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IGNITION WEEKLY

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(Southfield, Mich., April 2, 2008) – The Detroit Ignition (20-8) will host the first-place Milwaukee Wave (21-7) on Friday for the club’s last regular-season home game. The Ignition are looking to tie up the series after losing a hard-fought battle to the Wave just last weekend. Kick-off for Friday’s contest is at 7:35 pm (EST). The club is dedicating the game to members of the armed and community services – members of the Police, Fire and EMS Departments, the Michigan State Police, the United States Army National Guard, United States Navy and the United States Marine Corp will be in attendance. Fans can also arrive early (6:00) to interact with police, fire and EMS vehicles, a custom Army Humvee and the Army climbing wall in the Compuware parking lot. The Ignition will travel to Baltimore on Saturday to take on the third-place Blast for Detroit’s last regular-season game.

MISL STANDINGS (through games of 4/1/08)

                                                                                                 POINTS POINTS            WITHIN LAST

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

X-Milwaukee Wave          28  21   7   .750   ---   396   265   12-2   9-5  21-7   9-1  WON 7

X-Detroit Ignition        28  20   8   .714   1.0   415   278   11-3   9-5  20-8   8-2  LOST 1

X-Baltimore Blast         28  18  10   .643   3.0   357   261   12-2   6-8  18-10  7-3  WON 1

X-Monterrey La Raza       28  15  13   .536   6.0   411   370   10-4   5-9  15-13  8-2  LOST 1

X-Chicago Storm           29  15  14   .517   6.5   312   333    9-6   6-8  15-14  3-7  LOST 1

New Jersey Ironmen        29  14  15   .483   7.5   337   367    8-6   6-9  14-15  4-6  WON 1

Philadelphia Kixx         28  12  16   .429   9.0   284   315    8-7   4-9  12-16  5-5  LOST 1

Z-California Cougars      29  10  19   .345  11.5   346   436    6-8   4-11 10-19  2-8  WON 1

Z-Orlando Sharks          29   3  26   .103  18.5   222   455    2-12  1-14  3-26  2-8  LOST 10

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

IGNITION RECORD

Overall: 20-8 Home: 11-3 Road: 9-5

THIS WEEK’S OUTINGS

April 4, 2008: Detroit Ignition (20-8) vs. Milwaukee Wave (21-7)

The Ignition will look to tie the Wave for first place on Friday at Compuware Arena. Just last weekend, the Ignition lost their first decision in over a month to the Wave by a score of 18-12. Milwaukee forward Greg Howes currently leads the MISL in points, scoring 120 already this season.

April 5, 2008: Detroit Ignition (20-8) at Baltimore Blast (18-10) The Ignition will travel to Baltimore on Saturday for their final match of the 2007-08 campaign. The two clubs last met at Compuware Arena on February 24, when the Ignition defeated the Blast 19-8. Baltimore keeper Sagu leads the league with a 7.87 goals against average, while Ignition netminder Danny Waltman holds the top save percentage spot with a .755 mark.

LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS: March 28, 2008: Ignition, 6 Ironmen, 4: The Detroit Ignition defeated the expansion New Jersey Ironmen 6-4 Friday night for the club’s eighth straight win. The victory gave the Ignition a bye in the first round of the MISL playoffs.

The Ironmen got on the board first as midfielder Tim O’Neill notched a two-point goal just 42 seconds into the match. Exactly two minutes later, Jamar Beasley evened the score with an unassisted two-point tally for Detroit. With less than two minutes remaining in the first, forward Worteh Sampson booted an unassisted two-point shot past New Jersey keeper Tony Meola.

The scoreboard remained at 4-2 until the third quarter, when midfielder Kyt Selaidopoulos added two more points for the Ignition with an assist from netminder Danny Waltman. The Ironmen would score one more goal before the match was over, but the Ignition held on and came away with a 6-4 victory.

March 30, 2008: Ignition, 12 Wave, 18: The Detroit Ignition (20-8) fell to the Milwaukee Wave (21-7) 18-12 Sunday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Arena. The game was the first of two crucial matchups between the two clubs who have been battling for first place in the Major Indoor Soccer League for several weeks. The teams will meet again on Friday, April 4 at Compuware Arena for the Ignition’s last regular-season home game.

Just 30 seconds into the match, Jamar Beasley scored his 30^th goal of the season to give the Ignition a 2-0 lead. At 8:40 of the first, defender Josh Rife used his head to bury a two-point shot with an assist from Worteh Sampson. Forward Hewerton Moreira increased Detroit’s lead to 6 with a two-point tally off an assist from Droo Callahan at 6:04 of the second. The Wave got on the board with just over 7 minutes remaining in the half, as forward Brett Wiesner put a two-point shot past Ignition keeper Danny Waltman. Kyt Selaidopoulos responded for the Ignition, scoring his 50^th MISL career goal at 9:48 to bring the score to 8-2 at halftime.

Wave midfielder Marcio Leite cut the Ignition’s lead to 4 with a two-point tally just under three minutes into the second half. At 7:33, Milwaukee defender Troy Dusosky added another two points for the home team off a give from Giuliano Oliviero. With less than five minutes left in the third, Michael King tied the clubs up at 8-all with a two-pointer off an assist from Milwaukee midfielder Jonathan Santos. At 13:36 of the third, MISL scoring leader Greg Howes gave the Wave their first lead of the night with a three-point tally off an assist from Oliviero.

Two minutes into the fourth quarter, Dusosky scored his second goal of the night on a power-play to put the Wave up 5. Hewerton cut the lead to 3 with a two-point goal at 3:18 with an assist from Ignition defender/Assistant Coach Matt Johnson. At 8:21, Ignition defender Jonathan Greenfield put the Ignition within one with a two-point tally off an assist from Beasley. At 11:42, Leite buried a three-point score that prompted the Ignition to bring in Callahan as a sixth attacker. Two minutes later, Wiesner took advantage of Detroit’s open net, scoring a three-point tally off an assist from Howes to bring the final score to 18-12.

ITINERARY: Week of March 31-April 6

* 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, April 3: Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Friday, April 4: Kick-around at Compuware Arena, 10:00 am – 10:45 am

Detroit Ignition vs. Milwaukee Wave, 7:35 pm

Saturday April 5: Travel to Baltimore

Detroit Ignition at Baltimore Blast, 7:35 pm

Sunday, April 6: Off

INJURY REPORT

Player Injury Status

Ricardinho Knee Probable

Abraham Francois Knee Out – IR

DETROIT IGNITION TEAM STATISTICS (Through Games of 4/1/2008)

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       24   2  28  12  74  131  11  23   4  4   1  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   0   0

 9  Moreira, Hewerton    28   4  17  22  68  114   4  36   9  4   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   1   0   0

11  Mack, Ryan           26   3  22   7  60   94   4  30  12  0   1  0/0   0/0    2   0   0   1   0

12  Callahan, Droo       28   6  12  15  57   74  17  42  58  2   0  0/0   0/0    1   2   0   1   0

 8  Ricardinho           21   1  18  12  51   71   8  12   7  5   0  1/1   3/3    2   0   0   0   0

14  Sampson, Worteh      25   0  14  14  42   64  15  29   6  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   1   0   0

28  Greenfield, Jonathan 28   2  11  14  42   74   7  14  20  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

21  Selaidopoulos, Kyria 25   3   9  10  37   61   9  18   7  0   0  0/0   0/0    5   0   0   1   0

 7  Apple, Mike          20   0  12   5  29   42   2  17   4  3   0  0/0   0/0    2   1   0   0   0

 5  Rice, Doug           28   1   8   5  24   36  11  29   8  0   1  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   2   0

10  Roberto, Ze          27   1   5  10  23   50   2  32  21  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

 3  Assadpour, Vahid     19   0   4   6  14   18   8  25   0  0   0  0/0   0/0    1   0   0   0   0

 4  Rife, Josh           27   0   4   1   9   28   4  12  26  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   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

24  Waltman, Danny       25   0   0   8   8    0   8   6   1  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

19  Johnson, Matt        26   0   2   2   6   21   6  37  19  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   1   0   0   0

26  Craft, Nate          17   0   0   2   2    6  11  14   5  0   0  0/0   0/0    0   0   0   0   0

 6  Sedgewick, Bill       3   0   0   0   0    4   0   6   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                28                       11

    TOTALS               28  23 173 148 563  914 148 411 222 18   3  1/1   3/3   20   5   2   5   0

    OPPONENT TOTALS      28  20 109  98 376  714 150 338 304 20   3  3/4   2/2    8   7   4   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        25  23 1422:09  425  321  13  91   3/4   0/0   16  8   9.32   0.755

12  Callahan, Droo         3   0    6:22    2    0   1   1   0/0   0/0    0  0  47.12   0.000

 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

    TOTALS                28     1680:00  492  363  20 109   3/4   2/2   20  8   9.93   0.738

    OPPONENT TOTALS       28     1680:00  610  414  23 173   1/1   3/3    8 20  14.82   0.679

IGNITION LEADERS

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS BLOCKS

Beasley, Jamar - 74 Beasley, Jamar - 30 Hewerton – 22 Callahan, Droo - 58

Hewerton - 68 Mack, Ryan - 25 Callahan, Droo - 15 Rife, Josh - 26

Mack, Ryan - 60 Hewerton - 21 Greenfield, Jonathan - 14 Roberto, Ze - 21

Callahan, Droo - 57 Ricardinho - 19 Sampson, Worteh -14 Greenfield, Jonathan - 20

Ricardinho - 51 Callahan, Droo - 18 Several players tied at - 12 Johnson, Matt - 19

SAVES: Waltman, Danny – 321

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 2 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 3 games to reach his 250th MISL career game

Danny Waltman needs 4 wins to reach 50 MISL career wins

MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE LEADERS (Through Games of 4/1/2008)

POINTS               TEAM  GP  3PG 2PG AST POINTS

Howes, Greg          MIL   26    7  34  31    120

Delevski, Dino       MON   27    7  34  13    102

Martinez, Genoni     MON   28   10  19  23     91

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   28    0  39  10     88

Cabral, Denison      BAL   27    3  29  11     78

Leite, Marcio        MIL   28    5  21  19     76

Beasley, Jamar       DET   24    2  28  12     74

Millwood, Machel     BAL   27    0  26  22     74

Tovar, Enrique       CAL   26    3  25  10     69

Moreira, Hewerton    DET   28    4  17  22     68

Mack, Ryan           DET   26    3  22   7     60

Callahan, Droo       DET   28    6  12  15     57

D'Ambra, Don         PHL   28    0  18  21     57

Stewart, Matthew     CHI   28    0  22  12     56

Vasic, Goran         NJY   21    4   6  29     53

Mesanovic, Semir     CAL   28    4  14  13     53

Farias, Chile        CHI   26    3  11  20     51

Ricardinho           DET   21    1  18  12     51

Alavanja, Lazo       NJY   27    5  10  16     51

Donatelli, Tony      PHL   27    2  16  13     51

GOALS                TEAM  GP GOALS                 ASSISTS              TEAM      AST

Delevski, Dino       MON   27   41          Howes, Greg          MIL        31

Howes, Greg          MIL   26   41          Vasic, Goran         NJY        29

Antoniuk, Dan        NJY   28   39          Martinez, Genoni     MON        23

Cabral, Denison      BAL   27   32          Moreira, Hewerton    DET        22

Beasley, Jamar       DET   24   30        Millwood, Machel     BAL        22

BLOCKS TEAM BLK

Martinez, Genoni MON 64

Callahan, Droo DET 58

Hall, Ryan CAL 53

Caution, Matt ORL 49

Campos, Jorge MON 47

SAVE PERCENTAGE TEAM GOALS SAVES PCT

Waltman, Danny       DET    104    321  0.755

Sagu                 BAL     76    229  0.751

Bontti, Jose         MON    124    354  0.741

Vorberg, Nick        MIL    106    299  0.738

Pappas, Peter        PHL     93    247  0.726

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