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Published on March 1, 2006 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2) News Release


This Week: (All Times Local To Home Team) & Broadcast Information
* Baltimore Host PHI, Fri. 7:35 ET; At PHI, Sat. 7:05 ET (Both - WCBM-680, www.wcbm.com).
* California Host STL, Fri. 7:30 PT (kfns.com); At MIL, Sun. 1:05 CT (milwaukeewave.com).
* Chicago Idle until March 11.
* Milwaukee Host CAL, Sun. 1:05 CT (The Joy-1340, www.milwaukeewave.com).
* Philadelphia At BAL, Fri. 7:35 ET; Host BAL, Sat. 7:05 ET (WCBM-680, www.wcbm.com)
* St. Louis At California, Fri. 7:30 PT (KFNS-590, kfns.com).

Last Week:
* Baltimore (L, W) Stopped at STL, 9-7; Celenza's 150th goal in 5-3 victory at CAL (2/20, 2/24).
* California (W, L) Defeat KiXX, 5-3; Larkin hurt as team rallies but falls to BAL, 5-3 (2/20. 2/24).
* Chicago () Idle, Storm are currently in fourth place in the MISL Standings.
* Milwaukee (L) 6-2 lead, sole possession of second-place lost in 7-6 OT loss at PHI (2/25).
* Philadelphia (L, W) Lose at CAL, 5-3; Morris leads charge to snap nine-game skid (2/20, 2/25).
* St. Louis (W) 10-0 at home after Shaun David puts three in on BAL, 9-7 win for STL (2/20).

What They Are Saying
* "(John Ball) was the best captain I've ever played for. He's one of those guys, you love to have him on your team and hate to play against him." - California Cougars goalkeeper Jim Larkin, on his current Cougars and also five-year MISL teammate John Ball. (The Record, 3/1).
* "You have to look at the team making it difficult for everyone, along with the goalkeeper. It was a team effort." - Baltimore Blast head coach Tim Wittman after his team and goalkeeper Sagu held California scoreless in the first half on Friday en route to a 5-3 victory to move into a second-place tie in the MISL Standings. (The Sun, 2/25).
* "We've really got to work on it. But I have to keep reminding myself we're a new team in a lot of areas. If we learn as we go, we'll keep getting better." - Milwaukee Wave head coach Keith Tozer (Journal Sentinel, 2/20).

Baltimore Blast
baltimoreblast.com
Record: 14-7
Leading Scorer: Adauto Neto (28G, 17A)
Leading GK: Sagu (12-4, 4.83 g.a.a.)
Head Coach: Tim Wittman, 3rd Season

Blast Notes - Moved into a second-place tie in the MISL standings with win over California 5-3 on Friday. Led the game 4-0 and held off a late second half rally by the Cougars to win 5-3, and improve to 4-0 in the season series.
* Only team to have beaten St. Louis (16-4) and Milwaukee (14-7) twice.
* Outscore opponents 34-14 in first qtr.
* Blast is 14-4 when Neto scores a point, 0-3 when he does not.
* Celenza scored his 150th career goal.
* Celenza leads the MISL in goals (31) power play goals (6) and first goals (6).

California Cougars
californiacougars.net
Record: 4-18 (Expansion Team)
Leading Scorer: John Ball (10G, 12A)
Leading GK: Jim Larkin (4-14, 6.46 g.a.a.)
Head Coach: Troy Dayak, 1st Season

Cougars Notes - Collision on an Adauto Neto goal between Neto and MISL Goalkeeper of the Week Jim Larkin, forced Larkin from Friday's game. CAL rallied for two late goals in 5-3 loss to Baltimore.
* This week: Cougars are 0-5 against STL (Fri), 0-4 against MIL (Sun.) and 1-11 on the road (Sunday at Milwaukee).
* Have scored first in four of 22 games.
* Winners of three of last five.
* Seven players with 10 or more points.
* F/M John Ball, an All-MISL First Team selection last year, had 11 of his 22 points this season in February.

Chicago Storm
chicagostorm.com
Record: 9-12
Leading Scorer: Matthew Stewart (11G, 12A)
Leading GK: Danny Waltman (7-11, 5.06 g.a.a.)
Head Coach: Frank Klopas, 2nd Season

Storm Notes - Rare comeback win on Feb. 19 led to a rare 19-day break in the schedule for Chicago. After a crushing 6-5 overtime loss at Baltimore, in which Chicago led 5-2 in the fourth quarter, Storm rebounded to win 7-5 in Milwaukee, stunning the defending MISL Champions with go-ahead short-handed goals, separated by less than 20 seconds by All-Star D Lazo Alavanja and Stewart.
* Alavanja and Wave's Marcelo Fontana only two with two short-handed goals.
* Layoff ends when Chicago visits California Mar. 11. Season series at 2-2.
* Stewart (5G, 3A) in last three games.

Milwaukee Wave
milwaukeewave.com
Record: 14-7 (Defending MISL Champions)
Leading Scorer: Greg Howes (27G, 21A)
Leading GK: Nick Vorberg (10-6, 4.62 g.a.a.)
Head Coach: Keith Tozer, 14th season (22nd overall)

Wave Notes - Host California on Sunday, a team they've beaten in each of four meetings.
* The Wave has won 25 consecutive games (including the postseason) when allowing five or fewer goals.
* Won first eight games, won just six of last 13 games.
* Key injuries to Eduardo Sebrango, Michael King, and Lovelace Ackah have forced the Wave to alternate line-ups.
* Greg Howes leads MISL in points (48), restart goals (nine) and shots (114).
* MISL leader Matt Schmidt has 32 blocks this year and just hit 150 for his career.

Philadelphia KiXX
kixxonline.com
Record: 5-14
Leading Scorers: Goran Vasic (7G, 11A).
Leading GK: Peter Pappas (5-12, 5.66 g.a.a.)
Head Coach: Don D'Ambra, 4th season

KiXX Notes - The Milwaukee Wave had outscored the KiXX 28-15 in taking the first four of the six meetings this season. The KiXX have lost nine-straight games overall. That's until Pat Morris scored four consecutive goals to close out a 7-6 overtime win for PHI at home on Saturday night.
* 2005 MISL Defender of the Year, Morris totaled 9 points and 6 blocks in Feb.
* Two-time MISL MVP Dino Delevski has three goals and two assists since being signed by the KiXX on 2/16.
* Since being acquired from the Cougars, defender Vlatko Andonovski has missed 11 of 13 games with a calf injury.

St. Louis Steamers
stlsteamers.com
Record: 16-4
Leading Scorers: Carlos "Chile" Farias (7G, 28A)
Leading GK: Brett Phillips (14-3, 4.73 g.a.a.)
Head Coach: Omid Namazi, 1st season (6th overall)

Steamers Notes - With MISL All-Stars D Genoni Martinez and F Shaun David scoring at a quickening pace, the Steamers have taken a 2 1/2 game lead in the MISL Standings.
* Visit California Friday, STL 5-0 in series.
* David has six goals in last three games.
* Winners of all 10 games that have been played at St. Louis' Savvis Center.
* Joe Reiniger has 598 pro indoor goals.
* Have an edge in the season series with each of their MISL opponents.
* In 20 games, only three have been decided by one goal (Steamers are 2-1).

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