Chicago Riot Held in Check Against Milwaukee
February 19, 2011 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Chicago Riot News Release
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Feb. 19, 2011) -- The Chicago Riot fell to the Milwaukee Wave, 20-4, on Saturday in Major Indoor Soccer League action at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Milwaukee sweeps the season series against the Riot, winning all four matches this season.
The Riot fell to 4-11 on the season and 1-8 on the road. The Wave improved to 12-4 and is now a half game behind the first-place Baltimore Blast.
Next up for the Riot is 3:10 p.m. game on Sunday, Feb. 20, against the Missouri Comets at the Independence Events Center. The Riot's next home match is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, against Missouri at the Odeum Sports and Expo Center in Villa Park, Ill. For tickets and more information, visit www.ChicagoRiotSoccer.com or call 630-708-6284.
On Saturday, Riot goalkeeper Jeff Richey made his first start since he injured his hamstring on Jan. 9 against the Omaha Vipers. Richey made 15 saves on the night. His counterpart, Milwaukee's Nick Vorberg, posted a game-high 19 saves.
Chicago scoring leader Bato Radoncic netted his 16th goal. Radoncic has scored at least one goal in his past four matches, as well as nine goals overall during that stretch.
Both teams played to a scoreless first quarter, but the Riot carried the edge in shots on goal, forcing Vorberg to save eight of eight shots on goal. Richey had two saves in the opening 15 minutes and was the beneficiary of a couple Milwaukee shots hitting the frame of the goal.
The teams' scoreless stalemate continued into the second quarter, but in the half's final minutes, the Wave offense mustered three goals in a two-and-a-half-minute span.
At the 11:41 mark, Marco Terminesi had a three-point strike inside the far right post for a 3-0 lead. Then 20 seconds later, at the 12:01 mark, Ian Bennett followed up his own rebound to push Milwaukee's lead to 5-0. At the 13:10 mark, Kyt Selaidopoulos headed in a Terminesi assist to grab a 7-0 advantage heading into halftime.
The Wave pushed its lead to 9-0 with Ryan Mack's shorthanded goal at the 3:27 mark of the third quarter. Milwaukee's J.P. Rodrigues was called for a holding penalty against the Riot's Semir Mesanovic. But despite being a man down, Milwaukee found an opening. Vorberg had a long distribution that was flicked by Evan McNeley. Richey had to stay near the box with Mack running in from the left, and his shot found the back of the net.
The Riot finally got the ball past Vorberg at the 9:47 mark of the third quarter as Eric Lukin's right-footed strike cut Milwaukee's lead to 9-2.
The Wave answered, however, as Terminesi tallied his second goal of the game with an easy tap-in at the far left post on Hewerton's assist from the right side at the 12:04 mark to push the lead to 11-2.
The fourth quarter opened up as the Riot needed to make a run and the Wave tried to maintain the bulk of the game's possession. Milwaukee picked its chances on the offensive end and boosted its lead to 13-2 with a Travis MacKenzie goal at the 2:24 mark of the fourth. Then Milwaukee's Evan McNeley had a rocket of a strike with his three-point goal at the 7:50 mark of the fourth quarter, with a shot just above the yellow line.
Radoncic netted the Riot's second goal of the game to make it 16-4 at the 9:06 mark of the fourth with a power play goal. Miodrag "Miki" Djerisilo set him up, and Radoncic had the goal at close range on the right side.
Milwaukee continued to push on the offensive end with a power play goal from Hewerton at the 13:05 mark, followed by MacKenzie's second goal of the night at 13:25 for a 20-4 lead.
Now the Riot quickly turns around to its road trip against Missouri (4-11). Chicago holds a 2-1 series lead over the Comets, with the Riot last posting a 16-12 victory over Missouri on Feb. 6. With the Omaha Vipers losing three times over a six-day stretch this past week, the third and final playoff spot still is up for grabs as the Riot and Comets both have a lot to play for in Sunday's match.
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