Sosa Leads Comets To Win Over Syracuse

As in their opening three games this season, the Missouri Comets faced an early deficit on Friday night. However, the outcome never seemed to be in doubt as John Sosa led the way with four assists and six different players scored en route to a 17-10 victory against the visiting Syracuse Silver Knights in front of a sellout crowd of 5,500 excited fans at the Independence Events Center.

Brazilian forward, Neto, who changed addresses this summer after signing with Syracuse, found himself right back home early with a goal in the third minute of the game. The Comets, who have seen this script before, didn’t let that faze them at all. Byron Alvarez broke free from his defender after collecting a pass from John Sosa and put the Comets on the board in the eighth minute of the quarter. Sosa again found a streaking player four minutes later, this time Brian Harris was the recipient of the Sosa assist. His 3-p0oint goal gave the Comets a 5-2 lead as the quarter came to a close.

Missouri came out with a workmen’s attitude in the second quarter. They never really pushed the offensive third, but controlled the midfield play. The Knights’ Kenardo Forbes was able to get a shot past goalkeeper Danny Waltman midway through the second quarter to cut the lead to 5-4, but following that the Comets continued to work the midfield, with it finally paying off when Lucas Rodriguez scored 1.8 seconds before the halftime break.

The Comets kept their foot on the pedal in the second half. Milan Ivanovic scored his first MISL goal off yet another feed from Sosa, his fourth of the night. Syracuse was able to stay in touch, rallying twice to reduce the deficit to three points, but Alvarez completed his first hat trick of the season with goals in both the third and fourth quarters to move to 20 points this season, an average of five per game. Coady Andrews and Will John also contributed scores as Missouri rolled pulled away late to take their fourth win of the season and remain undefeated.

Missouri is back in action on Saturday, November 24th at 7:35 p.m. CT in a possible battle of the unbeatens. The Baltimore Blast, currently 4-0, visit the Independence Events Center for the first time in the 2012-2013 season. It is the Comets Annual Day of Giving, where they honor and collect donations for various players’ charities. For tickets and information call (855) KC-ARENA or visit CometsIndoorSoccer.com.