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Published on January 12, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Chicago Storm News Release
On the Road Again: The Chicago Storm will play the next six games on the road, not playing a regular season home game until February 24 versus the Baltimore Blast.
On Top of the League: Lets Go Storm! Chicago sits in second place in the MISL standings with a 7-6 record, the best start in team history... Team captain Gaston Pernia is first in the MISL in blocked shots with 28... Midfielder Mariano Bollella is tied for second in the MISL in assists with 14 and tied for first in the league in game winning goals with two... Rookie forward Stephen Armstrong is tied for second in the MISL in restart goals with four... Rookie Stephen Armstrong is fourth in the league in goals with eleven.
First Timers: Gaston Pernia received his first two minute penalty of the season on Saturday....Sinisa Alebic got his first assist this season on Friday against Detroit...John Ball had his first start of the season on Friday for the Storm and also had his first block during the same game.
Milestones: Storm target man Chris Handsor is also only seven 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 reached 129 points for his career... Defender Randy Soderman is six games shy of his 100th MISL game... Goalkeeper Jim Larkin surpassed 3000 saves in his career and now has 3098 after this past week. Jorge Valle has set a personal best record for blocked shots in a season with ten blocked shots, prior to this season Jorge had only nine blocked shots in his two previous seasons in the MISL.
Hot Streaks: In his last ten games, midfielder Mariano Bollella has five goals and eleven assists...Midfielder Stephen Armstrong has had nine goals and three assists in his last ten games...In his last ten games, Awadalla Morad has had seven goals and six assists...Gaston Pernia continues to lead his team, this time in blocks with an impressive 28 throughout the last ten games...Both Chris Handsor and Matthew Stewart have scored six goals in the last five games with Handsor scoring 16 points in the last five games as well...
On Tap: For the next five weeks, the Chicago Storm heads out on the road with their first away game in Milwaukee on January 20th. 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 12 26 Stephen Armstrong 12 11
Chris Handsor 12 26 Mark Ughy 11 10
Awadalla Morad 13 24 Chris Handsor 12 10
Marinao Bollella 13 24 Matthew Stewart 13 9
Mark Ughy 11 24 Awadalla Morad 13 8
Player GP 3-Pt. Goals Player GP PPG Fabinho 11 2 Stephen Armstrong 12 4
Stephen Armstrong 10 1 Fabinho 13 3
Awadalla Morad 11 1 Mark Ughy 11 3
Randy Soderman 11 1 Matthew Stewart 13 2
Andy Rosenband 11 1 Branko Savic 13 1
Player GP Assists Player GP Blocks Mariano Bollella 13 14 Gaston Pernia 13 28
Awadalla Morad 13 7 Jorge Valle 13 10
Chris Handsor 12 6 Fabinho 13 8
Mark Ughy 11 4 Mark Ughy 11 6
4 Players tied with 3 Branko Savic 13 6
Goalkeeper Mins. W-L SF SV GA PAA
Jim Larkin 590:24 5-5 177 120 57 12.09
Jeff Richey 169:57 2-0 52 34 35 13.06
Randy Soderman 18:59 0-0 4 3 0 6.32
John Ball 2:02 0-0 0 0 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:
Saturday, Jan. 13 OFF
Sunday, Jan. 14 OFF
Monday, Jan. 15 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 16 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 17 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 18 10:00 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 19 10:00 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 20 6:00 p.m. Away game versus the Milwaukee Wave
Sunday, Jan. 21 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 Saturday, February 24th against the Baltimore Blast at 1 p.m.. 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).
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