
West Defeats East In Annual MISL All-Star Classic
March 9, 2003 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Cleveland Force News Release
MILWAUKEE, WIS. â The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) hosted its annual All-Star Game this afternoon from the Bradley Center. The Eastern Conference All-Star squad comprised of the Baltimore Blast, Cleveland Force, Harrisburg Heat and the Philadelphia KiXX defeated the Western Conference squad made up of the Dallas Sidekicks, Kansas City Comets, Milwaukee Wave and San Diego Sockers by a final score of 20-13 in front of 8.429 fans.
The Most Valuable Player of the Game went to Dino Delevski of the Kansas City Comets who recorded a hat trick and scored the game winning goal.
The West opened the scoring (3-0) when Alex Zotinca of the Comets scored a three-point goal off the assist from Nino DaSilva of Kansas City at 11:14 of the first quarter. The East got on the board (3-2) when John Ball of the Force scored an unassisted two-point goal at 11:38. The West added to its lead (5-2) when Dino Delevski of the Comets found the back of the net on a volley of the boards from San Diego's Carlos "Chile Farias at 12:31.
The East cut the lead to one point (5-4) when P.J. Wakefield of the Blast scored an unassisted two-point goal at 1:35 of the second quarter. The West added to its lead (7-4) when Todd Dusosky of Milwaukee found the back of the net off the cross from Delevski at 8:39.
The West opened the second half scoring (9-4) when Delevski scored his second two-point goal of the game on a volley off the cross from Gaston Pernia of the Sockers at 2:58 of the third quarter. The East snapped a 4-0 run by the West (9-6) when Wakefield scored his second two-point goal of the game off the cross from Don D'Ambra of the KiXX at 8:08. The West quickly responded (6-12) when Lovelace Ackah of the Wave scored a three-point restart goal at 8:44.
The East cut into the lead (12-8) when Pat Morris of Philadelphia scored a two-point goal off the pass from Denison Cabral of the Blast at 3:11 of the final quarter. The East got to within a goal (12-10) when Genoni Martinez scored the penalty kick power play two-point goal at 6:50. The East took its first lead of the game (13-12) when Martinez scored his second goal of the quarter on a three-point blast at 9:48. The West regained the lead (15-13) when Delevski picked up the hat trick on a three-point goal off the pass from Joe Reiniger of Milwaukee at 13:01. The West sealed the game (17-13) when Todd Dusosky scored his second goal of the game against the sixth attacker at 14:48. The West added another three-point goal (20-17) when DaSilva found the back of the net against the sixth attacker at 14:56.
Major Indoor Soccer League 2 Stories from March 9, 2003
- West defeats East in MISL All-Star Game - Dallas Sidekicks
- West Defeats East In Annual MISL All-Star Classic - Cleveland Force
- News from 2003 All-Star Week - San Diego Sockers
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