Force Falls To San Diego For First Time In Two Seasons

Published on March 11, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Cleveland Force News Release


SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The Cleveland Force traveled to San Diego, California tonight and was defeated by the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Western Division San Diego Sockers by a final score of 6-4 at the San Diego Sports Arena. The game the final regular season meeting between the two teams.

With the loss, the Force fell to 9-20 overall, 5-6 versus Western Division opponents, 3-1 in the season series and 4-11 on the road. With the victory, San Diego snapped a four game losing skid and won their first game against Cleveland in two seasons (1-8) as well as improving to 12-17 overall and 3-6 versus Eastern Division opponents and 10-5 at home.

The two teams battled to a scoreless first quarter. The scoreless first quarter marked the second time this season that both teams failed to score a goal with the first scoreless first quarter coming on December 27 at the Convocation Center at Cleveland State University.

The Sockers broke the scoreless tie and opened the scoring (0-1) when Paul Dougherty scored the goal on the header off the cross from Dan Antoniuk at 1:21 of the second quarter. San Diego added to its lead (0-2) when Mariano Bollella found the back of the net off the pass from Dougherty at 5:29. The Force cut into the lead and scored its first goal (1-2) when John Ball knocked in the rebound shot of Lee Edgerton at 13:14.

The Sockers opened the second half scoring and added to their lead (1-3) when Mauricio Alegre found the back of the net off the assist from David Beltran at 2:18 of the third quarter. San Diego kept the scoring attack going (1-4) when Sean Bowers scored the power play goal off the assist for Paul Wright at 4:21. Cleveland ended a 2-0 run by the Sockers (2-4) when Hector Marinaro scored the restart goal off the pass from Omid Namazi at 5:38.

San Diego opened the final period scoring (2-5) when Kevin Legg scored the goal off the second assist of the game for Wright at 5:00 of the fourth quarter. The Sockers took their largest lead of the game (2-6) when Wright came off the bench after serving the two-minute penalty and took the long outlet from Beltran and scored his first goal of the game while giving Beltran his second assist of the half at 8:31. The Force cut into the lead (3-6) when Braeden Cloutier scored the restart goal off the pass from Marinaro at 11:54. Cleveland got the final goal of the game (4-6) when Namazi scored the power play off the assist from Force sixth attacker Marinaro at 13:25.

The Force will next travel to Kansas City, Missouri to take on the MISL Central Division Kansas City Comets on Saturday, March 13 at the Kemper Arena. The game can be heard live on WHK 1220 AM in Cleveland as well as 1440 AM WHKW in Warren or worldwide on the Internet at www.thesportsking.com starting at 8:35 p.m.

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