MISL STANDINGS (through games of 2/26/2008)

                                                  POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

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

Milwaukee Wave            22  15   7   .682   ---   278   212    8-2   7-5  15-7   7-3  WON 1

Detroit Ignition          21  14   7   .667    .5   298   218    7-3   7-4  14-7   6-4  WON 2

Baltimore Blast           23  14   9   .609   1.5   271   213   10-2   4-7  14-9   8-2  LOST 1

Chicago Storm             22  13   9   .591   2.0   240   229    7-5   6-4  13-9   5-5  LOST 2

New Jersey Ironmen        21  11  10   .524   3.5   248   261    5-5   6-5  11-10  3-7  WON 1

Monterrey La Raza         21  10  11   .476   4.5   300   290    6-4   4-7  10-11  6-4  WON 4

Philadelphia Kixx         24  11  13   .458   5.0   244   262    8-5   3-8  11-13  5-5  WON 1

California Cougars        21   8  13   .381   6.5   240   288    4-6   4-7   8-13  1-9  LOST 2

Orlando Sharks            23   3  20   .130  12.5   187   333    2-10  1-10  3-20  3-7  LOST 4

The Ignition will host the Cougars on Friday, February 29 for “Faith and Family Night” at Compuware Arena.　 The club has posted a 1-1 record against California so far this season. 　　The MISL today announced that Detroit Ignition players Ricardinho, Droo Callahan and Danny Waltman were awarded Player of the Week honors following the club’s 19-8 victory over the Baltimore Blast last weekend.

February 24, 2008:　　 Ignition, 19　 Blast, 8 The Detroit Ignition (14-7) defeated the Baltimore Blast (14-9) 19-8 Sunday night at Compuware Arena.　　 The Ignition were led by midfielder Ricardinho who scored three goals on the night.　

The Blast got on the board first as forward Adauto Neto scored an unassisted two-point goal just over three minutes into the match.　 At 12:23 in the first, Worteh Sampson responded for the Ignition with a two-point tally off an assist from Droo Callahan.　 Less than one minute later, Jamar Beasley gave Detroit a two point lead with a goal of his own with an assist from midfielder Doug Rice.

Ryan Mack got things started for the Ignition as the second quarter began, scoring a two-point shot with an assist from Hewerton Moreira.　 The goal gave the Birmingham native his 50^th MISL career point.　 At 11:44 in the second, Ricardinho put a three-point score past Baltimore keeper Dave Kern to give Detroit a 9-2 lead at halftime.

Just 11 seconds into the second half, Neto scored his second goal of the night with an assist from Baltimore defender P.J. Wakefield.　　 Forward Machel Millwood added two more points for the Blast with an unassisted two point tally at 4:47 in the third.

At 2:08 in the fourth quarter, Ricardinho scored his 50^th MISL career goal – an unassisted two point tally.　 Less than two minutes later, Mike Apple added two more points for Detroit with an assist from Mack.　 At 5:52, Moreira notched two points off an assist from Callahan to give the Ignition a 15-6 lead.　 Six seconds later, Neto scored his third goal of the game to put the Blast within seven, but Mack answered back with a two-point tally at 9:11.　　 Ignition keeper Danny Waltman was credited with the assist on Mack’s goal.　　 With less than a minute remaining in the game, Ricardinho scored his third goal of the night - a two-point score off an assist from Moreira to bring the final score to 19-8.

* 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 28: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, February 29: Kick-around at Compuware Arena, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Detroit Ignition vs. California Cougars, 8:00 pm

Saturday, March 1: Off

Sunday, March 2: Off

Kyt Selaidopoulos Knee Questionable

Ricardinho scored his 50^th MISL career goal

Danny Waltman made his 1,000^th MISL career save

Jamar Beasley needs 4 points to reach 300 MISL career points

Droo Callahan needs 5 blocks to reach 400 MISL career blocks

Tomer Chencinski needs 8 wins to reach 10 MISL career wins

Nate Craft needs 6 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Matt Johnson needs 1 block to reach 150 MISL career blocks

Josh Rife needs 5 blocks to reach 75 MISL career blocks

Doug Rice needs 5 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 4 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals