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 Winnipeg Alliance FC. The "Showcase Match" consisted of two games. Each game consisted of two, ten-minute halves with an intermission between them. The Accelerators won both games by scores of 5 to 2 and 3 to 2, in front of 2,102 fans at Credit Union Centre. Due to the unbalanced scheduling of 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 2008 season on January 13, 2008, against the Calgary United FC at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon. They played six home games and four road games this season, with all member clubs visiting Saskatoon. Previously to that, they played four pre-season games, with two of the games being played in St. Albert at the Servus Centre against the Edmonton Drillers and the other two being against the same Drillers at Credit Union Centre.
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saskatoon, accelerators, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2010, learn, whe. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Saskatoon Accelerators news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Saskatoon AcceleratorsFounded2007StadiumHenk Ruys Soccer CenterChairmanDarren HoodManagerSipho SibiyaLeagueCanadian Major Indoor Soccer League20093rd Contents 1 Club history 1 1 Year by year 2 Current roster 3 External linksClub history EditThe 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 Winnipeg Alliance FC The Showcase Match consisted of two games Each game consisted of two ten minute halves with an intermission between them The Accelerators won both games by scores of 5 to 2 and 3 to 2 in front of 2 102 fans at Credit Union Centre Due to the unbalanced scheduling of 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 2008 season on January 13 2008 against the Calgary United FC at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon They played six home games and four road games this season with all member clubs visiting Saskatoon Previously to that they played four pre season games with two of the games being played in St Albert at the Servus Centre against the Edmonton Drillers and the other two being against the same Drillers at Credit Union Centre Year by year Edit The former logo of the Accelerators Season GP W L Pct PF PA Finish North American Championship2007 2 2 0 1 000 8 4 1st2008 10 4 6 400 47 58 3rd2009 11 5 6 455 60 53 3rd DNQ2010 10 7 3 700 69 54 2nd DNQCurrent roster EditNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK CAN Jeff Dobchuk3 DF CAN Brendan Garrity1 GK POL Michal Bandula5 MF CAN Ryan McAllister1 GK CAN Will Kutney MF CAN Dion Morgan2 FW CAN Brett Levis MF SWE Benno Looft25 FW ENG David Brown DF CAN Nathan Reis No Pos Nation Player12 DF CAN Corey Regal14 DF CAN Mike Veszi6 MF CAN Mark Korthius MF CAN Jerson Hamilton17 FW CAN Paul Craig DF CAN Eoin Mcfadden24 FW CAN Jay Tomchuk DF ENG Jordan Newbury MF CAN Stephen KriegExternal links EditCanadian Major Indoor Soccer League s Official Website Saskatoon Accelerators Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saskatoon Accelerators amp oldid 1075995214, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
