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IGNITION WEEKLY

The weekly news release of the Detroit Ignition

(Southfield, Mich., March 7, 2008) – The Detroit Ignition (17-7) host the Orlando Sharks (3-23) on Friday, March 14 at Compuware Arena at 7:35 pm (ET). In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the Ignition will be holding their annual Green Jersey Night, where fans have the chance to bid on their favorite Ignition player’s limited edition 2008 St. Patrick’s Day jersey.

MISL STANDINGS (through games of 3/11/2008)

                                                  POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

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

X-Detroit Ignition        24  17   7   .708   ---   350   242    9-3   8-4  17-7   7-3  WON 5

X-Milwaukee Wave          24  17   7   .708   ---   316   224   10-2   7-5  17-7   7-3  WON 3

Baltimore Blast           24  15   9   .625   2.0   289   215   11-2   4-7  15-9   8-2  WON 1

Chicago Storm             25  14  11   .560   3.5   270   277    8-5   6-6  14-11  4-6  LOST 1

Monterrey La Raza         25  13  12   .520   4.5   371   333    8-4   5-8  13-12  8-2  LOST 1

New Jersey Ironmen        24  12  12   .500   5.0   293   301    6-5   6-7  12-12  3-7  LOST 2

Philadelphia Kixx         26  11  15   .423   7.0   254   290    8-6   3-9  11-15  4-6  LOST 2

California Cougars        24   9  15   .375   8.0   266   335    5-6   4-9   9-15  2-8  WON 1

Orlando Sharks            26   3  23   .115  15.0   202   394    2-11  1-12  3-23  3-7  LOST 7

X-Clinched playoff berth

IGNITION RECORD

Overall: 17-7 Home: 9-3 Road: 8-4

THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS

March 14, 2008: Detroit Ignition (17-7) vs. Orlando Sharks (3-23) The expansion Orlando Sharks will take the field at Compuware Arena for the first time on Friday, March 14 at 7:35 pm. The Ignition defeated the Sharks just last Friday by a score of 13-6 in Orlando – Kyt Selaidopoulos led the team with a three-point goal and two assist for five points. The Ignition acquired defender Bill Sedgewick from the Sharks last week for a player to be named later; Sedgewick was a part of the Ignition’s inaugural campaign roster.

LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS: March 7, 2008: Ignition, 13 Sharks, 6: The Detroit Ignition defeated the expansion Orlando Sharks 13-6 at Amway Arena Friday night and secured a postseason berth in the process. The win also gave the Ignition a share of first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The Ignition held nothing back as the match got underway, scoring nine unanswered points on the home team. Defender Jonathan Greenfield got things started for the club with a two-point tally with just over a minute to play in the first quarter. Midfielder Vahid Assadpour put an unassisted two-point shot past Orlando keeper Antonio Iriarte at 3:11 of the second quarter to give Detroit a 4-0 lead at the half. Birmingham native Ryan Mack continued the club’s assault in the third quarter, adding two more points for the Ignition at 2:06. At 6:59, midfielder Kyt Selaidopoulos buried a three-pointer to give Detroit a 9-0 lead.

With just over a minute left in the third quarter, Orlando forward Felipe Lawall gave the Sharks their first points of the night with an unassisted two-point goal. At 3:06 of the fourth quarter, Ignition rookie Leo Gibson scored his first MISL goal – a two-point tally off an assist from Droo Callahan. Forward Jorge Valle notched two points for Orlando with an unassisted goal at 5:44. Less than two minutes later, midfielder Ze Roberto netted a two-point shot for Detroit with an assist from Selaidopoulos. Chris Cerroni added one more goal for the Sharks before the night was over, but the Ignition held on and came away with a 13-6 victory.

March 9, 2008: Ignition, 15 Storm, 7: The Detroit Ignition (17-7) defeated the visiting Chicago Storm (14-11) 15-7 in front of a sell-out crowd at Compuware Arena on Sunday. The club remains tied with the Milwaukee Wave (17-7) for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Reigning MISL MVP Jamar Beasley got the Ignition off to a roaring start, scoring his 300^th MISL point with a two-point goal just 15 seconds in the match. Forward Hewerton Moreira netted a two-point tally for Detroit at 1:02 of the second quarter to put the club up 4-0 at half-time. Midfielder Ryan Mack was credited with the assist on the goal.

Just under three minutes into the second half, Ignition captain Droo Callahan increased Detroit’s lead to six with an unassisted two-point score. Chicago forward Benjamin Chavolla put the Storm on the board seven seconds later with a two-point goal off an assist from Edgar Rivera. Mack responded for the Ignition at 7:48 of the third, netting a two-pointer with an assist from Hewerton.

27 seconds into the fourth quarter, Hewerton scored his second goal of the night with a three-point shot off an assist from Jonathan Greenfield. Midfielder John Ball added two more points for the visitors at 3:35 with an assist from Fabinho. Less than a minute later, Mack scored his second goal of the night – a two-point tally to bring the score to 13-4. Worteh Sampson rounded out the scoring for the Ignition, burying a two-point shot at 7:37 with an assist from Mack. Andy Rosenband added one more goal for Chicago before time expired, but Detroit came away with a 15-7 win.

ITINERARY: Week of March 10-16

* 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, March 13: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, March 14: Kick-around at arena, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Detroit Ignition vs. Orlando Sharks, 7:35 pm

Saturday, March 15: Off

Sunday, March 16: Off

INJURY REPORT

Player Injury Status

Kyt Selaidopoulos Knee Probable

Worteh Sampson Ill Probable

Ricardinho Knee Doubtful

Abraham Francois Knee Out - IR

DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS (Through Games of 3/11/2008)

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

11  Mack, Ryan           22   3  20   7  56   83   4  26  10  0   1  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   1   0

17  Beasley, Jamar       20   1  21   8  53  108  11  21   3  3   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

 8  Ricardinho           20   1  18  12  51   70   8  12   7  5   0  1/1   3/3    2   0   0   0   0

 9  Moreira, Hewerton    24   3  12  18  51   98   2  32   8  4   0  0/0   0/0    2   0   1   0   0

12  Callahan, Droo       24   5  12  12  51   65  17  41  50  1   0  0/0   0/0    1   2   0   1   0

14  Sampson, Worteh      23   0  13  13  39   58  15  27   5  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   1   0   0

28  Greenfield, Jonathan 24   2   9  12  36   60   7  13  18  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

21  Selaidopoulos, Kyria 22   3   6   8  29   54   9  14   6  0   0  0/0   0/0    4   0   0   1   0

 7  Apple, Mike          16   0  11   3  25   36   2  16   3  3   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   0   0   0

 5  Rice, Doug           24   1   6   5  20   31  11  25   7  0   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   2   0

10  Roberto, Ze          23   1   4   7  18   41   2  26  19  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 3  Assadpour, Vahid     16   0   4   5  13   15   8  21   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

15  Francois, Abraham    17   0   3   3   9   12   8  20  10  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 4  Rife, Josh           23   0   3   1   7   24   4  11  25  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

24  Waltman, Danny       22   0   0   7   7    0   6   6   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

19  Johnson, Matt        22   0   2   1   5   18   6  31  16  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   1   0   0   0

16  Gibson, Leo           3   0   1   0   2    5   0   3   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

26  Craft, Nate          13   0   0   1   1    3   9  10   3  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 2  Wilkes, Zachary       5   0   0   0   0    4   2   2   2  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

18  Chencinski, Tomer     6   0   0   0   0    0   0   0   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

    BENCH                24                       11

    TOTALS               24  20 145 123 473  785 142 357 193 16   3  1/1   3/3   17   4   2   5   0

    OPPONENT TOTALS      24  18  94  81 323  613 144 296 264 18   3  3/4   2/2    7   5   3   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        22  21 1247:57  367  278  11  78   3/4   0/0   15  7   9.09   0.757

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

18  Chencinski, Tomer      6   3  164:29   44   29   1  14   0/0   1/1    2  0  11.31   0.659

 8  Ricardinho             6   0   20:44    7    1   5   1   0/0   0/0    0  0  49.20   0.143

12  Callahan, Droo         2   0    3:05    1    0   1   0   0/0   0/0    0  0  58.38   0.000

    TOTALS                24     1440:00  420  308  18  94   3/4   2/2   17  7  10.08   0.733

    OPPONENT TOTALS       24     1440:00  521  356  20 145   1/1   3/3    7 17  14.58   0.683

IGNITION LEADERS

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS BLOCKS

Mack, Ryan - 56 Mack, Ryan - 23 Hewerton – 18 Callahan, Droo - 50

Beasley, Jamar - 53 Beasley, Jamar - 22 Sampson, Worteh - 13 Rife, Josh - 25

Ricardinho - 51 Ricardinho - 19 Ricardinho – 12 Roberto, Ze - 19

Hewerton - 51 Callahan, Droo - 17 Callahan, Droo - 12 Greenfield, Jonathan - 18

Callahan, Droo - 51 Hewerton -15 Greenfield, Jonathan - 12 Johnson, Matt - 16

SAVES

Waltman, Danny – 278

MILESTONES WITHIN REACH

THINGS TO WATCH FOR:

Mike Apple needs 7 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals

Droo Callahan needs 1 block to reach 400 MISL career blocks

Nate Craft needs 5 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Ricardinho needs 1 point to reach 150 MISL career points

Doug Rice needs 3 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 3 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Danny Waltman needs 5 wins to reach 50 MISL career wins

MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 3/11/2008)

POINTS               TEAM  GP  3PG 2PG AST POINTS

Howes, Greg          MIL   22    5  28  24     95

Delevski, Dino       MON   24    7  29  11     90

Martinez, Genoni     MON   25    6  18  21     75

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   23    0  33   9     75

Millwood, Machel     BAL   23    0  22  21     65

Cabral, Denison      BAL   23    2  21  11     59

Leite, Marcio        MIL   24    4  16  14     58

Mack, Ryan           DET   22    3  20   7     56

D'Ambra, Don         PHL   26    0  16  21     53

Beasley, Jamar       DET   20    1  21   8     53

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   22    2  20   7     53

Ricardinho           DET   20    1  18  12     51

Moreira, Hewerton    DET   24    3  12  18     51

Callahan, Droo       DET   24    5  12  12     51

Stewart, Matthew     CHI   24    0  22   7     51

Mesanovic, Semir     CAL   23    4  12  13     49

Vasic, Goran         NJY   19    4   5  26     48

Alavanja, Lazo       NJY   22    5   9  14     47

Alvarez, Byron       MON   16    1  18   7     46

Armstrong, Stephen   CHI   21    8   9   3     45

GOALS                TEAM  GP GOALS                 ASSISTS              TEAM      AST

Delevski, Dino       MON   20   36          Vasic, Goran         NJY        26

Howes, Greg          MIL   20   33          Howes, Greg          MIL        24

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   23   33          Martinez, Genoni     MON        21

Martinez, Genoni     MON   25   24          D'Ambra, Don         PHL        21

Several Players Tied at         23          Millwood, Machel     BAL        21

BLOCKS TEAM BLK

Martinez, Genoni MON 60

Callahan, Droo DET 50

Caution, Matt ORL 45

Campos, Jorge MON 41

Morris, Pat PHL 40

SAVE PERCENTAGE      TEAM GOALS  SAVES    PCT

Waltman, Danny       DET     89    278  0.757

Vorberg, Nick        MIL     91    261  0.741

Pappas, Peter        PHL     81    226  0.736

Bontti, Jose         MON    107    296  0.734

Sagu                 BAL     71    192  0.730

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