Comets' Lucas Rodriguez Named Player of the Week
February 25, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Kansas City Comets News Release
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (February 25, 2014) - The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced on Tuesday that Missouri Comets midfielder Lucas Rodriguez has been named the MISL Player of the Week for the 15th week of the 2013-14 regular season. Rodriguez had the game-winning goal for the Comets as they took victory on the road against the Milwaukee Wave on Sunday, and finished the week with 10 points in two games.
Rodriguez, a former MISL Rookie of the Year, had an outstanding weekend starting on Saturday night when his creativity led to three assists in the Comets' 26-21 victory against the St. Louis Ambush. Rodriguez provided the assist on Leo Gibson's game-winning goal against St. Louis and then scored the game-winner himself on Sunday afternoon against the Wave in a 15-9 win that ended Milwaukee's 19-game regular-season home winning streak.
Gibson was also named to the MISL Team of the Week after his eight-point performance led the Comets to victory against St. Louis. Entering the final weekend of the season Gibson leads the MISL with 67 points - five ahead of Milwaukee's Ian Bennett - as he looks to claim his first scoring title in his first full season as a forward.
Two other Comets players, John Sosa and Brian Harris, were named Honorable Mention as well. Sosa had three goals over the weekend and the assist on Rodriguez's game-winning goal. Harris had two three-point goals and an assist in two games.
Also named to the Team of the Week were two players from the Baltimore Blast. Goalkeeper Troy Hernandez was selected after he recorded 18 saves and conceded only 11 points in two victories, and he was joined by forward Tony Donatelli who had 12 points in three games as the Blast won on three consecutive nights.
Completing the team were Milwaukee defender Victor Quiroz, who had a pair of impressive performances as the Wave split a pair of games with St. Louis and Missouri, and Syracuse's Antonio Manfut, who recorded his first career hat trick as the Silver Knights defeated Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon.
The Comets are on the road for their final two games of the regular season, February 27th against St. Louis and March 2nd against Milwaukee. Missouri returns home for Game #1 of the MISL Playoffs on March 9th at 3:10p.m. CT. Fans can receive FREE playoff tickets by purchasing 2014-2015 Missouri Comets Season Tickets by March 4th.
Major Indoor Soccer League Stories from February 25, 2014
- Hernandez and Donatelli Are MISL Team of the Week Selections - Baltimore Blast
- Antonio Manfut Earns MISL Team of the Week - Syracuse Silver Knights
- Comets' Lucas Rodriguez Named Player of the Week - Kansas City Comets
- Missouri's Rodriguez Named Player of the Week - MISL
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