The Celebrated Misterk: CISL 1997- Washington Warthogs @ Indianapolis Twisters: Highlights

Source:The Celebrated Misterk- the Warthogs taking on the Indianapolis Twisters, in 1997.

"Highlights of a Continental Indoor Soccer League match from August 22, 1997 between the Washington Warthogs and Indiana Twisters at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis." 

From The Celebrated Misterk

Not a lot of defense being played here by the Warthogs. I only went to one Warthog game in the 4 years that they were here in the mid 1990s, but I got to see several of their games on TV and I'm also not an expert on indoor soccer (most American sports fans are not) but I saw enough of them to know that the Warthogs were always an offensive-minded team, that moved the ball around very well on offense and tried to out score their opponents to win. Not saying that they didn't play defense, but high-pressure indoor soccer teams can get burned a lot on defense. It's the nature of the sport.

The Celebrated Misterk: CISL 1996- Washington Warthogs @ Indianapolis Twisters: Highlights

Source:The Celebrated Misterk- I believe that's the Indianapolis Twisters celebrating a goal.

"Highlights of the first home game in the short history of the Indianapolis Twisters of the Continental Indoor soccer League. The Twisters lost 7-6 in overtime to the Washington Warthogs at Market Square Arena and finished 10-18 in their first year in the CISL." 

From The Celebrated Misterk

I wasn't an Indianapolis Twisters fan growing up and living just outside of Washington, during the short-lived Continental Indoor Soccer League back in the mid-1990s, but I did follow a Washington Warthogs game and even went to a game back in 1995 at the Capital Centre, in Landover, Maryland. 

Washington has always been an excellent pro, major league soccer market. The Diplomats proved that at RFK Stadium back in the 1970s in the old North American Soccer League. And the United are proving that today in Major League Soccer and will have their own soccer stadium in Washington in a few years. 

And yet other than the Warthogs, Washington has never had a major indoor soccer league franchise, even though Washington is a big city and one of the biggest markets in the country, with a great downtown sports arena. This would I believe be a great market for an MISL franchise in the future and could probably even work with the United as far as developing and signing players.