MISL weekly

Published on December 8, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2) News Release

Baltimore Blast
baltimoreblast.com
2004-05 Record: 3-6
2004-05 Leader: Carlos "Chile" Farias (10G, 8A)
2003-04 Record: 25-11, 1st in Eastern Division
2004 Championship Series: MISL Champions
2003-04 Leader: Carlos Farias (22 G, 43 A)

Blast Notes - Milestone accomplishments are within reach for several players. F David Bascome will play in his 400th career game when Chicago visits on Friday. F Carlos "Chile" Farias will have his 200th career MISL point with his next goal or assist. F Giuliano Celenza needs five more goals to reach 100 for his career, and 10 points to gain 200 for his career ...Injuries have decimated the roster of the two-time defending MISL Champion Blast. On Dec. 1, F Denison Cabral (knee) was placed on the 60-day/20-game Inactive-Injury List and F Carlos Garcia (knee) was placed on the Inactive-Injury List for the remainder of the season ... Had season-high 11 goals and snapped five-game losing streak with 11-7 win over Force on Dec. 4.

Chicago Storm
chicagostorm.net
2004-05 Record: 5-5
2004-05 Leaders: Novica Marojevic (5G, 5A).
(Expansion Club for 2004-05)

Storm Notes - Fourth quarter woes continue to plague Chicago. The Storm has been outscored (22-6) and outshot (88-62) in the fourth. Conversely, the Storm has dominated the second quarter with an 18-8 scoring edge ... Storm has lost three-straight after wining five of seven to start the season ... Awadalla Morad, Sandre Naumoski, Novi Marojevic, Jorge Valle, Chris Carrieri, and Matthew Stewart have each turned in multi-goal games ... GK Danny Waltman, the MISL Goalkeeper of the Month for November, has a 5-4 record, and a 5.48 g.a.a. ... Storm is 4-2 when it scores first ... Tied for the MISL lead in both restart goals (six) and restart goals yielded (seven) ... Chicago has 1-0 records against this weekend's opposition, Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Kansas City Comets
kccomets.com
2004-05 Record: 3-3
2004-05 Leader: Dino Delevski (9G, 3A)
2003-04 Record: 17-19, 2nd in Central Division
2003-04 Championship Series: Semifinals
2003-04 Leader: Dino Delevski (43G, 20A)

Comets Notes - Swept weekend games with Cleveland (8-7, OT) and Monterrey (9-5) to even their record at 3-3 ... Comets welcome San Diego on Saturday. Teams split two earlier meetings. This will be the Sockers' first visit to Kemper Arena, however, where the Comets are 1-1 ... Two-time MISL MVP F Dino Delevski has nine goals and three assists, and has registered at least one point in 42 consecutive games ... Kansas City is second to Milwaukee with its 6.5 goals-per-game average, but is ninth in the MISL with a 6.8 goals-against average ... F Jamar Beasley (1.67), Delevski (1.5), and F Anthony Maher (1.33) are averaging better than one goal per game ... GK Chris Damico ranks third in the MISL in save percentage (.725).

Cleveland Force
clevelandforce.com
2004-05 Record: 3-5
2004-05 Leaders: John Ball (3G, 7A), Antonio Sutton (8G, 2A).
2003-04 Record: 15-21, 3rd in Eastern Division
2004 Championship Series: Quarterfinals
2003-04 Leaders: Lee Edgerton (23G, 15A), Hector Marinaro (22G, 16A)

Force Notes - Force has been outscored 21-17 in the first half, and has outscored opponents 34-29 after the break ... Lead the MISL in both shots-per-game (35) and shots-allowed (33.8) ... D John Ball is MISL's only defender that tops his team in points (shares team-lead with F Antonio Sutton, 10) ... On Dec. 1, Force announced signing of Eduardo "El Tanque" Hurtado, a target player, and former Major League Soccer All-Star ... F Adauto Neto has scored a goal in each of the three games he's played in since returning from injury (4G, 3A) ... Special teams continue to struggle. Power play ranks eighth (35. 7 percent), penalty kill is ninth (30 percent) ... Are 1-1 v. KiXX ( opponent on 12/11).

Milwaukee Wave
milwaukeewave.com
2004-05 Record: 7-2
2004-05 Leaders: Todd Dusosky (3G, 8A), Marcelo Fontana (8G, 3A).
2003-04 Record: 27-9, 1st in Central Division
2004 Championship Series: Finals
2003-04 Leader: Greg Howes (57G, 28A)

Wave Notes - Milwaukee has a +15 goal differential, has not lost a game by more than a goal, and averages 6.7 g.p.g. ... A total of 17 players have scored goals for the Wave ... Goalkeeping duo of Nick Vorberg (5-1, 4.66 g.a.a.) and Dan Green (2-1, 5.20) might be the best in the MISL ... Wave is 7-2, after opening 2003-04 with a 7-2 record en route to a 27-9 finish ... Defending MISL MVP and Spalding Scoring Champ, F Greg Howes, has seven goals and three assists on a team-high 30 shots through six games played ... Todd Dusosky, Marcelo Fontana, and Howes each average at least 1.5 points-per-game ... Wave is 27-15 all-time against Baltimore (Friday's opponent), and 7-0 against St. Louis (Saturday).

Monterrey Tigres
2004-05 Record: 1-5
2004-05 Leader: Marco "Chikis" Lopez (7G, 5A).
(Expansion Club for 2004-05)

Tigres Notes - D Genoni Martinez is the MISL's two-time defending Defender of the Year, who finished second in the MISL in points last season, but hadn't scored a goal through four games and 25 shots this season, before breaking through with four goals over the weekend. Martinez (two goals) and F Marco "Chikis" Lopez (two goals) combined for four goals on Dec. 4 as the Tigres gained their first win, 6-3 over Chicago ... Only eight players have scored goals for Monterrey ... Tigres have been outscored 13-4 in the fourth quarter ... Have an overall goal differential of -12 ... Head coach Erich Geyer has been involved with 13 professional indoor championships as player, head coach, or assistant coach.

Phladelphia KiXX
kixxonline.com
2004-05 Record: 5-4
2004-05 Leader: John Barry Nusum (8G, 3A)
2003-04 Record: 20-16, 2nd in Eastern Division
2004 Championship Series: Quarterfinals
2003-04 Leader: Goran Vasic (14G, 34A)

KiXX Notes - Philadelphia totaled 25 goals in its first three games, and 25 in its next six ... Through nine games KiXX have the MISL's most effective penalty killing unit, with a 70 percent success rate ... Have been outshot 24.7 to 30.9 by opponents. That -6.2 shots margin is the lowest in the MISL ... Have led in the MISL Eastern Division standings since late-October ... F Goran Vasic did not have a goal or an assist in the KiXX' 6-5, OT loss to St. Louis on Dec. 4. He'd had at least one point in his first eight games ... With games versus Cleveland and Chicago this weekend, it will mark the third of 10 back-to-back sets for Philadelphia. KiXX are 3-1 in first two sets ... All-time record of 32-24 (17-10 at home) versus Force, 0-1 against Storm.

St. Louis Steamers
stlsteamers.com
2004-05 Record: 7-3
2004-05 Leader: Daryl Doran (8G, 10A)
2003-04 Record: 14-22, 3rd in Central Division
2004 Championship Series: Did not qualify
2003-04 Leader: Steve Butcher (31G, 17A)

Steamers Notes - Player-coach Daryl Doran will play in his 800th career indoor game on Friday, an all-time record ... Doran leads the Steamers and is tied for the MISL lead with 18 points (8G, 10A) ... Three more St. Louis players - F Mike Apple, F Joe Reiniger, and MF Sterling Wescott - join Doran in the top-6 in the MISL in scoring ... Special teams have been a strength for the Steamers. Power play (57.1 percent) ranks third in the MISL, and the penalty killing unit (64.7 percent) ranks second ... Have outscored opponents in each of the first three quarters, have been outscored 18-11 in the fourth ... Co-owners Wally Smerconish and Michael Hetelson have begun production on a reality television show that focuses on the team.

San Diego Sockers
sockers.com
2004-05 Record: 4-5
2004-05 Leader: Mark Ughy (11G, 3A)
2003-04 Record: 13-23, 2nd in Western Division
2004 Championship Series: Did not qualify
2003-04 Leader: Paul Wright (21G, 28A)

Sockers Notes - San Diego has scored the first goal in eight of nine games this season ... With a win in Kansas City on Saturday, San Diego will have a .500 record for the first time since Nov. 5 ... Target Mark Ughy leads the MISL in goals (11) ... Ughy has cooled a bit from the start of the season when he had nine points in four games, getting five points over his last five games ... San Diego features the best power play unit in the MISL (84.6 percent) ... Sockers allow the fewest shots ( 22.6 s.p.g.) and the fewest goals (4.3 g.p.g.) in the MISL ... MISL Western Division lead will be at stake on Saturday when San Diego and Kansas City meet at Kemper Arena ... Ughy has four goals in two games against the Comets this season.

MISL Notes:

- Through 38 games, home teams have a record of 20-18.

- Through 38 games in 2004-05, 441 goals have been scored, an average of 11.6 per game. The average for the 2003-04 season was 11.3.

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