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Baltimore Blast Wins High-Scoring Affair against Utica City FC

March 30, 2024 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
Baltimore Blast News Release


Baltimore Blast's Tony Donatelli in action
Baltimore Blast's Tony Donatelli in action
(Baltimore Blast, Credit: Mikayla Mellis)

TOWSON, Md. - The Baltimore Blast won a high-scoring affair on Saturday night in front of over 1,400 fans at TU Arena.

The match was neck-and-neck for most of the way until the waning moments in the third quarter. Baltimore took control from there and defeated Utica City, 15-10.

Tony Donatelli had a monster game for Baltimore with two goals and four assists. Victor Parreiras and Jamie Thomas also played well in the win, recording three goals and an assist each.

Nelson Santana got FC on the board first with a slow roller after Blast goalkeeper Mike Zierhoffer was late getting back to the goal. Baltimore responded with a goal from Parreiras while the Blast was on a power play. Donatelli assisted on the goal to tie the game.

Utica City scored after goalkeeper Julian Rodriguez threw the ball down the field to DJ Albert. The ball went through Zierhoffer's legs and gave FC a 2-1 lead.

But Baltimore again had a response. Ricardinho Sobreira passed the ball across the field and found Donatelli for the goal. Less than a minute later, Patrick Thompson gave Baltimore its first lead of the game on a shot rebound.

FC tied it up after Ronaldinho Diniz scored off the assist from Franck Tayou. Baltimore responded with an unassisted goal from Oumar Sylla. At the end of the first quarter, the Blast took a 4-3 lead.

Damon Almazan tied the game for the third time after receiving a pass from Tim Goldman. The goal knotted the game at three goals. Baltimore responded in less than a minute after Donatelli's shot rebounded and found Parreiras for his second goal of the night.

Donatelli picked up another assist after sending the ball into the middle, where it found Sylla for his second goal. Utica City responded, though, cutting Baltimore's lead to 6-5. Adriano Dos Santos scored for Baltimore, increasing the lead to 7-5.

FC netted a goal just before halftime to cut the Blast lead to 7-6, which Baltimore took into halftime.

It didn't take long for Baltimore to get on the board in the third quarter. Parreiras picked up a hat trick with Thomas assisting on the play. Utica City responded minutes later, with Diniz scoring his second goal. Tayou picked up the assist. Utica City scored another goal on a penalty shot. Tayou scored the equalizer.

Baltimore once again took the lead after Jamie Thomas' shot was deflected by the goalkeeper but then ricocheted off Tayou and found its way into the net. Baltimore took a 9-8 lead into the end of the third quarter.

The Blast took a two-goal lead early in the fourth quarter after Dos Santos scored on a free kick. Juan Pereira picked up the assist. Thomas scored his second goal off the assist from Parreiras and gave the Blast a three-goal lead with 9:22 remaining in the game.

Baltimore piled on the goals as Thomas picked up a hat trick on the night. It was part of a six-goal fourth quarter in which Baltimore extended its lead, and won 15-10.

MASL Match Report 3/30/24

Utica City FC @ Baltimore Blast: TU Arena

Kickoff: 6:05 p.m. ET

Scoring Summary:

Quarter 1 2 3 4 Final

Utica City 3 3 2 2 10

Baltimore 4 3 2 6 15

Goal summary:

Team Scored by: Assisted by: Score Quarter

Utica City Nelson Santana Unassisted 1-0 Utica City 1

Baltimore Victor Parreiras Tony Donatelli 1-1 tie 1

Utica City DJ Albert Julian Rodriguez 2-1 Utica City 1

Baltimore Tony Donatelli Ricardinho Sobreira 2-2 Baltimore 1

Baltimore Patrick Thompson Moises Gonzalez 3-2 Baltimore 1

Utica City Ronaldinho Diniz Franck Tayou 3-3 tie 1

Baltimore Oumar Sylla Unassisted 4-3 Baltimore 1

Utica City Damon Almazan Tim Goldman 4-4 tie 2

Baltimore Victor Parreiras Tony Donatelli 5-4 Baltimore 2

Baltimore Oumar Sylla Tony Donatelli 6-4 Baltimore 2

Utica City Dylan Hundelt Unassisted 6-5 Baltimore 2

Baltimore Adriano Dos Santos Unassisted 7-5 Baltimore 2

Utica City Franck Tayou Steven Fernandez 7-6 Baltimore 2

Baltimore Victor Parreiras Jamie Thomas 8-6 Baltimore 3

Utica City Ronaldinho Diniz Franck Tayou 8-7 Baltimore 3

Utica City Franck Tayou Penalty shot 8-8 tie 3

Baltimore Jamie Thomas Unassisted 10-9 Baltimore 3

Baltimore Adriano Dos Santos Juan Pereira 10-8 Baltimore 4

Baltimore Jamie Thomas Victor Parreiras 11-8 Baltimore 4

Utica City Mohamed Ndiaye Isaak Somow 11-9 Baltimore 4

Baltimore Patrick Thompson Ricardinho Sobreira 12-9 Baltimore 4

Baltimore Jamie Thomas Tony Donatelli 13-9 Baltimore 4

Utica City Franck Tayou Unassisted 13-10 Baltimore 4

Baltimore Mike Zierhoffer Unassisted 14-10 Baltimore 4

Baltimore Tony Donatelli Unassisted 15-10 Baltimore 4

BLAST STAT LEADERS:

NAME STATS

Tony Donatelli 2 goals, 4 assists

Victor Parreiras 3 goals, 1 assist

Jamie Thomas 3 goals, 1 assist

FC STAT LEADERS:

NAME STATS

Franck Tayou 3 goals, 2 assists

Ronaldinho Diniz 2 goals

Damon Almazan 1 goal

GOALKEEPER STATS

Team Name Saves Goals Allowed Save percentage

Baltimore Mike Zierhoffer 12 9 .571

Utica City Julian Rodriguez 17 10 .400

Attendance: 1,455

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