Does anyone know anything about the DC Mavericks and if they are going to be a real indoor team, and which league?
That Palin thing got me laughing. If NSL2004 hasn't heard of an new indoor team in the DC area then they are either a team of people from the Witness Protection Program who kick the ball around with the team from the CIA or they don't exist.
Would they just now be applying for a website? Looks like this event was from 2005. Maybe it is a new indoor Field Hockey league.
Do a google search of "dc mavericks"...in the quotes...and there are many different websites (165 listed) at least through 2007 listing them as a mens and womens field hockey club. Not all are links to the field hockey team.
The guy who registered the name is Valores Litoral out of Portland Oregon. Anyone heard of this person? Registrant: Valores Litoral ----------------- Portland, Oregon 97216 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: DCMAVERICKS.COM Created on: 08-Dec-08 Expires on: 09-Dec-09 Last Updated on: 08-Dec-08 Administrative Contact: Mosquera, Gerardo -----------@hotmail.com Valores Litoral ----------------- Portland, Oregon 97216 United States (------------ Technical Contact: Mosquera, Gerardo gmosquera160@hotmail.com Valores Litoral --------------------- Portland, Oregon 97216 United States -------------- Domain servers in listed order: NS61.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS62.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited See Underlying Registry Data Report Invalid Whois
The website I found has nothing to do with hockey. This is a soccer site, being constructed. I know that much. Just wondered if anyone knows about franchise expansion in any of the pro indoor leagues for soccer?
Odd, the link to the site you posted says nothing at all about soccer for it. All it says is: "Thank you for visiting the DC Mavericks web page. We are currently under construction. For any questions you can click here to send an email." There is a big under construction graphic and under that it says: "Please visit us soon!" I see letters in there that will spell out soccer but nowhere does the site say it is for a soccer team, indoor or outdoor. Best if you sent them an email to the address posted on the page: hr@dcmavericks.com
The D.C. Mavericks are one of 20 proposed teams in the new Regional Indoor Soccer League (RISL) that is supposed to start play in November 2010. The league's website is: http://regionalindoorsoccerleague.com/. Unless I'm reading the information from their website wrong it looks like RISL will be more like Futsal than typical American indoor soccer. I've often said it would be interesting to see how a Futsal league would do in the U.S. compared to the typical American indoor soccer leagues.
Oops, I was wrong --- must have been hopeful thinking on my part --- RISL isn't planning to play a modified version of Futsal. After rereading the information on the RISL website I just realized they're planning to play a version of "traditional" American indoor soccer. Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up. It sure would be great to see a professional Futsal league start up in the U.S.
Its never a good sign when you have a team - the Phoenix Stars have their name spelled wrong in their logo.
I picked up on that as well, along with the Atlanta Phantoms not having an arena listed. I do like the team names though; too bad MLS didn't consult with this guy in the 90s. We could have been spared Clash, Burn, Mutiny, Wiz, et al.
Getting anyones hopes up about futsal on this board is just wishful thinking. Forget pro futsal; it ain't happening. It's too much like outdoor to capture indoor fans' attention. Thirty years ago, maybe; but not now (especially after FIFA played around with the rules). English small-sided soccer side would have a better go of it than futsal (and the rules could be very easily adapted to a hockey rink; there wouldn't be enough difference between it and American indoor for anyone to notice (except for the goals, which would be the original MISL size)). And keep in mind that this is coming from a futsal fan (or at least I used to be). Like I said somewhere else, I'd just be happy if they'd go back to the original MISL rules.
Well, I certainly understand what you're saying but I think is says a lot about the dismal state of pro indoor soccer in this country. The fan base of the future is all the kids playing soccer now. What I've seen with my children is that the trend is for the majority of kids playing select/travel soccer and RecPlus to play Futsal instead of "traditional" American indoor soccer during the winter season. I'm now also starting to see more and more recreational youth teams making the choice to play Futsal or some close variation during the winter. One has to wonder what if any fan base will be left to support pro indoor soccer in this country in the next 10 years or so if the kids playing soccer today are being more and more directed to Futsal rather than "traditional" American indoor soccer. I've actually heard high school aged players say they'd rather play Futsal during the winter season because they feel it's a better game. A few have even said Futsal is more fun to watch. I'd have say that at least at the youth level Futsal is a much more popular game than "traditional" American indoor soccer.
Did you cut and paste this paragraph in more than one Thread? I don't believe you have any stats to back up what you are saying. Futsal is a great game for kids to learn ball control. The push from club/select teams is coming from FIFA's backing of futsal as their indoor game. Its exciting to watch if the games are from Spain or Brazil but I personally think its more like a practice drill than a competitor for american indoor. similar to 3 v2 or 4v2 There are probably more american indoor teams in some facilities than there are Futsal programs in this country. If you refer to your post under RISL you can read Tom's stats on indoor teams. VAMOS UNITED
Didn't exactly "cut and paste" but did borrow heavily. Two closely related threads that probably should have been merged. No stats but general observations from the teams my children are involved with and the high school players I coach. Four years ago almost all of my players and most of the players from my son's select team played indoor now none of them do because they are all playing Futsal. I'm hearing the same thing from other coaches and parents. I can assure you and Tom that his indoor soccer reality doesn't exactly match mine although my reality is probably more 50/50 Futsal to indoor. Now, "traditional" American indoor soccer is still going strong in our area among recreational youth and adult players and probably will continue to go strong because of all the wonderful benefits of the game (health, fun, camaraderie, etc.). I in no way wanted to indicate that recreational indoor soccer was in any way doomed. I suspect that it will continue to do very well for many years to come. I dont' think the same can be said for PROFESSIONAL indoor soccer. It's very chilling that among youth players I talk to there is about ZERO interest in going to or watching PROFESSIONAL indoor soccer. The point I was trying to make was that PROFESSIONAL indoor soccer is in a dismal state but it seems like people thought I was talking about all indoor soccer --- I wasn't and I'm sorry for the confusion. Let's look at the situation with professional indoor soccer in this country. We now have two "small-time," professional, regional leagues with a third on hiatus that might not come back and a fourth supposedly on the way but with few tangible details to support its arrival. Where is the nationwide fan base going to come from as the professional game moves forward with "small-time" regional leagues? In my earlier post I was trying to use the youth as an example. If the select teams are pushing their players toward Futsal will that erode potential fans long-term from professional indoor soccer? We already know from the more popular outdoor game that youth involvement doesn't always translate into stadium attendance. I think the regional approach may well work for building a team's local and regional appeal but until the people who run the professional game figure out a way to work together for the good of the game professional indoor soccer won't be perceived as anything more than a niche sport and certainly not a "big-time" professional sport (we may already be at that point). I still think it would be better if we had a nationwide league but that doesn't seem possible now. I don't know, maybe the answer can be found in keeping the multiple regional leagues but having all the leagues come together in a nationwide playoff/championship. This would give legitimacy to the champions of each of the leagues AND would also provide for a true national/continental champion. In the near future the owners of all professional indoor soccer teams in the country need to work out their differences and come together for the good of the game. They need to do more to grow their fan base through advertising, TV, listening to fans, etc. Right now my son and most of his friends would pay to go to a USL-2 game over a professional indoor soccer game. Of course, if the tickets to the professional indoor soccer game were free it would be a different story. All in all, though, that doesn't really help the professional teams. As I've been saying all along, PROFESSIONAL indoor soccer is in a dismal state.