Season 2008-09 Average goals/game 12.31 Start date 2008 Goals scored 554 | Champions Baltimore Blast Top goalscorer Byron Alvarez (22) Champion Balti Blast | |
Biggest home win 12/27/08 Massachusetts Twisters vs Rockford Rampage (0-43) Biggest away win 2/14/09 Baltimore Blast @ Massachusetts Twisters (37-5) | ||
The 2008–09 National Indoor Soccer League is the inaugural season for the league and the 31st anniversary of professional Division 1 indoor soccer in the United States. The members of the NISL's first season are the Baltimore Blast, the Massachusetts Twisters, the Monterrey La Raza, the Philadelphia KiXX, and the Rockford Rampage. The Orlando Sharks were supposed to play, but due to scheduling conflicts with the Amway Arena the Twisters took the Sharks' spot for the season.
Contents
The league kicked off on November 15, 2008 with the Philadelphia KiXX defeating the Massachusetts Twisters 34-11 and the Baltimore Blast defeating the Rockford Rampage 14-4. The regular season concluded March 29, 2009.
Each team played eighteen games, nine home and nine away. La Raza also played, and won, the Copa América against PASL-Pro and PASL-Premier teams.
Final standings
Blue indicates bye into the NISL Championship
Green indicates playoff berth clinched
Game 1
Friday, 10:35PM EST, April 3, 2009 at Monterrey Arena in Monterrey, Nuevo León
Game 2
Sunday, 5:35PM EST, April 5, 2009 at Rockford MetroCentre in Rockford, Illinois
Game 3
Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Rockford MetroCentre in Rockford, Illinois (Immediately followed game two)
Championship
Saturday, 7:35PM EST, April 11, 2009 at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland