011-12 Season

Champions

Season	Champions	Score	Runner-Up	Playoffs / Host
2008-09 2008–09 PASL-Pro Season The 2008-09 Professional Arena Soccer League is the inaugural season for the league. The PASL-Pro is the largest indoor soccer league, hosting 21 teams spreading from Canada, the United States of America, and the Mexico...	Stockton Cougars	13-5	1790 Cincinnati	Stockton, California
2009-10	San Diego Sockers	9-8	La Raza de Guadalajara	San Diego, California
2010-11 2010-11 PASL-Pro Season Thu. March 10, 2011QuarterfinalsQuarterfinal A - 6:30 pm - La Raza de Guadalajara 9, Tacoma Stars 6Quarterfinal B - 9:00 pm - PPM Sidekicks del Estado de Mexico 10, Calgary United FC 2Fri...	San Diego Sockers	10-6	La Raza de Guadalajara	Cincinnati, Ohio
2011-12				San Diego, California

Attendance

Season	Games	Total	Average
2008-09	58	76,888	1,326*
2009-10	87	58,801	676*
2010-11	84	59,128	704*
2011-12

• *Does not include 28 games where attendance was not reported. The PASL-Pro 2008-09 regular season consisted of 86 games total.

• *Does not include 8 games where attendance was not reported. The PASL-Pro 2009-10 regular season consisted of 95 games total.

• *Does not include 10 games where attendance was not reported. The PASL-Pro 2010-11 regular season consisted of 94 games total.

Defunct teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Note
California Cougars California Cougars The California Cougars are an indoor soccer team, founded in 2004. The team is a charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League , the first division of arena soccer in North America....	Stockton, California Stockton, California Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...	Stockton Arena Stockton Arena Stockton Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It opened in December 2005 and seats approximately 10,000 fans. The arena, at maximum capacity, can seat 11,800 people.It is primarily used for ice hockey, indoor soccer and arena football....	2008-2011
Colorado Lightning Colorado Lightning The Colorado Lightning are an American Arena indoor 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....	Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...	Budweiser Events Center Budweiser Events Center The Budweiser Events Center is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Loveland, Colorado .Construction was completed and doors opened for the first event on September 20, 2003 with a sold-out exhibition hockey game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Florida Panthers.The Arena is located on The...	2008-09 Season
Denver Dynamite Denver Dynamite (soccer) The Denver Dynamite are 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....	Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	Denver Sports Center/Parker Fieldhouse/Denver Bladium Denver Bladium The Bladium Sports and Fitness Club is a sports and fitness complex in the Stapleton neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.Bladium is home to a full size inline hockey rink and indoor soccer field which sports a new Astro-Play artificial turf field...	2008–2010
Omaha Vipers Omaha Vipers The Omaha Vipers are a PASL-Pro team that began play in the MISL in the 2010-11 season. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Vipers play their home games at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. The move from the MISL to the PASL-Pro was announced on May 5, 2011....	Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha Civic Auditorium The Omaha Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose convention center in Omaha, Nebraska. Opened in 1954, it surpassed the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum as the largest convention/entertainment complex in the city, until the completion of CenturyLink Center Omaha in 2003....	Never played in PASL-Pro
Prince George Fury Prince George Fury The Prince George Fury were a Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League team.- History :On October 14, 2009 the CMISL announced that a new expansion club will join the league in 2010 in the form of the Prince George Fury.-Year-by-Year:- Players :...  (CMISL)	Prince George, British Columbia Prince George, British Columbia Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...	CN Centre CN Centre The CN Centre is a 5,967-seat multi-purpose arena, in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It was designed by PBK Architects, opened in 1995 and is owned by the City of Prince George. There are 14 luxury suites...	2009-10
St. Louis Illusion St. Louis Illusion The St. Louis Illusion are 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.-Arena:...	Glen Carbon, Illinois Glen Carbon, Illinois Glen Carbon is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States, 23 km northeast of St. Louis. The population was 12,934 at the 2010 census.-History:...	The Game Arena	2008–2010
Saskatoon Accelerators Saskatoon Accelerators Saskatoon Accelerators is a professional soccer team based in Saskatoon that plays the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League. The team plays indoor soccer which is different than the official FIFA indoor game called futsal. Its home games are played at Henk Ruys Soccer Center in Saskatoon.-Club...  (CMISL)	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Credit Union Centre Credit Union Centre Credit Union Centre is an arena, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Situated near the city's northern entrance, the facility opened in February, 1988 with a seating capacity of around 7,800. It was expanded to 11,330 for the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1990... /Henk Ruys Soccer Centre	2009-10
Texas Outlaws Texas Outlaws -Current roster:-Year-by-year:-Arenas:* NYTEX Sports Centre 2008-2009* Arena Athletics 2009* TCG Arena 2009–present-Schedules/Results:-External links:* * *...	North Richland Hills, Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	TCG Arena	2008–2010

External links

• PASL Website
• CMISL Website
• Liga Mexicana Website
• FIFRA Website
• Top Attendance in American Soccer