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Vahid Assadpour, Stefan Stokic and Milan Ivanovic to Play in Arena Soccer World Cup

March 17, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
Kansas City Comets News Release


INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (March 17, 2015) - Shortly after the inaugural Major Arena Soccer League season ended for the Missouri Comets, team captain Vahid Assadpour along with Stefan Stokic and Milan Ivanovic were called up by the Canadian and Serbian national teams respectively for the first ever Arena Soccer World Cup.

In 2013, the Confederacion Panamericana de Minifutbol (CPM), in conjunction with the Major Arena Soccer League were selected to host the event which will be played March 21-29 in multiple cities and venues in the United States.

The international tournament will feature twelve countries battling for the championship in eight different cities around the nation and will kick off this Saturday when Germany faces Mexico at the Allen Events Center in Allen, Texas.

MISL veteran and Canada's head coach Dominic Scicluna called up several Major Arena Soccer League players such as Dallas Sidekicks' Freddy Moojen, Milwaukee Wave's Ian Bennett and Giuliano Oliviero along with All-League First Team selection Vahid Assadpour.

"I feel honored to be chosen to represent Canada at the first ever World Cup," Assadpour said. "Very few get this opportunity so it's something to be really proud of, hard work always pays off."

Head coach Miki Djerisilo's Serbian national team features eight MASL players including Comets' Milan Ivanovic and Stefan Stokic along with Sidekicks' goalkeeper Dejan "Milo" Milosevic, Michael Grba and Sasa Miskovic from the Detroit Waza Flo, Bozidar Jelovac from Syracuse and Boris Gujic from Las Vegas Legends.

Canada and Serbia will face off on Monday, March 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at the Taylor Sports Complex in Taylor, Michigan.

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C

USA Mexico Canada

Czech Republic Romania Russia

El Salvador India Brazil

Kazakhstan Germany Serbia

USA's head coach Phil Salvagio will announce his roster sometime this week.

More information regarding the USA 2015 Arena Soccer World Cup can be found at: www.wmfworldcup.com.

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