BREAKING - The Hailstorm are Back: Northern Colorado’s Pro Soccer Club Returning in 2025

The club is going professional again this fall, but not in USL League One.

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Anonymous sources have informed Beyond the 90 that former USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm are relaunching their professional side as a member of the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). They will be announced as a participant in the 2025 NISA Fall Tournament by the end of the week.

Sources have also revealed that the Future Legends Complex, the club’s 2,500-capacity home mired in financial controversy, will be the host venue for the entire Fall Tournament. It is unclear which facilities at the complex will be used, as the city of Windsor took away Future Legends’ temporary certificate of occupancy (affecting the sports dome, pickleball courts, and collegiate stadium), but it is possible that the certificate was restored. The Hailstorm, current amateur participants in the League for Clubs, played their first two home matches of the season at Windsor High School Stadium, but still plan to play at Future Legends for the third match.

All clubs in NISA’s Fall Tournament are committed to playing a professional league season in 2026. The former 2024 USL Jäegermeister Cup champions are joined by Temecula FC and Capo FC in the West, while DC Power is the only club in the East announced so far. NISA is expected to announce 10-12 participants in the competition that pitches a return to professional sanctioning by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).

It may not be a potential merger into MLS NEXT Pro, and it may not be a return to USL League One, but the Northern Colorado Hailstorm live on.