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Sacramento Knights were an indoor soccer team that played from 1993 to 2001 in ARCO Arena and were owned by the NBA's
Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...
. The team played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1993 to 1997. The team then moved to the
World Indoor Soccer League The World Indoor Soccer League (WISL) was a United States-based indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams. History After the demise of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, four of its teams decided to crea ...
in 1998 after the CISL folded. The team itself folded when the WISL merged with the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2001.


Personnel

The Knights were coached by retired English player Keith Weller from 1994 to 1997. Iain Fraser took over as head coach in 1998 as the team reformed in the Premier Soccer Alliance. CISL award winners include Mike Dowler, 1996 goalkeeper of the year.
Sean Bowers Sean Patrick Bowers (born August 12, 1968) 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 fou ...
was the 1993 Defender of the Year, and Danny Pena 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


Notable players

* Iain Fraser *
Randy Soderman Randy Soderman is a retired American soccer player and technology entrepreneur. The younger brother of Rick Soderman, Randy played for CISCO Soccer Club in Phoenix growing up. In 1992, he graduated from Cactus High School. That year, he join ...
* Rick Soderman


References

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See also

* Sacramento Knights players Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States Association football clubs disestablished in 2001 Association football clubs established in 1993 Continental Indoor Soccer League teams Premier Soccer Alliance teams K World Indoor Soccer League teams 1993 establishments in California 2001 disestablishments in California Soccer clubs in California