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Waukegan Lightning 
Full name Waukegan Lightning Founded 2002 Dissolved 2009 Stadium Rockford MetroCentre
(Capacity: 10,000)President/Owner-Investor Catalina Ariza Head Coach Dave Hewkin The Waukegan Lightning are 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.
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History
Rebels
The Rebels were founded in 2002 and played the 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 loses.
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." [1]
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 
3-10 9 Points 2008-2009 USL* 
Summer 2009 USL - Ultimate Soccer League, not to be confused with United Soccer League
References
External links
Categories:- Illinois soccer clubs
- Waukegan, Illinois
- Indoor soccer clubs in the United States
- American Indoor Soccer League teams
- United States soccer club stubs
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