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IGNITION WEEKLY

The weekly news release of the Detroit Ignition

February 6, 2008

Southfield, Mich. – The Detroit Ignition (12-6) will face the expansion La Raza de Monterrey (7-11) on Sunday, February 10 at Arena

Monterrey. The Ignition has posted a 1-1 record against La Raza this season, including a hard-fought 19-14 win just two weeks ago.

MISL STANDINGS (through games of 2/4/2008)

                                                  POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

                          GP   W   L    PCT   GB    FOR    AG   HOME  ROAD   DIV   TEN  STREAK

Milwaukee Wave            20  14   6   .700   ---   254   188    7-2   7-4  14-6   7-3  WON 3

Detroit Ignition          18  12   6   .667   1.0   253   191    5-3   7-3  12-6   6-4  LOST 1

Chicago Storm             19  12   7   .632   1.5   205   192    7-4   5-3  12-7   5-5  WON 1

Baltimore Blast           18  11   7   .611   2.0   210   159    9-2   2-5  11-7   6-4  WON 5

New Jersey Ironmen        19  10   9   .526   3.5   226   243    4-5   6-4  10-9   4-6  LOST 4

Philadelphia Kixx         20   9  11   .450   5.0   200   205    6-4   3-7   9-11  6-4  WON 2

Monterrey La Raza         18   7  11   .389   6.0   251   265    4-4   3-7   7-11  5-5  WON 1

California Cougars        18   7  11   .389   6.0   208   245    3-6   4-5   7-11  2-8  LOST 7

Orlando Sharks            20   3  17   .150  11.0   168   287    2-8   1-9   3-17  3-7  LOST 1

IGNITION RECORD

Overall: 12-6 Home: 5-3 Road: 7-3

THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS

February 10, 2008: Detroit Ignition (12-6) at La Raza de Monterrey (7-11)

The Ignition will travel to Monterrey this weekend to take on La Raza de Monterrey for the last time in the regular season. Six of the nine MISL

member clubs will go on to compete in three playoff rounds, ultimately ending with the MISL Championship Final on April 26, 2008 in Milwaukee.

Detroit and Monterrey have split two meetings this season. Monterrey is a presence on both ends of the MISL leaders board – forward Dino Delevski ranks second in the league in points with 66, while defender Genoni Martinez ranks second in blocks with 38.

LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS:

February 2, 2008: Ignition, 13 KiXX, 15

The Detroit Ignition (12-6) were defeated 15-13 by the defending MISL Champion Philadelphia KiXX (9-11) Saturday night in Philadelphia.

Ignition captain Droo Callahan scored the first points of the night with an unassisted three-point goal at 3:29 in the first quarter. Forward Jamar Beasley added an unassisted two-point score for Detroit at 11:11 to give the Ignition a 5-0 lead over the home team as the first quarter came to a close.

Philadelphia defender Pat Morris put the KiXX on the board just under five minutes into the second quarter with a three-point score off an assist from Anthony Donatelli. Mike Apple responded for the Ignition, scoring a two-point goal with an assist from Abraham Francois. Philadelphia closed out the half with a 6-0 run, putting the KiXX up 9-7 at halftime.

Philadelphia’s scoring attack continued into the second half as the KiXX scored another six unanswered points to bring the score to 15-7. At 4:01 in the fourth quarter, Ignition midfielder Ryan Mack kicked off Detroit’s comeback effort with a two-point tally off an assist from Callahan. Less than two minutes later, Matt Johnson added another two points for Detroit with an assist from Ignition rookie Ze Roberto. Callahan scored his second goal of the night at 6:00 to put the club within two, but the comeback wasn’t enough to overtake the KiXX who won 15-13.

ITINERARY: Week of February 4-10

* All Detroit Ignition practices are held at High Velocity Sports at 46245 Michigan Avenue in Canton unless otherwise scheduled. All practices are open to the media upon request. All times are Eastern Standard Time and subject to change without notice.

Thursday, February 7: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, February 8: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Saturday, February 9: Travel to Monterrey

Sunday, February 3: Detroit Ignition at La Raza de Monterrey, 6:30 pm

INJURY REPORT

Player Injury Status

Ricardinho Foot Probable

Nate Craft Knee Questionable

MILESTONES WITHIN REACH

Mike Apple needs 11 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals

Vahid Assadpour needs 18 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Jamar Beasley needs 10 points to reach 300 MISL career points

Droo Callahan needs 12 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks

Nate Craft needs 6 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Jonathan Greenfield needs 25 points to reach 100 MISL career points

Abraham Francois needs 15 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Matt Johnson needs 4 blocks to reach 150 MISL career blocks

Ryan Mack needs 6 points to reach 50 MISL career points

Hewerton needs 34 points to reach 150 MISL career points

Ricardinho needs 2 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Josh Rife needs 5 blocks to reach 75 MISL career blocks

Doug Rice needs 9 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Ze Roberto needs 18 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Worteh Sampson needs 7 points to reach 75 MISL career points

Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 4 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Danny Waltman needs 41 saves to reach 1,000 MISL career saves

DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS (Through Games of 2/4/2008)

No. PLAYER               GP 3PG 2PG   A PTS   SH PIM   F BLK PP SHG SOG/A PKG/A GWG RSG SAG VS6 OTG

17  Beasley, Jamar       16   1  16   8  43   88   6  17   3  2   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

12  Callahan, Droo       18   5  11   5  42   53  15  27  39  1   0  0/0   0/0    1   2   0   1   0

08  Ricardinho           15   0  14   9  37   47   8  10   5  5   0  1/1   3/3    1   0   0   0   0

 9  Moreira, Hewerton    18   2   9  12  36   76   2  22   5  3   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   1   0   0

11  Mack, Ryan           17   2  13   3  35   65   2  16   8  0   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   1   0

14  Sampson, Worteh      17   0   9  10  28   46   8  23   3  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   1   0   0

28  Greenfield, Jonathan 18   2   5  10  26   41   5   9  16  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

21  Selaidopoulos, Kyria 18   2   6   6  24   48   9  12   5  0   0  0/0   0/0    3   0   0   1   0

 7  Apple, Mike          11   0   7   3  17   22   2  10   2  3   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   0   0   0

 5  Rice, Doug           18   1   4   3  14   20   2  19   6  0   1  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   2   0

15  Francois, Abraham    15   0   3   2   8   12   6  19  10  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 3  Assadpour, Vahid     12   0   2   3   7   13   8  14   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

10  Roberto, Ze          17   0   2   3   7   31   0  18  14  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

19  Johnson, Matt        16   0   2   1   5   15   6  18  10  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   1   0   0   0

24  Waltman, Danny       16   0   0   4   4    0   4   2   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 4  Rife, Josh           17   0   1   1   3   14   2   9  19  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

16  Gibson, Leo           2   0   0   0   0    3   0   0   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 3  Wilkes, Zachary       2   0   0   0   0    0   0   0   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

18  Chencinski, Tomer     4   0   0   0   0    0   0   0   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

26  Craft, Nate           9   0   0   0   0    2   7   9   2  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

    BENCH                18                        9

    TOTALS               18  15 104  83 336  596 101 254 148 14   2  1/1   3/3   12   4   2   5   0

    OPPONENT TOTALS      18  15  73  66 257  450 112 233 206 12   2  3/4   2/2    6   5   2   5   0

No. GOALKEEPER            GPI GS     MIN   SF   SV 3PG 2PG SOG/A PKG/A    W  L    AVG   SVPCT

17  Beasley, Jamar         1   0    3:44    0    0   0   0   0/0   0/0    0  0   0.00   0.000

24  Waltman, Danny        16  15  894:20  251  185   9  57   3/4   0/0   10  6   8.52   0.737

 9  Moreira, Hewerton      1   0    0:01    1    0   0   1   0/0   1/1    0  0 7200.0   0.000

18  Chencinski, Tomer      4   3  161:17   43   28   1  14   0/0   1/1    2  0  11.53   0.651

08  Ricardinho             5   0   17:33    6    1   4   1   0/0   0/0    0  0  47.86   0.167

12  Callahan, Droo         2   0    3:05    1    0   1   0   0/0   0/0    0  0  58.38   0.000

    TOTALS                18     1080:00  302  214  15  73   3/4   2/2   12  6  10.61   0.709

    OPPONENT TOTALS       18     1080:00  390  271  15 104   1/1   3/3    6 12  14.06   0.695

IGNITION LEADERS

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS BLOCKS

Beasley, Jamar - 43 Beasley, Jamar - 17 Hewerton – 12 Callahan, Droo -39

Callahan, Droo - 42 Callahan, Droo - 16 Sampson, Worteh - 10 Rife, Josh - 19

Ricardinho - 37 Mack, Ryan - 15 Greenfield, Jonathan - 10 Greenfield, Jonathan - 16

Hewerton - 36 Ricardinho - 14 Ricardinho – 9 Roberto, Ze - 14

Mack, Ryan – 35 Hewerton -11 Beasley, Jamar – 8 Several players tied at - 10

SAVES

Waltman, Danny – 185

MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 2/4/2008)

POINTS               TEAM  GP  3PG 2PG AST POINTS

Howes, Greg          MIL   18    3  28  13     78

Delevski, Dino       MON   17    6  20   8     66

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   19    0  25   6     56

Martinez, Genoni     MON   18    3  13  15     50

Leite, Marcio        MIL   20    3  14  13     50

Cabral, Denison      BAL   18    1  17   9     46

Vasic, Goran         NJY   17    4   4  24     44

Millwood, Machel     BAL   17    0  14  16     44

D'Ambra, Don         PHL   20    0  14  16     44

Beasley, Jamar       DET   16    1  16   8     43

Callahan, Droo       DET   18    5  11   5     42

Stewart, Matthew     CHI   18    0  18   5     41

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   17    1  15   7     40

Mesanovic, Semir     CAL   17    4   9   9     39

Armstrong, Stephen   CHI   17    8   6   2     38

Ricardinho           DET   15    0  14   9     37

Farias, Chile        CHI   19    2   9  13     37

Moreira, Hewerton    DET   18    2   9  12     36

Mack, Ryan           DET   17    2  13   3     35

Salles, Mauricio     NJY   17    1  12   8     35

GOALS                TEAM  GP GOALS                 ASSISTS              TEAM      AST

Howes, Greg          MIL   18   31          Vasic, Goran         NJY        24

Delevski, Dino       MON   17   26          Millwood, Machel     BAL        16

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   19   25          D'Ambra, Don         PHL        16

Cabral, Denison      BAL   18   18          Martinez, Genoni     MON        15

Stewart, Matthew     CHI   18   18          Susi, Aaron          PHL        14

BLOCKS TEAM BLK

Callahan, Droo DET 39

Martinez, Genoni MON 38

Caution, Matt CAL 38

Gilbert, Neil MON 31

Hall, Ryan CAL 31

SAVE PERCENTAGE TEAM GOALS SAVES PCT

Pappas, Peter        PHL     61    183  0.750

Richey, Jeff         CHI     46    135  0.746

Vorberg, Nick        MIL     76    222  0.745

Waltman, Danny       DET     66    185  0.737

Sagu                 BAL     54    131  0.708

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