Ignition Weekly
April 9, 2008 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Detroit Ignition News Release
(Southfield, Mich., April 9, 2008) - The Detroit Ignition (22-8) captured their second regular-season title with victories over Milwaukee and Baltimore last weekend. The club will face the lower-seeded winner of this weekend's quarterfinal games in the semifinal round of the 2008 MISL Championship Series, with Game 2 being held on Sunday, April 20 at Compuware Arena. Sixth-seeded New Jersey hosts third-seeded Baltimore tomorrow night, while fourth-seeded La Raza de Monterrey will play fifth-seeded Chicago tomorrow at Sears Centre Arena.
IGNITION REGULAR-SEASON RECORD (2006-07 season record)
Overall: 22-8 (18-12) Home: 12-3 (11-4) Road: 10-5 (7-8)
LAST WEEK'S OUTINGS: April 4, 2008: Ignition, 18 Wave, 11: The Detroit Ignition (21-8) tied the Milwaukee Wave (21-8) for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League Friday night with an 18-11 victory at Compuware Arena. Brazil native Hewerton Moreira led the club with eight points in the club's last regular-season home game.
Just 56 seconds into the match, Hewerton booted a three-point shot past Nick Vorberg for his 150th career point. At 11:28 of the first, Hewerton netted another score for Detroit, this time a two-point tally with an assist from forward Jamar Beasley. MISL scoring leader Greg Howes put Milwaukee on the board at 3:51 of the second quarter with a three-point score to bring the score to 5-3 at halftime.
Royal Oak native Nate Craft scored his first goal of the season at 13:26 of third, a three-pointer off a give from Hewerton. 20 seconds later, Dusosky countered with a three-point goal for the Wave off an assist from Howes.
Just over seven minutes into the fourth quarter, Hewerton netted his third goal of the night - a two-point score with an assist from fellow Brazilian Ze Roberto. Doug Rice and Ryan Mack added a goal each over the next three minutes to put the Ignition up 14-5. Giuliano Oliviero answered for Milwaukee with a pair of two-point tallies to bring the Wave within 5, but Mack and Beasley responded with a two-pointer each. The Wave would score one more goal before the night was over, but the Ignition came away with an 18-11 win.
Both the Wave and Ignition play their last game of the regular-season tomorrow night. The Ignition, who play the Baltimore Blast (18-10) at 1st Mariner Arena, hold the tie-breaker with Milwaukee in the quest for first place in the MISL.
April 5, 2008: Ignition, 22 Blast, 21: The Detroit Ignition (22-8) won the Major Indoor Soccer League regular-season title with a 22-21 victory over the Baltimore Blast (19-11) Saturday night at 1st Mariner Arena. The victory gives the Ignition the top seed going into the 2008 MISL Championship Series, which kicks off next weekend. Detroit will move directly into the semifinal round of the playoffs, with Game 2 being held on Sunday, April 20 at Compuware Arena.
Forward Denison Cabral got the scoring started early for Baltimore, putting a three-point shot past Danny Waltman just 23 seconds into the match. At 8:11 of the first, Mike Apple put Detroit on the board with a two-point goal. Midfielder Ricardinho was credited with the assist on the score, giving the Brazil native his 150th career point. Ignition Captain Droo Callahan scored another two-pointer for Detroit at 10:39, but Cabral notched a two-point shot just 30 seconds later to put the Blast up 5-4. With just five seconds left in the first, Baltimore forward Machel Millwood buried an unassisted two-point score to give the Blast a three point lead.
Just over halfway into the second quarter, Blast forward Matt Watson added two more points for the home team with an unassisted score. Cabral tallied his third goal of the night at 12:13 off a dish from forward Michael Todd to give the Blast a 7-point lead. Exactly one minute later, Ricardinho netted a two-point tally with an assist from Ze Roberto. At 13:55, Jamar Beasley cut the Blast's lead to 3 with a two-pointer off an assist from Apple.
The Ignition kept the momentum going into the second half, as midfielder Ze Roberto put Detroit within one with a two-point score off a give from Josh Rife. At 6:44 of the third, midfielder Lucio ended the Ignition's six-point scoring run with a two-point restart goal. Just over four minutes later, defender Jonathan Greenfield cut the deficit back to one, booting a two-point shot past Baltimore keeper Sagu. At 12:38, Birmingham native Ryan Mack gave Detroit their second lead of the night with a two-point shot off a dish from Beasley. Forward Adauto Neto quickly responded for Baltimore, putting the Blast back up 15-14 with a goal at 13:06 of the third.
Two minutes into the fourth quarter, Millwood tallied his second goal of the match - a two-point score with an assist from netminder Sagu. With just over 10 minutes to play, Ignition rookie Zach Wilkes scored his first goal of the season off a pass from Ricardinho to bring Detroit within one again. At 6:34, Neto launched a pass towards Millwood who headed it past Waltman to give the Blast a three-point cushion. Just 32 seconds later, Nate Craft cut the Blast's lead back to one with a two-point score off an assist from Hewerton. At 11:01 of the fourth, Beasley scored his second two-pointer of the night to give the Ignition a 20-19 lead, but Mike Lookingland put the Blast back on top with a two-point goal that prompted the Ignition to bring in Callahan as a sixth attacker.
With less than minutes to play, Ricardinho netted Detroit's final goal of the night off a pass from Hewerton to put the Ignition on top of a 22-21 lead. The Blast had one final shot with less than a second left to play, but Callahan made the block in front of the Ignition's open net to give Detroit the regular-season championship.
ITINERARY: Week of April 7-13
* 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, April 10: Training, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Friday, April 11: Training, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday, April 12: Off
Sunday, April 13: Off
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