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IGNITION WEEKLY

The weekly news release of the Detroit Ignition

Southfield, Mich., March 26, 2008 – The Detroit Ignition (19-7) host the New Jersey Ironmen (13-14) on Friday night at Compuware Arena at 7:35 pm (EST). The Ignition will be collecting used soccer equipment –specifically full kits, soccer balls and shoes under size 8 - to donate to underprivileged children in Africa during the game. On Sunday, the club travels to Milwaukee to face the Wave (19-7) in a battle for first place in the MISL.

MISL STANDINGS (through games of 3/25/2008)

                                                  POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

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

X-Detroit Ignition        26  19   7   .731   ---   397   256   10-3   9-4  19-7   8-2  WON 7

X-Milwaukee Wave          26  19   7   .731   ---   363   240   11-2   8-5  19-7   8-2  WON 5

X-Baltimore Blast         26  17   9   .654   2.0   328   238   11-2   6-7  17-9   8-2  WON 3

Monterrey La Raza         26  14  12   .538   5.0   384   343    9-4   5-8  14-12  8-2  WON 1

Chicago Storm             27  14  13   .519   5.5   279   300    8-6   6-7  14-13  3-7  LOST 3

New Jersey Ironmen        27  13  14   .481   6.5   319   349    7-6   6-8  13-14  3-7  LOST 2

Philadelphia Kixx         27  12  15   .444   7.5   271   300    8-6   4-9  12-15  5-5  WON 1

California Cougars        27   9  18   .333  10.5   311   403    5-8   4-10  9-18  2-8  LOST 3

Z-Orlando Sharks          28   3  25   .107  17.0   214   437    2-12  1-13  3-25  1-9  LOST 9

X-Clinched playoff berth    Y-Clinched Division Title   Z-Eliminated from Playoff Contention

IGNITION RECORD

Overall: 19-7 Home: 10-3 Road: 9-4

THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS

March 28, 2008: Detroit Ignition (19-7) vs. New Jersey Ironmen (13-14)

The Ignition will face the Ironmen on Friday, March 28 for the last time during the 2007-08 regular season. The club will look to even up their record with New Jersey, which currently stands at 1-2. The Ironmen are led by Dan Antoniuk, who has scored 83 points so far this season.

March 30, 2008: Detroit Ignition (19-7) at Milwaukee Wave (19-7)

The Ignition head to Milwaukee on Sunday to play the first of two crucial match-ups between the two clubs. The Ignition and Wave have been locked in first-place tie for several weeks, and both teams are looking to clinch a bye during the first round of playoffs by securing a one or two seed. Wave forward Greg Howes leads the league in scoring with 107 points on the season.

LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS: March 22, 2008 - Ignition, 29 Cougars, 12:

The Detroit Ignition (19-7) scored an all-time high 29 points on the host California Cougars (9-18) last weekend for the club’s seventh straight victory.

Jamar Beasley started the scoring off early for the Ignition, netting a two-point tally just 17 seconds into the match. At 4:35 of the first quarter, Hewerton Moreira buried an unassisted three-point shot to give Detroit a five-point lead. Ignition rookie Leo Gibson scored his second and third MISL career goals two minutes apart in the first, putting the Ignition up 9-0. Forward Ryan Hall put the Cougars on the board at 12:02 with a two-point score off an assist from Franck Mbemba.

Just 36 seconds into the second, California Head Coach/forward Bernie Lilavois scored a two-point goal with an assist from Majell Aterado. Less than 30 seconds later, defender Evan McNeley scored two more points for the Cougars with an assist from Lilavois. At 1:52 of the second, Ignition Captain Droo Callahan kick-started another scoring drive for Detroit with a two-point tally off an assist from Hewerton. At 5:43, Beasley put a three-point shot past California keeper Matt McDougall with an assist from Ze Roberto. 18 seconds later, Beasley scored again to give the Ignition a 17-6 lead. At 7:43, Beasley scored his fourth goal of the night – a two-point tally with an assist from Hewerton. With just over a minute to play in the half, Lilavois notched two-points for the Cougars with an assist from Aterado. Defender Jonathan Greenfield closed out the half for Detroit with a two-point goal to bring the score to 21-8.

Gibson scored the third quarter’s only goal at 11:50, pushing the Ignition’s lead to 15 off a give from Ze Roberto. At 3:39 of the fourth, Detroit forward Mike Apple scored a two-pointer with an assist from Callahan. Defender Antonio Sutton responded for the Cougars at 4:32 with a two-point goal off a give from Aterado. At 7:03, Lilavois netted his third goal of the night – a two point shot with an assist from McNeley. Birmingham native Ryan Mack scored two points for the Ignition at 11:05 with a set-up from Ze Roberto. With 11 seconds to go, Beasley scored his fifth goal of the game, a two-pointer that brought the final score to 29-12.

ITINERARY: Week of March 24-30

* 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 27: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, March 28: Kick-around at Compuware Arena, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Detroit Ignition vs. New Jersey Ironmen, 7:35 pm

Saturday, March 29: Travel to Milwaukee

Sunday, March 30: Detroit Ignition at Milwaukee Wave, 3:00 pm

INJURY REPORT

Player Injury Status

Kyt Selaidopoulos Knee Probable

Worteh Sampson Hip Flexor Probable

Ricardinho Knee Questionable

Abraham Francois Knee Out - IR

MILESTONES WITHIN REACH

Mike Apple needs 6 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals

Nate Craft needs 3 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks

Hewerton needs 6 points to reach 150 MISL career points

Ryan Mack needs 6 points to reach 75 MISL career points

Ricardinho needs 1 point to reach 150 MISL career points

Ze Roberto needs 2 points to reach 25 MISL career points

Bill Sedgewick needs to play 4 games to reach his 250^th MISL career game

Kyt Selaidopoulos needs 2 goals to reach 50 MISL career goals

Danny Waltman needs 4 wins to reach 50 MISL career wins

DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS (Through Games of 3/25/2008)

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

17  Beasley, Jamar       22   2  26  10  68  121  11  22   4  4   1  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   0   0

 9  Moreira, Hewerton    26   4  15  22  64  108   4  34   9  4   0  0/0   0/0    2   0   1   0   0

11  Mack, Ryan           24   3  22   7  60   93   4  27  11  0   1  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   1   0

12  Callahan, Droo       26   6  12  14  56   67  17  41  52  2   0  0/0   0/0    1   2   0   1   0

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

28  Greenfield, Jonathan 26   2  10  14  40   67   7  13  18  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

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

21  Selaidopoulos, Kyria 23   3   7  10  33   57   9  15   6  0   0  0/0   0/0    4   0   0   1   0

 7  Apple, Mike          18   0  12   5  29   39   2  16   4  3   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   0   0   0

 5  Rice, Doug           26   1   8   5  24   34  11  28   7  0   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   2   0

10  Roberto, Ze          25   1   5  10  23   47   2  29  20  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

 3  Assadpour, Vahid     18   0   4   6  14   18   8  25   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

16  Gibson, Leo           4   0   4   0   8   10   0   5   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 4  Rife, Josh           25   0   3   1   7   24   4  12  25  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

24  Waltman, Danny       23   0   0   7   7    0   8   6   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

19  Johnson, Matt        24   0   2   1   5   21   6  33  17  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   1   0   0   0

26  Craft, Nate          15   0   0   2   2    3   9  12   5  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 6  Sedgewick, Bill       2   0   0   0   0    3   0   4   3  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 2  Wilkes, Zachary       6   0   0   0   0    4   2   3   2  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

18  Chencinski, Tomer     7   0   0   0   0    0   0   1   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

    BENCH                26                       11

    TOTALS               26  23 164 142 539  856 146 385 206 18   3  1/1   3/3   19   4   2   5   0

    OPPONENT TOTALS      26  18 101  88 344  651 148 310 280 19   3  3/4   2/2    7   6   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

18  Chencinski, Tomer      7   4  224:29   56   40   1  15   0/0   1/1    3  0   8.82   0.714

24  Waltman, Danny        23  21 1305:26  379  284  11  84   3/4   0/0   15  7   9.24   0.749

 9  Moreira, Hewerton      2   1    2:32    2    1   0   1   0/0   1/1    1  0  47.37   0.500

 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                26     1560:00  445  326  18 101   3/4   2/2   19  7   9.85   0.733

    OPPONENT TOTALS       26     1560:00  576  389  23 164   1/1   3/3    7 19  15.27   0.675

IGNITION LEADERS

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS BLOCKS

Beasley, Jamar - 68 Beasley, Jamar - 28 Hewerton – 22 Callahan, Droo - 52

Hewerton - 64 Mack, Ryan - 25 Callahan, Droo - 14 Rife, Josh - 25

Mack, Ryan - 60 Ricardinho - 19 Greenfield, Jonathan - 14 Roberto, Ze - 20

Callahan, Droo - 56 Hewerton - 19 Sampson, Worteh -13 Greenfield, Jonathan - 18

Ricardinho - 51 Callahan, Droo - 18 Ricardinho - 12 Johnson, Matt - 17

SAVES: Waltman, Danny – 284

 MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 3/25/2008)

POINTS               TEAM  GP  3PG 2PG AST POINTS

Howes, Greg          MIL   24    6  30  29    107

Delevski, Dino       MON   25    7  30  11     92

Martinez, Genoni     MON   26    9  18  22     85

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   26    0  37   9     83

Cabral, Denison      BAL   25    2  28  11     73

Millwood, Machel     BAL   25    0  24  21     69

Leite, Marcio        MIL   26    4  21  15     69

Beasley, Jamar       DET   22    2  26  10     68

Moreira, Hewerton    DET   26    4  15  22     64

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   24    2  23   8     60

Mack, Ryan           DET   24    3  22   7     60

D'Ambra, Don         PHL   27    0  18  21     57

Callahan, Droo       DET   26    6  12  14     56

Stewart, Matthew     CHI   26    0  22   8     52

Ricardinho           DET   20    1  18  12     51

Farias, Chile        CHI   26    3  11  20     51

Alavanja, Lazo       NJY   25    5  10  16     51

Donatelli, Tony      PHL   26    2  16  11     49

Mesanovic, Semir     CAL   26    4  12  13     49

Vasic, Goran         NJY   19    4   5  26     48

GOALS                TEAM  GP GOALS                 ASSISTS              TEAM      AST

Delevski, Dino       MON   25   37          Howes, Greg          MIL        29

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   26   37          Vasic, Goran         NJY        26

Howes, Greg          MIL   24   36          Martinez, Genoni     MON        22

Cabral, Denison      BAL   25   30          Moreira, Hewerton    DET        22

Beasley, Jamar       DET   22   28        Several Players Tied at         21

BLOCKS               TEAM      BLK

Martinez, Genoni     MON        63

Callahan, Droo       DET        52

Hall, Ryan           CAL        49

Caution, Matt        ORL        48

Fabinho              CHI        43

SAVE PERCENTAGE      TEAM GOALS  SAVES    PCT

Waltman, Danny       DET     95    284  0.749

Vorberg, Nick        MIL     94    273  0.744

Sagu                 BAL     71    205  0.743

Bontti, Jose         MON    112    316  0.738

Pappas, Peter        PHL     86    242  0.738

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