Philadelphia KiXX Past Cleveland

Published on November 16, 2002 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Cleveland Force News Release


CLEVELAND, OHIO -- The Cleveland Force traveled to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and were defeated by the defending Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Champions Philadelphia KiXX by a final score of x-x tonight at the First Union Spectrum.

With the loss, Cleveland fell to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the MISL Eastern Conference. With the win, the KiXX improved to 8-3 overall and 6-1 in the MISL Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia opened the scoring (0-2) when Kevin Sloan scored the shoot out and power play goal at the 1:26 mark of the first quarter. The KiXX added to its lead (0-4) when Don D'Ambra beat Jim Larkin and scored the two-point goal from the assist of Peter Pappas at 12:13.

Philadelphia added to its lead (0-6) when D'Ambra scored his second goal of the game off the pass from Goran Vasic with just 15 seconds gone in the second quarter. The Force ended the 6-0 run (2-6) when Hector Marinaro scored the two-point goal off the assist from Giuliano Oliviero at 1:07. The goal marked the 50th straight game that Marinaro has scored at least a point. The assist for Oliviero marked his 200th career assist. Cleveland scored the power play goal (4-6) when Marinaro scored his second goal of the game off the second assist of the game for Oliviero at the 8:24 mark. The Force tied the game on the power play goal (6-6) by Nevio Pizzolitto off the team season-high tying third assist in a game for Oliviero at the 9:57 mark. Philadelphia regained the lead (6-8) when Pat Morris scored the power play goal at the end of the first half.

The KiXX scored the first points of the second half (6-11) when Les Lunsford scored the three-point goal from feed of Vasic at the 13:26 mark.

Cleveland cut into the lead (9-11) when Eric Kvello scored the three-point goal at the 2:50 mark of the final quarter. The goal marked the first goal of the season for Kvello. The Force tied the game for the second time (11-11) when Marinaro recorded the hat trick off the rebound shot and assist of Pizzolitto at 5:22. Philadelphia regained the lead (11-13) when Sloan scored his second goal of the game off the assist from Joe Scigliano.

Cleveland will next play host to the Harrisburg Heat in a MISL Eastern Conference game on Friday, October 22nd at the Convocation Center at Cleveland State University. The game is scheduled to start at 7:35 p.m. and will mark the first time the Force and Heat will face each other this season. Catch all the action on WHK 1220 AM in Cleveland and WHKW 1440 AM in Warren or worldwide on the Internet at www.thesportsking.com.

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