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MISL Strikes Deal With Versus, Cougars To Play In Front Of National Audience
Tuesday Feb 20, 2007
(WESTPORT, and Stamford, CONN., February 20, 2007) – The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition in all its forms, today announced a partnership to deliver a nationally televised game of the week. The competitive action of the preeminent professional indoor soccer league in North America begins on VERSUS Saturday, March 24 at 5 p.m. ET with a match-up between Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The schedule for the 2006-07 campaign includes two regular season games, an MISL Championship Series Semifinal game on April 14, and the MISL Championship Series Final on April 21. Additionally, the MISL will produce its first-ever live magazine show on April 7, designed to preview the 2007 MISL Championship Series.
“I am very pleased to announce our relationship with VERSUS,” stated MISL Commissioner Steve Ryan. “National television is decidedly essential to the future growth of the MISL. An authentic media partnership with VERSUS vastly increases the exposure and potential reach of our made-for-television professional sport, providing the League with the ability to generate increased knowledge of the MISL, the opportunity for the general sports fan to preview the Major Indoor Soccer League experience, and the platform for the League to begin positioning marquee MISL players as stars on a national landscape.”
“The weekly telecasts of MISL are a great addition to the portfolio of marquee competitive sports content on VERSUS," said Marc Fein, Senior Vice President of Programming and Production for the network. “We are excited to partner with the MISL as we see the potential growth for the league and we look forward to the partnership bringing new viewers to the network.”
Complete MISL SATURDAY SOCCER SHOWDOWN on VERSUS 2007 schedule follows:
Saturday, March 24: Baltimore @ Philadelphia 5:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, March 31: Milwaukee @ California 5:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, April 7: MISL Championship Series Preview Show 4:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, April 14: MISL Championship Series Semifinal 4:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, April 21: MISL Championship Series Final 4:00 p.m. ET
Note: Times and match ups subject to change.
About VERSUS
VERSUS (VERSUS.com) celebrates real competition in all its forms. The network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events like The Tour de France, the America's Cup, the Dakar Rally, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Professional Boxing, the Boston Marathon and Davis Cup. Now in more than 70 million homes, the network features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere. The network offers unique, competition-themed original programming and is the exclusive home of Survivor in syndication. VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States.
About The MISL
The Major Indoor Soccer League, a single-entity organization with a coast-to-coast presence, represents the major league of professional indoor soccer, featuring the finest indoor soccer players from 32 countries around the world. The 2006-07 MISL season features six teams, including the Baltimore Blast, California Cougars, Chicago Storm, Milwaukee Wave, Philadelphia KiXX, and the expansion Detroit Ignition. The MISL Newark Club (under NHL New Jersey Devils ownership) and the MISL Orlando Club are set for competition in the 2007-08 season. For more information on the MISL, visit the League’s official website www.MISL.net.
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