Detroit Ignition

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

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.

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

[edit] Honors

Championships

• None

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	TBD

[edit] Current Players

No. Position Player 2 DF Zach Wilkes 3 DF Vahid Assadpour 4 DF Josh Rife 5 MF Doug Rice 7 FW Mike Apple 8 MF Ricardinho 9 FW Hewerton Moreira 10 MF Ze Roberto 11 MF Ryan Mack 12 FW Droo Callahan

No. Position Player 14 FW Worteh Sampson 15 DF Abraham Francois 16 FW Leo Gibson 17 FW Jamar Beasley 18 GK Tomer Chencinski 19 DF Matt Johnson 21 MF Kyt Selaidopoulos 24 GK Danny Waltman 26 DF Nate Craft 28 MF Jonathan Greenfield

[edit] Head Coaches

• Mark Pulisic (2006-2007)
• Bob Lilley (2007-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 newtork based in Michigan and Indiana. Also 4 games will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel.

[edit] External links

• Official site

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