The Waza FC (also known as Detroit Waza ) is an American professional arena soccer team based in Metro Detroit competing as a charter member of the Major League Indoor Soccer (MLIS). The team's nickname, "Waza", is both a Japanese word that means "good technique" (技) and a Swahili word meaning "to think clearly".
4-632: The team was founded in 2008 as Detroit Waza Flo, and were a charter member of PASL-pro, the league that was an offshoot of the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) and would eventually be rechristened the MASL in 2014. The team had 3 homes during its 7 seasons in the Detroit area, the last 2 of which were at the Melvindale Ice Arena in suburban Melvindale, Michigan . In September 2015,
8-655: Is the inaugural season for the league. The PASL-Pro is the largest indoor soccer league, hosting 21 teams spreading from Canada , the United States of America , and the Mexico . All US soccer clubs were invited to play in the United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer which 25 PASL-Pro and PASL-Premier teams, respectively, played in, as well as future PASL-Pro team, the San Diego Sockers . The league kicked off at
12-599: The Major Arena Soccer League 2 (M2). On October 4, the team was rebranded "Detroit Waza" and joined Major League Indoor Soccer for the 2022 season. Division titles: Championships: 42°25′48″N 83°23′31″W / 42.430°N 83.392°W / 42.430; -83.392 This article about a soccer club from Michigan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2008%E2%80%9309 Professional Arena Soccer League season The 2008–09 Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro)
16-586: The team announced it would play its home matches for the 2015-16 MASL season at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center in Flint, Michigan . As part of the process, the team dropped the "Detroit" from its name and logo, becoming simply Waza Flo; should they receive a welcome reception in Flint, team ownership noted it would consider adding "Flint" to the team's name. The team previously competed in
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