PASL Weekly - Week Nine

December 26, 2008 - Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) News Release


Waza Win Home Opener

Creative relationship yields record PASL-Pro crowd

12/23/08 - The Detroit Waza were the vagabonds of the PASL-Pro, logging mile after mile on a season-opening six game road trip. They survived mechanical breakdowns and six straight losses, including hard 10-2 and 15-5 drubbings at the hands of Colorado and St. Louis, respectively.

But they got a clean slate Saturday afternoon with a comfortable 9-4 win over the Springfield Spirits in their home opener at Compuware Sports Arena. The doubleheader with the Detroit Ignition drew a PASL-Pro record crowd of 3,632. In a novel approach, Waza will play 10 doubleheaders with the XSL's Ignition.

PASL-Pro League Action

The Colorado Lightning got a cold dose of Canadian hospitality, enduring subzero temperatures and back-to-back losses at Edmonton and Saskatoon. The Lightning are now tied with Denver at 3-4 for second in the Western Division.

Matt Breines became the third PASL-Pro player to score five goals in a game as Cincinnati completed a home-and-home sweep of West Virginia, 13-6 on Saturday.

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Colorado vs. Denver II

The rematch of the PASL-Pro's biggest rivals moves to the Budweiser Events Center on Sunday. The first game saw the Lightning win 10-9 in overtime in a game punctuated by a league record 36 penalty minutes and 15 penalties. The two teams have four regular season meetings scheduled plus they'll go head to head on January 10 in a US Open Arena Championships game.

Brian Farber, Stockton Cougars

He's the most prolific goal scorer in the PASL-Pro right now. Including the Cougars challenge match against the San Diego Sockers and their US Open game against Santa Clara, Farber has 17 goals in seven games. His four goal game led the Cougars to the final eight of the US Open with their 11-3 win over Santa Clara.

Mehdi Sfaira, Colorado Lightning

The Lightning lost 7-4 to Edmonton on Friday, but those four goals all came from "Magic" Sfaira who got high marks from CMISL Commissioner Mel Kowalchuk. The native Moroccan also gained high praise earlier in the year from PASL-Pro Commissioner Kevin Milliken.

The Week Ahead

Fri, December 26, 2008

6:05 pm Saskatoon at Edmonton (double header)

Sat, December 27, 2008

7:15 pm Stockton at Wenatchee

7:15 pm San Diego Sockers vs. San Diego Fusion (PASL-Premier)*

7:15 pm Maryland (PASL-Premier) at Cincinnati*

Sun, December 28, 2008

6:00 pm Denver at Colorado

*Open Arena Soccer Championships

all times local

About Professional Arena Soccer League

PASL-Pro is a new 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 concludes with Championship Weekend March 13-15 at Stockton Arena. PASL-Pro consists of 8 US teams, the CMISL, and LMFR. The San Diego Sockers have been added for the 2009/10 season. PASL-Premier enters its 12th season as the nation's top amateur arena soccer league with 51 teams in nine divisions. PASL-Pro and PASL-Premier are members of Federacion Internacional de Futbol Rapido (FIFRA).



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