MISL weekly
Published on January 26, 2005 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2) News Release
Baltimore Blast
baltimoreblast.com
2004-05 Record: 9-10
2004-05 Leader: Carlos "Chile" Farias (17G, 13A)
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 - Baltimore's three-game winning streak came to an end on Friday, with a 9-4 home loss to Philadelphia... Rookie F Machel Millwood led the Blast with 2A; Millwood has scored 6P (3G, 3A) over his last 4 games... F Giuliano Celenza's goal against the KiXX moved into a 3-way tie for 3rd in the MISL with 27P, as well as a 3-way tie for the league lead with 18G... F Carlos "Chile" Farias is tied for the MISL lead with 30P, ranks 4th with 17G, and is tied for 3rd with 13A... GK Brian Rowland leads the MISL with a .767 SV%... The Blast plays in Kansas City on 1/27 and returns home for a match against Cleveland on 1/29.
Chicago Storm
chicagostorm.net
2004-05 Record: 8-12
2004-05 Leaders: Novi Marojevic (16G, 10A).
(Expansion Club for 2004-05)
Storm Notes - The Storm earned two impressive home victories over the weekend, an 8-4 win over Cleveland on Friday and a 7-3 triumph over Milwaukee on Sunday... Chicago allowed only 27 shots on goal in the two games.... D Tijani Ayegbusi was named the MISL Defensive Player of the Week... Leading scorer Novi Marojevic (26P, 6th in the league) tallied 4P (2G, 2A) in the win over Cleveland... M Matt Stewart scored 4P (3G, A) over the weekend... GK Danny Waltman has played the most minutes (1,047) of any MISL keeper this season... Chicago improved its home record to 5-4 in 2004-05... The Storm plays its next four games at home, beginning 1/28 against the St. Louis Steamers.
Cleveland Force
clevelandforce.com
2004-05 Record: 7-9
2004-05 Leader: John Ball (11G, 12A)
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 - Cleveland dropped an 8-4 decision in Chicago on Friday before recording a 4-3 overtime win in Milwaukee on Saturday... GK Jim Larkin saved 24 of 27 shots in the win over the Wave, earning MISL Goalkeeper of the Week honors... Larkin is 3rd in the league with 203 SV... Cleveland's defense came up with 20 blocks against Milwaukee... Leading scorer John Ball is tied for 9th in the league with 23P... D Wendell Regis leads the MISL with 32B; D Rene Rivas is fourth with 27... Cleveland's only game this week is in Baltimore on 1/29.
Kansas City Comets
kccomets.com
2004-05 Record: 7-7
2004-05 Leader: Dino Delevski (16G, 8A)
2003-04 Record: 17-19, 2nd in Central Division
2003-04 Championship Series: Semifinals
2003-04 Leader: Dino Delevski (43G, 20A)
Comets Notes - The Comets moved back to .500 with their second straight win, a 6-3 victory in St. Louis on Friday... F James Koehler, a 33-year-old rookie, scored 5P (3G, 2A) in the contest en route to MISL Offensive Player of the Week honors... GK Sanaldo saved 17 of 20 shots for the win... F Anthony Maher scored his league-leading 4th GWG of the season... The Comets lead the league in goals per game (6.1)... F Dino Delevski ranks eighth in the MISL with 24P... F Miodrag Djerisilo is tied for third with 13A... The Comets host the Baltimore Blast on 1/27.
Milwaukee Wave
milwaukeewave.com
2004-05 Record: 11-8
2004-05 Leaders: Greg Howes (10G, 11A)
2003-04 Record: 27-9, 1st in Central Division
2004 Championship Series: Finals
2003-04 Leader: Greg Howes (57G, 28A)
Wave Notes - Milwaukee lost consecutive games for only the second time this season, falling 4-3 in overtime at home to Cleveland on Saturday and 7-3 in Chicago on Sunday... After a 10-4 start, the Wave is now 1-4 in its last five games... GK Nick Vorberg saved 16 of 20 shots in 62:29 on Saturday... Vorberg now leads the league with a 3.93 GAA, is 2nd with 9W, and ranks 3rd with a .739 SV%... Milwaukee's defense remains the best in the MISL, allowing 4.7 goals per game... Despite the loss to Cleveland, the Wave's home record is still the best in the league (8-3, .727)... Milwaukee has off this weekend before returning to action on 2/4 versus St. Louis.
Philadelphia KiXX
kixxonline.com
2004-05 Record: 12-7
2004-05 Leader: John Barry Nusum (18G, 12A)
2003-04 Record: 20-16, 2nd in Eastern Division
2004 Championship Series: Quarterfinals
2003-04 Leader: Goran Vasic (14G, 34A)
KiXX Notes - The KiXX moved into a first-place tie with St. Louis thanks to a 9-4 victory in Baltimore on Friday... Seven different KiXX players scored in the win, led by Don D'Ambra (2G, A)... With 2A, rookie F John Barry Nusum moved into a tie for the MISL lead with 30P; Nusum is also tied for 1st with 18G... F Goran Vasic is tied for third in the league with 27P and leads the MISL with 19A... D Pat Morris is second with 30B... GK Peter Pappas leads the league in W (10) and SV (208)... Philadelphia's road record (6-4, .600) is the second-best in the league... The KiXX host the St. Steamers twice this weekend, on 1/29 and 1/30... The latter game was originally scheduled for 1/22 but postponed due to inclement weather.
St. Louis Steamers
stlsteamers.com
2004-05 Record: 12-7
2004-05 Leader: Daryl Doran (12G, 15A)
2003-04 Record: 14-22, 3rd in Central Division
2004 Championship Series: Did not qualify
2003-04 Leader: Steve Butcher (31G, 17A)
Steamers Notes - A 6-3 home loss to Kansas City on Friday dropped the Steamers into a tie for first place with the Philadelphia KiXX... The defeat was only the third at home for the Steamers in 2004-05... A season-high crowd of 8,998 attended the game at the Savvis Center... Leading scorer Daryl Doran is tied for 3rd in the league with 27P and second with 15A... F Mike Apple is tied for the league lead with 18G... GK Brett Phillips ranks second in the MISL in both GAA (4.08) and SV% (.740)... The Steamers' game scheduled for 1/22 in Philadelphia was postponed due to inclement weather, so St. Louis will play three games in three days this weekend: on 1/28 in Chicago and on 1/29 and 1/30 in Philadelphia... The Steamers' road record (5-3, .625) is the best in the MISL.
NOTABLE:
- The game between the Philadelphia KiXX and St. Louis Steamers originally scheduled for 1/22 was postponed due to inclement weather and will now be played on 1/30 at 5:05 p.m.
- Philadelphia GK Peter Pappas became the 15th player in indoor soccer history to record 4,000 career saves in his team's 9-4 win at Baltimore on Friday.
- Last week, the KiXX unveiled a new interactive website, www.kixxinteractive.com, featuring desktops, screensavers, the team's television commercial, a video highlight package, and more.
- The St. Louis Steamers announced on 1/20 the signings of M Mariano Bollella and F Marco "Chikis" Lopez, both All-Stars in 2003-04. That same day, the Steamers also announced that the club had acquired the rights to F Lindsay Kennedy, a former standout at the University of Kansas and Harris-Stowe State College.
- The reality television show featuring the Steamers, called "Red Card," will debut on KPLR-TV WB-11 in St. Louis on 2/12.
- The Cleveland Force bolstered its roster on 1/25 with the signings of D's Matt Johnson and Genoni Martinez and F Tamas Weicz. Martinez, 29, is a two-time Defender of the Year.
- On 1/21, the Chicago Storm announced that the club had acquired F Nino DaSilva from the St. Louis Steamers in exchange for cash and a fourth-round draft pick. The trade returns the 25-year-old DaSilva, who has scored 136 goals and 345 points in his first 153 indoor games, to his hometown. DaSilva will wear jersey number 77 with the Storm in honor of his father Batata (Nilton DaSilva), who wore the same number with the Chicago Sting of the original MISL and Chicago Power of the NPSL. Nino DaSilva is the first second-generation player in indoor soccer history.
- Milwaukee Wave players Todd and Troy Dusosky, Marcelo Fontana, and Michael King joined several other Wisconsin professional athletes (including Packers Pro Bowlers Ahman Green and William Henderson) in raising a total donation of $25,830 for the Tsunami Relief Fund on 1/21.
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