Waukegan Lightning


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.

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 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

YearLeagueLogoResultsNotes
2002–2003CLASA
2003–2004CLASALeague Champions
2004–2005CLASALeague Champions
2005–2006CLASALeague Champions
2006–2007CLASALeague Champions
2007/2008AISL3–109 Points
2008–2009USL*
Summer 2009USL