Sunday, January 19, 2020 · 3:05 p.m. CST The Family Arena · St. Charles, iss!uri St. "!uis Am#ush $s. Uti&a City FC 'e#&ast: masl.t$ St. Louis Ambush MASL Game 83 Utica City FC 5-5 OVERALL St. Louis Ambush Game 11 6-3 OVERALL 4-2 HOME St. Louis Ambush Home Game 7 4-1 HOME 1-3 AWAY Utica City FC Game 10 2-2 AWAY 1-0 HEAD TO HEAD Utica City FC Away Game 5 0-1 HEAD TO HEAD T !A"# S GAM$ • Today’s game is the second of three games between the Ambush and Utica City FC slated for the 2019-20 regular season. • The Ambush won the first encounter between these two teams when they defeated Utica 7-6 in a thrilling overtime shootout affair Friday night at the Family Arena. • The rubber match in the season series will be Friday, January 31 at 6:00 p.m. CST at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York. LAST T%M$ UT • These two teams met Friday night at the Family Arena. The Ambush were down 5-1 at the end of the third quarter, but clawed their way back to tie the game by the end of regulation play. Neither team scored during the 10-minute overtime period, sending the game into a shootout, which the Ambush won, sealing the 7-6 final score. ALM$%!A C M$S AL%&$ • Ambush midfielder Lucas Almeida entered Fridays’ contest with three assists in four games played thus far this season. He heated up in Friday’s match, scoring a goal and adding two more assists to his season total. He has posted a goal and five assists in his last three games played. 'T HEATS U( • Ambush forward JT Thomas had two goals Friday night and has tallied six goals and four assists in his last three games. He is tied for second on the team in both points (15) and goals (10). !U!UCA T • Ambush forward Duduca also tallied two goals on Friday. He has four goals in his last two games and is tied for second on the team in points (15) and goals (10). T )"#S ST*$A+ $)!S • Ambush forward Tony Walls saw his six-game scoring streak end on Friday, but he remains the team’s top offensive threat, leading the team in points (17) and goals (13). G*ANT G$TS H%S F%*ST • Ambush forward Anthony Grant made his debut with the team on Friday, after being acquired via trade with the Kansas City Comets on Thursday. He made his presence felt by scoring his first Ambush goal in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game. (AUL AM NG L$AGU$ L$A!$*S • Prior to Saturday’s games, Ambush goalkeeper Paulo ranked fourth in the league in save percentage at .717. UT%CA#S T ( SC *$* • Utica’s scoring leader, midfielder Cristhian Segura, saw his four-game scoring streak broken Friday night, but he still leads the team in goals (13) and points (19). *%CA*! !$ ,U$%* - !%$GU$S HAS A G AL * ASSIST %N $&$*" GAM$ • Utica forward Ricardo De Queiroz Diegues tallied a goal and an assist in Friday’s match against the Ambush. He has scored at least a goal or an assist or both in the last eight games he has appeared in. He ranks second on the team in both points (15) and goals (12). G AL+$$($* C UGHL%N AM NG THE MASL#S .$ST • Utica goalkeeper Andrew Coughlin (who did NOT play in Friday’s match) is among the best in the MASL. He is tied for second in the league in wins (six) and ranks fourth in the league in goals against average (4.33). +$$(%NG %T %NT$*$ST%NG • The five 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 five wins were by a single goal. T$AM STATS ST. L UIS AM.USH S%TUAT% )AL STATS 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE ST. LOUIS AMBUSH CATEGORY UTICA CITY FC AMBUSH RECORD WHEN..... 10 Games Played 9 Scoring first 2-2 5-5 Overall Record 6-3 Opponent scores first 3-3 .500 Winning Percentage .704 Leading at halftime 3-3 5.7 Average Goals Scored Per Game 6.4 Trailing at halftime 2-2 7.8 Average Goals Against Per Game 4.7 Tied at halftime 0-0 -21 Goal Differential 16 Game goes into overtime 3-0 5.4 Average Penalty Minutes Per Game 4.3 Game goes into overtime with a shootout 1-0 57 Total Goals For 58 Playing on a Monday 0-0 78 Total Goals Against 42 Playing on a Tuesday 1-0 SPECIAL TEAMS Playing on a Friday 2-2 22 Power Plays 9 Playing on a Saturday 0-1 8 Power Play Goals For 2 Playing on a Sunday 2-2 12 Power Play Goals Against 4 Game starts before 5:00 p.m. CST 3-0 .364 Power Play Percentage .222 Game starts after 5:00 p.m. CST 2-5 22 Number of Times Short Handed 12 Playing an Eastern Conference opponent 4-3 0 Short Handed Goals For 0 Playing a Western Conference opponent 1-2 2 Short Handed Goals Against 1 Playing at The Family Arena 4-2 .455 Penalty Kill Percentage .667 Playing on the road 1-3 MA' * A*$)A SOCC$* L$AGUE STA)!%)GS 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON TO DATE EASTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Away Home Div Streak Next Game 1 Florida 9 8 1 .889 68 35 +33 5 - 0 3 - 1 8 - 1 W 3 Jan 19 vs SeaWolves 2 Milwaukee 9 6 3 .667 62 38 +24 5 - 1 1 - 2 5 - 3 L 1 Jan 20 vs Comets 3 Utica 9 6 3 .667 58 42 +16 2 - 2 4 - 1 6 - 3 OTL 1 Jan 19 at Ambush 4 Harrisburg 9 6 3 .667 63 39 +24 3 - 3 3 - 0 5 - 3 W 1 Jan 19 vs Lancers 5 St. Louis 10 5 5 .500 57 78 -21 1 - 3 4 - 2 4 - 3 W 2 Jan 19 vs City FC 6 Kansas City 10 5 5 .500 66 58 +8 1 - 4 4 - 1 3 - 3 W 2 Jan 20 at Wave 7 Baltimore 9 4 5 .444 58 46 +12 2 - 3 2 - 2 4 - 5 OTL 1 Jan 20 vs Soles 8 Orlando 8 1 7 .125 31 69 -38 0 - 4 1 - 3 1 - 7 L 2 Jan 19 at Tropics 9 Rochester 8 0 8 .000 21 81 -60 0 - 2 0 - 6 0 - 8 L 8 Jan 19 at Heat WESTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L W% GF GA Diff Away Home Div Streak Next Game 1 Monterrey 13 13 0 1.000 117 59 +58 8 - 0 5 - 0 13 - 0 W 13 Jan 24 at Stars 2 San Diego 8 7 1 .875 49 36 +13 2 - 0 5 - 1 7 - 1 W 7 Jan 19 vs Outlaws 3 Mesquite 9 4 5 .444 48 43 +5 2 - 1 2 - 4 4 - 3 W 1 Jan 19 at Sockers 4 Sonora 10 4 6 .400 73 71 +2 1 - 5 3 - 1 4 - 5 L 1 Jan 20 at Blast 5 Tacoma 11 4 7 .364 60 72 -12 2 - 5 2 - 2 4 - 5 L 1 Jan 24 vs Flash 6 Ontario 10 3 7 .300 57 68 -11 1 - 5 2 - 2 3 - 7 W 1 Jan 24 vs Express 7 Turlock 10 3 7 .300 45 58 -13 1 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 7 L 6 Jan 24 at Fury 8 Dallas 10 2 8 .200 38 77 -39 0 - 4 2 - 4 1 - 8 L 1 Jan 25 at Express WIN PERCENTAGE > HEAD TO HEAD > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL > WINS > GOAL DIFFERENTIAL MASL T$AM OF TH$ /$$+ 0 (LA"$* OF TH$ /$$+ 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. L UIS AM.USH 1012310 SCH$!UL$ 4 *$SULTS 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.