Blast avenge January 5 4-0 shutout with six goals
Published on January 19, 2008 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Philadelphia KiXX News Release
Philadelphia, PA - The defending MISL Champion Philadelphia KiXX (7-10) lost their second game of the weekend to the Baltimore Blast (8-7) in front of 8.044 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum on John Barry Nusum Bobble Head Night. The Blast were seeking revenge after a 4-0 shut out at the hands of Peter Pappas and the KiXX on January 5. Pappas did not dress for the game after suffering a neck injury in the KiXX January 18 loss to Chicago. Nick Hovaker, a native of Pasadena, MD, was thrust into the starting role, the first of the 24-year olds career. Baltimore now holds a two-game lead on the KiXX in the battle for the final playoff spot.
Baltimore began scoring when Machel Millwood tallied his ninth of the season, set up from player/assistant coach David Bascome. Sammy Castellanos tied the game up for the KiXX after a shot from Ptah Myers with just 26 seconds left in the first quarter.
Millwood returned the favor 7:27 into the second quarter, assisting Bascome for his seventh of the season, giving the Blast a 4-2 lead. After a Jonathan Steele tripping penalty on Baltimore's Denison Cabral, Cabral capitalized for his team-leading 13th goal of the season, putting the Blast up 6-2 headed into halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, Carlos Garcia began the fourth with his sixth of the season set up again by Millwood, his second assist of the evening. Tony Donatelli's team-leading 10th goal of the season brought the KiXX to within four points, 8-4. The goal was unassisted. Back-to-back goals from the Blast by Bascome and Garcia, the second goal of the night for each, put the Blast up 12-4. Jonathan Steele's fourth of the season, set-up by KiXX captain Pat Morris, would round out scoring, 12-6.
Notes: Jonathan Steele's two-point goal was the 50th point of the Ireland native's four-year career.
Scoring Attn Shots PIM PP W/L Goalie (SV-SA)
Philadelphia 2-0-0-4 8,044 26 2 0-0 Hovaker (0-2)
Baltimore 2-4-0-6 17 0 1-1 Kern (3-0)
Philadelphia: S. Castellanos (2PG), Myers (A), Donatelli (2PG), Steele (2PG), Morris (A)
Baltimore: Millwood (2PG, 2A), Bascome (2-2PG, A), Cabral (2PG), Wakefield (A), Garcia (2-2PG), Todd (A)
The KiXX will travel to Orlando on Friday, January 25 to take on the expansion Sharks, live on the Fox Soccer Channel beginning at 8:00pm ET. Philadelphia will return home to host the New Jersey Ironmen on Sunday, January 27 at 4:05pm ET for Boy Scout Night.
Philadelphia KiXX season tickets, 6-PaXX mini-plans are on sale now by calling the club's ticket office at 1-888-888-KiXX (5499). Season ticket holders will receive replica championship rings, as well as invitations to KiXX events like the Meet the Team Party and Meet the Team Luncheon. Single-game tickets are now available through the KiXX and the Wachovia Center Box Office, online at www.comcasttix.com.
Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from January 19, 2008
- Blast avenge January 5 4-0 shutout with six goals - Philadelphia KiXX
- Ironmen Pick Up Tenth Win; Topple California Cougars 17-14 - New Jersey Ironmen
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