Portland Pride

Portland Pride
Founded	1993
Dissolved	1997
Stadium	Memorial Coliseum; Portland, Oregon
Capacity	12,888
League	Continental Indoor Soccer League

The Portland Pride were an American indoor soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, that played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) from 1993 to 1997.

History

In 1993, a new league, the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) began its first season. Traditionally, indoor soccer has been a winter sport, but the CISL decided to play a summer season. This would keep it from competing with the more established National Professional Soccer League.

Portland was announced as a founding member city for CISL on February 3, 1993.^[1] Owned by Brian Parrott, the team was named the "Pride" and played its home games in Portland, Oregon's Memorial Coliseum.^[2] In 1995, Parrott sold the team to a group led by Norm Daniels.

In 1997, the team and the league played its last season. At the end of the season, the Pride withdrew from the league due to a $2 million loss and a lack of confidence in the CISL, which later folded.^[3] The Pride ownership moved the team to the Premier Soccer Alliance where the team played under the name Portland Pythons.^[4]

Coach

John Bain 1993–1996
Ian Fulton 1997

Year-by-year

Year	Record	Regular season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
1993	16–12	3rd	Semifinals	5,738
1994	15–15	5th Western	Out of playoffs	6,071
1995	11–17	5th Western	Out of playoffs	5,127
1996	10–18	5th Western	Out of playoffs	6,294
1997	13–15	4th Western	First Round	5,871
5	65–77	–	0–3	5,820

Honors

First Team All Star

1995 Jeff Betts

References

^ Nolen, John (February 4, 1993). "New league puts 'Soccer City' back on sports map". The Oregonian. p. C2.
^ Nolen, John (April 28, 1993). "Portland club gets ready for indoor soccer draft". The Oregonian. p. E7.
^ Nolen, John (November 26, 1997). "Crumbling CISL faces defection of a third team". The Oregonian. p. C6.
^ Vondersmith, Jason (July 30, 1998). "Pythons to get a helping hand..." The Columbian. p. C1. Retrieved June 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Profile

[1] Nolen, John (February 4, 1993). "New league puts 'Soccer City' back on sports map". The Oregonian. p. C2.

[2] Nolen, John (April 28, 1993). "Portland club gets ready for indoor soccer draft". The Oregonian. p. E7.

[3] Nolen, John (November 26, 1997). "Crumbling CISL faces defection of a third team". The Oregonian. p. C6.

[4] Vondersmith, Jason (July 30, 1998). "Pythons to get a helping hand..." The Columbian. p. C1. Retrieved June 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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