2024-25 WISL Alignment Announced
Tacoma, WA - The Western Indoor Soccer League announced Tuesday that it would be fielding 7 teams in it's men's division and 4 teams in its women's for the inaugural year of merging NWPLi with WISL. The reigning WISL champs, the Tacoma Stars Reserves will be back as well as the NWPLi champs the Snohomish Sky.
*from north to south please enjoy this informative look at the WISL clubs for the 2024-25 season*
Bellingham United
Mascot: Hammers
Home Field: Bellingham SportsPlex
Color: Black
Divisions: WISLm and WISLw
Website: https://whatcomsportsandrec.com/united/
History: Made 8/9 WISL Championships since league inception and have 4 WISL Cup Trophies for hardware. Led by veteran Richard Henderson (Coach, Player and WISL Goal Record Holder).
Everett City FC
Mascot: N/A
Home Field: Everett Soccer Arena
Color: Green
Divisions: WISLm
Website: https://everett-city-football-club.square.site/
History: Everett City is in their third year of joining the WISL and always a serious playoff contender. Several DI players venture over to the club for winter arena soccer and in 2023-24 made it to the quarterfinals.
Snohomish
Mascot: Sky
Home Field: Snohomish Soccer Dome
Color: Pink
Divisions: WISLm and WISLw
Website: https://www.snohomishsky.com/
History: The Sky is a new franchise but arena soccer has been a staple at the Soccer Dome. The Snohomish Sky women's program were undefeated and went to Cincinnati for Nationals in the 2023-24 season. The men are a physical, hungry group that look to make waves in 2024-25.
Oly-Pen (Olympic Peninsula)
Mascot: Force
Home Field: Bremerton Sports Center
Color: Blue
Divisions: WISLm and WISLw
Website: https://www.olypenforce.com/
History: One of the longest standing clubs in the WISL and NWPL. The Force were mainstays in the playoffs and Championships in the early years of WISL 2015-17 and even sent players to the MASL.
Tacoma
Mascot(s): Stars (Men) Galaxy (Women)
Home Field: Tacoma Soccer Center
Colors: Blue & Orange
Divisions: WISLm and WISLw
Website: https://www.tacomastars.com/reserves
History: This professional arena soccer organization is a leader in the WISL ranks having ventured to the Cup Final 7 out of 9 years and have won 3 years in a row. Stars (men) won 7-5 against Bellingham at the Showare Center in 2024. The Galaxy (women) came out of the gates in 2022-23 as a leader in the women's indoor scene but came up short of the final in 2023-24 (3rd Place).
South Sound FC
Mascot: N/A
Home Field: Tacoma Soccer Center
Colors: Red & Blue
Division: WISLm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/SouthSoundFC/
History: This club has been around for over a decade having bounced around region for indoor and outdoor but is a powerhouse. In 2023-24 the team fielded several league veterans and former pro arena players and made the quarterfinals of WISL.
Vancouver
Mascot: Lightning
Home Field: Clark County Indoor Sports
Colors: Blue & Yellow
Division: WISLm
Website:https://www.vancouverlightning.com/
History: League newcomers in 2023-24 and looking to make a bigger splash in 2024-25. Vancouver had a great following and even got on the local news in Portland/Vancouver area. Anticipate a banner year from the Lightning from the deep south of Washington State.
Championship History
Season | Champions | Score | Runner-Up |
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2014–15 | Tacoma Stars Reserves | 6–2 | Bellingham United FC |
2015–16 | Bellingham United FC | 8–5 | Olympic Force |
2016–17 | Bellingham United FC | 10–4 | Olympic Force |
2017–18 | Bellingham United FC | 6–5 | Tacoma Stars Reserves |
2018–19 | Tacoma Stars Reserves | 7–5 | Bellingham United FC |
2019–20 | Bellingham United FC | 6–4 | Tacoma Stars Reserves |
2021-22 | Tacoma Stars Reserves | 8-5 | Bellingham United FC |
2022-23 | Tacoma Stars Reserves | 7-5 | Everett City FC |
2023-24 | Tacoma Stars Reserves | 7-5 | Bellingham United |
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