Portland Pythons
Encyclopedia
Portland Pythons are a defunct indoor soccer
team that played in the Premier Soccer Alliance (PSA) in 1998 which changed its name to the World Indoor Soccer League
(WISL) in 1999. The team folded at the end of the 1999 season.
(CISL) folded after five seasons. The CISL had been founded as a summer indoor soccer league in 1993. Although it had experienced some success in its early years, it barely made it through the 1997 season before folding. The Portland Pride
was a charter member of the CISL and with the collapse of the league, the team’s ownership, Portland Professional Soccer, LLC, joined with several other CISL teams to form the Premier Soccer Alliance (PSA). With the new league came a new name as the Pride adopted the name Portland Pythons.
The Pythons performed poorly in the PSA’s first season. The team went 1-6 and failed to make the playoffs. At the end of the season, the PSA expanded into two new cities, but after a merger with the English Indoor Football League failed to materialize, the PSA renamed itself the World Indoor Soccer League
(WISL).
The Pythons competed in the WISL in 1999, but folded at the end of the season after rumours of a move to Tacoma, Washington
fell through.
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First Team All PSA
First Team All WISL
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...
team that played in the Premier Soccer Alliance (PSA) in 1998 which changed its name to the World Indoor Soccer League
World Indoor Soccer League
The World Indoor Soccer League was a United States based indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams.-History:...
(WISL) in 1999. The team folded at the end of the 1999 season.
History
In 1997, the Continental Indoor Soccer LeagueContinental Indoor Soccer League
The Continental Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997.-History:When the Major Soccer League folded in the summer of 1992, two of its former teams joined a group of hockey and basketball arena owners led by Ron Weinstein who wanted to create a league to...
(CISL) folded after five seasons. The CISL had been founded as a summer indoor soccer league in 1993. Although it had experienced some success in its early years, it barely made it through the 1997 season before folding. The Portland Pride
Portland Pride
The Portland Pride are a defunct indoor soccer team that played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1993 to 1997.-History:In 1993, a new league, the Continental Indoor Soccer League began its first season. Traditionally, indoor soccer has been a winter sport, but the CISL decided to...
was a charter member of the CISL and with the collapse of the league, the team’s ownership, Portland Professional Soccer, LLC, joined with several other CISL teams to form the Premier Soccer Alliance (PSA). With the new league came a new name as the Pride adopted the name Portland Pythons.
The Pythons performed poorly in the PSA’s first season. The team went 1-6 and failed to make the playoffs. At the end of the season, the PSA expanded into two new cities, but after a merger with the English Indoor Football League failed to materialize, the PSA renamed itself the World Indoor Soccer League
World Indoor Soccer League
The World Indoor Soccer League was a United States based indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams.-History:...
(WISL).
The Pythons competed in the WISL in 1999, but folded at the end of the season after rumours of a move to Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
fell through.
Arena
While the Pride had played in Memorial Coliseum, the Pythons held their home games in the Rose Garden ArenaRose Garden Arena
Rose Garden, commonly known as the Rose Garden Arena, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is suitable for large indoor events of all sorts, including basketball, ice hockey, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions...
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Year-by-year
| Year | League | Record | Regular Season | Playoffs | Attendance Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | PSA | 1-6 | 4th | Did not qualify | 5,210 |
| 1999 | WISL | 11-11 | 5th | Did not qualify | 3,165 |
| 2 | WISL | 12-17 | - | - | 3,603 |
Honors
Goalkeeper of the Year- 1999 Brett Phillips
First Team All PSA
- 1998 Jeff BettsJeff BettsJeff Betts is a former U.S. soccer forward and coach who spent most of his career playing indoor soccer...
, Billy Crook
First Team All WISL
- 1999 Brett Phillips