Sports stats



MISL weekly

March 23, 2005 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2) News Release


Baltimore Blast
baltimoreblast.com
Record: 13-17 (.433)
Leading Scorer: Carlos Farias (22 g, 19 ast)
Leading GK: Brian Rowland (8-7, 5.74 gaa)
Head Coach: Tim Wittman

Blast Notes - With a 9-6 loss in Philadelphia on Saturday, the Blast fell 2.5 games behind fourth-place St. Louis in the standings...Baltimore has lost six of eight games...F Giuliano Celenza notched a hat trick in the game, giving him 27 g (2nd in the MISL)...With two goals, F David Bascome extended his scoring streak to 7 games (8 g, 11 pts)...Baltimore deal leading scorer Carlos "Chile" Farias to St. Louis last week in exchange for F Mike Apple and D Nate Houser...The Blast is 9-7 at home and 4-10 on the road...Baltimore's lone game this week comes on 3/26 at home against Chicago.

Chicago Storm
chicagostorm.net
Record: 15-16 (.484)
Leading Scorer: Novi Marojevic (24 g, 17 ast)
Leading GK: Danny Waltman (15-13, 5.33 gaa)
Head Coach: Frank Klopas

Storm Notes - Chicago dropped a tight 5-4 contest at home versus the Cleveland Force on Saturday...Novi Marojevic scored twice against the Force, giving him 41 pts for the season (T-6th in the MISL)...Chicago's offense ranks second in the league (5.7 goals per game)... Mark Ughy is T-4th in the MISL with 25 g...Rookie GK Danny Waltman leads the league in minutes (1,500) and is 3rd in saves (335)... The Storm enters the week one game behind fourth-place St. Louis in the standings; the two teams meet on 3/25 in St. Louis...Chicago also heads to Baltimore on 3/26.

Cleveland Force
clevelandforce.com
Record: 16-13 (.552)
Leading Scorer: John Ball (25 g, 23 ast)
Leading GK: Jim Larkin (14-11, 5.20 gaa)
Head Coach: Omid Namazi

Force Notes - The Force continued its winning ways over the weekend, defeating Chicago 5-4 on Saturday and Kansas City 7-5 on Sunday...Three Cleveland players-GK Jim Larkin, D Genoni Martinez, and F John Ball-all earned Player of the Week honors on Monday...Ball has scored 22 pts over his last 10 games; he is now 2nd in the MISL with 48 pts, T-4th with 25 g, and T-2nd with 23 ast...Martinez has recorded 22 pts and blocked 18 shots in his first 10 games with Cleveland...Larkin leads the MISL with 385 saves...Cleveland is on the road against Philadelphia on 3/26; the Force trails the second-place KiXX by only a half-game.

Kansas City Comets
kccomets.com
Record: 12-18 (.400)
Leading Scorer: Dino Delevski (24 g, 19 ast)
Leading GK: Sanaldo (7-10, 6.22 gaa)
Head Coach: Zoran Savic

Comets Notes - Kansas City defeated St. Louis 6-5 on Saturday before falling 7-5 in Cleveland on Sunday...F Ibrahim Kante scored 4 points (2 g, 2 ast) over the weekend and has scored in 4 straight games...Rookie F James Koehler recorded his second hat trick of the season on Saturday...Leading scorer Dino Delevski is 4th in the league with 43 pts...Vlatko Andonovski remains the MISL's highest-scoring defender with 38 pts (T-8th in the league; Andonovski is also 4th in the league with 42 blk...M Armando Valdivia has scored in five straight games (2 g, 8 pts)...The Comets are in St. Louis to face the Steamers the afternoon of 3/26.

Milwaukee Wave
milwaukeewave.com
Record: 20-11 (.645)
Leading Scorer: Greg Howes (32 g, 22 ast)
Leading GK: Nick Vorberg (18-6, 3.70 gaa)
Head Coach: Keith Tozer

Wave Notes - Greg Howes scored 4 pts as Milwaukee downed St. Louis 6-4 at home on Sunday...The Wave has won nine of 10 games and holds a 2.5 game lead over second-place Philadelphia...Howes leads the MISL in both pts (54) and g (32)...M Hewerton also scored twice against the Steamers, giving him 3 g and 5 pts over his last three games...GK Nick Vorberg leads the league in gaa (3.70), wins (18), and sv% (.761)...F Todd Dusosky has scored 7 pts (2 g, 5 ast) in his first two games since returning from injury...M Giuliano Oliviero has scored 8 pts (3 g, 5 ast) over his last 4 games...The Wave has off this week before returning to action on 3/31 in Kansas City.

Philadelphia KiXX
kixxonline.com
Record: 18-14 (.563)
Leading Scorer: John Barry Nusum (25 g, 17 ast)
Leading GK: Peter Pappas (16-12, 4.67 gaa)
Head Coach: Don D'Ambra

KiXX Notes - Philadelphia defeated Baltimore 9-6 at home on Saturday...John Barry Nusum (3 g, ast) and Ze Roberto (2 g, ast) led the offensive effort...Nusum, who has scored 7 pts in his last 2 games, is 5th in the MISL with 42 pts and T-4th with 25 g...Both Kevin Sloan (6 pts) and Goran Vasic (8 pts) are riding five-game scoring streaks...GK Peter Pappas is 2nd in the league in gaa (4.67), w (16), min (1,658), and svs (364)...D Pat Morris leads the league with 75 blocks...Philadelphia ranks second in the league in average attendance (5,330)...The KiXX try to hold off third-place Cleveland when the Force comes to town on 3/26.

St. Louis Steamers
stlsteamers.com
Record: 16-15 (.516)
Leading Scorer: Daryl Doran (16 g, 22 ast)
Leading GK: Brett Phillips (12-13, 4.77 gaa)
Head Coach: Daryl Doran

Steamers Notes - St. Louis lost two games over the weekend, 6-5 in Kansas City on Saturday and 6-4 in Milwaukee on Sunday...The Steamers have fallen into fourth place, one game behind Cleveland and one game in front of Chicago...F Carlos "Chile" Farias, acquired from Baltimore last week in exchange for F Mike Apple and D Nate Houser, scored 3 pts (2 g, ast) in his first 2 games with St. Louis and is now 3rd in the league with 44 pts...F Daryl Doran is T-8th in the league with 38 pts...GK Brett Phillips is 3rd in the MISL with a 4.77 gaa...St. Louis is home for two contests this weekend: versus Chicago on 3/25 and versus Kansas City on 3/26.

NOTABLE:

- Force F John Ball, who has scored 22 points over his last 10 games to move into second place in the league with 48 points, recorded the 450th point of his career in Cleveland's 5-4 win over Chicago on Saturday. Ball has already set a new personal career best with 23 assists. F Sipho Sibiya (450th career point) and D Josh Timbers (200th career block) hit career milestones on Sunday.

- Cleveland's current five-game winning streak is the team's longest since 1999-2000.

- For every "Tsunami Relief" ticket for Baltimore's game on March 26, the Blast will donate $5 to the Red Cross. The program is part of the Blast's "Denison Flips for Charity" Tsunami Relief Effort.

- Baltimore striker Giuliano Celenza is highlighted in this week's "Ask the Pros" feature at www.misl.net.

- Pato Margetic, Arno Steffenhagen, Rudy Glenn, Tommy Isirov, and Horst Fleps have all been added to the roster for the upcoming Chicago Legends Game, to be held on Sunday, April 3, at 4:30 prior to the Chicago Storm's game versus the St. Louis Steamers at the UIC Pavilion.

- Green Bay Packers Javon Walker (a 2004 Pro Bowler), Nick Barnett, and Al Harris all participated in a special halftime game with the Oconomowoc Soccer Club U-11 Boys Select Panthers during the Milwaukee Wave's game against St. Louis on March 20. Barnett, Green Bay's starting middle linebacker, scored a hat trick. The trio also participated in a post game autograph session.



Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from March 23, 2005


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.


Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central