Football league season
National Indoor Soccer League Season 2008-09 Champions Baltimore Blast Goals 554 Average goals/game 12.31 Top goalscorer Byron Alvarez (22) Biggest home win 12/27/08 Massachusetts Twisters vs Rockford Rampage (0-43) Biggest away win 2/14/09 Baltimore Blast @ Massachusetts Twisters (37-5) Highest scoring Baltimore Blast (277 points) Longest unbeaten run Baltimore Blast (6) Longest losing run Massachusetts Twisters (14) Highest attendance Baltimore Blast (9,028) Lowest attendance Massachusetts Twisters (378) Average attendance 4,163 ← None
The2008–09National Indoor Soccer League is the inaugural season for the league and the 31st anniversary of professional Division 1 indoor soccer in the United States. The members of the NISL's first season are theBaltimore Blast , theMassachusetts Twisters , theMonterrey La Raza , thePhiladelphia KiXX , and theRockford Rampage . TheOrlando Sharks were supposed to play, but due to scheduling conflicts with theAmway Arena the Twisters took the Sharks' spot for the season.
The league kicked off on November 15, 2008, with the Philadelphia KiXX defeating the Massachusetts Twisters 34-11 and the Baltimore Blast defeating the Rockford Rampage 14–4. The regular season concluded March 29, 2009.
Each team played eighteen games, nine home and nine away. La Raza also played, and won, the Copa América againstPASL-Pro andPASL-Premier teams.
National Indoor Soccer League clubs
Blue indicates bye into the NISL Championship Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Club GP W L Pct. GB PF PA PD Home Road 1 Baltimore Blast 18 14 4 .777 - 277 144 +133 8-1 6-3 2 Rockford Rampage 18 10 8 .556 4.0 248 168 +80 7-2 3-6 3 Monterrey La Raza 18 10 8 .556 4.0 275 218 +57 7-2 3-6 4 Philadelphia KiXX 18 10 8 .556 4.0 251 184 +67 7-2 3-6 5 Massachusetts Twisters 18 1 17 .056 13.0 127 464 -337 1-8 0-9
Friday, 10:35PMEST , April 3, 2009 atMonterrey Arena inMonterrey, Nuevo León
Seed Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final 2 Rockford Rampage 4 7 0 2 13 3 Monterrey La Raza 6 4 0 6 16
Sunday, 5:35PMEST , April 5, 2009 atRockford MetroCentre inRockford, Illinois
Seed Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final 3 Monterrey La Raza 0 0 2 4 6 2 Rockford Rampage 3 0 2 4 9
Sunday, April 5, 2009, atRockford MetroCentre inRockford, Illinois (Immediately followed game two)
Seed Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final 3 Monterrey La Raza 0 X X X X 2 Rockford Rampage 2 X X X 2
Saturday, 7:35PMEST , April 11, 2009 at1st Mariner Arena inBaltimore, Maryland
Seed Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final 2 Rockford Rampage 4 4 0 2 10 1 Baltimore Blast 5 4 2 2 13
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A =Assists , Pts = Points
Player Team GP G A Pts Byron Alvarez Monterrey La Raza 18 22 11 56 Matthew Stewart Rockford Rampage 16 22 7 53 Pat Morris Philadelphia Kixx 18 17 11 51 Ricardinho Cavalcante Philadelphia Kixx 17 13 22 49 Machel Millwood Baltimore Blast 15 18 12 48 Hewerthon Moreira Philadelphia Kixx 9 17 9 47 Mark Ughy Monterrey La Raza 18 19 9 47 Giuliano Celenza Baltimore Blast 16 19 7 45 Anthony Maher Philadelphia Kixx 15 15 13 43 Bato Radoncic Rockford Rampage 18 17 4 39
Players of the Month [ edit ] December Players Pos. Team Hewerton Moreira F Philadelphia KiXX Phat Morris D Philadelphia KiXX Sagu GK Baltimore Blast January Players Pos. Team Bato Radoncic F Rockford Rampage Genoni Martinez D Monterrey La RaZa Peter Pappas GK Philadelphia KiXX February Players Pos. Team Machel Millwood F Baltimore Blast PJ Wakefield D Baltimore Blast Pete Pappas GK Philadelphia KiXX
Person Pos. Team MVP Byron Alvarez Monterrey La Raza Defensive Player of the Year Pat Morris Philadelphia KiXX Goalkeeper of the Year Sagu Baltimore Blast Rookie of the Year Pat Healey Baltimore Blast Coach of the Year Danny Kelly Baltimore Blast Finals MVP Sagu Baltimore Blast
Person Pos. Team Pat Healey F Baltimore Blast Adrian Bumbut F Baltimore Blast Joel Busti M Monterrey La Raza Roberto Gallo D Rockford Rampage Kevin Coleman D Philadelphia KiXX Steve Reese GK Monterrey La Raza
Person Pos. Team Byron Alvarez F Monterrey La Raza Machel Millwood F Baltimore Blast Ricardinho M Philadelphia KiXX Pat Morris D Philadelphia KiXX Genoni Martinez D Monterrey La Raza Sagu GK Baltimore Blast
Person Pos. Team Hewerthon Moreira F Philadelphia Kixx Bato Radoncic F Rockford Rampage Matthew Stewart M Rockford Rampage P.J. Wakefield D Baltimore Blast Tijani Ayegbusi D Rockford Rampage Sanaldo GK Rockford Rampage
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