Ignition Weekly
November 21, 2007 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., November 21, 2007) - The Detroit Ignition will host the undefeated Baltimore Blast on Friday, November 30 at 8:00 pm (ET). Blast netminder Sagu leads the Major Indoor Soccer League with a .822 save percentage. The contest will mark the Ignition's debut on Fox Soccer Channel.
IGNITION RECORD
Overall: 3-1 Home: 1-1 Road: 2-0
THIS WEEK'S OUTINGS
No games scheduled this week.
LAST WEEK'S OUTINGS:
November 17, 2007: Ignition, 16 Cougars, 13
The Detroit Ignition (3-1) defeated the California Cougars (1-2) 16-13 on Saturday in Stockton, California.
Cougars midfielder Brian Farber scored first to give California a 2-0 lead. But, the Ignition answered right back as Jamar Beasley, Ryan Mack and Droo Callahan each notched goals to give the Ignition a 6-2 lead.
California defender Matt Caution was able to notch a two-point score midway through the second period to bring the score to 6-4. Detroit would tack on two more goals, first by Mike Apple with an assist by Beasley during a power play 10:09 into the second. Mack then scored his second goal of the game less than 30 seconds later to extend the Ignition lead to 10-4. Mack's goal came 10:31 into the second, assisted by Matt Johnson.
The Cougars defense had few answers for the Ignition offense throughout the first two quarters of play. Detroit struck again in the second half as rookie Vahid Assadpour scored his first goal in an Ignition uniform just 1:57 into the third to increase the club's lead to 12-4. At 6:46 in the third, Apple posted another two points for the Ignition. Seven second later, Cougars midfielder Semir Mesanovic cut the lead down to14-6 with a two-point goal assisted by forward Enrique Tovar.
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As soon as the Cougars were able to fight their way back, the Ignition followed with another score. This time it was Beasley who killed the home team's rally as he scored with 15 seconds left in the third. Detroit led it 16-6 going into the fourth quarter.
The Cougars would score seven more points in the final period, but the comeback wasn't enough to overtake the Ignition who won the contest 16-13.
JOSH RIFE NAMED MISL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Following his efforts against California last weekend, Ignition defender Josh Rife was named MISL Defensive Player of the Week for the first time this season. Rife registered three blocks in Saturday night's contest against the Cougars. Rife, who is in his third MISL season, has posted 57 blocks during his career in the league.
ITINERARY: Week of November 19-25
* All Detroit Ignition practices are held at High Velocity Sports at 46245 Michigan Avenue in Canton unless otherwise scheduled. All practices are open to the media upon request. All times are Eastern Standard Time and subject to change without notice
Wednesday, November 21: Training, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Strength and Conditioning: 11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Thursday, November 22: Off
Friday, November 23: Off
Saturday, November 24: Off
Sunday, November 25: Off
MILESTONES ACHEIVED
Mike Apple scored five points on the weekend, increasing his MISL career points total to 152.
Danny Waltman saved 10 of 16 shots faced, increasing his MISL regular-season save total to over 800.
MILESTONES WITHIN REACH
Jonathan Greenfield needs 3 goals to reach 25 MISL career goals
Matt Johnson needs 13 blocks to reach 150 MISL career blocks
Hewerton needs 10 points to reach 100 MISL career points
Ricardinho needs 10 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals
Worteh Sampson needs 4 points to reach 50 MISL career points
Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from November 21, 2007
- Ignition Weekly - Detroit Ignition
- Antoniuk named MISL Offensive Player of the Week - New Jersey Ironmen
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