Chicago Storm weekly

Published on April 3, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Chicago Storm News Release


On Top of the League: Let's Go Storm! Chicago sits on top of the MISL in Power Plays, with a 53.2% conversion rate... Storm rookie forward Stephen Armstrong ranks first in the league in power play goals with 12... Defender and team captain Gaston Pernia ranks second in the league in blocks with 50... Midfielder Mariano Bollella is third in the MISL in assists with 23... Target man Mark Ughy is fourth in the MISL in two-point goals with 27... Four Storm players are ranked in the league's top twenty in points (Stephen Armstrong, Mark Ughy, Mariano Bollella and Matthew Stewart, with Armstrong and Ughy ranked in the top ten... Armstrong and Bollella are tied for first in the league in game winning goals with four.

Firsts: Sunday, target man Mark Ughy scored five goals versus the Detroit Ignition. Ughy becomes the first Storm player to score five goals in a single game. The Hungarian native breaks the former record of four goals in a game set by forward Awadalla Morad (12/18/04) and former forward Gus Kartes (12/18/04).

Storm Record Breakers: Rookie forward Stephen Armstrong's goal Sunday was his 30th on the season, breaking the Storm record of 29 in a season held by Novica Marojevic in 2004-05... The Storm's seven wins in a row breaks the teams' former record of six in a row, set in the 2004-054 season.

Personal Best: The Storm has now won seven straight, setting a new high win streak for the season.... Goalkeeper Jeff Richey's seven wins this season, marks a new personal best for the Ft. Wayne, IN. native... Target man Mark Ughy has set new career highs for goals in a season (28), assists in a season (14), points (71) and blocks (9)... Brazilian defender Fabinho has set personal bests in blocks in a season (22), assists (8) and goals (6)... Midfielder Matthew Stewart has set a new high mark for goals in a season (20)... Forward Awadalla Morad has set a new career high 12 assists and 15 blocks.

Hot Streaks: Goalkeeper Jeff Richey has won eleven straight games in net dating back to March 19, 2006... Rookie forward Stephen Armstrong has had a goal or an assist in each of the last seven games... Target man Mark Ughy, defender Fabinho and forward Stephen Armstrong have each scored at leas a goal or an assist in three straight games.

MILESTONES:

Player Needs Milestone

Matthew Stewart 1 Assist To reach 50 on his career

Andy Rosenband 1 Point To reach 50 on his career

Mark Ughy 1 Point To reach 150 on his career

John Ball 2 Points To reach 550 on his career

Stephen Armstrong 3 Points To reach 75 on the season/career

Fabinho 3 Games To reach 100 on his career

Jim Larkin 3 Games To reach 200 on his career

Awadalla Morad 8 Points To reach 100 on his career

Randy Soderman 14 Blocks To reach 100 on his career

Gaston Pernia 15 Blocks To reach 300 on his career



Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from April 3, 2007


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