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Published on January 3, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Chicago Storm News Release
On Top of the League: Go Storm! Chicago sits in second place in the MISL standings with a 7-4 record, the best start in team history... Team captain Gaston Pernia is first in the MISL in blocked shots with 21... Midfielder Mariano Bollella is second in the MISL in assists with 12 and tied for first in the league in game winning goals with two... Rookie forward Stephen Armstrong is first in the MISL in restart goals with four... Rookie Stephen Armstrong is fourth in the league in goals with 11.
First Timers: Rookie forward Stephen Armstrong earned his first career block and assist this weekend.... Midfielder Andy Rosenband scored his first career three-point goal Saturday versus the Baltimore Blast... Rosenband also scored the Storm's first short handed goal of the season Saturday... Chris Handsor earned his first hat trick and his first game winning goal as a member of the Storm, Saturday in the win versus Baltimore...
Power Plays/Penalty Kills: The Storm leads the league in power plays with a 54.5% conversion rate... Chicago is also first in the league in penalty kills with the same 68.4% kill percentage.
Valle Milestones: After last weekend, forward Jorge Valle has played in 73 career games as a member of the Storm, setting a new Storm record for games played with the team. The old record of 71 was held by former Storm midfielder and current Detroit Ignition captain Novica "Novi" Marojevic ... Valle has already set a personal best record for blocked shots in a season with eight blocked shots, prior to this season Jorge had only nine blocked shots in his two previous seasons in the MISL.
Milestones II: Storm target man Chris Handsor is also only nine games shy of playing in his 300th career MISL/NPSL game... Veteran defender Sinisa Alebic needs only five blocks to reach 150 on his career... Storm midfielder Matthew Stewart is two points shy of 125 for his career... Defender Randy Soderman is seven games shy of his 100th MISL game... Goalkeeper Jim Larkin is 19 saves away from reaching 3000 on his career.
Hot Streaks: In his last eight games, midfielder Mariano Bollella has four goals and nine assists... In his last nine games, rookie Stephen Armstrong has 11 goals and an assist... Forward Awadalla Morad has had at least one goal or an assist in six straight games... Goalkeeper Jeff Richey has now won his sixth straight regular season game in net... Richey has also had an assist in both of his starts this season.
On Tap: After Saturday's match up versus the California Cougars, the Chicago Storm heads on the road for six weeks. The next Storm home game isn't until Saturday, February 24, at 1 p.m. versus the Baltimore Blast.
2006-07 Regular Season Team Leaders:
Player GP Points Player GP Goals Stephen Armstrong 10 24 Stephen Armstrong 10 11
Mark Ughy 11 24 Mark Ughy 11 10
Awadalla Morad 11 22 Awadalla Morad 11 7
Marinao Bollella 11 20 Chris Handsor 10 7
Chris Handsor 10 16 Matthew Stewart 11 6
Player GP 3-Pt. Goals Player GP PPG Fabinho 11 2 Stephen Armstrong 10 4
Stephen Armstrong 10 1 Fabinho 11 3
Awadalla Morad 11 1 Mark Ughy 11 3
Randy Soderman 11 1 Branko Savic 11 1
Andy Rosenband 11 1 Matthew Stewart 11 1
Player GP Assists Player GP Blocks Mariano Bollella 11 12 Gaston Pernia 11 21
Awadalla Morad 11 7 Jorge Valle 11 8
Mark Ughy 11 4 Fabinho 11 7
3 Tied With 3 Mark Ughy 11 6
Branko Savic 11 5
Goalkeeper Mins. W-L SF SV GA PAA Jim Larkin 524:33 5-4 145 100 45 10.11
Jeff Richey 122:00 2-0 40 26 15 10.50
Randy Soderman 13:11 0-0 2 2 0 0.00
Stephen Armstrong 0:50 0-0 0 0 0 0.00
Chicago Storm Practice:
All Chicago Storm practices are held at Sports Zone at 1945 Cornell Avenue in Melrose Park. All practices are open to the media upon request. Remaining Practice for the week:
Monday, Jan. 1 OFF
Tuesday, Jan. 2 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 3 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 4 10:00 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 5 6:35 p.m. Road Game vs. the Detroit Ignition
Saturday, Jan. 6 1:00 p.m. Home game versus the California Cougars
Sunday, Jan. 7 OFF
The Chicago Storm is a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Chicago's professional indoor soccer team, plays its' home games at the all-new Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. The Storm's next home game is Friday, December 29 versus the Philadelphia KiXX. Great tickets are available! Storm offices are located at 1945 Cornell Ave., in Melrose Park. For additional information on all aspects of Chicago Storm soccer including season tickets, group outings, birthday parties and Chicago Storm Summer Soccer Camps call (224) 653-GOAL (4625).
Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from January 3, 2007
- MISL names players of the week - MISL 2
- Wave weekly - Milwaukee Wave
- Chicago Storm weekly - Chicago Storm
- Joe Hammes named MISL Defensive Player of the Week - Milwaukee Wave
- KiXX Weekly - Philadelphia KiXX
- Two KiXX Players Receive Weekly Distinction - Philadelphia KiXX
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