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Kings advance to US Open Finals, Cincinnati hosts Detroit on Saturday

February 20, 2012 - Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL)
Cincinnati Kings News Release


The Cincinnati Kings professional indoor soccer team will move to the finals of the US Open championships with Friday's win over Vitesse Dallas, 10-5, at Game Time Training Center.

The Kings last regular season home game will be Saturday, February 25 vs. Detroit at 7:35 p.m. at the Cincinnati Gardens.

Friday's win means the Kings will face the San Diego Sockers for the second year in a row for the US Open title. Last year the Sockers defeated the Kings for the Cup, 13-6. The Kings drew first blood against Dallas three minutes into the contest with a goal by Allen Eller, then Dallas evened it up a minute later on an Adan Ramirez score. The Kings rebounded with five unanswered goals before Dallas scored just before halftime to make it 6-2 Kings at the break.

In the third quarter Dallas scored the only goal, from Bruno Dujmovic, then the Kings opened the fourth with an unassisted goal by Sarkodie. Two Dallas goals followed, but then the Kings put it away with an unassisted goal by Shawn Rockey, another goal by Sarkodie to complete the hat trick, and an unassisted from Eller just as the buzzer sounded.

Dallas had 24 shots on goal to Cincinnati's 18, with Kings goalkeeper Craig Salvati recording 19 saves. Each team was 0-3 on the power play. The date for the US Open final with the Cincinnati Kings and San Diego Sockers is expected to be announced this week.

Group tickets available for the Kings' final home match on Saturday

Group tickets are available for the Cincinnati Kings vs. Detroit Waza match on Saturday, Feb. 25. The discounted tickets ($8, adults and $6, youth) are available by contacting Jackie Reau with the number of tickets (adult + youth) and the name of the group. All tickets will be left at will call at the Cincinnati Gardens for pick up on Saturday beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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