Comets Fall For First Time

The top two teams in the MISL met for the first time tonight, the upstart Missouri Comets and the dynasty Baltimore Blast. The Comets fought hard, but the Blast showed why they have found themselves playing the final game of the year each of the past two seasons. In the end, the Comets were unable to break through the Blast defense and fell for the first time this season by the score of 12-4.

This game was billed as a battle of the Major Indoor Soccer League’s two best teams. Each team entered the game with an unblemished record, including wins over the defending champion Milwaukee Wave. The first quarter played out exactly as advertised, with both teams battling hard on offense and coming up with great plays on defense. For the first time this season, neither team was able to score in the first quarter.

The second defense started out the same way and some were beginning to wonder if anyone was going to be able to find the net. Then, in the ninth minute of the quarter, the Blast figured it out. Machel Millwood, Adriano Dos Santos and Agustino Nunez each scored in a three minute span. Suddenly the Comets found themselves down 6-0 as they went into the half.

Baltimore came into the game with the league’s stingiest defense, allowing only eight points per game. They relied on that defense throughout the second half as they frustrated the Comets time and again. Vahid Assadpour was able to knock one in the far post on a restart in the third quarter and Byron Alvarez converted a Penalty Kick in the fourth quarter, but their need for constant offensive pressure left them vulnerable on the back end. Max Ferdinand was able to tuck one in followed by two more from Nunez and the Baltimore Blast stayed perfect on the season, winning 12-4.

The Comets hit the road this week for a pair of games in Upstate New York, traveling to Syracuse on November 30th, followed by the second broadcast of the season on Time Warner Cable Metro Sports on December 1st in Rochester. The team returns home Sunday December 9th for their annual Military Appreciation game. Players will be wearing special military themed jerseys that fans can take home in a LIVE auction immediately following the game.