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IGNITION DEFEAT IRONMEN, 21-12, IN NEWARK

Droo Callahan scores second hat trick of the weekend to keep Detroit in first place

January 5, 2008

Newark, NJ - The Detroit Ignition (9-4) defeated the expansion New Jersey Ironmen (8-5) 21-12 tonight at the Prudential Center.  Coming into the match, the clubs were part of a four-way tie for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The Ironmen struck first as Mateus dos Anjos notched an unassisted two-point goal at 4:54 in the first quarter.  Ignition defender Droo Callahan tied the clubs up at two-all with an unassisted two-point goal at 6:21 in the second quarter.  With less than three minutes to play in the half, both Federico Moojen and Dan Antoniuk scored two-point goals for the Ironmen to give New Jersey a four-point lead.

At 2:12 in the third quarter Mauricio Salles, a former Ignition player, scored a two-point goal for the Ironmen.  Matt Johnson ignited things for Detroit thirty seconds later with an unassisted two-point goal at 2:46.  Less than a minute later, Ricardinho added another two points for the Ignition with an unassisted goal of his own.  

New Jersey defender Matt Maher notched a two-point score at 4:35 in the third to put the home team up two.  Callahan quickly responded for the Ignition with a two-point goal at 7:12 off an assist from Ricardinho.   At 10:41, Callahan would score his third goal of the match, an unassisted two-point score.  The goal gave the Ignition captain his second hat trick on the weekend, with the first coming last night against the California Cougars.    Ricardinho and Ryan Mack would close out the third quarter for the Ignition with a pair of two-point goals, giving Detroit a 14-10 lead.

Goran Vasic cut the Ignition’s lead to two at 8:25 in the fourth quarter, but Doug Rice swiftly scored two more points for Detroit at 9:39.  Mack notched his second goal of the night at 12:03, an unassisted three-point score.  Rice would score the final two-points of the match at 13:30 to bring the final score to 21-12.

The Ignition will host the Chicago Storm on Friday, January 11 at Compuware Arena.