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IGNITION WEEKLY

The weekly news release of the Detroit Ignition

January 16, 2008

Southfield, Mich. – The Detroit Ignition (10-4) will host the Milwaukee Wave (11-4) Friday night at Compuware Arena at 7:35 pm (ET). The Ignition are a half-game behind the Wave in the fight for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

MISL STANDINGS (through games of 1/15/2008)

                                            POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

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

Milwaukee Wave            15  11   4   .733   ---   191   139    5-2   6-2  11-4   8-2  WON 4

Detroit Ignition          14  10   4   .714    .5   204   139    3-3   7-1  10-4   7-3  WON 2

New Jersey Ironmen        14   9   5   .643   1.5   174   171    3-3   6-2   9-5   6-4  WON 1

Chicago Storm             14   9   5   .643   1.5   150   141    4-4   5-1   9-5   6-4  LOST 1

California Cougars        13   7   6   .538   3.0   162   156    3-5   4-1   7-6   6-4  LOST 2

Philadelphia Kixx         15   7   8   .467   4.0   148   143    4-3   3-5   7-8   6-4  WON 2

Baltimore Blast           13   6   7   .462   4.0   133   116    5-2   1-5   6-7   3-7  LOST 2

Monterrey La Raza         14   5   9   .357   5.5   188   218    3-4   2-5   5-9   4-6  LOST 1

Orlando Sharks            16   0  16   .000  11.5   110   237    0-8   0-8   0-16  4-6  LOST 16

IGNITION RECORD

Overall: 10-4 Home: 3-3 Road: 7-1

THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS

January 18, 2008: Detroit Ignition (10-4) vs. Milwaukee Wave (11-4)

The Detroit Ignition will host the Milwaukee Wave on Friday, January 18 at 7:35 pm. The Ignition is a half-game behind the Wave for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Wave forward Greg Howes, who leads the MISL in points with 62, scored a hat-trick in the Wave’s victory over the California Cougars on Saturday, January 13.

LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS:

January 11, 2008: Ignition, 12, Storm, 4 - The Detroit Ignition (10-4) defeated the Chicago Storm (9-5) 12-4 Friday night to keep their share of first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Ignition forward and reigning MISL MVP Jamar Beasley scored the first points of the match at 4:58 in the first quarter, a two-point goal with an assist from Ricardinho. Chicago’s Mariano Bollella responded with two points for the visitors with just over a minute to play in the quarter. Ryan Mack scored two points for Detroit 30 seconds into the second quarter with an assist from Droo Callahan to put the club up 4-2 at halftime.

Midfielder Kyt Selaidopoulos kicked the second half off for the Ignition with a two-point goal at 14:24 in the third quarter.

Selaidopoulos struck again at 2:08 in the fourth quarter with an unassisted two-point score to give Detroit a six point lead. Beasley scored his second goal of the night at 4:36, a two-point shot off an assist from Callahan. Storm midfielder Matthew Stewart added two more points for Chicago at 7:41, but Ignition defender Jonathan Greenfield cemented the win for Detroit with a two-point score at 9:22.

IGNITION KEEPER NAMED MISL GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK

Ignition netminder Danny Waltman was named MISL Goalkeeper of the Week for the seven day period ending January 13. Waltman saved 15 of 17 shots faced against his former team, the Chicago Storm on Friday night. The Storm, who were tied with the Ignition for first place, were held scoreless for two consecutive quarters thanks in large part to Waltman’s stellar efforts in goal. Waltman also posted an assist on the weekend.

ITINERARY: Week of January 14-20

* 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 17: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, January 18: Training at Compuware Arena, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Detroit Ignition vs. Milwaukee Wave, 7:35 pm

Saturday, January 19: Off

Sunday, January 20: Off

INJURY REPORT

Player Injury Status

Leo Gibson Back Out

Matt Johnson Ankle Probable

Vahid Assadpour Neck Probable

MILESTONES WITHIN REACH

Mike Apple needs 12 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals

Vahid Assadpour needs 18 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Jamar Beasley needs 25 points to reach 300 MISL career points

Droo Callahan needs 21 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks

Nate Craft needs 6 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Jonathan Greenfield needs 27 points to reach 100 MISL career points

Abraham Francois needs 22 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Matt Johnson needs 7 blocks to reach 150 MISL career blocks

Ryan Mack needs 14 points to reach 50 MISL career points

Hewerton needs 1 goal to reach 50 MISL career goals

Ricardinho needs 3 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Josh Rife needs 7 blocks to reach 75 MISL career blocks

Doug Rice needs 10 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Ze Roberto needs 19 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Worteh Sampson needs 9 points to reach 75 MISL career points

Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 5 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Danny Waltman needs 77 saves to reach 1,000 MISL career saves

DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS (Through Games of 1/15/2008)

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

08  Ricardinho           14   0  13   8  34   45   8  10   5  5   0  1/1   3/3    1   0   0   0   0

9   Moreira, Hewerton    14   1   9  11  32   62   0  16   4  2   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   1   0   0

12  Callahan, Droo       14   2  10   3  29   43  13  19  30  1   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   1   0

17  Beasley, Jamar       12   0  10   8  28   63   6  14   3  2   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

11  Mack, Ryan           13   2   9   3  27   49   0  10   6  0   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   1   0

14  Sampson, Worteh      13   0   9   8  26   39   6  18   2  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   1   0   0

28  Greenfield, Jonathan 14   2   5   8  24   33   5   7  12  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

21  Selaidopoulos, Kyria 14   2   5   5  21   40   9  11   4  0   0  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   1   0

7   Apple, Mike           7   0   6   1  13   16   0   6   1  3   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   0   0   0

05  Rice, Doug           14   1   4   2  13   16   2  14   6  0   1  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   2   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          13   0   2   2   6   21   0  12   7  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

24  Waltman, Danny       12   0   0   4   4    0   4   1   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

02  Francois, Abraham    11   0   1   1   3    6   4  11   3  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

19  Johnson, Matt        13   0   1   1   3   13   6  14   7  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   1   0   0   0

04  Rife, Josh           14   0   1   1   3   12   2   7  17  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

16  Caushaj, Grant        1   0   0   0   0    1   0   0   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

18  Chencinski, Tomer     3   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                14                        4

    TOTALS               14  10  87  69 273  474  82 188 110 13   2  1/1   3/3   10   2   2   5   0

    OPPONENT TOTALS      14  11  53  45 184  346  93 184 163 10   2  3/4   2/2    4   2   1   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        12  12  702:25  198  149   7  42   3/4   0/0    8  4   8.97   0.752

 18  Chencinski, Tomer      3   2  116:17   31   22   0   9   0/0   1/1    2  0   9.29   0.710

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

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

    TOTALS                14      840:00  236  172  11  53   3/4   2/2   10  4   9.93   0.729

    OPPONENT TOTALS       14      840:00  311  214  10  87   1/1   3/3    4 10  14.57   0.688

IGNITION LEADERS

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS BLOCKS

Ricardinho - 34 Ricardinho – 13 Hewerton – 11 Callahan, Droo -30

Hewerton - 32 Callahan, Droo - 12 Sampson, Worteh - 8 Rife, Josh - 17

Callahan, Droo - 29 Mack, Ryan - 11 Greenfield, Jonathan - 8 Greenfield, Jonathan - 12

Beasley, Jamar - 28 Hewerton – 10 Beasley, Jamar - 8 Johnson, Matt - 7

Mack, Ryan – 27 Beasley, Jamar – 10 Ricardinho - 8 Roberto, Ze - 7

SAVES

Waltman, Danny – 149

MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 1/15/2008)

POINTS               TEAM  GP  3PG 2PG AST POINTS

Howes, Greg          MIL   14    1  24  11     62

Delevski, Dino       MON   13    4  16   6     50

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   14    0  19   3     41

Vasic, Goran         NJY   14    3   4  19     36

Leite, Marcio        MIL   15    1  11  11     36

Ricardinho           DET   14    0  13   8     34

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   12    1  12   6     33

Mesanovic, Semir     CAL   12    3   8   8     33

Martinez, Genoni     MON   14    1  10  10     33

Moreira, Hewerton    DET   14    1   9  11     32

Handsor, Chris       CAL   12    0  10  11     31

Alavanja, Lazo       NJY   12    3   6  10     31

D'Ambra, Don         PHL   15    0   8  15     31

Farias, Chile        CHI   14    2   9   7     31

Callahan, Droo       DET   14    2  10   3     29

Cabral, Denison      BAL   13    0  11   7     29

Beasley, Jamar       DET   12    0  10   8     28

Mack, Ryan           DET   13    2   9   3     27

Bollella, Mariano    CHI   14    0   8  11     27

Several Players Tied at                        26

GOALS             TEAM  GP GOALS      ASSISTS              TEAM      AST

Howes, Greg          MIL   14   25          Vasic, Goran         NJY        19

Delevski, Dino       MON   13   20          D'Ambra, Don         PHL        15

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   14   19          Several Players Tied at         11

Ricardinho           DET   14   13

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   12   13

BLOCKS               TEAM      BLK                 SAVES                TEAM    SAVES

Martinez, Genoni MON 33 Pappas, Peter PHL 174

Callahan, Droo DET 30 Vorberg, Nick MIL 170

Caution, Matt CAL 29 Meola, Tony NJY 160

Hall, Ryan CAL 25 Waltman, Danny DET 149

Several Players Tied at 20 Sanaldo CAL 141

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