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Sunday, March 7, 2021 · 3:05 p.m. CST Axius Fie d a! The Fami y Arena · S!. Char es, M" S!. #$uis Am%ush &s. Tac$ma S!ars 'e%cas!: Face%$$( #i&e ))* St. #$uis Am%ush MASL +ame 32 Tacoma Stars 6-7 OVERALL St. #ouis Am%ush +ame 14 3-4 OVERALL 5-4 HOME S!. #ouis Am%ush -ome +ame 10 0-1 HOME 1-3 AWAY Tacoma S!ars +ame . 3-3 AWAY 1-0 HEAD TO HEAD Tacoma S!ars A/ay +ame 7 0-1 HEAD TO HEAD T"0A12S +AM3 • Today’s game is the 14th of the season for the Ambush and the eighth for the Stars. • This is the second and final match between these two teams slated for the 2021 regular season. • The Ambush prevailed 5-3 in the first meeting, at the Family Arena on January 24. • This is the second of two games for the Ambush this weekend. They lost 14-6 to the Ontario Fury Friday night at the Family Arena. • This is also the second game for Tacoma this weekend. They defeated the Kansas City Comets 6-5 last night in Independence. '-AT2S 435T • Following today’s action, the Ambush close out the 2021 regular season when they face the Dallas Sidekicks next Friday, March 12 at 7:35 p.m. at the Axius Field at The Family Arena. • Tacoma has three regular season games remaining after today. Next up, they clash with the Florida Tropics as the home team in a neutral site game at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California on March 11. A #""6 AT T-3 AM78S- C"M94+ 94T" T-IS +AM3 • The Ambush are looking to bounce back from their worst loss of the year Friday night. • Scoring has been a true team effort for the Ambush, with 21 different players having scored thus far this season. • Vadim Cojocov and Tony Walls lead the team and are tied for fifth in the MASL in goals scored with eight. • Max Ferdinand leads the team and is tied for third in the league in assists with nine. • Only four short handed goals have been scored league wide thus far this season. Lucas Almeida has scored one of them. • Stefan Mijatovic leads the team and the league in blocked opponent shots with 15. Magui Souza is second on the team and in the league with 14. • The Ambush come into today’s game in fourth place out of seven active teams in the 2021 regular season standings. A #""6 AT T-3 STARS C"M94+ 94T" T-IS +AM3 • Due to the pandemic, the Stars have the difficult task of playing all their 2021 regular season games either on the road or as the home team at neutral sites. • Goalkeeper Chris Toth has started four of the Stars’ seven games and ranks fourth in the league in goals against average (5.23) and third in save percentage (.714). • Player and head coach Nick Perera ranks sixth the league in points per game average with 1.8 • Midfielder Micheal Ramos is right behind Perera in that same category with 1.7. • Perera is tied for second in the league in power play goals with two. • Only four short handed goals have been scored league wide thus far this season. Defender Cory Keitz has scored one of them. • The Stars come into today’s game in sixth place out of seven active teams in the 2021 regular season standings. FAM9#IAR FAC3S 94 0IFF3:34T )#AC3S • Tacoma defender Pablo Da Silva appeared in 16 games with the Ambush during the 2017-18 season and five games during the 2019-20 season. • St. Louis defender Mike Scharf appeared in two games with Tacoma during his 2018-19 rookie season. He was acquired by the Ambush via trade the same season. AN0 T-34 T-3:3 '3:3 S3*34 • When the 2021 MASL Regular Season commenced, 11 teams committed to play. • Citing difficulties finding a place to play, the Baltimore Blast dropped out in January. • For a variety of reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, three more teams – the Harrisburg Heat, Utica City FC and Rochester Lancers – announced on February 5 that they have opted out of competition for the current season. • Seven teams remain active and are in the hunt for this season’s Ron Newman Cup Championship: the Ontario Fury, Florida Tropics, San Diego Sockers, Tacoma Stars, Kansas City Comets, Dallas Sidekicks and the St. Louis Ambush. • March is the final month for the 2021 MASL regular season. The format for postseason play is forthcoming. T3AM STATS ST. #"89S AM7US- S9T8AT9"4A# STATS 2021 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE 2021 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE ST. LOUIS AMBUSH CATEGORY TACOMA STARS AMBUSH RECORD WHEN..... 13 Games Played 7 Scoring first 2-2 6-7 Overall Record 3-4 Opponent scores first 4-5 .462 Winning Percentage .429 Leading at halftime 3-2 4.9 Average Goals Scored Per Game 4.7 Trailing at halftime 2-6 6.3 Average Goals Against Per Game 5.6 Tied at halftime 1-0 -18 Goal Differential -6 Game goes into overtime 0-0 3.8 Average Penalty Minutes Per Game 3.1 Game goes into overtime with a shootout 0-0 64 Total Goals For 33 Playing on a Monday 0-0 82 Total Goals Against 39 Playing on a Tuesday 0-0 SPECIAL TEAMS Playing on a Friday 1-4 16 Power Plays 14 Playing on a Saturday 2-2 5 Power Play Goals For 4 Playing on a Sunday 3-1 5 Power Play Goals Against 3 Game starts before 5:00 p.m. CT 2-2 .313 Power Play Percentage .286 Game starts after 5:00 p.m. CT 4-5 20 Number of Times Short Handed 10 Playing at The Family Arena 5-4 1 Short Handed Goals For 1 Playing on the road 1-3 0 Short Handed Goals Against 1 .750 Penalty Kill Percentage .700 MA;": A:34A SOCC3: #3A+83 STA4094+S 2021 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Home Away Div Streak Next Game 1 Ontario 6 5 1 .833 50 28 +22 0 - 0 5 - 1 5 - 1 W 1 Mar 7 at Comets 2 Florida 11 8 3 .727 69 51 +18 6 - 2 2 - 1 8 - 3 W 1 Mar 10 at Fury 3 Kansas City 10 5 5 .500 72 57 +15 4 - 2 1 - 3 5 - 5 L 1 Mar 7 vs Fury 4 St. Louis 13 6 7 .462 64 82 -18 5 - 4 1 - 3 6 - 7 L 1 Mar 12 vs Sidekicks 5 San Diego 7 3 4 .429 24 28 -4 1 - 1 2 - 3 3 - 4 L 2 Mar 13 at Fury 6 Tacoma 7 3 4 .429 33 39 -6 0 - 1 3 - 3 3 - 4 W 1 Mar 11 vs Tropics 7 Dallas 8 1 7 .125 33 60 -27 1 - 4 0 - 3 1 - 7 L 3 Mar 12 at Ambush WIN PERCENTAGE > HEAD TO HEAD > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL > WINS > LOSSES MAS# T3AM OF T-3 '336 AMBUSH PLAYERS NAMED TO THE MASL TEAM OF THE WEEK DURING THE 2021 REGULAR SEASON Week 1 None Week 2 Max Ferdinand, Paulo Nascimento Week 3 Lucas Almedia, Vadim Cojocov Week 4 Max Ferdinand, Paulo Nascimento, Stefan Mijatovic Week 5 Vadim Cojocov, Tony Walls Week 6 Magui Souza Week 7 None Week 8 None Week 9 Paulo Nascimento, Stefan Mijatovic, Vadim Cojocov, Lucas Almeida, JT Thomas Week 10 Current week ST. #"89S AM7US- 2021 SC-308#3 < :3S8#TS DATE TIME VISITOR HOME VENUE RESULT Sat, Jan 2 4:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Florida Tropics RP Funding Center L 4-1 Sun, Jan 3 2:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Florida Tropics RP Funding Center L 7-5 Sat, Jan 9 7:00 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Dallas Sidekicks Allen Event Center W 6-5 Sat, Jan 16 7:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 7-6 Sun, Jan 24 5:05 p.m. CST Tacoma Stars St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 5-3 Fri, Jan 29 7:35 p.m. CST Florida Tropics St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 8-3 Sun, Jan 31 3:05 p.m. CST Florida Tropics St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 8-4 Fri, Feb 5 7:35 p.m. CST Ontario Fury St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 5-4 Sat, Feb 6 7:05 p.m. CST Ontario Fury St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 10-4 Fri, Feb 12 7:00 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Kansas City Comets Cable Dahmer Arena L 9-5 Fri, Feb 26 7:35 p.m. CST San Diego Sockers St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 4-3 Sun, Feb 28 3:05 p.m. CST San Diego Sockers St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 6-4 Fri, Mar 5 7:35 p.m. CST Ontario Fury St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 14-6 Sun, Mar 7 3:05 p.m. CST Tacoma Stars St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena Fri, Mar 12 7:35 p.m. CST Dallas Sidekicks St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena NOTE: The Major Arena Soccer League has stated the 2021 Regular Season will end in March. The playoffs will likely commence at the end of March. Full playoff details are forthcoming. ST. #"89S AM7US- 201=>20 SC-308#3 < :3S8#TS DATE TIME VISITOR HOME VENUE RESULT Fri, Nov 29 7:05 p.m.