Portland Pride

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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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nolen |first=John |date=February 4, 1993 |title=New league puts 'Soccer City' back on sports map |page=C2 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> Owned by Brian Parrott, the team was named the "Pride" and played its home games in Portland, Oregon's Memorial Coliseum.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nolen |first=John |date=April 28, 1993 |title=Portland club gets ready for indoor soccer draft |page=E7 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nolen |first=John |date=November 26, 1997 |title=Crumbling CISL faces defection of a third team |page=C6 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> The Pride ownership moved the team to the Premier Soccer Alliance where the team played under the name Portland Pythons.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vondersmith |first=Jason |date=July 30, 1998 |title=Pythons to get a helping hand... |page=C1 |work=The Columbian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian-pythons-to-get-a-helping-h/127290860/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref>

==Coach== * John Bain 1993–1996 * Ian Fulton 1997

==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !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== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.kicksfan.com/opponents/portland/index.htm Profile]

Category:Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States Category:Continental Indoor Soccer League teams Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Oregon Category:Soccer clubs in Oregon Category:1993 establishments in Oregon Category:1997 disestablishments in Oregon Pride Category:Association football clubs established in 1993 Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1997