KiXX Close Out Road Schedule with 16-2 Loss
March 8, 2009 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Philadelphia KiXX News Release
Rockford, IL, March 8, 2009 - The Philadelphia KiXX closed out the road portion of their 2008-09 regular season with a 16-2 loss to the Rockford Rampage. With the loss, the club falls to 8-8 on the season and awards the tiebreaker to the Rampage courtesy of the goal differential in the club's four meetings.
For the second consecutive night, the hosts jumped to an early lead as Jamar Beasley netted a breakaway two-point goal at the one-minute mark of the first quarter. Sandre Naumoski knotted the game, 2-2, with his first score of the season on the power-play at 3:16. Philadelphia received the one-man advantage courtesy of a two-minute penalty assessed to the Rampage's Jorge Valle. Beasley quickly responded (4:14) with his second notch of the evening on a feed from teammate Enrique Tovar to regain Rockford's two-point advantage, 4-2.
Jorge Valle and Geison Moura extended the Rampage lead, 8-2, with two-point tallies at 3:15 and 4:03, respectively, of the second stanza. Beasley completed his hat trick with his third goal of the contest on a dish from former KiXX midfielder Gary Brooks at 6:30 of the period.
Valle connected with Beasley for his second notch to further extend the host's advantage, 12-2, at 5:39 of the third frame.
With Naumoski serving a two-minute tripping penalty, Stewart buried home a power-play score to lengthen the Rampage lead to 14-2 at 6:38 of the final quarter. Enrique Tovar sealed the Rockford victory, 16-2, with a two-point score versus the KiXX sixth attacker at 10:26.
Notes: With the loss, Rockford now owns the tiebreaker versus the KiXX courtesy of the goal differential in the team's four meetings.
The KiXX return to the City of Brotherly Love to entertain the Blast for the team's second-to-last home game of the 2008-09 regular season on Saturday, March 14. The contest, dubbed "Girl Scout Night" offers special discounts and promotions to the area's girl scouts. Game-time at the Wachovia Spectrum is slated for 7:05 pm ET with the doors opening at 6:00 pm ET.
Philadelphia KiXX group and single-game tickets are on sale by calling the club's ticket office at 1-888-888-KIXX (5499). The KiXX also offer a Family 4-PaXX, four lower-level tickets, four hot dogs and sodas, for the low price of $69 and a Birthday Package priced at $24.90 per ticket. Single-game tickets are available through the KiXX and the Wachovia Center Box Office, as well as online at www.comcasttix.com and select Acme Market locations in PA and NJ.
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