Ignition Weekly
November 28, 2007 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., November 28, 2007) - The Detroit Ignition will host the undefeated Baltimore Blast on Friday, November 30 at 8:00 pm (EST). The Ignition posted a 5-1 record against the Blast in the 2006-07 campaign The contest will mark Detroit's debut on Fox Soccer Channel, which reaches 30 million homes in the United States and Caribbean.
IGNITION RECORD
Overall: 3-1 Home: 1-1 Road: 2-0
THIS WEEK'S OUTINGS
11/30/07 - Detroit Ignition (3-1) vs. Baltimore Blast (5-0)
The Detroit Ignition will host the undefeated Baltimore Blast on Friday, November 30 at 8:00 pm (ET). Ricardinho and Blast forward Machel Millwood are tied for third in the league in points with 15. Blast keeper Sagu leads the MISL with a .822 save percentage. During the 2006-07 season, the Ignition posted a 5-1 record against the Blast. Friday's contest will mark the Ignition's debut on Fox Soccer Channel.
12/01/07 - Detroit Ignition (3-1) at New Jersey Ironmen (3-1)
The Ignition will travel to Newark on Saturday to take on the expansion Ironmen for the second time this season. Detroit will look to avenge a 21-14 defeat by the Ironmen on November 11. Saturday's game is New Jersey's first match-up at their home arena, and will feature soccer legend Pelé as honorary club captain. Ironmen forward Dan Antoniuk was named MISL Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Monday, November 19.
LAST ACTION:
November 17, 2007: Ignition, 16 Cougars, 13
The Detroit Ignition (3-1) defeated the California Cougars (1-2) 16-13 on November 17 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.
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.
ITINERARY: Week of November 26-December 2
* 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 28: Training, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Strength and Conditioning: 11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Thursday, November 29: Goalkeeper training, 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Training, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Friday, November 30: Kick-around at Compuware Arena, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Detroit Ignition vs. Baltimore Blast, 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 1: Travel to New Jersey - morning
Detroit Ignition at New Jersey Ironmen, 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 2: Off
INJURY REPORT
None
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
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