Detroit Uses Nine Goal Surge To Ease Past Illinois
January 9, 2012 - Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL)
Waza Flo News Release
(Detroit, MI January 9, 2012)-After a well deserved holiday break, Detroit wowed a packed and enthusiastic house by dominating the Illinois Piasa in an exciting return to action last night beating Illinois 12-3.
The Piasa, coming off of a Friday night loss in Louisville, looked to save their road weekend, and quickly scored the only point of the first quarter (Blake Ordell-F). Dominic Scicluna(F) and Aaron Byrd (M) each with a goal, put Detroit on the scoreboard early in the second quarter but Illinois quickly answered with two of their own goals (Elvir Kafedzic-M).
"It was close for the first half of the game," said Detroit head-coach Dominic Scicluna. "Because of the break, we lost some of our rhythm. At the half, we demanded the team add more defensive pressure and they came through with a vengeance".
Detroit continued their dominance for the remainder of the third and fourth quarters outscoring Illinois 9-0 to put the result well beyond doubt before the final buzzer.
Aaron Byrd (M) gave a stellar performance for Detroit, with three goals (two of which were unassisted) and 4 assists. Other standouts for Detroit include Costea Decu (D) with three goals and two assists, Miki Djerisilo (M) with two goals and two assists, and veteran forwards and perennial crowd pleasers, Dominic Scicluna (F) and Worteh Sampson (F) who each had a pair of goals and assists keeping Detroit in the lead and atop of the Eastern Division of the PASL.
"I was happy with my team's performance. They work hard and it is paying off," added head-coach Dominic Scicluna.
The Detroit WAZA FLO look to continue their winning streak with a home "double header" weekend facing the Kansas Magic on Saturday January 14th (7:35 kickoff) and the Louisville Lightning Sunday January 15th (2:35 kickoff). All games are played at the Taylor Sportsplex 13333 Telegraph Road Taylor MI 48180-4679.
For ticket information, please contact Kate Avery at kate@wazafc.com or visit www.detroitwaza.com .
The Detroit WAZA FLO are charter member of the Professional Arena Soccer League, which is starting its fourth season of play. For more information, visit the team's home page at www.detroitwaza.com or the PASL's official website at www.paslsoccer.com
Media enquiries can be made by contacting Marcie Fleming at marcie@wazafc.com.
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