Comets Defeat Harrisburg 11-1, Remain Undefeated After Three Games
November 14, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
Kansas City Comets News Release
HARRISBURG, PA (November 14, 2015) - Less than 24 hours after defeating the Dallas Sidekicks, the Missouri Comets remained undefeated as they earned their third victory of the campaign with a 11-1 win over the Harrisburg Heat at the Farm Show Arena.
Comets goalkeeper was named Borden Man of the Match with 15 saves and not allowing a goal for 53 minutes after being scored once on the first quarter.
Coach Vlatko Andonovski's team will now return home when they host the St. Louis Ambush on Friday, November 20 at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena.
Shortly after the first minute of play, team captain Vahid Assadpour put the visitors on the board assisted by Leo Gibson, who then doubled the lead assisted by midfielder Lucas Rodriguez.
However, the Heat found the back of the net when Christopher Williams found Dahood Quasi who simply pushed the ball into the goal. Moments later, MASL Defender of the Year finalist John Sosa put the ball in the top left corner with a rocket from a distance to end the quarter with a 3-1 score.
Lots of opportunities were created by both teams during the second quarter but only one tally was scored throughout the fifteen-minute period when Rodriguez assisted by Stefan Stokic beat goalkeeper Tim Mehl made it 4-1 to end the half.
Harrisburg was unable to get past goalkeeper Boris Pardo while the Comets scored twice in the third stanza courtesy of Assadpour and Bryan Perez who notched his first tally of the season ending the quarter 6-1 in favor of Missouri.
During the fourth quarter, the Comets scored five straight goals from the boots of Robert Palmer, Kevin Ten Eyck and a hat trick from Ramone Palmer to end the match with a final score of 11-1.
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