Ontario Fury Game Notes - vs. Turlock
November 25, 2016 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
Ontario Fury News Release
Welcome to CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA for tonight's MAJOR ARENA SOCCER LEAGUE game between two Pacific Division rivals: the ONTARIO FURY and the TURLOCK EXPRESS. Today's "Black Friday" game will include the annual Teddy Bear Toss, with fans showering the field with stuffed animals after the Fury's first goal of the game. MASL STANDINGS 2016-17 (As of 11-25-16) PACIFIC DIVISION
W L GB Tacoma Stars .................... 4 1 - San Diego Sockers ............ 3 2 1 Turlock Express ................. 2 3 2 ONTARIO FURY .................. 1 2 2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION Soles de Sonora ................ 3 1 - Atletico Baja ..................... 2 1 .5 Dallas Sidekicks ................ 2 4 2 El Paso Coyotes ................. 0 3 2.5 CENTRAL DIVISION Chicago Mustangs ............. 2 0 - Kansas City Comets ........... 2 2 1 Cedar Rapids Rampage ..... 2 2 1 Milwaukee Wave .............. 2 3 1.5 St. Louis Ambush .............. 0 2 2 EASTERN DIVISION Syr. Silver Knights ............. 1 0 - Baltimore Blast ................. 2 1 - Florida Tropics .................. 1 1 .5 Harrisburg Heat ................ 1 2 1
TODAY'S GAMES Florida at Harrisburgh Turlock at ONTARIO SATURDAY'S GAME Florida at Syracuse Chicago at St. Louis Milwaukee at Cedar Rapids San Diego at El Paso SUNDAY'S GAMES St. Louis at Chicago Sonora at Baja ABOUT THE FURY PREVIOUS GAME: Ontario jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second quarter, and were up 3-2 at halftime, but were outscored 6-2 in the second half by the Tacoma Stars, who won 8-5 at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.
NEXT GAME: at Tacoma Stars, 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. It will be Tacoma's first home game since beating the Fury on Nov. 12. The Stars will coming home from a four-game road trip that included stops in Dallas, St. Louis, San Diego and Baja.
LAST MEETING VS. TURLOCK: Fury 10, Express 2 on Feb. 24, 2016, the Fury's final home game of the 2015-16 season. HISTORY VS. TURLOCK: 6-2. Ontario has won all four meetings at Citizens Business Bank Arena, while the teams have split four meetings at Turlock Indoor Soccer.
PRESEASON MATCHUP: The Fury and Turlock met in a preseason game Oct. 23 here at Citizens Business Bank Arena, as Ontario jumped out to a 6-1 lead before beating the Express 9-6.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Mauricio Salles and Nick Perera scored two goals apiece for the Fury. LIGHT SCHEDULE: Ontario has been off since their Nov. 12 loss at Tacoma, then will have another bye week before returning to the Pacific Northwest for their rematch with the Tacoma Stars. THREE-TIME STAR: Midfielder Mauricio Salles has earned mention in the three stars of the game in each of the Fury's three games, compiling five goals and four assists thus far. He has been the game's second star twice and third star once, giving him 50 points in the league's star standings. He also leads the team with 16 shots on goal, which gives him a shooting percentage of 31.3 percent so far this season.
BACK FROM THE BEACH: Forward Nick Perera missed the Fury's game in Sonora as he was in Dubai captaining the United States as part of the U.S. National Beach Soccer Team. The United States was participating in the Intercontinental Cup, an eight-team tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Perera scored six goals in the five United States games at the tournament, including a hat trick in a 5-3 loss to Egypt. He also had one of the goals of the tournament, a bicycle kick from midfield that went viral in soccer circles.
IMPROVED SPECIAL TEAMS: Ontario's special teams, which have struggled in previous seasons, have started strong through three games. Ontario has converted on three of its four power play attempts, while stopping opponents five out of six times shorthanded this season.
Andy Reyes has two of the power play goals, putting him tied for second in the league in the category.
STILL POSITIVE: Despite losing their last two road games, the Fury have had a positive outcome in the goals column. Ontario is a plus-1 in goal differential through three games. 2016-17 ONTARIO FURY MASL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time 10/30 vs. Baja W, 13-4 11/5 @ Sonora L, 8-13 11/12 @ Tacoma L, 5-8 11/25 vs. Turlock 7 p.m. 12/10 @ Tacoma 6 p.m. 12/17 vs. El Paso 6 p.m. 12/30 vs. San Diego 7 p.m. 1/6 @ Turlock 7 p.m. 1/8 @ San Diego 5 p.m. 1/13 vs. Kansas City 7 p.m. Date Opponent Time 1/20 vs. Sonora 7:30 p.m. 1/22 @ Baja 5 p.m. 1/27 vs. Dallas 7 p.m. 2/4 vs. Turlock 6 p.m. 2/9 vs. Sonora 7 p.m. 2/16 vs. Tacoma 7 p.m. 2/24 @ El Paso 6:30 p.m. 2/25 @ Dallas 5 p.m. 2/26 @ Chicago 1 p.m. 3/3 @ Turlock 7 p.m. All Game Times Pacific Time Game Times Subject to Change All Ontario Fury and MASL games can be streamed on the MASL TV channel at Youtube.com. TODAY'S OPPONENT TURLOCK EXPRESS
RECORD: 2-3 NEXT GAME: at San Diego, Dec. 9 ALL-TIME VS. FURY: 2-6 RECORD AT CBBA: 0-4. NEXT MEETING VS. FURY: Jan. 6, 2017 at Turlock Indoor Soccer
HOME SWEET HOME: The Express have been perfect so far this season at home, shutting down both Pacific Division rivals who have come into Turlock Indoor Soccer, beating both Tacoma and San Diego. Away from home, it's been another story on the road, as they've given up 43 goals in their three road games. THREE-TIME STAR: The Express are being led by Anibal Echeverria, who is third in the league in points (13) and goals (9). He has been in the post-game three stars three times this season.
NEW BACKSTOP: Christopher Welch has taken over the bulk of the goaltending duties for the Express after joining the team from Sacramento last season. He was the first star in Turlock's two victories at home.
LEAGUE HONOR: Turlock defender Jose Martinez was chosen for Team of the Week honors, after he blocked three shots and had a goal and two assists in the Express' first-ever win over San Diego. For his efforts, he was voted Player of the Week by the fans. FUR WILL FLY: Today's game will feature the Fury's second annual Teddy Bear Toss. Fans were encouraged to bring stuffed animals to today's game to throw on the field after Ontario's first goal. Last year's first goal came 4:46 into the game against Sacramento on Jan. 29. There will be a short delay as the stuffed animals are picked up from the field. All stuffed animals will be donated to local children's charities.
THE GIFT OF FURY SOCCER: The Fury's annual Holiday Pack is on sale now, and features tickets to three games and a gift card to Five Guys Burgers and Fries starting at only $9 per ticket. A family of four can get tickets to three games for only $36 and have three nights out at the Fury. Upgrade your seats to the corner for $15 ($5 per game) or to midfield for $25 ($8.33 per game).
Ticket packages are available for purchase at our sales table or online at OntarioFury.com.
NEXT HOME GAME Dec. 17, 2016 Vs. El Paso Coyotes CASA COLINA JERSEY NIGHT
The Fury will be wearing special jerseys honoring Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare. The jerseys will be auctioned off after the game to benefit the hospital and its mission.
2016-17 ONTARIO FURY ROSTER No. NAME Pos. G A Pts. 2 Douglas Lima M 0 0 0 3 Maicon De Abreu M 0 0 0 4 Thiago Goncalves D 1 0 1 5 Juan Gonzalez M 1 0 1 6 Jose Gonzalez D 0 0 0 7 Mauricio Salles M 5 4 9 9 Leonardo De Oliveira F 0 0 0 10 Tiguinho M 5 1 6 11 Alex Caceres D 2 2 4 12 Corey Maret D 1 0 1 14 Andy Reyes M 3 1 4 15 Tino Nunez F 3 3 6 17 Chico Francisco F 2 0 2 19 Jinho Kim M 0 2 2 21 Eric Guzman D 0 1 1 23 Israel Sesay M 0 3 3 77 Nick Perera F 1 2 3 98 Jayme Kapinos D 0 0 0 No. NAME Pos. W L GAA SV% 0 Christian Vidaurrazaga G 0 0 0.00 .000 99 Joey Kapinos G 1 2 7.78 .681 THE FURY THANKS THEIR SPONSORS AROUND THE MAJOR ARENA SOCCER LEAGUE
EARLY SEASON SURPRISES: Besides the pair of victories by Turlock at home, there have been a handful of upsets in the early part of the season. Turlock wasn't San Diego's first shocker of the season, after the Sockers gave up five fourth quarter goals to the expansion Florida Tropics as Florida won its inaugural game 6-5 at home. San Diego needed a shootout the next night to beat Dallas, holding on for a 5-4 win after 70 minutes wasn't enough. ...
Harrisburg, which struggled last year, also got in the win column early in the season, knocking off the Milwaukee Wave. ... Meanwhile, the wave played spoilers themselves, spoiling the banner raising ceremony for the defending Ron Newman Cup Champion Baltimore Blast, knocking off the champs 4-3 at Royal Farms Arena.
LEADING AT BOTH ENDS: The league's Week 3 Player of the Week was the Kansas City Comets goaltender Stephen Paterson.
Paterson earned the honor after holding the St. Louis Ambush to only three goals in an 8-3 victory. But he also started the scoring in the game, dribbling up to just outside the attacking yellow line and letting a shot fly. It was the first goal by a goaltender in the league this season.
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FRANCK TAYOU, SONORA: Last season's MVP continues his scoring ways, accounting for four goals and three assists in Sonora's win over El Paso.
IAN BENNETT, MILWAUKEE: In two games, he scored four goals (including a hat trick against Kansas City) and had two assists for the Wave.
GORDY GURSON, CEDAR RAPIDS: He assisted on the tying and winning goals as the Rapids notched their first-ever win against Milwaukee.
JOSE MARTINEZ, TURLOCK: Martinez had three blocked shots and a goal with two assists to lead the Express to their first-ever win against San Diego.
COREY KEITZ, TACOMA: The defender helped the Stars sweep a two-game weekend with seven total blocked shots.
DANNY WALTMAN, TACOMA: Waltman picked up the win in both games for the Stars. First winning a shootout against Dallas, then only allowing three goals to St. Louis. EARLY LEADERS: There are some familiar names and faces atop the MASL stats leaders through the first month of the season. Last year's Most Valuable Player, Franck Tayou of Sonora, once again is lighting up the scoreboard. He has posted a league leading 12 goals and 18 points in Sonora's four games thus far. He is a tie for second in assists, trailing only Kansas City forward Leo Gibson, who has eight assists.
Ian Bennett of Milwaukee is in a group of three tied for seventh in the league in goals scored with seven. But he's done most of his work with the man advantage, scoring four times with the Wave on the power play. There are seven players tied with two power play goals. On the other end of the special teams equation, five players have scored shorthanded so far this season. And only one player has notched more than one game-winning goal this season, that honor going to Baja's Christian Gutierrez, who has two. In goal, more familiar names top the stat lists, as Danny Waltman leads the league with four wins, while Baltimore's William Vanzela has the lowest goals against average for goalies having played more than one game (3.71), while Chris Toth of San Diego has the highest save percentage (.785) of those with more than one appearance.
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