Saskatoon Accelerators

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

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 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
The former logo of the Accelerators.
SeasonGPWLPctPFPAFinish'North American Championship
20072201.000841st
20081046.40047583rd
20091156.45560533rdDNQ
20101073.70069542ndDNQ

Current roster

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

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