IT'S OFFICIAL: XSL GOES ON HIATUS

As reported Wednesday morning on Examiner.com, the Chicago-based Xtreme Soccer League announced Friday that it is going on a one-year hiatus. This announcement jeopardizes the long-term future of the Chicago Storm organization, which played its professional indoor soccer games at the Sears Centre Arena. The Storm launched in 2004, and the 2008-09 campaign was the one and only in the XSL after four seasons in the former Major Indoor Soccer League.

CLICK HERE for the XSL's release on Friday.

Other links:
• Fox 6 Milwaukee report on Tuesday, June 30
• Examiner.com report on Wednesday, July 1
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel report on Thursday, July 2