Kansas City Comets [1-4] ST LOUIS AMBUSH (3-2)
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2017-2018 Kansas City Comets Game Notes KANSAS CITY COMETS vs ST LOUIS AMBUSH, December 29, 2018 7:05pm CT, THE FAMILY ARENA MASL Game #38, AWAY Game #5 of 2018-2019 MASL Season Webcast accessible at www.MASL.tv 2018-2019 Comets Upcoming Games Kansas City Comets [1-4] 1/6/19 FL Tropics SECA 1/11/19 @MIL Wave UWMP # Name POS Height Weight Birthdate Home Town 1/18/19 STL Ambush SECA 3 James Togbah D 5' 10" 170 lbs 10/27/1995 Monrovia, Liberia 1/20/19 Utica City SECA 4 Alain Matingou D 6' 1" 180 lbs 12/14/1984 Paris, France 5 Ramone Palmer F 5' 7" 140 lbs 1/27/1989 Kingston, Jamaica GP W L PCT GB 6 Adam James F 5' 11" 180 lbs 3/7/1996 Kearney, MO Milwaukee 3 3 0 1.000 - 8 Tim Kloster D 5' 10" 170 lbs 9/4/1992 Neuss, Germany 9 Bryan Perez - C M 5' 9" 165 lbs 11/1/1987 San Jose, Costa Rica St Louis 5 3 2 0.600 1.0 10 Lucas Rodriguez M 5' 5" 160 lbs 2/8/1986 Buenos Aires, Argentina Florida 5 2 3 0.400 2.0 11 Kiel Williams F 5' 9" 170 lbs 10/27/1988 Trinidad and Tobago Orlando 3 1 2 0.333 2.0 13 Brett Petricek G 6' 1" 175 lbs 6/27/1991 Woodridge, IL Kansas City 5 1 4 0.200 3.0 14 Leo Gibson F 5' 6" 160 lbs 8/9/1983 Monrovia, Liberia 19 John Sosa D 5' 9" 185 lbs 10/22/1988 Medellin, Colombia 20 Stefan Stokic F 5' 9" 150 lbs 6/20/1985 Belgrade, Serbia 22 Anthony Grant F 5' 9" 170 lbs 8/4/1989 Kingston, Jamaica 23 Ignacio Flores D 5' 10" 165 lbs 9/23/1992 Santiago, Chile VS 24 Mirko Sandivari D 5' 10" 170 lbs 6/15/1991 Santiago, Chile 25 Robert Kelly M 5'8" 175 lbs 3/30/1996 Kansas City, MO 26 Ray Lee F 5'11" 180 lbs 4/26/1993 Kansas City, MO Head to Head 27 Gui Gomes F 5' 9" 185 lbs 2/28/1992 Sao Paulo, Brazil 51 Robert Palmer D 5' 10" 175 lbs 1/15/1989 Kingston, Jamaica Kansas City leads overall series - 17-4 99 Mark Saxby G 6' 0" 175 lbs 4/28/1989 Olathe, KS Previous 2018-2019 Matchups: Head Coach: Kim Roentved @ STL 12/16/18 OTL 5-6 Assistant Coaches: Jeff Davis, Leo Gibson, Alan Mayer Quick Hits • Last week, the Comets lost 6-5 to the Ambush for the second straight game. ST LOUIS AMBUSH (3-2) No. Name POS. HT. WT. Birthdate Hometown • This is the third straight 0 Antonio Manfut M 5' 4" 140 lbs 9/6/1994 Cleveland, Ohio game between these 2 1 Casey Clark G 6' 0" 180 lbs 12/27/1993 Denair, California 3 Robert Acosta D 6' 2" 180 lbs 10/24/1986 Tucson, AZ teams and the second 4 Corey Adamson M 5' 7" 155 lbs 12/3/1987 Clearwater, FL of the series to be 6 Chris Mattingly D 6' 0" 185 lbs 8/25/1981 St. Louis, MO 8 Vadim Cojocov F 6' 1" 170 lbs 6/7/1993 Finglas, Dublin, Ireland played at Family Arena 10 Lucas Almeida M 5' 7" 155 lbs 10/11/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil • Both St Louis's Zach 11 Jerjer Gibson F 6' 2" 210 lbs 3/14/1991 Monrovia, Liberia 12 Clayton Matheus M 5' 8" 148 lbs 2/14/1984 Santos, Brazil Reget and Kansas 13 Axel Duarte D 6' 0" 175 lbs 5/21/1993 Caracas, Venezuela City's Lucas Rodriguez 15 Douglas Dos Santos D 5' 9" 180 lbs 5/30/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 Paulo Nascimento G 5' 10" 179 lbs 6/3/1985 Natal, Brazil have scored 2 goals 20 JT Thomas F 6' 3" 190 lbs 12/9/1993 Doncaster, England in each of the games 21 Justin Stinson F 5' 10" 160 lbs 5/29/1997 St. Charles, Missouri 22 Zach Reget F 6' 0" 200 lbs 5/7/1995 Kenosha, Wisconsin of the Kansas City-St 33 Pepe Junqueira D 5' 8" 160 lbs 2/19/1990 Sao Paulo, Brazil Louis Series 40 Mario Marcos M 5' 9" 161 lbs 8/1/1992 Sao Paulo, Brazil 70 Magui Souza D 5' 9" 177 lbs 4/15/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil • The two teams have 79 Hewerton Moreira F 5' 11" 184 lbs 10/31/1979 Santos, Brazil combined for 23:00 total 95 Felipe Silva D 5' 10" 165 lbs 2/22/1995 Sao Paulo, Brazil penalty minutes in the Head Coach: Hewerton Moreira Assistant Coach: Jamie Swanner series Comets News & Notes Game Preview: Though the Comets scored a 4-3 exhibition win against the Ambush in the preseason, they have been 0-2 against St. Louis since the start of the regular season. Kim Roentved In both bouts this season, Kansas City has fallen 6-5 to the Ambush. In their Head Coach first match, St. Louis came back from a 4-0 deficit to take the game to overtime This is Roentved’s with a tying goal in the final minute. In overtime, the Ambush found the net for second turn behind the the golden goal. bench since the team Last Saturday’s match in Silverstein Eye Centers Arena was a back-and-forth returned to action in battle. The score was close throughout the match, with four different lead 2010. changes and the largest lead being by two goals. Ultimately, Kansas City came up 1 goal short, unable to find the net in the fourth quarter. Roentved previously coached the Comets The Comets were visibly fatigued in the first match against St. Louis-- in the from 2010 through the days prior they had to travel to Mississauga and then back for their home opener against Milwaukee. In the second match, both teams had plenty of rest, 2013-2014 season. He and the Ambush’s crunch-time defense earned them the win. led the team to 36 wins and 34 losses, three St Louis forward Zach Reget has become a nemesis of the Comets in his rookie straight playoffs and season, tallying 4 goals and 1 assist on the series. Leo Gibson of Kansas City an appearance in the currently leads the league with 8 assists, and is tied for second in total points 2013 MISL Champion- scored with 14. ship game. Known as ‘the Rocket’, Special Team Statistics Roentved was named POWERPLAY PENALTY KILLING Team GP PPGF PPO PP% SHGA PPGA TSH PK% SHGF Defender of the Year Florida 5 3 3 1.000 0 0 7 1.000 0 three times and is Orlando 3 6 6 1.000 0 1 7 .857 0 known as one of the Tacoma 5 2 3 .667 0 3 6 .500 0 greatest players to Kansas City 5 4 7 .571 0 4 13 .692 0 ever play the indoor Baltimore 4 4 9 .444 0 3 6 .500 0 game. He spent most Harrisburg 4 3 7 .429 0 1 4 .750 0 of his playing career Milwaukee 3 2 5 .400 0 2 2 .000 0 Utica 5 3 8 .375 0 4 10 .600 0 with the Wichita Wings Turlock 4 1 3 .333 0 0 5 1.000 0 (1980-1987, 1991- Dallas 4 2 7 .286 0 1 4 .750 0 1998) and the Kansas Mississauga 4 2 8 .250 0 7 6 0.167 0 City Comets/Attack El Paso 2 1 4 .250 0 2 7 .714 0 (1987-1991, 1998- Monterrey 2 1 4 .250 0 2 7 .714 0 1999). He is also an Ontario 6 2 9 .222 0 2 9 .778 0 San Diego 3 2 10 .200 0 1 3 .667 0 inaugural member of Rio Grande Valley 4 1 6 .167 0 1 5 .800 0 the Indoor Soccer Hall St. Louis 5 1 10 .100 0 6 8 .250 0 of Fame. Goalkeeper Leaders # Name Team GP W L SA GA GAA Sv Sv% SO MP PIM G A OTL 27 Boris Pardo San Diego 3 2 1 43 10 3.29 33 .767 0 182:16 0 0 0 0 31 Chris Toth Ontario 6 4 2 82 20 3.37 62 .756 0 356:32 0 0 1 0 0 William Vanzela Baltimore 4 3 1 62 14 3.53 48 .774 0 237:53 0 0 0 0 23 Fidel Garcia RGV 4 1 1 63 15 3.67 48 .762 1 245:00 0 0 0 2 30 Diego Reynoso Monterrey 2 2 0 28 8 3.86 21 .750 0 124:17 2 0 0 0 2018-2019 Kansas City Comets Schedule, Pronunciations, Leaders Date Time Opponent Result Streak W/L KANSAS CITY COMETS 3 James Togbah (TAWG-bah) Dec 1 6:05 PM at Milwaukee L 6-10 Lost 1 0-1 4 Alain Matingou (meh-TEEN-goo) Dec 13 6:35 PM at Mississauga W 12-6 Won 1 1-1 5 Ramone Palmer (RAH-mone) 6 Adam James Dec 15 7:05 PM Milwaukee L 8-10 Lost 1 1-2 8 Tim Kloster (KLOH-stehr) Dec 16 3:05 PM at St Louis L 5-6 Lost 2 1-3 9 Bryan Perez (Peh-rez) 10 Lucas Rodriguez (rah-DREE-gez) Dec 22 7:05 PM St Louis L 5-6 Lost 3 1-4 11 Kiel Williams (KY-uhl) Dec 29 7:05 PM at St Louis 12 Odaine Sinclair (oh-DAYNE) (sihn-CLARE) 13 Brett Petricek (peh-TRIH-chek) Jan 6 4:05 PM Florida 14 Leo Gibson Jan 11 7:05 PM at Milwaukee 19 John Sosa (SOH-sah) 20 Stefan Stokic (steh-FAHN) (STOH-kich) Jan 18 7:35 PM St Louis 22 Anthony Grant Jan 20 7:05 PM Utica City 23 Ignacio “Nacho” Flores (ig-NAH-see-oh) 24 Mirko Sandivari (MIHR-koh) (sahn-DIH-vah-ree) Jan 27 4:05 PM Mississauga 25 Robert Kelly Feb 2 1:05 PM Florida 27 Gui Gomes (GEE) (GOHM-ehz) 28 Ray Lee Feb 9 7:05 PM at St Louis 51 Robert Palmer Feb 16 7:05 PM Milwaukee 99 Mark Saxby (SAX-bee) Feb 24 4:05 PM Orlando Mar 3 4:05 PM Harrisburg Mar 8 7:35 PM Orlando Mar 10 2:00 PM at Baltimore Mar 16 6:05 PM at Orlando Mar 17 2:05 PM at Florida Mar 23 7:05 PM St Louis Mar 29 6:35 PM at Orlando Mar 30 6:05 PM at Florida Apr 14 1:05 PM at Milwaukee Regular Season Scoring Leaders # Name Team Pos GP G A PTS PPGA PIM S% BLKS 16 Adrien Perez Ontario F 5 13 3 16 3.2 6 .361 0 14 Leo Gibson Kansas City F 5 6 8 14 2.8 7 .171 1 10 Nick Perera Tacoma F 5 6 8 14 2.8 2 .300 1 27 Joey Tavernese Utica F 5 6 6 12 2.4 0 .375 0 99 Slavisa Ubiparipovic Utica F 5 6 5 11 2.2 7 .375 2 17 Francisco Cordeiro Ontario F 6 4 6 10 1.7 0 .222 1 26 Ian Bennett Milwaukee F 3 8 2 10 3.3 0 .533 1 11 Juan Carlos Gonzalez Ontario M 6 8 2 10 1.7 0 .333 1 11 Ricardo Carvalho Harrisburg M 4 6 4 10 2.5 0 .353 1 14 Dwayne De Rosario Mississauga F 4 4 5 9 2.3 0 .160 1 19 Guilherme Dos Santos Florida D 5 7 2 9 1.8 0 .412 6 13 Bo Jelovac Utica D 5 5 3 8 1.6 0 .227 2 19 John Sosa Kansas City D 4 3 5 8 2.0 0 .333 3 10 Efrain Martinez Rio Grande Valley M 4 3 4 7 1.8 0 .375 1 23 Ignacio Flores Kansas City D 5 5 2 7 1.4 0 .227 4 23 Jonatas Melo Baltimore M 4 2 5 7 1.8 0 .133 1 24 Max Ferdinand Milwaukee F 3 1 6 7 2.3 2 .200 1 18 Molham Babouli Mississauga F 4 5 2 7 1.8 0 .179 1 4 Nate Bourdeau Utica M 5 3 4 7 1.4 0 .300 4 8 Philip Lund Tacoma M 4 5 2 7 1.8 0 .625 1 11 Tony Donatelli Baltimore M 4 3 4 7 1.8 0 .214 3 20 VcMor Eligwe Dallas F 4 6 1 7 1.8 0 .500 1 22 Zach Reget St.