Sacramento Knights
Founded	1993–2001
Arena	ARCO Arena ARCO Arena Power Balance Pavilion is an indoor arena, located in the Natomas area of Sacramento, California. It is the home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.-Background:...
Based in	Sacramento, California Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
Colors	blue & orange
League	CISL Continental 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...  & WISL 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:...

Sacramento Knights were 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...

 team that played from 1993 to 2001 in ARCO Arena

ARCO Arena

Power Balance Pavilion is an indoor arena, located in the Natomas area of Sacramento, California. It is the home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.-Background:...

 and were owned by the NBA's

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 Sacramento Kings

Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...

. The team played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League

Continental 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...

 from 1993 to 1997. The team then moved 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:...

 in 1998 after the CISL folded. The team itself folded when the WISL merged with the Major Indoor Soccer League

Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)

The Major Indoor Soccer League was the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league was a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. The MISL had replaced the NPSL which folded in 2001. According to MISL.net, the league has ceased operations as of May 31, 2008...

 in 2001.

Personnel

The Knights were coached by retired English player Keith Weller

Keith Weller

Keith Weller was an English footballer. He is considered to be one of Leicester City's greatest ever players. Following seven operations for cancer, he died in the United States in 2004 aged 58.-England:...

 from 1994 to 1997. Mike Dowler

Mike Dowler

Mike Dowler is a retired Welsh professional football goalkeeper. He spent most of his career in the U.S. indoor leagues where he was named the 1995 Continental Indoor Soccer League Goalkeeper of the Year....

, a goalkeeper for 2 seasons under Weller, took over as head coach for the 1998 season.

CISL award winners include Dowler, 1996 goalkeeper of the year. Sean Bowers

Sean Bowers

Sean Bowers is a retired U.S. soccer defender. He spent most of his career playing indoor soccer, earning the 1992 NPSL Rookie of the Year, four-time Defender of the Year and a six-time first team All Star in four different indoor leagues. He also played four seasons with the Kansas City Wizards...

 was the 1993 Defender of the Year, and Danny Pena

Danny Pena

Danny Pena is a retired U.S. soccer defensive midfielder. He spent most of his career, both indoors and outdoors, with teams in the western U.S.-Youth:...

 won the same award with the club in 1995.

Iain Fraser won the Defender of the Year award in 1999 and 2001, while the Knights were part of the World Indoor Soccer League. Fraser took over as coach/player/director of the team until its end. Also as part of the WISL, Dan Madsen was goalkeeper of the year in 1998.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
1993	CISL	5th CISL, 12-16	Failed to Qualify	6,115
1994	CISL	4th West, 15-13	Lost Quarterfinal	6,961
1995	CISL	1st West, 20-8	Lost Championship	7,151
1996	CISL	3rd West, 14-14	Lost Quarterfinal	7,195
1997	CISL	3rd West, 14-14	Lost 1st Round	6,132
1998	PSA	2nd PSA, 6-5	Lost Championship	6,116
1999	WISL	1st WISL, 17-5	Won Championship	5,764
2000	WISL	7th WISL, 5-19	Failed to qualify	5,509
2001	WISL	4th WISL, 11-13	Lost Semifinal	5,136