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MASL Weekly - Week 9

December 24, 2014 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) News Release


Lancers and Mustangs Pull Off Dramatic Rallies

12/24/14 - The Rochester Lancers overcame a three-goal deficit and rallied twice to beat the Syracuse Silver Knights, and the Chicago Mustangs came back multiple times from a four-goal gaps to defeat the Detroit Waza Flo in a week of photo finishes.

Rochester tied the game only to see Syracuse go ahead once more. Andrew Hoxie tied the game again with less than two minutes to go. The teams played a scoreless overtime and Rochester won the shootout tiebreaker to improve to 4-1.

Chicago scored three straight goals to cut into a 4-0 deficit in Detroit only to fall behind by four again at 7-3. The Mustangs kept chipping away, but seemed to be finished off when Miki Djerisilo gave Detroit a 9-7 lead with an empty net goal with 3:52 remaining. Chicago answered right back, though, 37 seconds later to cut it to 9-8 and Wilo Martinez tied the game with 1:01 left. Instead of going to overtime Omar Santillan hit a laser with 37 seconds left in the game to give Chicago a 10-9 road victory.

In a game where they never trailed, the Oxford City FC of Texas had to hold off a persistent Wichita B-52s team to escape Wichita with an 8-7 win. Clinging to a one goal lead Texas was saddled with two blue cards in the last three minutes of the game giving Wichita an extended 5 v 3 power play. The Oxford City defense led by Carlos "Chile" Farias and rookie goalkeeper Kyle Renfro held Wichita at bay to net their sixth win in their last seven games.

MASL Team of the Week

GK - Zeke Sanchez, Las Vegas Legends - The third year Legends goalkeeper picked up two tough wins in Mexico helping to lift Las Vegas back to .500. The Argentina native pulled Las Vegas into a tie with the Turlock Express for the third playoff spot in the Pacific Division.

D - Tony Walls, Milwaukee Wave - Walls, back for his second season with the Wave, is solidifying his role with the team. The 24-year old local product made the MISL's All-Rookie Team last year. In the MASL Game of the Week on ESPN 3 Walls had two goals and an assist in the Wave's 9-3 win over the Tulsa Revolution.

D - Luis Piffer, Ontario Fury - Piffer is becoming one of the MASL's most reliable two-way players as he adjusts to the arena game. He had three assists in the Fury's fifth straight win on December 18 and has 10 points in his last three games.

F - Lucas Totti, Oxford City FC of Texas - Gordy Gurson and Totti are the MASL's rookie sensations. Gurson leads the league in scoring, but Totti is climbing the charts. His three goals and an assist in a road win at Wichita propelled him into third place in the league's points race. It was his fifth four-point game of the season.

F - Freddy Moojen, Dallas Sidekicks - The former Wichita Wings and Baltimore Blast forward scored five goals for Dallas in their 11-3 win over the Brownsville Barracudas on Saturday.

M - Ivan Simental, Las Vegas Legends - Simental played a key role in the Legends two weekend road victories. He started the weekend with a goal and two assists in Saltillo and capped it off with a hat trick in Monterrey including the game-winning goal.

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MASL Taps GoLive for Live Webcasts

Every MASL game will be broadcast live on GoLive Sports Cast this year. All games will also be archived on GoLive at http://golivesportscast.com/your-masl-teams/.

Hidalgo La Fiera Cease Operations

The MASL officially accepted the resignation of Hidalgo La Fiera from the league. The following games in the next two weeks have been changed: Monterrey will now be in Brownsville on the 27th of December instead of in Hidalgo, and Oxford City Texas will be in Dallas January 3rd instead of Hidalgo. All other schedule changes will be announced in the coming week.

The Revolution Has Been Postponed

The Tulsa Revolution home match on December 27, against the Wichita B-52s, is being rescheduled for Sunday February 22, 7:05 p.m.

Sacramento Undergoes Win Transplant Surge-ry

Wins have always been a premium for the Sacramento Surge, but they got their first win of the season by handling the Turlock Express 13-5 on Saturday. The Surge are only 5-34 all-time, but three of their wins have come against Turlock.

Flash Exposed Against Las Vegas

The Monterrey Flash suffered their first loss of the season to the visiting Las Vegas Legends on Sunday. The Legends, who have gotten off to a slow start this season and barely eked out a 7-6 win the night before in Saltillo, rallied from a 6-5 deficit to upend the Flash 8-6 at Arena Monterrey. Las Vegas improved to 5-5 as Monterrey fell to 8-1.

The Week Ahead

Sacramento Seattle Fri, Dec 26 7:30 pm ShoWare

Baltimore Rochester Sat, Dec 27 1:00 pm Blue Cross

Detroit Milwaukee Sat, Dec 27 1:05 pm UW-M P Arena

Monterrey Brownsville Sat, Dec 27 6:05 pm Est Barracudas

Dallas Texas Sat, Dec 27 7:05 pm Ford Arena

St. Louis Chicago Sat, Dec 27 7:05 pm Sears Centre

San Diego Missouri Sat, Dec 27 7:05 pm Independence EC

Ontario Turlock Sat, Dec 27 7:05 pm Turlock IS

Syracuse Harrisburg Sat, Dec 27 7:05 pm Farm Show

Saltillo Texas Sun, Dec 28 3:05 pm Ford Arena

Ontario Sacramento Sun, Dec 28 3:05 pm McClellan Park

Monterrey Brownsville Sun, Dec 28 6:00 pm Est Barracudas

San Diego St. Louis Sun, Dec 28 6:35 pm Family Arena

Turlock Las Vegas Tue, Dec 30 7:00 pm Orleans Arena

Missouri Milwaukee Wed, Dec 31 3:05 pm UW-M P Arena

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