Ignition Re-Sign Four Players For 2008-09 Season
October 6, 2008 - Xtreme Soccer League (XSL)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., October 6, 2008) - The Detroit Ignition have agreed to terms with goalkeeper Danny Waltman, forward Worteh Sampson, and midfielders Vahid Assadpour and Kyt Selaidopoulos, the club announced today. Per club policy, the financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
Waltman, the Ignition's starting keeper in the 2007-08 Major Indoor Soccer League season, posted a league-leading save percentage with a .744 mark during the regular season. He led the MISL in wins and was selected to the All-MISL Second Team. The 27-year old netminder played collegiate soccer at University of Washington.
Sampson, a native of Monrovia, Liberia, enters his third professional indoor soccer season this year. He tallied 42 points during the 2007-08 regular season with 14 goals and 14 assists. Sampson played collegiate soccer for Madonna University, and was named Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2003.
Assadpour finished his first professional indoor season with the Ignition last year after being acquired by the club in the 2007 Amateur Draft. The University of Detroit graduate led the Ignition's 2007-08 rookie class with 15 points over 21 regular season games.
Selaidopoulos, acquired by the Ignition in the 2006 Expansion Draft, tied for first in the MISL in game-winning goals with 5 during the 2007-08 regular season. Selaidopoulos, originally from Montreal, Quebec, will begin his fifth professional indoor soccer season this year.
The Detroit Ignition is a charter member of the Xtreme Soccer League, and begins the team's third season in December 2008 after completing the 2007-08 season as regular-season champions of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Information regarding Ignition season, group, and individual tickets can be obtained by calling the club at 1-888-436-GOAL (4625), by visiting the team's official Internet property, www.detroitignition.com, by calling TicketMaster at 248-645-6666, or by using www.ticketmaster.com.
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