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Saskatoon Accelerators

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Saskatoon Accelerators
Founded2007
StadiumHenk Ruys Soccer Center
ChairmanDarren Hood
ManagerSipho Sibiya
LeagueCanadian Major Indoor Soccer League
20093rd

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

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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.

Year-by-year

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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

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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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