Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League

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Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League
Sport	indoor soccer
Founded	2007
No. of teams	4
Country(ies)	Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Edmonton Drillers

The Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League or CMISL is a professional indoor soccer league to begin full league play in January 2008. The league's president is Mel Kowalchuk. The indoor league's model is planned to be used to establish a professional soccer league outdoors in Canada as well.

The 2008 schedule has each team playing 10 games. The schedule however is unbalanced as both the Edmonton Drillers and Saskatoon Accelerators play 6 home games and 4 road games, while the Calgary United FC play 5 home games and 5 road games. The games held at the Stampede Corral will be unique as they will be featured in a round-robin style with all CMISL teams participating. Due to scheduling concerns at the MTS Centre, the Winnipeg Alliance FC are a road only franchise, playing 10 road games. The league has announced on their website that there will be a one game Championship Final at the Servus Centre on March 14, 2008.

1 History
- 1.1 2007 Season
- 1.2 2008 Season
2 CMISL Teams
3 CMISL Champions
4 Standings
5 Rules
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

On January 23, 2007, the CMISL issued its first major announcement disclosing its charter franchises in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon.

The press release announced that each member franchise would play year round, in both indoor and outdoor professional leagues.

[edit] 2007 Season

For more information, see the 2007 CMISL season article.

For 2007, the CMISL played a "Showcase Season" or an exhibition schedule to create interest and test the markets.

The first match of the "Showcase" was held on March 10, 2007 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary and was played between the Edmonton Drillers and Calgary United FC, while the final match was played on April 1, 2007 in Winnipeg, at the MTS Centre, between Edmonton and the Winnipeg Alliance FC. In all, each CMISL franchise held a home doubleheader, leading to an uneven amount of games between the teams. Edmonton played the most with six games played, as they were the road team for three of the four doubleheaders. The Saskatoon Accelerators on the other hand played only two games, as they did not play a single road game.

[edit] 2008 Season

For more information see the 2008 CMISL season article.

The CMISL released its 2008 schedule via press release on October 25, 2007 and held an accompanying press conference at Servus Place in St. Albert. The league kicked off its inaugural season on January 19, 2008 with a tournament involving all the teams, hosted by Calgary United FC at the Stampede Corral in Calgary.

A "showcase" match had been scheduled for December 1, 2007 and December 2, 2007 between the Edmonton Drillers and the Prince George FC, but on November 10, 2007 it was reported the series had been rescheduled to April 5, 2008 and April 6, 2008. The game is being played in Prince George at the CN Centre. Four other pre-season exhibition games were scheduled between the Edmonton Drillers and Saskatoon Accelerators. Two of these games will be held in St. Albert at the Servus Place and two will be held in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre. All were held between December 28, 2007 and January 6, 2008.

[edit] CMISL Teams

Team	City	Established	Home Arena	Notes
Calgary United FC	Calgary, Alberta	2007	Stampede Corral
Edmonton Drillers	St. Albert, Alberta	2007	Servus Credit Union Place	Moved to St. Albert's Servus Centre from Rexall Place for the 2008 season.
Saskatoon Accelerators	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	2007	Credit Union Centre
Winnipeg Alliance FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba	2007	None	Due to scheduling concerns at the MTS Centre, the Alliance will be a road-only team for the 2008 season.

[edit] CMISL Champions

Season	Team	Notes
2007	No Champion Crowned	The CMISL played what they termed a "Showcase Season" consisting of a series of exhibition games
2008	Edmonton Drillers	Championship game played March 14th, 2008

[edit] Standings

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Winning Percentage	Points For	Points Against
Edmonton Drillers	10	8	2	.800	73	39
Calgary United FC	10	8	2	.800	72	38
Saskatoon Accelerators	10	4	6	.400	47	58
Winnipeg Alliance FC	10	0	10	.000	25	71

[edit] Rules

The pitch is a regular sized hockey rink with artificial turf placed on it. The goals are eight feet high and 14 feet wide. Goals are worth one point if they are scored on a penalty kick or inside the three point line. Goals are worth three points if they are scored from beyond the three point line.

Teams consist of six players, including the goalkeeper, on the floor at any one time. The players are changed on the fly, like in hockey. Also like hockey, at times teams will be required to play one or even two players short. These situations, are a result of a player being shown a blue card. A blue card requires the offending player to serve a two or four minute penalty depending on the severity of the offense.

A single game is composed of four fifteen minute quarters. In the few instances where doubleheaders are scheduled, the games will then be shortened to two, twenty minutes halves. During exhibition matches if the teams are tied at the end of the regulation time, a penalty shootout will occur to determine the winner.