ranul Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Canadian Division CMISL 01. Calgary United - - - - - - - - - 02. Edmonton Drillers - - - - - - - - - 03. Saskatoon Accelerators - - - - - - - - - 04. Prince George - - - - - - - - - 05. Winnipeg Alliance - - - - - - - - - it looks like winnepeg is back in the league amd prince george is now in the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sKriSh Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I thought this league was done. Good to see more teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Interesting news and good to see Winnipeg back in the fold and Prince George joining up. Where did you get this info by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 There has been talk of 5 Canadian teams in threads about the PASL (the American league they have an interlocking schedule with) on Bigsoccer so I suspect this is legit. http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18916516&postcount=100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Nothing on the PASL or CMISL site yet. I would rather have 3 good teams like last year than 5 with 2 dogs. Not saying that Winnipeg & PG would field bad teams but I remember 2 years ago what a doormat Winnipeg was. Those games weren't interesting. Last year with Sask making good improvement it was a very interesting bunch of games. With the US sides coming through it also breaks up the monotony of the same bunch of teams playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Really? This was a link to the PASL website in the Bigsoccer post I mentioned. http://www.arenaleague.com/pro/2009teams/index_E.html Webpages have been setup for all the teams mentioned in the original post. These are the logos for four of the Canadian teams. None available yet for Prince George by the looks of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I'll try and ask around PG and see what the news is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 quote:Originally posted by BringBackTheBlizzard Really? This was a link to the PASL website in the Bigsoccer post I mentioned. http://www.arenaleague.com/pro/2009teams/index_E.html Webpages have been setup for all the teams mentioned in the original post. These are the logos for four of the Canadian teams. None available yet for Prince George by the looks of things. They had Winnipeg listed last year as "expansion" or something like that. I'll believe it when I see the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 The website for the Winnipeg team is not currently functional http://alliancefc.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 We have a team? Seriously? I haven't heard anything about what has been deemed as a "joke league" previously. The only news I had heard was that a serious group wanted to look into USL-1 and even travelled to Rochester to look at their business plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie9 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 i played the with the alliance all the seasons and i haven't heard anything either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 ^ Sorry for lacking in confidence about the league, but can you see yourself taking that bus ride to Prince George? That's 11 hours or so from Edmonton (although I've do it in 9) . PDL to Minnesota, Iowa, or even Thunder Bay is more reasonable, though not by much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 From the PASL site: 10/5/09 - The Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro) today announced its 2009/10 regular season schedule. Each team will again play 16 games (8 home, 8 away) that count in the standings, plus US Arena Soccer Open Cup and special exhibition games. The PASL-Pro and its partner league, the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League (CMISL) have both expanded for the upcoming season. The additions of the San Diego Sockers, Louisville Lightning, and Ohio (Canton) Vortex will see the PASL-Pro grow to nine teams, while the return of Winnipeg and a new team in Prince George will raise the CMISL to a five-team circuit for the first time as they head into their fourth season. The Colorado Lightning disbanded and the Wenatchee Fire will continue to field a team in the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL-Premier) and play a limited pro schedule. The Texas Outlaws move to the Western Division with the Sockers and Denver Dynamite. The reigning PASL-Pro champion California Cougars round out the four team division and will celebrate their fifth anniversary this season. The Eastern Division features the Lightning, Vortex, St. Louis Illusion, Detroit Waza and the division champs are back with a new name as the 1790 Cincinnati Express. The CMISL champion Edmonton Drillers, Calgary United, and Saskatoon Accelerators all return to join Winnipeg and Prince George. PASL-Pro teams will again play interleague games with the CMISL beginning on January 2 when Winnipeg comes to Detroit. The rest of the 12-game CMISL schedule will be released soon. All eyes will be on the Lightning as they host the 1790 Express on opening night on Friday, November 13. The Sockers, who won 10 indoor titles in a prior life, open up on the road at Denver on November 14. The Vortex also open that night at Detroit. The season wraps up on March 6 with St. Louis playing a doubleheader at Winnipeg. Evenly distributed throughout the schedule are games against "provisional" teams. These are generally PASL-Premier teams that are geographic rivals, are considering turning professional, or both. Revolucion Tijuana of the Liga Mexicana Futbol Rapido will play seven games, while Wenatchee, the Tacoma Stars, Kansas City Kings, Ft. Collins Fury, Las Vegas Knights, Springfield Demize, Alamo City Warriors, Edwards Freedom, and West Virginia Quantum Force all dot the schedule. Following the qualification rounds, the St. Louis Illusion will open defense of their US Arena Soccer Open Cup title in mid-December. The league playoffs, featuring the top finishing teams from the PASL-Pro, CMISL, and LMFR will take place on the weekend of March 12-14. "Operationally we are in a much better place than we were our first year," said PASL-Pro Commissioner Kevin Milliken. "The new teams we brought in are all going to make positive contributions to our league. While other leagues are losing teams or folding altogether, we are going against the tide by getting stronger." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Thanks for the info, Stuart. I'm curious to see the eventual schedule, where they will play in Winnipeg, as well as who'll play for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I hate to be the sceptic of the league because I like the arena variant but keep in mind last year Winnipeg was slated to play and Calgary ended up taking all their road trip games to the US. It would be nice to get some soccer action happening on the prairies and I'll go to the games in Calgary. Like I said earlier Sask made some major progress last year and the Drillers stole all the games from Calgary by 1 goal despite being outplayed for long stretches. The web sites are usually the last thing that they do up. I can't see anything happening until after the Nationals because Dave Randall is coach of the Callies (outdoor) and the Calgary United (arena) teams. It would be interesting if the Canadian teams played futsal at their university sports centers. That might attract more of the traditional soccer supporters who view the arena game as a joke. I differ from them on that but some are downright hostile to the arena variant. I am just glad there is some soccer action happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajc Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Prince George is in CMISL this season. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20091008999909145/local/news/city-lands-pro-soccer-team.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portuguese Sensation Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I see the Saskatoon Accelerators will be without Sipho Sabiya according to that article from Prince George. I'm surprised this league is still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Another Prince George Citizen article http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20091014999910080/sports/sports/it-146s-official-pro-soccer-is-here.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajc Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Ottawa and Victoria are being consider as possible expansion teams for CMISL. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3918756 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueNorth Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Here's an article about the Winnipeg team: http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/soccer/2009/10/17/11433601-sun.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Seven Oaks/Garden City? Can you get 300 people in there? Less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Well, I see good and bad points to Winnipeg's new entry. The good: ex-Winnipeg Fury player Keith Gibson and a passionate ownership, and a more exciting schedule playing teams from St.Louis and Detroit (not just Edmonton and Saskatoon). Lots of football fans wanting to see a live match; attendance can be around 2,000 ... The bad: playing in a very small, community club venue like Garden City. (Better to play at the University of Manitoba imo.) and they better be prepared to play professionally. Nothing taints a city franchise worse than a very poor record and being outclassed by league opposition. Remember the Fury in its first year with local players in the CSL? The skill gap can be daunting. Must field a professional, and competitive team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajc Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Prince George has first try-out. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20091101999913127/sports/sports/soccer-tryouts-set.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajc Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Prince George has team name. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20091104999913442/sports/sports/fury-on-the-soccer-front.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sKriSh Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I thought they were gonna go with Prince George FC. Why add the Fury??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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