It's been a mixed bag for the Missouri Comets this afternoon as the team got good news regarding some of the league's year end awards, but that was combined with the bad news of the league handing down suspensions from the past weekend's Eastern Conference Finals against the Baltimore Blast.
First the good news as the league announced the year end awards, and of the five major awards, Kansas City walked away with two of them. Leo Gibson was the overwhelming winner of the league's MVP award this year, setting lead records for points (93), goals (48), assists (45), and points in a game (12). The other winner for the Comets, was the team's head coach, Vlatko Andonovski, who helped coach the team to the 20-0 regular season for the Comets. Neither of those two were a surprise really, it would have only been a surprise if neither one of those two players had won the award.
The same lack of surprise could fit two of the other awards as goalkeeper of the year went to Baltimore's William Vanzela, who beat out Danny Waltman for the award. While Waltman had more wins (17), Vanzela's goals against average of 2.83 and four shutouts were both league records that were definitely worthy of the award. The other was rookie of the year which unsurprisingly went to Gordy Gurson, who scored 46 goals while splitting time with the Seattle Impact and St. Louis Ambush.
One award that was a bit of a surprise though was the defender of the year award. Two Comets players, John Sosa and Brian Harris were up for the award against Baltimore's Pat Healey. In what the Comets described as a close race, Healey won the award. It certainly could be argued that Harris and Sosa cannibalized votes for the other, leaving Healey as the favorite, but I thought the award would be going to Harris for his defensive and offensive performance for Missouri.
As for the bad news, the suspensions from the Eastern Conference Finals for the two players, Harris and Sosa, who received red cards in the final minute of the game, and Andre Braithwaite for his post game activities. Braithwaite, who headbutted Baltimore defender, Healey received the harshest punishment, an indefinite suspension from the MASL. Braithwaite can re-apply for entrance back into the league after the 2015/2016 season. The Comets have already parted ways with the defender, releasing him within hours of the incident.
The next harshest punishment went to Harris who got himself a three game suspension for his late slide tackle with 12 seconds left in the game. The final suspension was given to Sosa who got just the one game for the foul and abusive language. Overall, I think the punishment for three is perfectly just and not one any of the players, or the team really should argue with or appeal.
The announcement from the league also makes mention of Andonovski's comments about Ed Hale and referee Ryan Cigich, which the league found no merit in. Finally the league says that the behavior or others is still being investigated at this time. It would surprise me to see a fine for Andonovski at some point for his comments.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Comets Re-Sign Two and More
In a series of announcements made at a press conference today, the biggest news for Comets fans is probably the re-signing of two key parts of the team over the past two years. The team has re-signed defender, Leo Gibson and goalkeeper Danny Waltman. Gibson had started out as a forward for the Comets in their first season back, but dropped back to defense due to injury issues and has become one of the better defenders in the league since. Waltman has been one of the best keepers in the league the past two years with the Comets and will be a good presence in net for them.
Also announced today was the team's promotional calender for the year, further information on the MISL Combine being hosted by the Missouri Comets this year, and an announcement that former Comet, Alan Mayer will join Gino Schiraldi in having his jersey retired by the team. Also announced was a partnership with Cricket Wireless and the team officially introduced Craig Rocastle as well. This weekend at the Independence Events Center is the Comets Fan Fest from 3-6pm. A chance to meet players and get a look at the IEC before the new season.
Also announced today was the team's promotional calender for the year, further information on the MISL Combine being hosted by the Missouri Comets this year, and an announcement that former Comet, Alan Mayer will join Gino Schiraldi in having his jersey retired by the team. Also announced was a partnership with Cricket Wireless and the team officially introduced Craig Rocastle as well. This weekend at the Independence Events Center is the Comets Fan Fest from 3-6pm. A chance to meet players and get a look at the IEC before the new season.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Geison Named MVP
Another year end award for the Missouri Comets. For the second year in a row, the Missouri Comets have the MISL MVP after Byron Alvarez won the award last year. Geison becomes the second player for the Comets to win both the scoring title and be named MVP. Geison finished the season with 90 points, including 38 goals to win the scoring title.
That was the only award that the Comets won this year, as Leo Gibson, Danny Waltman and Kim Roentved didn't win their awards they were up for.
Here are the voting results from the MISL, Comets players in bold.
Most Valuable Player – Geison 32, Mauricio Salles 18, Marcio Leite 17, Sagu 14, Danny Waltman 14
Rookie of the Year – Slavisa Ubiparipovic 32, Nicolas Perera 11, Kevin Ten Eyck 10, Cory Elenio 10
Goalkeeper of the Year – Sagu 27, Danny Waltman 25, Marcel Feenstra 3
Defender of the Year – Mike Lookingland 28, Nelson Santana 21, Leo Gibson 18, Joe Hammes 16
Coach of the Year – Keith Tozer 20, Danny Kelly 14, Kim Roentved 13
That was the only award that the Comets won this year, as Leo Gibson, Danny Waltman and Kim Roentved didn't win their awards they were up for.
Here are the voting results from the MISL, Comets players in bold.
Most Valuable Player – Geison 32, Mauricio Salles 18, Marcio Leite 17, Sagu 14, Danny Waltman 14
Rookie of the Year – Slavisa Ubiparipovic 32, Nicolas Perera 11, Kevin Ten Eyck 10, Cory Elenio 10
Goalkeeper of the Year – Sagu 27, Danny Waltman 25, Marcel Feenstra 3
Defender of the Year – Mike Lookingland 28, Nelson Santana 21, Leo Gibson 18, Joe Hammes 16
Coach of the Year – Keith Tozer 20, Danny Kelly 14, Kim Roentved 13
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Post Season Awards for Comets
Three Missouri Comets players were named to the all league team today. The same 3 players are up for other awards later this week. Geison, Danny Waltman, Leo Gibson and Byron Alvarez were all named to the all league team. Geison was named to the first team, while Waltman, Gibson, and Alvarez were named to the second team.
Geison is also up for the MVP award that will be announced soon. Waltman is up for goalkeeper of the year while Gibson is up for defender of the year. The fact that Waltman and Gibson are on the second team very likely means that neither of them is going to win their individual award. The Comets coach, Kim Rontved is up for coach of the year as well. Congrats to the 5.
Geison is also up for the MVP award that will be announced soon. Waltman is up for goalkeeper of the year while Gibson is up for defender of the year. The fact that Waltman and Gibson are on the second team very likely means that neither of them is going to win their individual award. The Comets coach, Kim Rontved is up for coach of the year as well. Congrats to the 5.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Comets Move Closer to the Playoffs
The Missouri Comets magic number for clinching a playoff birth this year is now down to 1, after an 18-9 win over the Baltimore Blast at the Independence Event Center. The win, coupled with a 6-3 loss to the Milwaukee Wave in Milwaukee leaves the Comets 1 win or 1 Wichita loss away from clinching a spot in the playoffs this year.
The game tonight against the Blast started slow for both teams. The first quarter was an extremely sloppy affair as neither team was really able to create much with their possession and both teams seemed to lose it easily. Both Danny Waltman and Sagu were tested once or twice, but other than that, the first quarter was a complete and total stalemate.
The second quarter started very similar to the first, with neither team being able to really retain possession. The Blast had employed a very high pressure defense, pressuring Waltman and his two defenders very early on. This lead to a lot of early turnovers by the Comets. The combined with some chippy play pointed to the two teams both getting on the board soon. Just under 6 minutes into the quarter, the Blast broke the deadlock. Machel Millwood knocked a ball towards the middle of Missouri's box. It took a bit of a deflection, and Ricardinho was the first one to react and knocked the ball past Waltman for a 2-0 lead. Twenty-five seconds after the Ricardinho goal, the Blast were up 5-0. The Comets turned the ball over almost immediately off the kick off, Mike Lookingland fed the ball to Mike Deasel who raced a good quarter of the field unpressured and let loose a shot that got past Waltman and into the net for a 3 point goal.
The Comets called a timeout immediately to regroup, and it seemed to make a difference. From the timeout the Comets were getting more pressure and were finding quicker ways around the Blast's high pressure. Just after the half way point of the quarter, the Comets got on the board, as Byron Alvarez laid a ball into the middle for Vahid Assadpour who beat Sagu and made it 5-2. Unlike the Blast though, the Comets didn't need 25 seconds to score their second goal. Instead, it only took them 9 seconds, as Bato Radoncic won the ball immediately off the kick off, raced to the yellow line and let loose with a shot that Sagu was slow to get down for and the ball hit of the post and in, and just like that the Comets were level at 5-5.
The Comets weren't done though, and once again off the kick off, the Comets immediately won the ball through Christiano. Christiano fed Neto with a through ball that he fired past Sagu to make it 7-5. The Comets had gone from 5-0 down to 7-5 up in the span of 24 seconds. After taking the lead, the Comets sat back for a little bit. It took them 1 minute 1 second to grab another goal. Bryan Harris had a run in deep to the Blast end, he laid the ball back to Assadpour who beat Sagu for his second of the night and gave the Comets a 4 point lead at 9-5. In a minute twenty-five, the Comets had gone from 5-0 down to 9-5 up. The score held up through the end of the half and the Comets went into the half up 9-5.
The third quarter once again started with the Blast continuing their high pressure looking to get back into the game. But in their eagerness to get back into the game they got caught with too many men on the field. On the ensuing power play, the Comets were able to extend their lead. Lucas Rodriguez collected a pass from Assadpour and seemed to have all day just outside the 3 point arc to shoot. Rodriguez had time to line up his shot and fired a blast into the upper corner past Sagu to make it 12-5. From this point, the Blast really started to push the game and the game became the Danny Waltman show as more than once Waltman seemed left out to dry by his defense, but the goalkeeper stepped up and made a number of great saves, including getting across his goal once or twice to save goals. The Comets tried to break on the counter and Assadpour led a 2v1 with Neto but chose the shot instead of laying the ball off to his teammate and Sagu collected. The Blast did start to pull back into the game late in the quarter, as Shaun David played a ball into the middle for Ricardinho, who finally beat Waltman, but the Comets keeper almost made it across to keep it out but only got a small touch on it. With just under 4 minutes left, the Blast pulled back within a goal as they scored again to make it 12-9. Waltman on the series came up with two nice saves but could do nothing about the third as Pat Healey was fed by Adriano Dos Santos and Healey buried his chance. Late in the quarter, the Blast got their first power play of the game as Leo Gibson was called for kicking. The Comets though were able to kill the power play for the rest of the quarter, leaving them with only 1 second to kill in the fourth.
The Comets started off the fourth and were able to kill off the last second and get back to full strength. Just over a minute into the quarter, the Comets were back on the power play as Deasel was called for boarding. Unlike the Blast's last opportunity, the Comets again took advantage. They worked the ball around the perimeter before Rodriguez played the ball in down low to Alvarez who fired a shot into the roof of the net as Sagu went down for the save, making it 14-9. The Blast pushed for a way back into the game, and earned another power play as Stefan Stokic got a blue card for holding. The Blast once again though couldn't find a goal, in fact it was the Comets who controlled the ball for the majority of the two minute power play. Shortly after Stokic's power play was killed, the Comets found themselves on the power play again, as Max Ferdinand found himself in the penalty box for barreling into Waltman as he was playing the ball. To make matters worse for the Blast, the Comets once again scored on the power play to make them 3 for 3 with a man advantage compared to the Blast's 0 for 2. This time it was Rodriguez again, as he collected a pass from Gibson around the corner of the box and fired a shot past Sagu and into the net for his second of the night.
Waltman continued to come up big for the Comets making some more big saves and guaranteeing himself man of the match honors. With just under 4 minutes left, the Blast pulled Sagu for the 6th attacker. While the Blast had the majority of the possession after that, they couldn't find a goal. The Comets had a few quick counters with the open net but couldn't quite convert. Then with just under a minute left, Christiano fired a shot that was going to go just wide, but Geison raced onto it and buried it into the net to kill the game off and make it 18-9.
As mentioned above the Comets and need just one more win, or one more loss by the Wings to clinch themselves a spot in the playoffs. The Comets will have the first chance to wrap up a playoff spot on Sunday when they travel to Milwaukee to take on the Wave. Should they lose that the next opportunities would come next weekend when the Wings and Comets play the Rochester Lancers on back to back nights. A win by Rochester in the first game or by the Comets in the second will clinch a playoff spot.
The game tonight against the Blast started slow for both teams. The first quarter was an extremely sloppy affair as neither team was really able to create much with their possession and both teams seemed to lose it easily. Both Danny Waltman and Sagu were tested once or twice, but other than that, the first quarter was a complete and total stalemate.
The second quarter started very similar to the first, with neither team being able to really retain possession. The Blast had employed a very high pressure defense, pressuring Waltman and his two defenders very early on. This lead to a lot of early turnovers by the Comets. The combined with some chippy play pointed to the two teams both getting on the board soon. Just under 6 minutes into the quarter, the Blast broke the deadlock. Machel Millwood knocked a ball towards the middle of Missouri's box. It took a bit of a deflection, and Ricardinho was the first one to react and knocked the ball past Waltman for a 2-0 lead. Twenty-five seconds after the Ricardinho goal, the Blast were up 5-0. The Comets turned the ball over almost immediately off the kick off, Mike Lookingland fed the ball to Mike Deasel who raced a good quarter of the field unpressured and let loose a shot that got past Waltman and into the net for a 3 point goal.
The Comets called a timeout immediately to regroup, and it seemed to make a difference. From the timeout the Comets were getting more pressure and were finding quicker ways around the Blast's high pressure. Just after the half way point of the quarter, the Comets got on the board, as Byron Alvarez laid a ball into the middle for Vahid Assadpour who beat Sagu and made it 5-2. Unlike the Blast though, the Comets didn't need 25 seconds to score their second goal. Instead, it only took them 9 seconds, as Bato Radoncic won the ball immediately off the kick off, raced to the yellow line and let loose with a shot that Sagu was slow to get down for and the ball hit of the post and in, and just like that the Comets were level at 5-5.
The Comets weren't done though, and once again off the kick off, the Comets immediately won the ball through Christiano. Christiano fed Neto with a through ball that he fired past Sagu to make it 7-5. The Comets had gone from 5-0 down to 7-5 up in the span of 24 seconds. After taking the lead, the Comets sat back for a little bit. It took them 1 minute 1 second to grab another goal. Bryan Harris had a run in deep to the Blast end, he laid the ball back to Assadpour who beat Sagu for his second of the night and gave the Comets a 4 point lead at 9-5. In a minute twenty-five, the Comets had gone from 5-0 down to 9-5 up. The score held up through the end of the half and the Comets went into the half up 9-5.
The third quarter once again started with the Blast continuing their high pressure looking to get back into the game. But in their eagerness to get back into the game they got caught with too many men on the field. On the ensuing power play, the Comets were able to extend their lead. Lucas Rodriguez collected a pass from Assadpour and seemed to have all day just outside the 3 point arc to shoot. Rodriguez had time to line up his shot and fired a blast into the upper corner past Sagu to make it 12-5. From this point, the Blast really started to push the game and the game became the Danny Waltman show as more than once Waltman seemed left out to dry by his defense, but the goalkeeper stepped up and made a number of great saves, including getting across his goal once or twice to save goals. The Comets tried to break on the counter and Assadpour led a 2v1 with Neto but chose the shot instead of laying the ball off to his teammate and Sagu collected. The Blast did start to pull back into the game late in the quarter, as Shaun David played a ball into the middle for Ricardinho, who finally beat Waltman, but the Comets keeper almost made it across to keep it out but only got a small touch on it. With just under 4 minutes left, the Blast pulled back within a goal as they scored again to make it 12-9. Waltman on the series came up with two nice saves but could do nothing about the third as Pat Healey was fed by Adriano Dos Santos and Healey buried his chance. Late in the quarter, the Blast got their first power play of the game as Leo Gibson was called for kicking. The Comets though were able to kill the power play for the rest of the quarter, leaving them with only 1 second to kill in the fourth.
The Comets started off the fourth and were able to kill off the last second and get back to full strength. Just over a minute into the quarter, the Comets were back on the power play as Deasel was called for boarding. Unlike the Blast's last opportunity, the Comets again took advantage. They worked the ball around the perimeter before Rodriguez played the ball in down low to Alvarez who fired a shot into the roof of the net as Sagu went down for the save, making it 14-9. The Blast pushed for a way back into the game, and earned another power play as Stefan Stokic got a blue card for holding. The Blast once again though couldn't find a goal, in fact it was the Comets who controlled the ball for the majority of the two minute power play. Shortly after Stokic's power play was killed, the Comets found themselves on the power play again, as Max Ferdinand found himself in the penalty box for barreling into Waltman as he was playing the ball. To make matters worse for the Blast, the Comets once again scored on the power play to make them 3 for 3 with a man advantage compared to the Blast's 0 for 2. This time it was Rodriguez again, as he collected a pass from Gibson around the corner of the box and fired a shot past Sagu and into the net for his second of the night.
Waltman continued to come up big for the Comets making some more big saves and guaranteeing himself man of the match honors. With just under 4 minutes left, the Blast pulled Sagu for the 6th attacker. While the Blast had the majority of the possession after that, they couldn't find a goal. The Comets had a few quick counters with the open net but couldn't quite convert. Then with just under a minute left, Christiano fired a shot that was going to go just wide, but Geison raced onto it and buried it into the net to kill the game off and make it 18-9.
As mentioned above the Comets and need just one more win, or one more loss by the Wings to clinch themselves a spot in the playoffs. The Comets will have the first chance to wrap up a playoff spot on Sunday when they travel to Milwaukee to take on the Wave. Should they lose that the next opportunities would come next weekend when the Wings and Comets play the Rochester Lancers on back to back nights. A win by Rochester in the first game or by the Comets in the second will clinch a playoff spot.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Waltman Called Up to US Futsal Team
The new Missouri Comets season is less than a month away at this point. The team is preparing for the season, and one thing that has changed is the number of teams. The Chicago team is no longer looking like it'll be in the league. The team's schedule has no reference to the Chicago team that was mentioned in previous releases by the league. Which turns the Midwestern conference into a 3 team conference with Wichita, Milwaukee, and Missouri remaining. Certainly not a good thing for the league that they're losing a team after the league put the schedule out.
In happier news, Comets goalkeeper, Danny Waltman has been called up to for the US national futsal team. The team is in Brazil for the Grand Prix of Futsal this week. The US team opened the competition yesterday against Uruguay. They take on Iran tonight and then tomorrow play Belgium. Good luck to Waltman and the US team.
In happier news, Comets goalkeeper, Danny Waltman has been called up to for the US national futsal team. The team is in Brazil for the Grand Prix of Futsal this week. The US team opened the competition yesterday against Uruguay. They take on Iran tonight and then tomorrow play Belgium. Good luck to Waltman and the US team.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Comets Get Big Win
The Comets did a lot to help their playoff hopes last night in Chicago as they won their second game in as many nights 23-7 over the Chicago Riot. The win was the Comets biggest win of the season, by a total of 16 points. In the Comets previous 6 wins they'd won those games by a combined 16 points. Last night was my first chance to watch a game at Chicago's home arena, and you really realize how nice the IEC is after watching that game. Here's the press release from the Comets on the big win.
From the Comets:
Having two high-pressure games back to back in cities separated by an eight hour drive, the Comets needed to pull out all the stops on Saturday night against the Riot. Six Comets players (including goalkeeper Danny Waltman) were able to find the net in the most dominating effort so far in the season.
The Riot took advantage of the Comets mainly offensive lineup at the start and put up pressure of their own. Bato and Novi were able to get past the defense and sneak in a shot on the near past just 24 seconds into the game. The Comets settled down midway through the second quarter and controlled the ball in the middle of the field. At 8:39 of the second quarter rookie Lucas Rodriguez dribbled through three defenders and put a shot past Riot keeper Jeff Richey, evening up the score at 2-2. That score seemed like it would hold up through the end of the quarter, but Novi found his second assist of the night when he saw Gallo hiding in the corner. Gallo was then able to take the pass and bury it from just outside the 3-point arc at 14:34 mark. The Riot finished the 1st with the lead 5-2.
That would be the last time the Riot led as the Comets took control from there. Jamar Beasley started the 2nd quarter with a goal only 26 seconds into the quarter. The Comets continued to push play forward throughout the quarter, finally paying off at the 6:28 mark when Geison Moura converted a pass from Byron Alvarez and gave the Comets their first lead, 6-5. That would be where the teams ended the first half.
Missouri showed it was not feeling any ill-effects from the game last night as they began to control both ends of the floor. Lucas Rodriguez found his second goal on a power play at 6:02. This was the first multi-goal game for the rookie. Jamar Beasley took a pass from Leo Gibson in the defensive third and went coast to coast beating Richey at 9:48. Then Byron Alvarez continued his league leading scoring streak with a goal to close out the third. Overall Alvarez had seven points on the night.
Chicago didn’t let down though. Alex Megson converted a missed shot into a goal just 34 seconds into fourth making the score 12-7. That was all the Comets would allow though. Vahid Assadpour made the Riot pay on the power play when he buried a three point goal from the right side of the arc at the 9:33 mark. Shortly after that Coach Kraft of the Riot decided to play the 6th attacker as their playoff hopes were dwindling fast. Geison Moura (10:47) and Byron Alvarez (12:38) took advantage of the open nets with a three point goal for each. The night was capped by a rare goal from goalkeeper Danny Waltman when he threw the ball the length of the field into an open net.
“Good teams win when the pressure is on. This is the team we knew we had at the beginning of the season,” said team captain Byron Alvarez, “The training Coach Kim puts us through helped us to be able to play at a high level on back to back nights, we’ll feel this on Monday though.”
Danny Waltman applauded the entire team. “Every time you saw a good play tonight you saw a different name on the back of the jersey…It’s so nice to have that confidence going in to every game that we’re going to get to run our game.”
The Comets next game is back at the Independence Events Center on March 6 at 3:10pm when the Riot come for a visit. The Comets are currently tied with Omaha for the final position in the playoffs and another win against the Riot would help to solidify their chances for postseason play.
Tickets: Comet single game tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. Groups and youth soccer teams can also “Play Like the Comets” on the field before every Comets home game. For Comets group tickets, call 816-478-BALL. For all the latest Comets news and information, visit www.cometsindoorsoccer.com.
Link to box score: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1485431
From the Comets:
Having two high-pressure games back to back in cities separated by an eight hour drive, the Comets needed to pull out all the stops on Saturday night against the Riot. Six Comets players (including goalkeeper Danny Waltman) were able to find the net in the most dominating effort so far in the season.
The Riot took advantage of the Comets mainly offensive lineup at the start and put up pressure of their own. Bato and Novi were able to get past the defense and sneak in a shot on the near past just 24 seconds into the game. The Comets settled down midway through the second quarter and controlled the ball in the middle of the field. At 8:39 of the second quarter rookie Lucas Rodriguez dribbled through three defenders and put a shot past Riot keeper Jeff Richey, evening up the score at 2-2. That score seemed like it would hold up through the end of the quarter, but Novi found his second assist of the night when he saw Gallo hiding in the corner. Gallo was then able to take the pass and bury it from just outside the 3-point arc at 14:34 mark. The Riot finished the 1st with the lead 5-2.
That would be the last time the Riot led as the Comets took control from there. Jamar Beasley started the 2nd quarter with a goal only 26 seconds into the quarter. The Comets continued to push play forward throughout the quarter, finally paying off at the 6:28 mark when Geison Moura converted a pass from Byron Alvarez and gave the Comets their first lead, 6-5. That would be where the teams ended the first half.
Missouri showed it was not feeling any ill-effects from the game last night as they began to control both ends of the floor. Lucas Rodriguez found his second goal on a power play at 6:02. This was the first multi-goal game for the rookie. Jamar Beasley took a pass from Leo Gibson in the defensive third and went coast to coast beating Richey at 9:48. Then Byron Alvarez continued his league leading scoring streak with a goal to close out the third. Overall Alvarez had seven points on the night.
Chicago didn’t let down though. Alex Megson converted a missed shot into a goal just 34 seconds into fourth making the score 12-7. That was all the Comets would allow though. Vahid Assadpour made the Riot pay on the power play when he buried a three point goal from the right side of the arc at the 9:33 mark. Shortly after that Coach Kraft of the Riot decided to play the 6th attacker as their playoff hopes were dwindling fast. Geison Moura (10:47) and Byron Alvarez (12:38) took advantage of the open nets with a three point goal for each. The night was capped by a rare goal from goalkeeper Danny Waltman when he threw the ball the length of the field into an open net.
“Good teams win when the pressure is on. This is the team we knew we had at the beginning of the season,” said team captain Byron Alvarez, “The training Coach Kim puts us through helped us to be able to play at a high level on back to back nights, we’ll feel this on Monday though.”
Danny Waltman applauded the entire team. “Every time you saw a good play tonight you saw a different name on the back of the jersey…It’s so nice to have that confidence going in to every game that we’re going to get to run our game.”
The Comets next game is back at the Independence Events Center on March 6 at 3:10pm when the Riot come for a visit. The Comets are currently tied with Omaha for the final position in the playoffs and another win against the Riot would help to solidify their chances for postseason play.
Tickets: Comet single game tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. Groups and youth soccer teams can also “Play Like the Comets” on the field before every Comets home game. For Comets group tickets, call 816-478-BALL. For all the latest Comets news and information, visit www.cometsindoorsoccer.com.
Link to box score: http://pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1485431
Monday, September 27, 2010
Comets Sign First Two Players
Today the Missouri Comets announced the signings of their first two players, goalkeeper Danny Waltman and forward Worteh Sampson. Waltman played at the University of Washington before hoping around a few other indoor teams around the US, including the Chicago Storm, Detroit Ignition, and Rockford Rampage. Waltman was MVP of the XSL in the 2008-2009 season with Detroit. He certainly gives the Comets a good start in the back it would seem, a good way to start building the team. Below is a highlight video of Waltman.
Sampson is a forward that has also played with the Ignition after he got out of college. The Liberian Sampson is 6'3" a good target striker size and could certainly give the Comets an advantage. Sampson has most recently been playing with the Charlotte Eagles of USL-2.
Sampson is a forward that has also played with the Ignition after he got out of college. The Liberian Sampson is 6'3" a good target striker size and could certainly give the Comets an advantage. Sampson has most recently been playing with the Charlotte Eagles of USL-2.
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