The playoffs also proved to be a successful venture: a 3–2 win over Everett BigFoot led the team to the divisional finals, where they again were defeated by Hawaii Tsunami, but the season indicated a positive future.

The Pro League was realigned in 1996, and the newly-titled Cascade Surge found life more difficult in their sophomore year, finishing a distant sixth in the table behind Everett BigFoot and the San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles with a 7–9 record.

The Cascade's excellent form continued in 2003; somewhat surprisingly, the team was better on the road than they were at home, enjoying a five-game winning streak away from Legion Field in May and June.

Although they lost their first playoff game 2–1 to eventual conference champions Orange County Blue Star, the Surge nevertheless enjoyed a significant turnaround in form.

For the second year in a row were dominant, winning their first eight games in succession, and enjoying a number of comprehensive victories on the season: 4-0 over Nevada Wonders, 5–1 over Abbotsford Rangers and 5–2 over Spokane Shadow.

Cascade's superb early season form also saw them quality for their first ever US Open Cup, although they lost first time out 4–2 on penalties to Salinas Valley Samba of the National Premier Soccer League.

Surge lost five of their opening nine games of the season, going down 4–0 at Tacoma Tide, 5–1 at BYU Cougars, and 5–0 at home to Abbotsford Mariners, scoring just four goals in response, and were effectively eliminated from playoff contention by the middle of June.

They eventually finished 8th in the Northwest, just one point ahead of last place Spokane; Stefan Ostergren was again the team's single potent striker, with 5 goals, while Chris Andre contributed three assists.

On 13 October 2009, Surge President David Irby announced that the club was withdrawing from PDL competition and folding with immediate effect, stating that "changes in the economy made it harder to keep the team operating.".