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4/17/2009
- ORLANDO SHARKS 2009 SUMMER CAMPS
The Orlando Sharks will be hosting 3rd Annual summer camps to area kids! As the Sharks look to once again provide a great environment for area youth to have fun, make new friends, build self esteem and hone their skills by learning from professional players and coaches the Sharks have picked locations in your area. Summer camp locations will be in the following counties: Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake. Space is limited so don’t wait! Register now by filling out the form and faxing it in or calling our office at (407) 403-6300.
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11/6/2008
- Sharks Offer Thanksgiving and Christmas Break Camps
Instead of expanding their waistline this holiday season, Central Florida youth will now have two opportunities to expand their soccer skills with Orlando Sharks fall camps.
Indoor Soccer Center Orlando (near International Drive) is scheduled to host Sharks soccer camps in the month of November.
Slated for the 24th, 25th, and 26th from 9am to 12pm, the fall installment of “Training with the Pros” will offer all of the same benefits as the summer dates, but at a time when children are starved for healthy exercise and activity.
“I can’t wait to get out there with the kids again,” said Sharks Head Coach Jake Dancy. “Sharks veteran forward Gaston Pernia, midfielder Drew Ducker and I always have such a great time spreading our knowledge and love for the sport to these kids. It’s important not just to see them improve, but also instill healthy exercise habits at a young age.” Figuring that the holidays may be a tough time for Central Florida families during the current recession, Sharks management has also opted to cut normal registration fees down to just $115 per camper. Parents can even lower that number to $90 per camper if they donate an unopened toy.
“Thanksgiving and Christmas are supposed to be one of the happiest times of the year. The holidays have always been very important to my wife and I. There’s nothing better than watching our two year old, Mason, tear around the house with wrapping paper and ribbons. If we have the opportunity to help families in the Orlando area then it’ll make us all the merrier,” said Dancy.
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11/3/2008
- Sharks to Join National Indoor Soccer League for 2009-2010 Season
The Orlando Sharks of the new National Indoor Soccer League announced last week that they will field a team in the second year of the league, likely October of 2009. The announcement was made jointly by Sharks Owner Sham Maharaj and President Rich Bradley.
“When we dissolved the Major Indoor Soccer League (the Shark’s prior league), we expected all but one of the nine teams to reform quickly under some modified by-laws,” explained Bradley. “When that didn’t happen, and as the summer dragged along with minimal progress, we found ourselves facing increasing disadvantages for the NISL’s first season. Our whole staff worked diligently to overcome those issues, but we ultimately decided it would be impossible from a timing perspective to continue to rollout a first class experience in thearena for our fans and to resolve all the unresolved fallout from the retirement of the MISL in time for us to compete in this first NISL season.”
“We created the Orlando Sharks to make a positive impact in our Central Florida community on a year round basis, and that commitment hasn’t changed at all,” continued Maharaj. “We’ve not reduced our front office staff, and we will continue all our current and on-going community appearances, varied school programs and camps and clinics. It’s just that we need the benefit of another year to get things right to return to the arena floor in the right league structure, and that part was hard to pull off in roughly two months time. Although our staff did everything they could to try for this season, we all reluctantly, but prudently, felt it was best to withhold this piece of the operation until next October.”
The Sharks currently run a variety of school programs in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. Each program has a different focus, but all lead toward motivating area students to expand their learning from reading, writing and math skills, to healthy eating habits to the truth and myths of actual sharks.
“Our school programs have always been important to us, and we will have a bit more time to put together even more programs for the 2009-2010 academic year,” added Bradley, a former university instructor and a member of several Seminole School Advisory Committees.
The Sharks will also continue to run camps and clinics over the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Break periods, taught by Sharks players. Information on places, time and registration will be posted on the Sharks’ website prior to the end of October.
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10/7/2008
- Sharks Pick Up Defender from California
The Orlando Sharks announced today that they have come to multi-year terms with defender Evan McNeley, formerly of the California Cougars. McNeley is the fifth new player, and first defender, acquired by Orlando since September 30.
Last year, while with the California Cougars of the MISL, McNeley was fourth on the team in points scored with 33 and third on the team in blocked shots with 35. Had he been with the Sharks last season, his numbers would have left him tied for second on the team in points scored and tied for third on the team in blocks.
Sharks Head Coach Jake Dancy sees this as another example of the value of signing players who have experience in the indoor game.
“Last year’s roster was full of great players, but they were players who were green to the dynamics of indoor soccer. It’s hard to understand until you get on the field how different this game is from outdoor soccer,” said Dancy.
The five newly signed players (Ryan Mack, Hewerton Moreira, Ricardinho, Enrique Tovar and Evan McNeley) now officially equal last year’s entire Sharks team in total points scored last season with 308.
Evan McNeley
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3PG
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2PG
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A
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PTS
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SH
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PIM
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F
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BLK
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PPG
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SOG_A
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PKG_A
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GWG
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30
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2
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8
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11
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33
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91
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26
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40
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35
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0
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0/0
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0/0
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0
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Position: D
Shoots: R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 175 lbs
Birthdate: 12/03/1982
Hometown: Everett, WA
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10/1/2008
- Sharks Release 2008-2009 Schedule
The Orlando Sharks and the National Indoor Soccer League have released the finalized team schedules for the 2008-2009 inaugural season of the NISL.
Orlando will have a tough start, facing the two finalists who appeared in the Major Indoor Soccer League’s last championship final.
The Sharks begin their season in Baltimore on Friday, November 15th against the Blast, the last champions of the now dissolved MISL. The Sharks then play their first home game at the Amway Arena on Friday, November 28th at 7:35 pm against Monterrey La Raza, the team who lost to the Blast last April in the MISL Final in Milwaukee.
Each of the Sharks nine home games will be based on themed party nights as they did last season, continuing to carry the high entertainment value that fans experienced last year.
“We’re excited to get the new season underway, and to be playing the best teams in professional indoor soccer,” said Sharks President Rich Bradley of the new season. “There are no easy teams on the schedule, but the addition of some of the best goal scorers in the game today to the Sharks’ roster should position us to be competitive in a very tough league.”
The Sharks earlier announced the signing of four players, Enrique Tovar, Hewerton Moreira, Ryan Mack and Ricardinho, each having scored over 50 points last season for their respective teams. The top goal scorer last season for the Sharks was Miki Djerisilo, who managed to tally only 48 points.
Season tickets are on sale for as low as $146 and can be purchased at the Sharks ticket office at 5200 Vineland Road in Orlando, or by calling (407) 403-6300.
The Sharks 2008-2009 season schedule is below.
Orlando Sharks 2008-2009 NISL Season Schedule
| Orlando Sharks |
| Date |
Home |
Road |
Time |
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 |
Baltimore |
Orlando |
7:35 |
| Friday, November 28, 2008 |
Orlando |
Monterrey |
7:35 |
| Friday, December 19, 2008 |
Orlando |
Philadelphia |
7:35 |
| Saturday, December 27, 2008 |
Rockford |
Orlando |
7:05 |
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 |
Orlando |
Baltimore |
7:35 |
| Saturday, January 10, 2009 |
Orlando |
Monterrey |
7:35 |
| Sunday, January 18, 2009 |
Monterrey |
Orlando |
5:05 |
| Friday, January 23, 2009 |
Orlando |
Rockford |
7:35 |
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 |
Rockford |
Orlando |
5:05 |
| Friday, February 13, 2009 |
Orlando |
Baltimore |
7:35 |
| Sunday, February 15, 2009 |
Orlando |
Philadelphia |
7:05 |
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 |
Monterrey |
Orlando |
5:05 |
| Sunday, March 01, 2009 |
Philadelphia |
Orlando |
4:05 |
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 |
Rockford |
Orlando |
5:05 |
| Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
Orlando |
Monterrey |
7:35 |
| Saturday, March 21, 2009 |
Baltimore |
Orlando |
7:35 |
| Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
Philadelphia |
Orlando |
4:05 |
| Sunday, March 29, 2009 |
Orlando |
Rockford |
7:05 |
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