It looks like the XSL’s first season will be its last. The league is expected to formally announce its dissolution on Friday.
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The Xtreme Soccer League, which played only one season, is expected to announce it is folding on Friday. The league, one of two that formed after the Major Indoor Soccer League disbanded following the 2007-08 season, had four teams, the Chicago Storm, Milwaukee Wave, Detroit Ignition and New Jersey Ironmen. Complete story
TAKING COMMAND Wave a full game in first
ROCKFORD, Ill. – Josh Rife, Marcelo Fontana and Troy Dusosky tallied four points each as the Milwaukee Wave extended their lead in the Major Indoor Soccer League standings to a full game with a 16-10 win over the Rockford Rampage at the MetroCentre. Complete story
TO THE XTREME XSL expected to fold
The Xtreme Soccer League, which played only one season, is expected to announce it is folding on Friday. The league, one of two that formed after the Major Indoor Soccer League disbanded following the 2007-08 season, had four teams, the Chicago Storm, Milwaukee Wave, Detroit Ignition and New Jersey Ironmen. Complete story
AN EXTREME AFFILIATION XSL partners with Ultimate Soccer League
The Xtreme Soccer League has reached an agreement making the Ultimate Soccer League its developmental affiliate. Complete story
MAKING THEIR POINT Storm make XSL champs Detroit work for OT win
PLYMOUTH, Mich. – The Chicago Storm went into Friday’s game at Compuware Sports Arena with nothing to play for but pride. And play it proud they did, mounting a late eight-point comeback to take the XSL champion Detroit Ignition to overtime before falling 14-12. Complete story
COMING UP BIG Ignition’s Waltman key to leading the XSL
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill—If the Detroit Ignition win the inaugural championship of the Xtreme Soccer League, they can certainly thank former Chicago Storm goalkeeper Danny Waltman. Complete story
EMBARRASSED Storm fall to Ignition 11-4
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill---Chicago Storm coach Steve Morris insists his last place and eliminated team will not lay down the rest of the season and play it the string, despite the fact that’s what Sunday’s 11-4 loss to the Detroit Ignition looked like.
Morris, visibly upset after the game, used an expletive to describe the team’s play. Complete story
