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IGNITION WEEKLY
The weekly news release of
the Detroit Ignition
January 23, 2008
Southfield, Mich. –
The Detroit Ignition (11-4) face
the Chicago Storm (10-5) this Friday, January 25 at Sears Centre Arena.
The club returns home on Sunday, January 27 to host the expansion La Raza
de Monterrey (5-10) at Compuware Arena.
MISL STANDINGS (through games of 1/22/2008)
POINTS POINTS WITHIN LAST
GP W L PCT GB FOR AG HOME ROAD DIV TEN STREAK
Detroit Ignition 15 11 4 .733 --- 219 153 4-3 7-1 11-4 7-3 WON 3
Milwaukee Wave 16 11 5 .688 .5 205 154 5-2 6-3 11-5 7-3 LOST 1
Chicago Storm 15 10 5 .667 1.0 164 149 5-4 5-1 10-5 6-4 WON 1
New Jersey Ironmen 15 10 5 .667 1.0 191 185 4-3 6-2 10-5 6-4 WON 2
Baltimore Blast 15 8 7 .533 3.0 155 131 6-2 2-5 8-7 3-7 WON 2
California Cougars 15 7 8 .467 4.0 189 189 3-5 4-3 7-8 5-5 LOST 4
Philadelphia Kixx 17 7 10 .412 5.0 162 169 4-4 3-6 7-10 5-5 LOST 2
Monterrey La Raza 15 5 10 .333 6.0 197 228 3-4 2-6 5-10 4-6 LOST 2
Orlando Sharks 17 1 16 .059 11.0 126 250 1-8 0-8 1-16 1-9 WON 1
IGNITION RECORD
Overall:
11-4
Home: 4-3
Road: 7-1
THIS
WEEK’S OUTINGS
January 25, 2008:
Detroit Ignition (11-4) at Chicago Storm (10-5)
The Ignition will travel to
Chicago on Friday to take on the Chicago Storm for the third time this season.
Detroit has posted a 2-0 record against Chicago this year. The Storm are
led by former Ignition player Carlos “Chile” Farias, who has notched 31 points
so far this season.
January 27, 2008:
Detroit Ignition (11-4) vs La Raza de Monterrey (5-10)
The Ignition return home on
Sunday to host the expansion La Raza de Monterrey at Compuware Arena.
Sunday’s match up will be the second meeting for the two clubs this season.
Monterrey forward Dino Delevski is second in the MISL in points with 52 so far
this season.
LAST
WEEK’S OUTINGS:
January 18, 2008:
Ignition, 15, Wave, 14 -
The Detroit Ignition (11-4) defeated
the Milwaukee Wave (11-5) 15-14 Friday night to take sole possession of first
place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.
MISL scoring leader Greg Howes
scored the first points of the match at 4:35 in the first quarter with a
three-point goal off
an assist from defender Tijani
Ayegbusi. Ignition midfielder Ricardinho answered back two minutes later
with an unassisted two-point tally. Howes scored another two points for
the visitors at 12:23 in the first, but Ryan Mack responded at 14:24 with two
more points for Detroit. Less than 30 seconds later, Hewerton scored
his 50th MISL career goal with a three-point score off an assist from
Ricardinho to put the Ignition up 7-5 at the end of the first.
Milwaukee scored first in the
second quarter as midfielder Marcio Leite notched two points at 8:47, but the
Ignition scored eight unanswered points to put the club up 15-8 midway through
the third quarter. Mack, Abraham Francois, and Jamar Beasley scored for
Detroit during the offensive attack, with Beasley accounting for two of the
goals.
The Wave would score six more
points before the night was over, but the Ignition held on and came out with a
15-14 win.
ITINERARY: Week of January 21-27
* 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 24:
Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Depart for Chicago, afternoon
Friday, January 25:
Detroit Ignition vs. Chicago Storm, 8:00 pm
Return from Chicago
Saturday, January 26:
Off
Sunday, January 27:
Detroit Ignition vs. La Raza de Monterrey, 4:35 pm
INJURY
REPORT
Player
Injury
Status
Leo
Gibson
Back
Doubtful
Ricardinho
Ankle
Doubtful
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
21 points to reach 300 MISL career points
Droo
Callahan
needs
19 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks
Nate
Craft
needs
6 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Jonathan
Greenfield
needs
26 points to reach 100 MISL career points
Abraham
Francois
needs 19 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Matt
Johnson
needs
6 blocks to reach 150 MISL career blocks
Ryan Mack
needs 10 points to reach 50 MISL career points
Hewerton
needs 35 points to reach 150 MISL
career points
Ricardinho
needs
2 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
DETROIT
IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS
(Through Games of 1/22/2008)
No. PLAYER GP 3PG 2PG A PTS SH PIM F BLK PP SHG SOG/A PKG/A GWG RSG SAG VS6 OTG
08 Ricardinho 15 0 14 9 37 47 8 10 5 5 0 1/1 3/3 1 0 0 0 0
9 Moreira, Hewerton 15 2 9 11 35 67 0 19 4 3 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 1 0 0
17 Beasley, Jamar 13 0 12 8 32 70 6 14 3 2 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Mack, Ryan 14 2 11 3 31 53 0 11 7 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 1 0
12 Callahan, Droo 15 2 10 4 30 45 13 23 32 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 1 0
14 Sampson, Worteh 14 0 9 8 26 43 6 19 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0
28 Greenfield, Jonathan 15 2 5 9 25 36 5 9 14 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Selaidopoulos, Kyria 15 2 5 5 21 43 9 12 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 1 0
7 Apple, Mike 8 0 6 3 15 17 0 7 1 3 0 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 0 0
05 Rice, Doug 15 1 4 2 13 17 2 17 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 14 0 2 2 6 21 0 16 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
02 Francois, Abraham 12 0 2 1 5 10 6 14 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Waltman, Danny 13 0 0 4 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Johnson, Matt 14 0 1 1 3 13 6 16 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0
04 Rife, Josh 15 0 1 1 3 12 2 8 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 15 9
TOTALS 15 11 93 74 293 510 89 214 123 14 2 1/1 3/3 11 2 2 5 0
OPPONENT TOTALS 15 13 57 49 202 382 104 199 179 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 13 13 762:25 221 166 9 46 3/4 0/0 9 4 8.26 0.751
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 15 900:00 259 189 13 57 3/4 2/2 11 4 10.20 0.730
OPPONENT TOTALS 15 900:00 331 227 11 93 1/1 3/3 4 11 14.60 0.686
IGNITION
LEADERS
POINTS
GOALS
ASSISTS
BLOCKS
Ricardinho - 37
Ricardinho – 14
Hewerton – 11
Callahan,
Droo -32
Hewerton - 35
Mack, Ryan - 13
Ricardinho - 9
Rife, Josh - 17
Beasley, Jamar - 32
Beasley, Jamar – 12
Greenfield, Jonathan - 9
Greenfield, Jonathan - 14
Mack,
Ryan - 31
Callahan, Droo – 12
Beasley, Jamar - 8
Roberto, Ze - 9
Callahan, Droo – 30
Hewerton - 11
Sampson, Worteh - 8
Johnson, Matt - 8
MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 1/22/2008)
POINTS TEAM GP 3PG 2PG AST POINTS
Howes, Greg MIL 15 2 26 11 69
Delevski, Dino MON 14 4 17 6 52
Antoniuk, Dan NJY 15 0 21 3 45
Vasic, Goran NJY 15 4 4 23 43
Tovar, Enrique CAL 14 1 15 7 40
Leite, Marcio MIL 16 2 11 11 39
Ricardinho DET 15 0 14 9 37
Moreira, Hewerton DET 15 2 9 11 35
Cabral, Denison BAL 15 0 13 8 34
Mesanovic, Semir CAL 14 3 8 9 34
Martinez, Genoni MON 15 1 10 10 33
Beasley, Jamar DET 13 0 12 8 32
Alavanja, Lazo NJY 13 3 6 11 32
Handsor, Chris CAL 12 0 10 11 31
Farias, Chile CHI 15 2 9 7 31
Stewart, Matthew CHI 14 0 13 5 31
Mack, Ryan DET 14 2 11 3 31
Millwood, Machel BAL 14 0 9 13 31
D'Ambra, Don PHL 17 0 8 15 31
Callahan, Droo DET 15 2 10 4 30