Comets Weekly
Published on January 26, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Kansas City Comets News Release
The Comets enter the week with an 8-13 record for second place in the Central Division. The Comets are eight games behind the Milwaukee Wave and one and a half games ahead of the St. Louis Steamers. The Comets play one game this weekend in Baltimore to end the month of January. Five of the Comets' six games in February are at home at Kemper Arena.
This weekend, Kansas City travels to Baltimore for a game against the 2003 MISL Champion Baltimore Blast. The Blast (16-6) is in first place in the Eastern Division. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:35 p.m. Eastern Time (6:35 p.m. Central) on Saturday, January 31. The game can be heard on KCKN 1340 AM.
Kansas City and Baltimore have already met twice this season, and each team has won one game. The Comets ends the month of January with a game in Baltimore and begin February with a game against Baltimore at home. On December 13 in Baltimore, the Comets beat the Blast 7-6 in overtime. Anthony Maher scored the game-winning goal in overtime and led the Comets with two points. Vlatko Andonovski also had two points.
On January 2 in Kansas City, Baltimore jumped out to a 5-2 halftime lead en route to a 10-6 win. Four Comets (Nate Houser, Miki Djerisilo, Dino Delevski and Wes Wade) scored two points in the loss.
Last season, the Comets split four games against Baltimore. The Comets went 1-1 at Kemper Arena and 1-1 in Baltimore.
Next week's games:
Wednesday, February 4 vs. Baltimore Blast
Kemper Arena, 10:35 a.m.
The School Day game features a Lewis and Clark theme! Over 10,000 students
are expected to attend.
Thursday, February 5 at Milwaukee Wave
U.S. Cellular Arena, 7:00 p.m.
The game will be broadcast live on Channel 38 the Spot.
Saturday, February 7 vs. Dallas Sidekicks
Kemper Arena, 7:35 p.m.
See your favorite mascots play at the half!
THE WEEK THAT WAS:
The Comets finished the weekend 1-1 with a loss to the San Diego Sockers and a win against the Central Division St. Louis Steamers.
Friday, January 23 at San Diego Sockers
The Comets scored first in the game, but it proved to be their only lead.
The Comets were within one (3-2) in the second quarter after a Nate Houser
goal at 8:13, but the Sockers scored four unanswered goals to seal the 7-2
win. Miki Djerisilo, Nate Houser and Brian Soell each finished with one
point. Kansas City fell to 7-13. San Diego's defense held Kansas City to
two points, which was the team's lowest point total this season.
Saturday, January 24 at St. Louis Steamers
Kansas City and St. Louis each scored one goal in the first three quarters.
St. Louis held the lead briefly in the third quarter until Franck M'Bemba's
goal tied the game 3-3. The teams battled to a scoreless fourth quarter.
The Comets worked quickly in overtime, and Anthony Maher scored the
game-winning goal at 1:57 in overtime. The Comets are now 4-1 in overtime
games. Maher has scored the game-winner in four of Kansas City's eight
wins.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
The Comets resume practice on Tuesday, January 27 at the Kansas City Soccer Dome. Please contact Comets Media Manager Beth Kapp to confirm practice times and locations, as they are subject to change.
| DATE | EVENT | TIME |
| Tues, Jan 27 | Practice, KC Soccer Dome | 10am â 12pm |
| Wed, Jan 28 | Practice, KC Soccer Dome | 10am - 12pm |
| Thur, Jan 29 | Practice, KC Soccer Dome | 10am - 12pm |
| Fri, Jan 30 | Practice, KC Soccer Dome | 10am - 12pm |
| Sat, Jan 31 | Game, 1st Mariner Arena | 6:35pm Central Time |
COMETS IN THE COMMUNITY:
Kansas City Comets players have three School Is A Kick (SIAK) assemblies this week. Two Comets players will visit St. Charles (Oakview, MO) on January 27, Garfield Elementary (Kansas City, MO) on January 28 and Chouteau Elementary (Kansas City, MO) on January 21. SIAK gives Comets players a chance to talk to students about the importance of hard work, responsibility and respect. Each student also receives a voucher to attend an upcoming Comets home game.
COMETS BY THE NUMBERS:
| Scoring Leaders: | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. | PLAYER | GP | G | A | PTS | SH | PIM | F | BLK | PP | SHG | SOG/A | PKG/A | GWG | RSG | SAG | VS6 | OTG |
| 10 | Djerisilo | 21 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 84 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Delevski | 16 | 25 | 8 | 33 | 132 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Davis | 19 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 58 | 5 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Beasley | 21 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 64 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Maher | 17 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 10 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Miki Djerisilo recorded two points last weekend and now leads the Comets in scoring. Djerisilo is the top Comet in the MISL Scoring race. He is in fourth place with 34 points. Dino Delevski is one point behind in fifth place. Jeff Davis is in 15th place with 26 points.
| Goalkeeping Leaders: | ||||||||||||
| No. | GOALKEEPER | GPI | GS | MIN | SF | SV | G | SOG/A | PKG/A | W | L | AVG |
| 70 | Horvath | 15 | 13 | 795:11 | 275 | 177 | 98 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 5 | 9 | 7.39 |
| 27 | Damico | 7 | 6 | 325:40 | 108 | 65 | 43 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 7.92 |
| 0 | Schreck | 4 | 2 | 128:03 | 43 | 20 | 23 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 10.78 |
Chris Damico started both weekend games in goal. He helped the Comets hold St. Louis to three points on Saturday for the Comets' best defensive effort of the season.
| Team Statistics: | ||||||||||||||
| SCORING BY PERIOD | ||||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | TOTALS | AVERAGE | ||||||||
| TEAM | GF | GA | GF | GA | GF | GA | GF | GA | GF | GA | GF | GA | GF | GA |
| Kansas City | 26 | 52 | 39 | 39 | 25 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 132 | 170 | 6.3 | 8.1 |
Kansas City's offense is now in second place in the League with an average of 6.3 goals per game. Milwaukee and Baltimore are in first place at 6.5 goals per game. Defensively, the Comets rank ninth (8.1 goals per game).
Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from January 26, 2004
- Comets Weekly - Kansas City Comets
- Sidekicks' Doyle out 6-8 weeks with ankle injury - Dallas Sidekicks
- Philadelphia drops both decisions this past weekend, including 1-0 shutout in Dallas - Philadelphia KiXX
- Chile Farias Named MISL Offensive Player of the Week - Baltimore Blast
- MISL names players of the week - MISL 2
- Force to hold Bobblehead Night - Cleveland Force
- Wave takes two from Force to improve to league-best 15-4 - Milwaukee Wave
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