MASL Baltimore Blast

Blast Edge Ambush, 5-4

Published on December 12, 2017 under Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
Baltimore Blast News Release


In front of a crowd of 2,923, the Blast remain undefeated at home after edging the St. Louis Ambush 5-4. The Blast were led by Tony Donatelli and Lucas Roque, who scored 2 goals each. Pedaleira recorded 2 goals for the Ambush.

The game started out as a defensive battle, with both teams trying to get their offenses going. St. Louis got on the board first with a goal from Pedaleira. The Blast answered with two goals by Tony Donatelli, one on a free kick and one on the power play, to take a 2-1 lead. Pablo Da Silva scored for the Ambush to tie the game again at 2-2 going into halftime.

Both teams got off to a slow start in the second half. St. Louis would score the only goal of the 3rd quarter on a Corey Adamson goal to take a 3-2 lead going into the 4thquarter. The 4th got off to a quicker start, with each team exchanging goals in the first minute. St. Louis scored 13 seconds in on Pedaleira's second goal of the game. Lucas Roque made it a 1-goal game again 30 seconds later with Juan Pereira getting the assist. Roque would get his second goal of the game with just under 5 minutes left in the game to tie it at 4-4. Jamie Thomas scored the game-winning goal for the Blast with 1:51 left in the game for a final score of 5-4.

Blast goalkeeper William Vanzela recorded 14 saves to anchor the defense. Pat Healey led the defense with 9 blocks in the game. Ambush goalkeeper Paulo Nascimento had 12 saves of his own.

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