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release of the Detroit Ignition
Southfield, Mich.,
–
The Detroit Ignition (22-8) captured their second regular-season title
with victories over Milwaukee and Baltimore last weekend.
The club will face the lower-seeded winner of this weekend’s
quarterfinal games in the semifinal round of the 2008 MISL Championship
Series, with Game 2 being held on Sunday, April 20 at Compuware Arena.
Sixth-seeded New Jersey hosts third-seeded Baltimore tomorrow
night, while fourth-seeded La Raza de Monterrey will play fifth-seeded
Chicago tomorrow at Sears Centre Arena.
FINAL
REGULAR-SEASON MISL STANDINGS
POINTS POINTS WITHIN LAST
GP W L PCT GB FOR AG HOME ROAD DIV TEN STREAK
X-Detroit Ignition 30 22 8 .733 --- 455 310 12-3 10-5 22-8 9-1 WON 2
X-Milwaukee Wave 30 22 8 .733 --- 424 297 13-2 9-6 22-8 8-2 WON 1
X-Baltimore Blast 30 19 11 .633 3.0 392 289 12-3 7-8 19-11 7-3 LOST 1
X-Monterrey La Raza 30 16 14 .533 6.0 441 399 11-4 5-10 16-14 7-3 LOST 1
X-Chicago Storm 30 15 15 .500 7.0 321 346 9-6 6-9 15-15 2-8 LOST 2
X-New Jersey Ironmen 30 14 16 .467 8.0 343 381 8-7 6-9 14-16 4-6 LOST 1
Z-Philadelphia Kixx 30 12 18 .400 10.0 310 349 8-7 4-11 12-18 3-7 LOST 3
Z-California Cougars 30 11 19 .367 11.0 364 450 7-8 4-11 11-19 3-7 WON 2
Z-Orlando Sharks 30 4 26 .133 18.0 235 464 3-12 1-14 4-26 1-9 WON 1
X-Clinched playoff berth Z-Eliminated from Playoff Contention
IGNITION REGULAR-SEASON RECORD
(2006-07 season record)
Overall:
22-8 (18-12)
Home: 12-3 (11-4)
Road: 10-5 (7-8)
LAST WEEK’S OUTINGS:
April 4, 2008: Ignition, 18 Wave, 11:
The Detroit Ignition (21-8) tied the Milwaukee Wave (21-8) for first
place in the Major Indoor Soccer League Friday night with an 18-11
victory at Compuware Arena. Brazil native Hewerton Moreira
led the club with eight points in the club’s last regular-season home
game.
Just 56 seconds into the match, Hewerton booted a three-point shot past
Nick Vorberg for his 150th career point. At 11:28
of the first, Hewerton netted another score for Detroit, this time a
two-point tally with an assist from forward Jamar Beasley. MISL
scoring leader Greg Howes put Milwaukee on the board at 3:51 of the
second quarter with a three-point score to bring the score to 5-3 at
halftime.
Royal Oak native Nate Craft scored his first goal of the season at 13:26
of third, a three-pointer off a give from Hewerton. 20 seconds
later, Dusosky countered with a three-point goal for the Wave off an
assist from Howes.
Just over seven minutes into the fourth quarter, Hewerton netted his third goal of the night – a two-point score with an assist
from fellow Brazilian Ze Roberto. Doug Rice and Ryan Mack added a
goal each over the next three minutes to put the Ignition up 14-5.
Giuliano Oliviero answered for Milwaukee with a pair of two-point
tallies to bring the Wave within 5, but Mack and Beasley responded with
a two-pointer each. The Wave would score one more goal
before the night was over, but the Ignition came away with an 18-11 win.
Both the Wave and Ignition play their last game of the regular-season
tomorrow night. The Ignition, who play the Baltimore Blast
(18-10) at 1st Mariner Arena, hold the tie-breaker with
Milwaukee in the quest for first place in the MISL.
April 5, 2008: Ignition, 22 Blast, 21:
The Detroit Ignition (22-8) won the Major Indoor Soccer League
regular-season title with a 22-21 victory over the Baltimore Blast
(19-11) Saturday night at 1st Mariner Arena. The
victory gives the Ignition the top seed going into the 2008 MISL
Championship Series, which kicks off next weekend.
Detroit will move directly into the semifinal
round of the playoffs, with Game 2 being held on Sunday, April 20 at
Compuware Arena.
Forward Denison Cabral got the scoring started early for Baltimore,
putting a three-point shot past Danny Waltman just 23 seconds into the
match. At 8:11 of the first, Mike Apple put Detroit on the board
with a two-point goal. Midfielder Ricardinho was credited with the
assist on the score, giving the Brazil native his 150th
career point. Ignition Captain Droo Callahan scored another
two-pointer for Detroit at 10:39, but Cabral notched a two-point shot
just 30 seconds later to put the Blast up 5-4. With just five
seconds left in the first, Baltimore forward Machel Millwood buried an
unassisted two-point score to give the Blast a three point lead.
Just over halfway into the second quarter, Blast forward Matt Watson
added two more points for the home team with an unassisted score.
Cabral tallied his third goal of the night at 12:13 off a dish from
forward Michael Todd to give the Blast a 7-point lead. Exactly one
minute later, Ricardinho netted a two-point tally with an assist from Ze
Roberto. At 13:55, Jamar Beasley cut the Blast’s lead to 3 with a
two-pointer off an assist from Apple.
The Ignition kept the momentum going into the second half, as midfielder
Ze Roberto put Detroit within one with a two-point score off a give from
Josh Rife. At 6:44 of the third, midfielder Lucio ended the
Ignition’s six-point scoring run with a two-point restart goal.
Just over four minutes later, defender Jonathan Greenfield cut the
deficit back to one, booting a two-point shot past Baltimore keeper Sagu.
At 12:38, Birmingham native Ryan Mack gave Detroit their second lead of
the night with a two-point shot off a dish from Beasley.
Forward Adauto Neto quickly responded for Baltimore, putting the Blast
back up 15-14 with a goal at 13:06 of the third.
Two minutes into the fourth quarter, Millwood tallied his second goal of
the match - a two-point score with an assist from netminder Sagu.
With just over 10 minutes to play, Ignition rookie Zach Wilkes scored
his first goal of the season off a pass from Ricardinho to bring Detroit
within one again. At 6:34, Neto launched a pass towards Millwood
who headed it past Waltman to give the Blast a three-point cushion.
Just 32 seconds later, Nate Craft cut the Blast’s lead back to one
with a two-point score off an assist from Hewerton. At 11:01 of
the fourth, Beasley scored his second two-pointer of the night to give
the Ignition a 20-19 lead, but Mike Lookingland put the Blast back on
top with a two-point goal that prompted the Ignition to bring in
Callahan as a sixth attacker.
With less than minutes to play, Ricardinho netted Detroit’s final goal
of the night off a pass from Hewerton to put the Ignition on top of a
22-21 lead. The Blast had one final shot with less than a
second left to play, but Callahan made the block in front of the
Ignition’s open net to give Detroit the regular-season championship.
ITINERARY: Week of April 7-13
* 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
10:
Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friday, April 11:
Training, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Saturday, April
12:
Off
DETROIT IGNITION REGULAR-SEASON TEAM STATISTICS
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 26 2 31 14 82 139 11 24 4 4 1 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0
9 Moreira, Hewerton 30 5 19 24 77 122 4 39 10 5 0 0/1 0/0 2 1 1 0 0
11 Mack, Ryan 28 3 25 7 66 99 6 35 13 0 1 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 1 0
12 Callahan, Droo 30 6 13 18 62 80 19 43 62 2 0 0/0 0/0 1 2 0 1 0
8 Ricardinho 23 1 20 15 58 74 8 13 7 5 1 1/1 3/3 3 0 0 0 0
28 Greenfield, Jonathan 30 2 12 14 44 80 9 17 24 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Sampson, Worteh 26 0 14 14 42 65 15 30 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Selaidopoulos, Kyria 26 3 9 11 38 61 9 19 7 0 0 0/0 0/0 5 0 0 1 0
7 Apple, Mike 22 0 13 7 33 44 4 20 6 3 0 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 0 0
5 Rice, Doug 30 1 9 6 27 40 13 33 9 0 1 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 2 0
10 Roberto, Ze 29 1 6 12 27 53 2 33 24 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Assadpour, Vahid 21 0 4 7 15 21 8 27 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Rife, Josh 29 0 4 2 10 29 4 14 28 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
26 Craft, Nate 19 1 1 3 8 8 11 15 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Waltman, Danny 27 0 0 8 8 0 8 6 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Johnson, Matt 28 0 2 2 6 21 8 41 21 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0
2 Wilkes, Zachary 7 0 1 0 2 5 2 3 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sedgewick, Bill 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 3 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 30 16
TOTALS 30 25 190 167 622 968 165 444 244 19 4 1/2 3/3 22 5 2 5 0
OPPONENT TOTALS 30 22 122 109 419 775 161 364 317 23 3 3/4 2/2 8 8 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 27 26 1540:56 464 345 15 104 3/4 0/0 19 8 9.85 0.744
12 Callahan, Droo 4 0 7:35 2 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0 39.56 0.000
9 Moreira, Hewerton 2 0 2:32 2 1 0 1 0/0 1/1 0 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 30 1800:00 531 387 22 122 3/4 2/2 22 8 10.33 0.729
OPPONENT TOTALS 30 1800:00 651 436 25 190 1/2 3/3 8 22 15.17 0.670
IGNITION LEADERS
POINTS
GOALS
ASSISTS
BLOCKS
Beasley, Jamar - 82
Beasley, Jamar - 33
Hewerton – 24
Callahan, Droo - 62
Hewerton - 77
Mack, Ryan - 28
Callahan, Droo - 18
Rife, Josh - 28
Mack, Ryan - 66
Hewerton
- 24
Ricardinho – 15
Roberto, Ze - 24
Callahan, Droo - 62
Ricardinho - 21
Several players tied at -14
Greenfield, Jonathan - 24
Ricardinho - 58
Callahan, Droo - 19
Johnson, Matt - 21
Waltman, Danny – 345
Mike
Apple
needs 5 goals to reach 100 MISL career goals
Nate
Craft
needs 3 blocks to reach 25 MISL career blocks
Bill Sedgewick
needs to play 2 games to reach his 250th
MISL
career game
Danny Waltman
needs 2 wins to reach 50 MISL career wins
MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE REGULAR-SEASON LEADERS
POINTS TEAM GP 3PG 2PG AST POINTS
Howes, Greg MIL 28 8 37 32 130
Delevski, Dino MON 28 7 37 13 108
Martinez, Genoni MON 30 10 21 24 96
Antoniuk, Dan NJY 29 0 39 11 89
Cabral, Denison BAL 29 4 32 12 88
Millwood, Machel BAL 29 0 30 23 83
Beasley, Jamar DET 26 2 31 14 82
Leite, Marcio MIL 30 6 21 20 80
Moreira, Hewerton DET 30 5 19 24 77
Tovar, Enrique CAL 27 3 26 13 74
Mack, Ryan DET 28 3 25 7 66
Callahan, Droo DET 30 6 13 18 62
Farias, Carlos CHI 29 4 12 26 62
D'Ambra, Don PHL 30 0 20 22 62
Ricardinho DET 23 1 20 15 58
Stewart, Matthew CHI 29 0 23 12 58
Donatelli, Tony PHL 29 2 18 13 55
Vasic, Goran NJY 21 4 6 29 53
Alavanja, Lazo NJY 28 5 11 16 53
Mesanovic, Semir CAL 29 4 14 13 53
GOALS TEAM GP GOALS ASSISTS TEAM AST
Howes, Greg MIL 28 45 Howes, Greg MIL 32
Delevski, Dino MON 28 44 Vasic, Goran NJY 29
Antoniuk, Dan NJY 29 39 Farias, Carlos CHI 26
Cabral, Denison BAL 29 36 Martinez, Genoni MON 24
Beasley, Jamar DET 26 33 Moreira, Hewerton DET 24
BLOCKS
TEAM
BLK
Martinez, Genoni MON
66
Callahan, Droo DET
62
Hall, Ryan
CAL
57
Campos, Jorge
MON
49
Caution, Matt
ORL
49
SAVE PERCENTAGE TEAM GOALS SAVES PCT
Waltman, Danny DET 119 345 0.744
Sagu BAL 89 255 0.741
Bontti, Jose MON 130 369 0.739
Vorberg, Nick MIL 118 327 0.735
Pappas, Peter PHL 105 272 0.721
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