
Springfield Demize Release Schedule for First Pro Season
November 10, 2010 - Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL)
Springfield Demize News Release
SPRINGFIELD, MO - The Springfield Demize will take the step into the world of professional indoor soccer starting in December as the team joins the Frontier Division of the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro). The Demize, which previously has played as a member of the amateur side of the league in the PASL-Premier, will open their season Dec. 11 at the Lake Country Soccer Dome with an 8 p.m. kickoff against Illinois Piasa. The game is also slated as a round of 16 US Open game, meaning the winner will qualify for the quarterfinals to be played in early 2011.
In total the Demize will play 12 games, six home and six away, not including the possible addition of further US Open games.
The rest of the schedule will have the Demize playing competition from all around the Midwest, including the Evansville Crush (Ind.), Paducah Wildcats (Ky.), and FC Indiana.
The Demize will feature to have a unique blend of men's amateur players coupled with the experience of current and former collegiate players from around the Midwest. This list includes former Drury standouts Ben Taylor and Peter Higgins as well as former Missouri State players Matt Gow and Justin Scicluna. Taylor was named 2nd team all American as a Junior while Higgins received honorable mention for All American. Both also received first team all region and all conference as juniors, and have been named first team all conference so far their senior year.
Logan Hoffman will return for his second season as PASL coach for the Springfield Demize, coaching the team through December.
Hoffman will then depart in order to retake his collegiate coaching post at the University of New Hampshire once the spring semester starts. Armen Tonianse will be the assistant coach during the first month and then take full control of first team duties once Hoffman returns to UNH.
For more information on the Springfield Demize and the PASL, please visit the club's website at www.demizesoccer.com.
Springfield Demize 2010-2011 Schedule:
Saturday December 11th 8:00 PM Demize v Illinois
Saturday December 18th 8:00 PM Demize at Piasa FC
Friday January 7th 8:00 PM Demize v Illinois
Saturday January 8th 7:30 PM Demize v Evansville
Friday January 21st 8:00 PM Demize v Piasa FC
Saturday January 22 8:00 PM Demize at Illinois
Friday January 28th 8:00 PM Demize v Paducah
Saturday January 29th 8:00 PM Demize at Illinois
Sunday January 30th 3:00 PM Demize at Lafayette
Friday February 4th 8:00 PM Demize v Piasa FC
Saturday February 12th 8:00 PM Demize at Evansville
Sunday February 13th 2:00 PM Demize v Paducah
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