PASL Weekly - Week 4
December 4, 2009 - Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) News Release
"The Bolt" Unveils the Bolts
12/4/09 - Bernie "the Bolt" Lilavois, who led the PASL-Pro in scoring last year and coached the Cougars to a PASL title, has emerged with his own new team in the PASL-Premier that will be called the Los Angeles Bolts.
The Bolts make their debut on Saturday in qualifying matches for the US Open Arena Soccer Championship. They will play their home games at Garden Grove Arena.
Lilavois will wear multiple hats as a player/coach/general manager and co-owner of the team, roles he has been preparing for throughout his storied career.
"I'm relying on the experiences I've had over the course of my career, both good and bad, as a Player, Coach and Director of Operations to form this organization from scratch."
Cougars, Vortex to Host Home Openers
The last two PASL-Pro teams will welcome their home fans back this weekend. The California Cougars will open for the first time in Turlock Indoor Soccer on Sunday against the winless Denver Dynamite. The Ohio Vortex open their temporary stay in Cleveland on Saturday night against their in-state rivals from Cincinnati.
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PASL-Premier
The PASL-Premier, in the midst of its 12th year as the largest arena soccer league in the country, embarks on its 7th winter season starting Saturday. The PASL-Premier will feature 47 teams this year.
Creating a more definitive boundary between the amateur Premier league and the Pro league, three PASL-Pro teams opted to partner with independent Premier teams, eshewing the somewhat incestuous relationships they had last year with their own in-house affiliations.
"What we're seeing now is greater sophistication in our development systems," said PASL Commissioner Kevin Milliken. "Players are more likely to be classified as either pro or amateur now as opposed to straddling the fence between the leagues. The cream will rise to the top."
Detroit and Denver will continue to operate their own PASL-Premier affiliates.
The Week Ahead
Fri, December 4, 2009
7:30 pm St. Louis Illusion vs Louisville Lightning The Game Arena
Sat, December 5, 2009
6:15 pm San Diego Sockers vs Denver Dynamite Del Mar Arena
7:00 pm Ohio Vortex vs 1790 Cincinnati Express Cleveland Metroplex
Sun, December 6, 2009
1:00 pm Texas Outlaws vs St. Louis Illusion TCG Arena at NYTEX Sports Centre
4:00 pm California Cougars vs Denver Dynamite Turlock Indoor Soccer
4:30 pm Detroit Waza vs 1790 Cincinnati Express Taylor Sportsplex
About Professional Arena Soccer League
The PASL-Pro is a professional league which began play on October 25, 2008 when the Stockton Cougars defeated the Colorado Lightning 10-5 at Stockton Arena. The 2008-09 season concluded with the North American Championships March 13-15 at Stockton Arena. The Stockton Cougars defeated 1790 Cincinnati 13-5 to win the inaugural PASL-Pro Championship. The PASL-Pro consists of nine US teams, the CMISL (Canada), and LMFR (Mexico). The San Diego Sockers, Louisville Lightning, and Ohio Vortex have been added for the 2009/10 season. PASL-Premier is in its 12th season as the nation's top amateur arena soccer league. PASL-Pro and PASL-Premier are members of Federacion Internacional de Futbol Rapido (FIFRA).
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