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IGNITION WEEKLY
The weekly news release of
the Detroit Ignition
January 2, 2008
Southfield, Mich.
- The Detroit
Ignition (8-3) will host the California Cougars (6-4) Friday night at Compuware
Arena. The game will
feature Detroit Lions’ wide receiver Mike Furrey as honorary captain, who will
kick out the ceremonial first ball.
MISL STANDINGS
(through games of 1/1/2008)
POINTS
POINTS
WITHIN LAST
GP W L PCT GB FOR AG HOME ROAD DIV TEN STREAK
Chicago Storm 11 8 3 .727 --- 115 105 4-3 4-0 8-3 7-3 WON 1
New Jersey Ironmen 11 8 3 .727 --- 147 123 2-2 6-1 8-3 7-3 WON 3
Detroit Ignition 11 8 3 .727 --- 161 103 2-2 6-1 8-3 7-3 WON 2
Milwaukee Wave 11 7 4 .636 1.0 132 101 4-2 3-2 7-4 7-3 LOST 1
California Cougars 10 6 4 .600 1.5 125 112 3-3 3-1 6-4 6-4 LOST 1
Baltimore Blast 10 5 5 .500 2.5 106 97 4-2 1-3 5-5 5-5 LOST 5
Philadelphia Kixx 12 5 7 .417 3.5 114 123 2-3 3-4 5-7 5-5 WON 3
Monterrey La Raza 12 4 8 .333 4.5 157 182 3-3 1-5 4-8 3-7 LOST 1
Orlando Sharks 14 0 14 .000 9.5 98 209 0-7 0-7 0-14 3-7 LOST 14
IGNITION RECORD
Overall:
8-3
Home: 2-2
Road: 6-1
THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS
January 4, 2008: Detroit Ignition (7-3) vs. California Cougars (6-3)
The Detroit Ignition will host the California Cougars on Friday, January 4 at
7:35 pm. The two clubs last met on November 17 in Stockton, where the
Ignition defeated the Cougars 16-13. California defender Ryan Hall ranks
third in the MISL in blocks with 25 so far this season.
January 5, 2008: Detroit Ignition (7-3) at New Jersey Ironmen (8-3)
The Detroit Ignition will travel to Newark on Saturday, December 5 to take on
the expansion New Jersey Ironmen. The Ignition have posted an 0-2 record
against the Ironmen so far this season. Ironmen forward Mauricio Salles, a
former Ignition player, scored a hat trick in the Ironmen’s 24-15 victory over
the California Cougars on December 30.
LAST
ACTION:
December 31, 2007 Ignition, 10 Wave, 4 -
The
Detroit Ignition (8-3) entered a three-way tie for first place in the Major
Indoor Soccer League with a 10-4 victory over the Milwaukee Wave (7-4) Monday
afternoon.
Ignition forward Jamar Beasley scored the first points of the match at 3:16 in
the first quarter with a two-point goal assisted by goalkeeper Danny Waltman.
Greg Howes notched his own two-point goal at 10:39 to tie the clubs up at two as
the first quarter came to a close.
The Ignition scored six unanswered points in the second quarter, as Ze Roberto,
Hewerton and Ricardinho all scored two-point goals.
Wave defender Joe Di Buono scored two points in the third quarter, but Ignition
defender Jonathan Greenfield notched a two-point goal for Detroit in the fourth
quarter to bring the final score to 10-4.
ITINERARY: Week of December 31- January 6
*
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, January 3:
Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friday, January 4:
Training at Compuware Arena, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Detroit Ignition vs. California Cougars, 7:35 pm
Saturday, January 5:
Travel to New Jersey
Detroit Ignition at New Jersey Ironmen, 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 6:
Off
INJURY
REPORT
Player
Injury
Status
Mike
Apple
Knee
Questionable
MILESTONES WITHIN REACH
Mike
Apple
needs
12 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals
Jamar
Beasley
needs
33 points to reach 300 MISL career points
Droo
Callahan
needs
25 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks
Nate
Craft
needs
6 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Jonathan Greenfield
needs
1 goal to reach 25 MISL career goals
Matt
Johnson
needs
9 blocks to reach 150 MISL career blocks
Hewerton Moreira
needs
1 goal to reach 50 MISL career goals
Ricardinho
needs
5 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals
Josh
Rife
needs
10 blocks to reach 75 MISL career blocks
Worteh
Sampson
needs
9 points to reach 75 MISL career
points
Danny
Waltman
needs
2 saves to reach 900 MISL career saves
IGNITION LEADERS
POINTS
GOALS
ASSISTS
BLOCKS
Hewerton - 31
Ricardinho - 11
Moreira, Hewerton – 10
Callahan, Droo -26
Ricardinho – 27
Moreira, Hewerton - 10
Sampson, Worteh - 8
Rife, Josh - 14
Sampson, Worteh - 26
Sampson, Worteh - 9
Greenfield, Jonathan - 7
Greenfield, Jonathan - 12
Beasley, Jamar - 20
Mack, Ryan - 8
Beasley, Jamar - 6
Mack, Ryan - 6
Several players tied at - 19
Beasley, Jamar – 7
Several players tied at - 5
Johnson, Matt - 5
SAVES:
Waltman, Danny
– 124
DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS
(Through
Games of 1/1/2008)
No. PLAYER GP 3PG 2PG A PTS SH PIM F BLK PP SHG SOG/A PKG/A GWG RSG SAG VS6 OTG
9 Moreira, Hewerton 11 1 9 10 31 52 0 12 3 2 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 1 0 0
08 Ricardinho 11 0 11 5 27 37 8 9 4 5 0 1/1 3/3 1 0 0 0 0
14 Sampson, Worteh 10 0 9 8 26 30 6 16 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Beasley, Jamar 9 0 7 6 20 48 6 10 3 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mack, Ryan 10 1 7 2 19 35 0 6 6 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Greenfield, Jonathan 11 2 3 7 19 23 5 6 12 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Selaidopoulos, Kyria 11 2 3 5 17 29 2 9 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 1 0
12 Callahan, Droo 11 2 4 1 15 29 13 16 26 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 1 0
7 Apple, Mike 5 0 6 1 13 8 0 5 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 0 0
05 Rice, Doug 11 1 2 2 9 11 2 11 4 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0
03 Assadpour, Vahid 10 0 2 3 7 12 6 13 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Roberto, Ze 10 0 2 1 5 19 0 8 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
02 Francois, Abraham 8 0 1 1 3 3 2 9 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
04 Rife, Josh 11 0 1 1 3 12 2 5 14 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Waltman, Danny 10 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Johnson, Matt 10 0 0 1 1 10 6 9 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wilkes, Zachary 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
00 Gibson, Leo 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Chencinski, Tomer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Craft, Nate 6 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
BENCH 11 4
TOTALS 11 9 67 57 218 361 71 150 90 12 2 1/1 3/3 8 1 2 3 0
OPPONENT TOTALS 11 9 38 34 137 271 78 145 119 8 1 2/3 1/1 3 2 0 3 0
No. GOALKEEPER GPI GS MIN SF SV 3PG 2PG SOG/A PKG/A W L AVG SVPCT
18 Chencinski, Tomer 1 1 60:00 12 9 0 3 0/0 0/0 1 0 6.00 0.750
24 Waltman, Danny 10 10 586:58 165 124 7 34 2/3 0/0 7 3 9.10 0.751
9 Moreira, Hewerton 1 0 0:01 1 0 0 1 0/0 1/1 0 0 7200.0 0.000
08 Ricardinho 4 0 13:01 3 1 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 27.66 0.333
TOTALS 11 660:00 181 134 9 38 2/3 1/1 8 3 9.36 0.740
OPPONENT TOTALS 11 660:00 242 166 9 67 1/1 3/3 3 8 14.64 0.686
MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 1/1/2008)
POINTS TEAM GP 3PG 2PG AST POINTS
Delevski, Dino MON 11 3 15 2 41
Howes, Greg MIL 11 1 15 8 41
Antoniuk, Dan NJY 11 0 16 3 35
Moreira, Hewerton DET 11 1 9 10 31
Leite, Marcio MIL 11 1 9 10 31
Vasic, Goran NJY 11 2 3 18 30
Alavanja, Lazo NJY 10 3 6 8 29
Tovar, Enrique CAL 10 1 11 4 29
Farias, Chile CHI 11 2 7 7 27
Ricardinho DET 11 0 11 5 27
D'Ambra, Don PHL 12 0 7 13 27
Cabral, Denison BAL 10 0 10 6 26
Handsor, Chris CAL 10 0 9 8 26
Sampson, Worteh DET 10 0 9 8 26
GOALS TEAM GP GOALS
Delevski, Dino MON 11 18
Antoniuk, Dan NJY 11 16
Howes, Greg MIL 11 16
Tovar, Enrique CAL 10 12
Ricardinho DET 11 11
ASSISTS TEAM AST
Vasic, Goran NJY 18
D'Ambra, Don PHL 13
Martinez, Genoni MON 10
Moreira, Hewerton DET 10
Leite, Marcio MIL 10
BLOCKS TEAM BLK
Martinez, Genoni MON 33
Callahan, Droo DET 26
Hall, Ryan CAL 25
Caution, Matt CAL 19
Valle, Jorge ORL 19
SAVES
TEAM SAVES
Pappas, Peter
PHL
139
Meola, Tony
NJY
129
Vorberg, Nick
MIL
127
Bontti, Jose
MON
124
Waltman, Danny
DET
124
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