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{{short description|American indoor soccer team}}
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|colspan=2| '''Detroit Ignition'''
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|colspan=2| [[Image:Mislignition.png|Detroit Ignition]]
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|| '''Founded''' || 2006
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|| '''Disbanded''' || 2009
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|| '''Arena''' || [[Compuware Arena]] 
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|| '''Based in''' || [[Plymouth Township, Michigan]]
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|| '''Colors''' || red, gold, black
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|| '''League''' || [[Xtreme Soccer League]]
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The '''Detroit Ignition''' were an American [[indoor soccer]] team that has played three seasons, most recently 2008–09.

In April 2006, Greg Bibb, president of [[Hantz Group]] Sports and Entertainment, introduced the teams as a new [[Major Indoor Soccer League (2001 – 2008)|Major Indoor Soccer League]] expansion team.  They played at the [[Compuware Arena|Compuware Sports Arena]] in [[Plymouth Township, Michigan|Plymouth Township]], [[Michigan]].  Their first season was [[2006-07 Major Indoor Soccer League season|2006–07 MISL season]].

After the [[2007–08 Major Indoor Soccer League season|2007–08 MISL season]], the league folded.  Soon afterwards, the Ignition joined the [[Xtreme Soccer League]].<ref>[http://www.detroitignition.com/news/index.php?cat=15&id=1057 "XTREME SOCCER LEAGUE DEBUTS SEPTEMBER 16"]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Ignition ended the 2008–09 campaign in first place which netted them the XSL title.  The XSL went on "hiatus" after one season.

==Year-by-year==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!League
!Reg. Season
!Playoffs
!Attendance Average
|-
|2006–07
|MISL II
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|'''1st MISL, 18-12'''
|Lost Final
|3,545
|-
|2007–08
|MISL II
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|'''1st MISL, 22–8'''
|Lost Semifinal
|3,745
|-
|2008–09
|XSL
|bgcolor="#B3B7FF"|'''1st XSL, 12-8'''
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|'''Won XSL Championship'''
|3,473
|-
|}

==Roster==
''As of 16th of January, 2009''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=USA|name=[[Tino Scicluna]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Canada|name=[[Vahid Assadpour]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=USA|name=[[Josh Rife]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=USA|name=Wes Sechrist|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=USA|name=[[Mike Apple]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=USA|name=[[Dan Trosper]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Liberia|name=[[Worteh Sampson]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Serbia|name=[[Miodrag Djerisilo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=USA|name=[[Ryan Mack]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=USA|name=[[Droo Callahan]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=USA|name=[[Drew Ducker]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=USA|name=[[Zach Wilkes]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Canada|name=[[Abraham Francois]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Liberia|name=[[Leo Gibson]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=USA|name=[[Nik Djokic]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=USA|name=James "Iggy" Igneczi |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=CAN|name=[[Kyt Selaidopoulos]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=USA|name=[[Darrel Quinn]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=USA|name=[[Danny Waltman]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=USA|name=[[Nate Craft]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=USA|name=[[Andy Crawford (footballer, born 1967)|Drew Crawford]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}

==Head coaches==
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Pulisic]] (2006–2007)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Lilley (soccer)|Bob Lilley]] (2007–2008)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Johnson (soccer)|Matt Johnson]] (2008–2009)

==Arenas==
* [[Compuware Arena]] (2006–09)

==Television==
For the 2007–2008 season, 11 Detroit Ignition games were televised by Comcast Local, a Midwest sports network based in Michigan and Indiana. Also four games were shown on [[Fox Soccer Channel]].
For the 2008–2009 season, 10 Detroit Ignition games were televised by Comcast Local.  All games were live on b2 Network.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060423124812/http://www.detroitignition.com/ Official site]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Detroit Indoor Soccer}}
{{Xtreme Soccer League}}

[[Category:Xtreme Soccer League teams]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2006]]
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Detroit|I]]
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Michigan]]
[[Category:Indoor soccer clubs in the United States]]
[[Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) teams]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States]]
[[Category:2009 disestablishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Sports in Plymouth Township, Michigan]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2009]]