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The Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL) was launched in 1997 with the first playing season in 1998. The founding eight teams included teams from the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL) with a history going back to 1922 as the National Soccer League (NSL). The CPSL season runs from May through to October with six teams in an Eastern Conference and six teams in the Western Conference. The major competitions are the Conference titles leading to the Rogers Cup Final in October for the CPSL championship. The league operates an Open Canada Cup, a knockout competition starting with the preliminary round in May through to the final in September. The Canadian National Soccer League, originally just the National Soccer League, until 1993, was a professional soccer league in Canada that existed from 1922 to 1997. ... Rogers Cup is the name of the championship game for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. ... Open Canada Cup, is a one-game knock out competition independent of the league schedule involving all Canadian Professional Soccer League teams and other amateur and professional senior soccer teams in Canada wishing to participate. ...
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The SISL became the Sunbelt Independent SoccerLeague in 1990, the United States Interregional SoccerLeague in 1991, the United States System of Independent SoccerLeagues in 1994 and the United SoccerLeagues in February 2000.
In 1996, its indoor soccer component became known as the I-League.
The United States Indoor Soccer Association is founded, the first such organization in the world, designed to provide general support and promotion of the at every level of the game, for participants and related businesses.
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