National Indoor Soccer League (2021)

The National Indoor Soccer League (NISL) is an indoor soccer league that began play in 2021 and is based in the Southeast United States. The league fields men's and women's divisions.[1] On March 24, 2021, the league announced its partnership with Nike.[2]

For usages of the name, see National Indoor Soccer League.
National Indoor Soccer League
FoundedJanuary 2021 (2021-01)
CountryUnited States
Number of teams7
Current championsFayetteville Fury (Men)
Memphis Americans (Women)
Most championshipsFayetteville Fury (Men) (1 title)
Memphis Americans (Women) (1 title)
Websitewww.nislpro.com

History

On April 29, 2021, the Memphis Americans were officially announced as a charter team in the new NISL[3] On June 7. 2021, the Fayetteville Fury were announced as the league's second team. On August 17, 2021, the Columbus Rapids became the third franchise to join the league. On December 16, 2021, 10 days before the season opener, the Rome (Ga.) Gladiators, a travel team, became the fourth and final team to join the league for its inaugural season.[4]

On July 7 it was announced that an expansion team was coming to Tampa.[5]

Staff
  • Andrew Haines – Executive Board of Directors
  • Joshua Blair – Executive Board of Directors
  • Jason Gibson – Executive Board of Directors
  • Michael Taylor – Executive Board of Directors
  • Donald Bunney – Creative Director

Teams

Current
Team City/Area Arena Capacity Men's Coach Women's Coach Founded
Albany Aces[6] Albany, Georgia Albany Civic Center 7,200 TBA TBA 2023
Central Florida Crusaders[7] Orlando, Florida Addition Financial Arena 9,400 Tom Traxler Tom Traxler 2022
Fayetteville Fury Fayetteville, North Carolina Crown Coliseum 10,000 Jay Burbee Jay Burbee 2021
Foundry FC[8] Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center 7,573 TBA TBA 2023
Magic City SC[9] Pelham, Alabama Pelham Civic Center 4,100 TBA TBA 2023
Memphis Americans Southaven, Mississippi Landers Center 8,500 Corey Adamson Corey Adamson [10] 2021
Tampa Bay Strikers[11] Tampa, Florida Yuengling Center 10,411 Martín Gramática[12] Martín Gramática 2022

Former
Team City/Area Arena Capacity Founded Went Inactive
Rome Gladiators Rome, Georgia N/A N/A 2021 2022[13]
Columbus Rapids Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center 7,573 2021 2023

Champions
Men's Champions
Year Champion Runner-Up Final Score Location
2021–2022 Fayetteville Fury Memphis Americans 5–3 Crown Coliseum
2022–2023 Central Florida Crusaders Awarded Championship
Women's Champions
Year Champion Runner-Up Final Score Location
2021–2022 Memphis Americans Rome Gladiators 5–3 Crown Coliseum
2022–2023 Memphis Americans Awarded Championship

References
  1. "New indoor soccer league launching in the Mid-South". KAIT. April 29, 2020.
  2. "NISL & NIKE Ink Five Year Strategic Partnership". National Indoor Soccer League. March 24, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  3. "National Indoor Soccer League Brings Team to Mid-South". memphisamericans.com. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  4. "Rome Gladiators Announced as the NISL 4th Team". romegladiatorsga.com. December 16, 2021.
  5. "Professional Indoor Soccer Coming to Tampa". bizjournals.com/tampabay. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. Bob Bakken (July 28, 2023). "NISL to add Albany, Georgia as expansion franchise". Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  7. Andrew Haines (August 4, 2022). "NISL ADDS ORLANDO AS EXPANSION TEAM". cflcrusaders.com. SoccerShift. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  8. "Columbus' Foundry FC to compete in National Indoor Soccer League". WTVM.com. WTVM. September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  9. NISL (August 17, 2023). "NEW EXPANSION TEAM "MAGIC CITY SC" JOINS NATIONAL INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE FOR THE 2024 SEASON". Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  10. "Americans hold open tryouts for new team". DeSoto County News. August 7, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  11. "The Tampa Bay Strikers are coming to the Yuengling Center". Bay News 9. July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  12. "Tampa Bay Strikers announce Martin Gramatica as head coach". NISL Pro. July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  13. "National Indoor Soccer League Announcing Home Openers for 2023 Season". NISL Pro. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.


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