Detroit Ignition

Detroit Ignition
Founded	2006
Disbanded	2009
Arena	Compuware Arena
Based in	Plymouth, Michigan
Colors	red, gold, black
League	Xtreme Soccer League

The Detroit Ignition were an American indoor soccer team that has played three seasons, most recently 2008–09.

In April 2006, Greg Bibb, president of Hantz Group Sports and Entertainment, introduced the teams as a new Major Indoor Soccer League expansion team. They played at the Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan. Their first season was 2006–07 MISL season.

After the 2007–08 MISL season, the league folded. Soon afterwards, the Ignition joined the Xtreme Soccer League. The Ignition ended the 2008–09 campaign in first place which netted them the XSL title. The XSL went on "hiatus" after one season.

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	3,745
2008–09	XSL	1st XSL, 12-8	Won XSL Championship	3,473

Roster

As of 16th of January, 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-9	MF	BRA	Hewerton Moreira
2	MF	USA	Tino Scicluna
3	DF	CAN	Vahid Assadpour
4	DF	USA	Josh Rife
12	BOSS	POR	Zaahid Khan
6	DF	USA	Wes Sechrist
7	FW	USA	Ethan Zemmin
8	DF	BRA	Ricardinho
9	FW	LBR	Worteh Sampson
10	MF	KEN	Alex Rosenboygen
11	MF	USA	Ryan Mack
π	FW	ALB	Adam Rosenboygen
9	FW	BRA	Hewerton Moreira
13	DF	USA	Darrel Quinn

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	GER	Zach Wilkes
15	DF	CAN	Abraham Francois
16	FW	LBR	Leo Gibson
17	MF	USA	Nik Djokic
21	MF	CAN	Kyt Selaidopoulos
20	FW	TRI	Will Erwin
24	GK	USA	Danny Waltman
26	DF	USA	Nate Craft
33	FW	USA	Drew Crawford
69	MF	ISR	Alex Schwartz
84	DF	ISR	Sam Sklar
91	MF	EIR	Danny "El Matador" Ryan
97	GK	POL	Alexander Węgrzyn
99	MF	SRI	Aaran Varatharajan

Head coaches

• Mark Pulisic (2006–2007)
• Bob Lilley (2007–2008)
• Matt Johnson (2008–2009)

Arenas

• Compuware Arena (2006–09)

Television

For the 2007–2008 season, 11 Detroit Ignition games were televised by Comcast Local, a Midwest sports network based in Michigan and Indiana. Also four games were shown on Fox Soccer Channel. For the 2008–2009 season, 10 Detroit Ignition games were televised by Comcast Local. All games were live on b2 Network.

External links

• Official site