Detroit Ignition
Founded	2006
Current arena	Compuware Arena
Based in	Plymouth Township, Michigan
Colors	red, gold, black
League	Xtreme Soccer League

In April 2006, Greg Bibb, president of Hantz Group Sports and Entertainment, introduced the new Major Indoor Soccer League expansion team, the Detroit Ignition. The team plays at the Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan. The team began play in the 2006–2007 season.

After the 2007–08 season, the MISL folded. Soon afterwards, the Ignition joined the Xtreme Soccer League. ^[1]

Contents 1 Honors 2 Year-by-year 3 Current Players 4 Head Coaches 5 Arenas 6 Television 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Honors

Championships

• 2008-09 Xtreme Soccer League

Division Titles

• 2006-07 MISL Regular Season
• 2007-08 MISL Regular Season

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
2006–07	MISL II	1st MISL, 18-12	Lost Final	3,545
2007–08	MISL II	1st MISL, 22–8	Lost Semifinal	3,745
2008–09	XSL	1st XSL, 12-8	No Playoffs	3,473

[edit] Current Players

As of 16th of January

No. Position Player 2 MF Tino Scicluna 3 DF Vahid Assadpour 4 DF Josh Rife 6 DF Wes Sechrist 7 FW Ethan Zemmin 8 DF Dan Trosper 9 FW Worteh Sampson 10 MF Miodrag Djerisilo 11 MF Ryan Mack 12 FW Droo Callahan

No. Position Player 13 MF Drew Ducker 14 DF Zach Wilkes 15 DF Abraham Francois 16 FW Leo Gibson 17 MF Nik Djokic 21 MF Kyt Selaidopoulos 12 DF Darrel Quinn 24 GK Danny Waltman 26 DF Nate Craft 33 FW Drew Crawford

[edit] Head Coaches

• Mark Pulisic (2006–2007)
• Bob Lilley (2007–2008)
• Matt Johnson (2008–present)

[edit] Arenas

• Compuware Arena (2006–present)

[edit] Television

For the 2007–2008 season, 11 Detroit Ignition games will be televised by Comcast Local, a Midwest sports network based in Michigan and Indiana. Also four games will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel. For the 2008-2009 season, 10 Detroit Ignition games were televised by Comcast Local. All games will be live on b2 Network.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site

Indoor soccer in Detroit
Current: Detroit Waza
Defunct: Detroit Lightning (1979-1980) | Detroit Express (1979-1981)
Detroit Rockers (1990-2001) | Detroit Neon/Safari (1994-1997) | Detroit Ignition (2006-2009)

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