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Friday, January 31, 2020 · 7:00 p.m. EST · 6:00 p.m. CST Adirondack Bank C n! r · "!ica, # w %ork St. &oui' Ambu') a! "!ica Ci!y FC * (ca'!: ma'+.t, S!. &oui' Am(u') -AS& .am 102 "!ica Ci!y FC 6-7 OVERALL S!. &oui' Am(u') .am 1/ 7-3 OVERALL 4-3 HOME S!. &oui' Am(u') A$ay .am 7 4-1 HOME 2-4 AWAY "!ica Ci!y FC .am 11 3-2 AWAY 1-1 HEAD TO HEAD "!ica Ci!y FC 0om .am 6 1-1 HEAD TO HEAD T1#2.0T3 S GA-E • Tonight’s game is the third and final match between St. Louis and Utica slated for the 2019-20 regular season. • The Ambush won the first encounter between these two teams 7-6 at The Family Arena on January 17. • Utica bounced back to win game two 11-5 two days later (January 19) at The Family Arena. &AST T2-E OUT • Utica should be well-rested as they haven’t played since the January 19 game against the Ambush. • St. Louis had two road games last weekend, defeating Orlando 8-7 on January 24, then falling 7-1 to Florida the next night (January 25). *013S 01T: ST. &1"2S A-B"S0 • Ambush forward Tony Walls leads the team in points (21) and goals (15). He has two goals and two assists in his last three games. • Ambush forward JT Thomas is second in points (20) and goals (14). He has four goals and an assist in his last three games. • Forward Duduca is third on the team in points (18) and goals (12). He has tallied two goals and an assist in his last three games. • Midfielder Lucas Almeida has posted two goals and an assist in his last three games. • Ambush goalkeeper Paulo ranks seventh in the league in save percentage at .691. *013S 01T: UT2CA C2T% FC • Midfielder Cristhian Segura leads the team in points (20) and is tied for the lead in goals (14). He has posted four goals in his last three games. • Forward Ricardo De Queiroz Diegues is tied with Segura for the goal scoring lead and is second on the team in points (18). He has three goals and three assists in his last three games. • Forward Bo Jelovac leads the team in assists (11) and is third in points (17). He is the hottest player on the team in recent games, tallying four goals and five assists in his last three games. • Goalkeeper Andrew Coughlin remains one of the best in the MASL. He is second in the league in wins (seven), fourth in goals against average (4.40) and sixth in save percentage (.694). 4EE52NG 2T 2NTE6EST2#. • The six wins by the Ambush thus far this season have included some nail-biters. Three of those victories have been overtime affairs and each of the six wins was by a single goal. ABOUT T0E ST. &1"2S A-BUS0 • The current Ambush franchise was founded in 2013 as an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). • The current Ambush resurrected the name of the original St. Louis Ambush, who played in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) from 1992 to 2000. • The original St. Louis Ambush won the NPSL championship in 1995. They remain the only St. Louis professional soccer team to win a league crown. • The Ambush joined the current Major Arena Soccer League (MASL), along with the Baltimore Blast, Milwaukee Wave, Missouri (now Kansas City) Comets, Rochester Lancers and Syracuse Silver Knights. • The Ambush play all home games at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri, a western suburb of St. Louis. TEA- STATS ST. &1"2S A-BUS0 S2T"AT21#A& STATS 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE ST. LOUIS AMBUSH CATEGORY UTICA CITY FC AMBUSH RECORD WHEN..... 13 Games Played 10 Scoring first 3-2 6-7 Overall Record 7-3 Opponent scores first 3-5 .462 Winning Percentage .700 Leading at halftime 3-3 5.5 Average Goals Scored Per Game 6.9 Trailing at halftime 3-4 7.9 Average Goals Against Per Game 4.7 Tied at halftime 0-0 -32 Goal Differential 22 Game goes into overtime 3-0 4.9 Average Penalty Minutes Per Game 4.3 Game goes into overtime with a shootout 1-0 71 Total Goals For 69 Playing on a Monday 0-0 103 Total Goals Against 47 Playing on a Tuesday 1-0 SPECIAL TEAMS Playing on a Friday 3-2 28 Power Plays 10 Playing on a Saturday 0-2 9 Power Play Goals For 2 Playing on a Sunday 2-3 15 Power Play Goals Against 5 Game starts before 5:00 p.m. CST 3-2 .321 Power Play Percentage .200 Game starts after 5:00 p.m. CST 3-5 27 Number of Times Short Handed 14 Playing an Eastern Conference opponent 5-5 0 Short Handed Goals For 0 Playing a Western Conference opponent 1-2 2 Short Handed Goals Against 1 Playing at The Family Arena 4-3 .444 Penalty Kill Percentage .643 Playing on the road 2-4 -AJ16 A6E#A SOCCE6 &EA.UE STA#72#.S 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON THROUGH JANUARY 19, 2020 EASTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Away Home Div Streak Next Game 1 Florida 11 10 1 .909 91 39 +52 5 - 0 5 - 1 10 - 1 W 5 Jan 31 at Sidekicks 2 Milwaukee 11 8 3 .727 84 47 +37 5 - 1 3 - 2 7 - 3 W 2 Feb 8 vs Comets 3 Utica 10 7 3 .700 69 47 +22 3 - 2 4 - 1 7 - 3 W 1 Jan 31 vs Ambush 4 Harrisburg 12 8 4 .667 88 53 +35 3 - 3 5 - 1 7 - 3 W 1 Jan 31 at Stars 5 Baltimore 12 6 6 .500 78 61 +17 2 - 4 4 - 2 4 - 6 L 1 Jan 30 at SeaWolves 6 Kansas City 12 6 6 .500 84 69 +15 1 - 5 5 - 1 4 - 4 W 1 Feb 6 vs Heat 7 St. Louis 13 6 7 .462 71 103 -32 2 - 4 4 - 3 5 - 5 L 1 Jan 31 at City FC 8 Orlando 10 1 9 .100 41 93 -52 0 - 5 1 - 4 1 - 9 L 4 Jan 30 vs Blast 9 Rochester 11 0 11 .000 31 121 -90 0 - 5 0 - 6 0 - 11 L 11 Jan 31 vs Blast WESTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Away Home Div Streak Next Game 1 Monterrey 15 14 1 .933 133 70 +63 8 - 1 6 - 0 14 - 1 W 1 Feb 3 vs Sockers 2 San Diego 11 9 2 .818 66 53 +13 3 - 1 6 - 1 8 - 1 L 1 Feb 3 at Flash 3 Sonora 12 5 7 .417 88 87 +1 1 - 6 4 - 1 5 - 5 W 1 Jan 31 at Express 4 Tacoma 12 5 7 .417 67 78 -11 2 - 5 3 - 2 5 - 5 W 1 Jan 31 vs Heat 5 Ontario 11 4 7 .364 63 73 -10 1 - 5 3 - 2 4 - 7 W 2 Feb 1 vs Soles 6 Mesquite 12 4 8 .333 64 70 -6 2 - 4 2 - 4 4 - 6 L 3 Feb 1 vs Tropics 7 Turlock 12 4 8 .333 58 69 -11 1 - 4 3 - 4 3 - 8 W 1 Jan 31 vs Soles 8 Dallas 11 2 9 .182 43 85 -42 0 - 5 2 - 4 1 - 9 L 2 Jan 31 vs Tropics WIN PERCENTAGE > HEAD TO HEAD > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL > WINS > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL -AS& TEA- OF T0E *EE4 8 5&A%E6 OF T0E *EE4 St. Louis Ambush players earning MASL Team of the Week and Player of the Week honors during the 2019-20 regular season. MASL WEEK TEAM OF THE WEEK PLAYER OF THE WEEK 6 Tony Walls Tony Walls ST. &1"2S A-BUS0 2019:20 SC0E7"&E ; 6ES"&TS DATE TIME VISITOR HOME VENUE RESULT Fri, Nov 29 7:05 p.m. CST Milwaukee Wave St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 7-2 Sat, Nov 30 6:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Kansas City Comets Silverstein Eye Centers Arena L 6-4 Sun, Dec 8 5:05 p.m. CST Milwaukee Wave St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 6-1 Sun, Dec 15 3:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 8-7 Fri, Dec 27 7:35 p.m. CST Tacoma Stars St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 7-6 Tue, Dec 31 3:05 p.m. CST Kansas City Comets St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 7-6 Fri, Jan 3 9:00 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Sonora Soles Centro de Usos Multiples L 12-7 Sun, Jan 5 5:05 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Monterrey Flash Arena Monterrey L 15-6 Sun, Jan 12 1:07 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Milwaukee Wave UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena W 8-7 Fri, Jan 17 7:35 p.m. CST Utica City FC St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena W 7-6 Sun, Jan 19 3:05 p.m. CST Utica City FC St. Louis Ambush The Family Arena L 11-5 Fri, Jan 24 6:35 p.m. CST St. Louis Ambush Orlando SeaWolves Silver Spurs Arena W 8-7 Sat, Jan 25 4:05 p.m.