Waukegan Lightning

Waukegan Lightning

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Full name	Waukegan Lightning
Founded	2002
Dissolved	2009
Ground	Rockford MetroCentre
Capacity	10,000
President/Owner-Investor	Catalina Ariza
Head Coach	Dave Hewkin

The Waukegan Lightning were a professional indoor soccer team from Waukegan, Illinois formally known as the Northern Illinois Rebels of the Chicago Latin American Soccer Association and more recently the American Indoor Soccer League (AISL).

History

Rebels

The Rebels were founded in 2002 and played in the Chicago Latin American Soccer Association where they won 4 straight titles.

The Rebels renamed themselves the Northern Illinois Rebels because of playing in a national league. The Rebels were one of the two new teams to join the AISL in 2007. They played at the Lake County Sports Center in Waukegan, Illinois. The Rebels ended their first and only season in the AISL with 3 wins (9 points) and 10 losses.

Waukegan Lightning

In late 2008, the Rebels took on a new name and said they would "picking up where the Northern Illinois Rebels of the AISL left off."

Year-By-Year

Year	League	Logo	Results	Notes
2002–2003	CLASA
2003–2004	CLASA			League Champions
2004–2005	CLASA			League Champions
2005–2006	CLASA			League Champions
2006–2007	CLASA			League Champions
2007/2008	AISL	File:Rebels thumb.jpg	3–10	9 Points
2008–2009	USL*	File:WLightning.gif
Summer 2009	USL	File:WLightning.gif

• Ultimate Soccer League, not to be confused with United Soccer League

External links

• Official MySpace

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