United States Interregional Soccer League

Ahead of the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States, U.S. Soccer began work with various leagues, including the Southwest Indoor Soccer League (SISL), to professionalize soccer in the country. The SISL embarked on their ambitions to run a three-tiered outdoor soccer league, and launched the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League in the 1988–89 season as part of the first step towards that goal.{{cite web|url=https://soctakes.com/2018/10/21/history-of-usl/ |title=A Comprehensive History of the USL |date=22 October 2018 |publisher=SOC Takes |access-date=December 22, 2024}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Soccer Timeline |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/history/timeline |website=U.S. Soccer |access-date=May 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206053610/https://www.ussoccer.com/history/timeline |archive-date=February 6, 2025 |date=2016 |url-status=live}} The organization, and its two leagues, would be rebranded as the Southwest Independent Soccer League in the 1989–90 season, the Sunbelt Independent Soccer League in the 1990–91 season, and finally the United States Interregional Soccer League in the 1991–92 season.{{cite web |last1=Litterer |first1=David A. |title=United Soccer Leagues Statistical History, Part 1 (1986-1994) |url=https://ussoccerhistory.org/ASHA/ASHA/usl1.html |website=Society for American Soccer History |access-date=May 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501071118/https://ussoccerhistory.org/ASHA/ASHA/usl1.html |archive-date=May 1, 2025 |date=May 1, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Litterer |first1=David A. |title=A History of USA Indoor Soccer |url=https://ussoccerhistory.org/ASHA/ASHA/indooroverview.html |website=Society for American Soccer History |access-date=May 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501071110/https://ussoccerhistory.org/ASHA/ASHA/indooroverview.html |archive-date=May 1, 2025 |date=May 1, 2025 |url-status=live}}

In its 1993–94 season, the league was granted Division 3 status by U.S. Soccer. Following significant expansion over the preceding years to 69 teams by 1994, the USISL decided to split the league for the 1995 season into a Division 3 league populated with its professional clubs, the USISL Professional League, and a league outside of U.S. Soccer's canonical pyramid populated with its amateur clubs, the USISL Premier League. The USISL, now the United Soccer League, recognizes the Premier League as the successor to the original outdoor league in its statistical records.{{cite web |title=2013 USL Media Guide |url=https://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/2013%20USL%20Media%20Guide_Web.pdf |website=United Soccer League |access-date=May 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207053310/http://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/2013%20USL%20Media%20Guide_Web.pdf |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |pages=149–150; 167–168 |date=2013 |url-status=dead}}

{{Hatnote|See also: List of United Soccer League clubs
Bold text indicates clubs that played all six seasons (1989–1994)}}

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• Arizona Cotton (1990–1994)
• Arkansas Diamonds (1990–1992; 1994)
• Atlanta Express (1991–1992)
• Atlanta Magic (1992–1994)
• Atlanta Quicksilver (1991)
• Austin Lone Stars
• Baltimore Bays (1993–1994)
• Birmingham Grasshoppers (1994)
• Boca Raton Sabres (1992–1994)
• Boston Storm (1994)
• Cape Cod Crusaders (1994)
• Central California Valley Hydra (1994)
• Charleston Battery (1993–1994)
• Charlotte Eagles (1993–1994)
• Chattanooga Express (1992–1994)
• Chico Rooks (1993–1994)
• Cincinnati Cheetahs (1994)
• Cocoa Expos (1994)
• Colorado Comets (1989–1991)
• Columbia Heat (1993–1994)
• Columbus Xoggz (1994)
• Connecticut Wolves (1993–1994)
• Coral Springs Kicks (1993)
• Dallas Rockets (1990–1994)
• Delaware Wizards (1993–1994)
• Des Moines Menace (1994)
• Detroit Wheels (1994)
• DFW Toros
• East Bay Red Riders (1992–1993)
• East Los Angeles Cobras (1993–1994)
• El Paso Patriots (1991–1994)
• Florida Stars (1994)
• Fort Lauderdale Kicks (1994)
• Greensboro Dynamo (1993–1994)
• Hampton Roads Hurricanes (1994)
• Hawaii Tsunami (1994)
• Jersey Dragons (1994)
• Las Vegas Quicksilver (1994)
• Lexington Bluegrass Bandits (1994)
• Long Island Rough Riders (1994)
• Louisville Thoroughbreds (1994)
• Lubbock Lazers (1989–1992)
• Memphis Jackals (1991–1994)
• Milwaukee Rampage (1994)
• Minnesota Thunder (1994)
• Montclair Standard Falcons (1993–1994)
• Nashville Metros (1991–1994)
• New Mexico Chiles
• New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (1994)
• New York Fever (1994)
• North Jersey Imperials (1994)
• North Bay Breakers (1992–1994)
• Oklahoma City Slickers (1993–1994)
• Oklahoma City Warriors (1989–1992)
• Orlando Lions (1992–1994)
• Palo Alto Firebirds (1992–1994)
• Permian Basin Shooting Stars (1990–1992)
• Philadelphia Freedom (1994)
• Raleigh Flyers (1993–1994)
• Reno Rattlers (1994)
• Richmond Kickers (1993–1994)
• Rockford Raptors (1994)
• San Antonio Pumas
• San Diego Top Guns (1994)
• San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles (1993–1994)
• San Francisco All Blacks (1992–1994)
• San Francisco Bay Diablos (1993–1994)
• San Jose Hawks (1993)
• Santa Cruz Surf (1993–1994)
• Shasta Scorchers (1994)
• Sioux City Breeze (1994)
• South Florida Flamingos (1994)
• St. Louis Knights (1994)
• Texas Lightning (1993–1994)
• Tulsa Renegades (1989–1991)
• Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–1994)
• Tucson Amigos (1990–1994)
• Waco Kickers (1990)
• Washington Mustangs (1994)
• Wichita Blue Angels (1994)

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• American Soccer League (1988–1989)
• American Professional Soccer League (1990–1996)
• Lone Star Soccer Alliance (1987–1992)
• Western Soccer Alliance (1985–1989)

{{Reflist}}

• [https://ussoccerhistory.org/ASHA/ASHA/index.html American Soccer History Archives] at the Society for American Soccer History
• [https://soccerhistoryusa.org/asha.html American Soccer History Archives] at Soccer History USA

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