Ignition Weekly
December 19, 2007 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., December 19, 2007) - The Detroit Ignition (6-3) will take on the first place Chicago Storm (7-2) Saturday at the Sears Centre Arena. The Storm is led by former Ignition forward Carlos "Chile" Farias, who has notched 22 points so far this season.
IGNITION RECORD
Overall: 6-3 Home: 2-2 Road: 4-1
THIS WEEK'S OUTINGS
December 22, 2007: Detroit Ignition (6-3) at Chicago Storm (7-2)
The Detroit Ignition will face the Chicago Storm for the first time this season on Saturday, December 22 at 8:00 pm (EST). Chicago forward Stephen Armstrong earned MISL Offensive Player of the Week honors following his two-goal performance that lead the Storm past Philadelphia, 9-2, on December 8. Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast the game on tape-delay on Friday, December 28 at 8:00 pm (EST).
LAST WEEK'S OUTINGS:
December 14, 2007 Ignition, 22 Sharks, 6 - The Detroit Ignition (6-3) defeated the expansion Orlando Sharks (0-11), 22-6 Friday night at Amway Arena in Orlando.
The Ignition's assault started early as Worteh Samspon and Hewerton Moreira both scored two-point goals within the first minute of play. Midfielders Ryan Mack and Vahid Assadpour added two-point scores of their own to put the Ignition up 8-2 at the end of the period. Defenders Droo Callahan and Josh Rife scored four more points for Detroit in the second period to put the Ignition up 12-4 at halftime.
Moreira scored his 100th and 101st career point at 4:28 in the third quarter with a two-point score off an assist from defender Jonathan Greenfield. Two minutes later, Sampson scored the 25th goal of his Major Indoor Soccer League career to bring the score to 16-6. Ignition midfielder Doug Rice would close out the quarter for the club with a two-point goal off an assist from the reigning MISL Most Valuable Player, Jamar Beasley.
Moreira and Sampson would both finish the night with a hat trick, as each scored a two-point goal in the game's final stanza to bring the final score to 22-6.
December 15, 2007 Ignition, 10 La Raza, 14- The Detroit Ignition (6-3) were defeated 14-10 Saturday night by the expansion La Raza de Monterrey (4-7) in front of a sell-out crowd at Compuware Arena.
La Raza jumped out to an early 6-0 lead as the Ignition were held scoreless throughout the first half. Ricardinho scored Detroit's first points of the night at 2:31 in the third quarter with a two-point score off an assist from Kyt Selaidopoulos. At 4:49, Monterrey forward Dino Delevski responded with another two points for the visitors. Ignition midfielder Ryan Mack cut La Raza's lead in half at 9:40 in the third period with a two-point goal to bring the score to 8-4.
Selaidopoulos, Jamar Beasley and Ricardinho all scored goals for Detroit in the fourth quarter, but the come-back wasn't enough to overtake La Raza who won the game 14-10.
ITINERARY: Week of December 17-23
* 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
Thursday, December 20: Training, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Friday, December 21: Travel to Chicago - Morning
Saturday, December 22: Detroit Ignition at Chicago Storm, 8:00 pm
Return after game
Sunday, December 23: Off
INJURY REPORT
Player Injury Status
Mike Apple Knee Out
MILESTONES WITHIN REACH
Mike Apple needs 12 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals
Jamar Beasley needs 38 points to reach 300 MISL career points
Droo Callahan needs 33 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks
Nate Craft needs 6 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Jonathan Greenfield needs 2 goals to reach 25 MISL career goals
Matt Johnson needs 11 blocks to reach 150 MISL career blocks
Ryan Mack needs 6 points to reach 25 MISL career points
Ricardinho needs 8 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals
Josh Rife needs 14 blocks to reach 75 MISL career blocks
Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 2 points to reach 100 MISL career points
Danny Waltman needs 34 saves to reach 900 MISL career saves
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