Ignition Weekly
March 5, 2008 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., March 5, 2008) - The Detroit Ignition (15-7) will travel to Florida on Friday, March 7 to take on the expansion Orlando Sharks (3-21). The club will return home to host the Chicago Storm (13-10) on Sunday, March 9 at 4:35 pm. Coming into Friday's game, the Ignition is a half-game out of first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.
IGNITION RECORD
Overall: 15-7 Home: 8-3 Road: 7-4
THIS WEEK'S OUTINGS
March 7, 2008: Detroit Ignition (15-7) at Orlando Sharks (3-21)
The Ignition will face the expansion Orlando Sharks for just the second time this season on Friday. The Ignition defeated the Sharks 22-6 on December 14, 2007 in Orlando. The Sharks are led by former Ignition player Miodrag Djerisilo, who has tallied 37 points so far this season.
March 9, 2008: Detroit Ignition (15-7) vs. Chicago Storm (13-10)
The Ignition return home on Sunday, March 9 to host the Chicago Storm at 4:35 pm. The Storm enter the weekend with the league's most effective penalty killing unit, with a 68.8 percent success rate. The Ignition have posted a 3-0 record against the Storm this season.
LAST WEEK'S OUTINGS:
February 29, 2008: Ignition, 24 Cougars, 11 The Detroit Ignition (15-7) defeated the California Cougars (8-14) 24-11 Friday at Compuware Arena for the club's third consecutive victory. The game was nationally broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel.
The first points of the match came from Ignition midfielder Ricardinho, a two-point score less than two minutes into the first quarter. California midfielder Majell Aterado responded for the visitors at 5:42, notching two points off an assist from Semir Mesanovic. With just 12 seconds remaining in the first, Detroit got two more points on the scoreboard off the head of Ignition rookie Vahid Assadpour. Midfielder Ze Roberto was credited with the assist on the goal.
The second quarter belonged to Detroit, as Worteh Sampson, Ricardinho and Jamar Beasley each scored two-point goals to put the club up 10-2 at halftime. 19 seconds into the third, Brighton native Doug Rice put a two-point tally past California keeper Sanaldo, who played for Detroit last season. Less than two minutes later, Ze Roberto increased the club's lead to 13 with a three-point score that spurred the Cougars to bring netminder Matt McDougall in for Sanaldo. California closed out the quarter with nine straight points from Franck M'Bemba, Evan McNeley, Aterado and Enrique Tovar.
Forward Hewerton Moreira got the Ignition started up again as the fourth quarter began, scoring a two-point tally at 6:59 with an assist from Droo Callahan. Mike Apple added two more points for Detroit at 7:44 with an assist from goalkeeper Danny Waltman. At 10:16, midfielder Ryan Mack buried a three-point shot with an assist from Ricardinho. Ignition defender Josh Rife scored the last goal of the night, a two-point tally at 12:26 to bring the final score to 24-11.
CHANGE THE CHANNEL
The remainder of the Ignition's home schedule will be broadcast live on Comcast Television, which is available on channel 900 for Comcast digital customers. Earlier Ignition games were broadcast on Comcast Local, which ceased operations on March 1, 2008.
ITINERARY: Week of March 3-9
* 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, March 6: Training, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Travel to Orlando
Friday, March 7: Detroit Ignition at Orlando Sharks, 7:35 pm
Saturday, March 8: Return to Detroit
Sunday, March 9: Detroit Ignition vs. Chicago Storm, 4:35 pm
INJURY REPORT
Player Injury Status
Kyt Selaidopoulos Knee Probable
Abraham Francois Knee Doubtful
Mike Apple Ill Questionable
Nate Craft Ill Questionable
MILESTONES WITHIN REACH
THINGS TO WATCH FOR:
Mike Apple needs 7 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals
Jamar Beasley needs 2 points to reach 300 MISL career points
Droo Callahan needs 3 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks
Tomer Chencinski needs 8 wins to reach 10 MISL career wins
Nate Craft needs 5 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Jonathan Greenfield needs 2 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Matt Johnson needs 1 block to reach 150 MISL career blocks
Ricardinho needs 1 point to reach 150 MISL career points
Doug Rice needs 3 points to reach 25 MISL career points
Josh Rife needs 2 blocks to reach 75 MISL career blocks
Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 4 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals
Danny Waltman needs 7 wins to reach 50 MISL career wins
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