Saskatoon Accelerators

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Saskatoon Accelerators
2009
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Saskatoon Accelerators were a professional

soccer team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that played in the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League. The team played indoor soccer which is different from the official FIFA indoor game called futsal. Its home games were played at Henk Ruys Soccer Center
in Saskatoon.

Club history

The Saskatoon Accelerators were a charter member of the CMISL. They were officially announced as a team on January 23, 2007, by CMISL President and original franchise owner Mel Kowalchuk. Their colours were black and silver, with silver jerseys and black shorts and socks. The name was decided by Mel Kowalchuk to represent the scientific community in Saskatoon and its main tool the synchrotron at the University of Saskatchewan.

They debuted on the field on March 23, 2007, playing a "Showcase Match" against the

Showcase Season
", the Accelerators had the best winning percentage of all CMISL clubs despite playing the fewest games.

In fall 2007, Mel Kowalchuk sold 80% of the Accelerators club to Edmonton businessman Darren Hood. This was done so that Mel Kowalchuk could focus solely on running the CMISL, while the franchise would have a dedicated owner to run the day-to-day operations. The Saskatoon Accelerators opened the

Credit Union Centre
.

Year-by-year

The former logo of the Accelerators.
Season GP W L Pct PF PA Finish North American Championship
2007
2 2 0 1.000 8 4 1st
2008
10 4 6 .400 47 58 3rd
2009
11 5 6 .455 60 53 3rd DNQ
2010
10 7 3 .700 69 54 2nd DNQ

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Canada CAN Jeff Dobchuk
3 DF Canada CAN Brendan Garrity
1 GK Poland POL Michal Bandula
5 MF Canada CAN Ryan McAllister
1 GK Canada CAN Will Kutney
-- MF Canada CAN Dion Morgan
2 FW Canada CAN Brett Levis
-- MF Sweden SWE Benno Looft
25 FW England ENG David Brown
-- DF Canada CAN Nathan Reis
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Canada CAN Corey Regal
14 DF Canada CAN Mike Veszi
6 MF Canada CAN Mark Korthius
-- MF Canada CAN Jerson Hamilton
17 FW Canada CAN Paul Craig
-- DF Canada CAN Eoin Mcfadden
24 FW Canada CAN Jay Tomchuk
-- DF England ENG Jordan Newbury
-- MF Canada CAN Stephen Krieg

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