WESTPORT, Conn. (Thursday, January 24, 2008) – The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced today that the 2008 MISL College Draft will be held via teleconference on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. EST. The Draft will consist of one (1) Territorial Round and four (4) Numerical Rounds. The order of selection was based on each team’s win-loss percentage from their last completed regular season (2006-07), plus their win-loss percentage through games of Sunday, January 20, 2008. The draft order is as follows:
2008 MISL COLLEGE DRAFT ORDER
Territorial Round, Rounds 1-4
NO.
TEAM
W-L Pct.
1.
Orlando Sharks
.059
2.
California Cougars
.311
3.
La Raza de Monterrey
.333
4.
Philadelphia KiXX
.511*
5.
Baltimore Blast
.511**
6.
Milwaukee Wave
.587
7.
Chicago Storm
.600
8.
Detroit Ignition
.644
9.
New Jersey Ironmen
.667
*4-5 vs BAL
**5-4 vs PHI
Real-time coverage of each draft selection will be accessible online at www.MISL.net. Complete results from the 2008 MISL College Draft will be available immediately upon the conclusion of the draft.
ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY IRONMEN
The New Jersey Ironmen, operated by Jeff Vanderbeek and Michael Gilfillan of the NHL New Jersey Devils ownership group, join the Baltimore Blast, California Cougars, Chicago Storm, Detroit Ignition, Milwaukee Wave, La Raza de Monterrey (MX), Orlando Sharks, and the Philadelphia KiXX in the 2007-08 MISL regular season, which commenced in mid-October and will conclude at the end of March. The Ironmen play a 15-match home schedule at Prudential Center in the Downtown Core Redevelopment District of Newark. The Ironmen are coached by two-time MISL Coach of the Year Omid Namazi and Assistant Coach Kevin Sloan. For more information on the New Jersey Ironmen, visit www.njironmen.com.
ABOUT THE MISL
The Major Indoor Soccer League, a single-entity organization with a coast-to-coast presence, represents the major league of professional indoor soccer, featuring the finest indoor soccer players from 32 countries around the world. The nine MISL clubs competing in the 2007-08 season are the Baltimore Blast, California Cougars, Chicago Storm, 2007 championship finalist Detroit Ignition, Milwaukee Wave, and the defending MISL Champion Philadelphia KiXX, with the addition of three expansion clubs, La Raza de Monterrey, New Jersey Ironmen, and the Orlando Sharks. The standings for the 2007-08 regular season are based on a single table of the nine Member Clubs. The MISL regular season commenced on the weekend of October 19-21, 2007 and concludes on the weekend of April 4-6, 2008. Each Club plays a thirty-match (30) regular-season schedule (15 home / 15 away). The 2008 MISL Championship Series consists of six of the nine MISL Member Clubs competing in three rounds, the Quarterfinal Round (April 11-13), the Semifinal Round (April 18-20), and the Championship Series Final (April 26) at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. For more information on the MISL, visit the League’s official website www.MISL.net.