2009–10 Major Indoor Soccer League season


The 2009–10 Major Indoor Soccer League was the sophomore season for the league, and first under the revived MISL banner. It marked the 32nd season of professional Division 1 indoor soccer. The members of the MISL's second season teams were the Baltimore Blast, the Milwaukee Wave, the Monterrey La Raza, the Philadelphia KiXX, and the Rockford Rampage.
The season kicked off on November 13, 2009, with the NISL champion, Baltimore Blast, welcoming the Rockford Rampage. The regular season concluded on March 21, 2010, with the Rockford Rampage hosting Monterrey La Raza.
This year also marks the first season since the KiXX founding that they will play at a new arena, the Liacouras Center, on the campus of Temple University.
Shortly before the season began, the league was re-branded as the Major Indoor Soccer League.
The season for each team was expanded to twenty games, so each team was to play ten home and ten away games. However, due to arena conflicts with Temple University, the Kixx played eight home games and twelve road games.
On March 9, 2010, with an 11-6 win over the Rockford Rampage, the Milwaukee Wave clinched the first playoff spot, continuing the Wave's tradition of making the playoffs every season in a league named MISL. This also marks the fifteenth season since the 1993–1994 NPSL for the Wave to qualify for the playoffs.

Results table

Standings

Blue indicates bye into the MISL Championship

Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
PlayerTeamGPGAPts
Adauto NetoPhiladelphia Kixx20182865
Genoni MartinezMonterrey LaRaza20201362
Carlos FariasMonterrey LaRaza20161753
Pat MorrisPhiladelphia Kixx1920347
Semir MesanovicPhiladelphia Kixx2217945
Lucio GonzagaBaltimore Blast1917643
Machel MillwoodBaltimore Blast1615940
Giuliano OlivieroMilwaukee Wave19131037

Player of the Week

WeekDatePlayerPos.Team
111/23/09Nick VorbergGKMilwaukee Wave
211/30/09FabinhoDRockford Rampage
312/07/09Leo GibsonFPhiladelphia KiXX
412/14/09Marco TerminesiFMilwaukee Wave
512/21/09Machel MillwoodFBaltimore Blast
612/28/09Max FerdinandFBaltimore Blast
701/04/10Marco TerminesiFMilwaukee Wave
801/11/10Pat MorrisFPhiladelphia KiXX
901/18/10Ante CopGKRockford Rampage
1001/25/10Geison MouraMRockford Rampage
1102/01/10Giuliano OlivieroFMilwaukee Wave
1202/08/10Jose BonttiGKMonterrey La RaZa
1302/15/10Shaun DavidFMonterrey La RaZa
1402/22/10SaguGKBaltimore Blast
1503/01/10Machel MillwoodFBaltimore Blast
1603/08/10Denison CabralFBaltimore Blast
1703/15/10Leo GibsonFRockford Rampage
1803/22/10Josh RifeDMilwaukee Wave

Players of the Month

End of Year Awards

AwardPersonPos.Team
MVPGenoni MartinezDMonterrey La Raza
Defensive Player of the YearGenoni MartinezDMonterrey La Raza
Goalkeeper of the YearNick VorbergGKMilwaukee Wave
Rookie of the YearMax FerdinandFBaltimore Blast
Coach of the YearKeith TozerMilwaukee Wave
Finals MVPCarlos FariasFMonterrey La Raza

All-Rookie Team

PersonPos.Team
Rod DyachenkoFBaltimore Blast
Max FerdinandFBaltimore Blast
Andre BerenzenMRockford Rampage
Angel HernandezDMonterrey La Raza
Angel GarciaDMonterrey La Raza

1st-Team All-MISL

PersonPos.Team
Nick VorbergGKMilwaukee Wave
Genoni MartinezDMonterrey La Raza
Pat MorrisDPhiladelphia KiXX
Adauto NetoFPhiladelphia KiXX
Machel MillwoodFBaltimore Blast
Carlos FariasFMonterry La Raza

2nd-Team All-MISL

PersonPos.Team
SaguGKBaltimore Blast
Josh RifeDMilwaukee Wave
Troy DusoskyDMilaukee Wave
Lucio GonzagaFBaltimore Blast
Giuliano OlivieroFMilwaukee Wave
Marco TerminesiFMilwaukee Wave

Playoffs

The format for the playoffs is the same as the 2008–09 NISL format. The first place team in the season will get a bye into the finals, while the second and third place teams play a two-game, home-and-home, series, with a third golden goal game taking place at the second place team's home if needed.

Semifinals

Game 1
Game 2
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Championship