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Saskatoon Accelerators
Founded2007
GroundCredit Union Centre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
OwnerDarren Hood and Mel Kowalchuk
LeagueCMISL

Saskatoon Accelerators is a professional soccer team based in Saskatoon that plays the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League. The team plays indoor soccer which is different than the official FIFA indoor game called futsal. Its home games are played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon.

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 least amount of games.

In the fall of 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.
Season GP W L D Pct PF PA Finish 'North American Championship
2007 2 2 0 0 1.000 8 4 1st
2008 10 4 6 0 .400 47 58 3rd
2009 11 5 6 0 .455 60 53 3rd DNQ

Current Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Canada CAN Travis Hetzel
3 DF Canada CAN Brendan Garrity
4 DF Canada CAN Shae O'Hare
5 MF Canada CAN Ryan McAllister
6 MF Canada CAN Scott Debianchi
6 MF Canada CAN Scott Mallek
7 MF Canada CAN John Liston
9 MF Mexico MEX Jerson Hamilton
10 MF South Africa RSA Sipho Sibiya
11 FW Canada CAN Jordan Schidlowsky
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Canada CAN Corey Regal
14 DF Canada CAN Mike Veszi
16 MF Canada CAN Matt Mehrassa
19 MF Canada CAN Sean Riggs
22 MF Canada CAN James Malkin
23 FW Canada CAN Monty Haines
24 FW Canada CAN Jay Tomchuk
25 FW South Africa RSA Chris Devlin
-- MF Canada CAN Steve Delong
-- GK Canada CAN Jeff Dobchuk
-- DF Canada CAN Tyler Dorosh
-- MF Canada CAN Steve Kreig