Sacramento_Knights

Sacramento Knights

Sacramento Knights

Football club

This article is about the original indoor team. For the outdoor team, see Sacramento Knights (2003–2007).

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 team played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1993 to 1997. The team then moved to the World Indoor Soccer League in 1998 after the CISL folded. The team itself folded when the WISL merged with the Major Indoor Soccer League in 2001.[1]

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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.[2]

CISL award winners include 1995 Goalkeeper of the Year Mike Dowler, and two Defenders of the Year: Sean Bowers (1994) and Danny Pena (1995).[3][4]

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.

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Notable players

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Sacramento Knights, Indoor Soccer at Fun While It Lasted".
  2. [2]
    "1998 Sacramento Knights Roster and Results on JustSportsStats.com".
  3. [3]
    Swesey, Ben (October 30, 1995). "Knights reflect on their near miss". The Sacramento Bee. p. D3. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "Knights do well in draft". The Folsom Telegraph. May 4, 1994. p. A12. Retrieved January 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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