Two Comets Receive Weekly Honors

The Major Indoor Soccer League announced today that the Missouri Comets had a pair of players named to the Team of the Week as defender Ryan Junge and midfielder Vahid Assadpour were honored after their side’s 8-6 overtime win against Chicago. Assadpour scored twice, and Junge had a pair of assists, as the Comets locked up the No. 3 seed in the MISL Playoffs and a series with the Wave this week.

Milwaukee Wave forward Nick Perera was named the league’s Player of the Week for the final week of the 2012-13 season. Perera scored five goals and added two assists as the Wave entered the 2013 MISL Playoffs on a high with three consecutive victories.

Milwaukee goalkeeper Marcel Feenstra joined Perera on the Team of the Week after picking up a pair of wins with a 7.00 goals-against average. Feenstra was at his best in Syracuse last Wednesday, recording 23 saves as the Wave held off the Silver Knights’ second-half rally, and he also recorded 18 saves in Milwaukee’s 8-6 win against Wichita.

Chicago’s Carlos Farias and Carlos Muñoz rounded out the honorees, with Farias having a seven-point night in the Soul’s playoff-clinching 17-6 win against Syracuse last Friday. Muñoz also shined against the Soul, finishing with a hat trick, as the expansion side capped its inaugural season with a berth in the playoffs.

The Comets open up the MISL Semi-Finals Series at home this Thursday.  Game time for the matchup against the Milwaukee Wave is 7:35pm.  This is the third straight season the Comets and Wave have faced off in the league’s penultimate series of the year.  FC Kansas City forward and second round draft pick for the Blues, Erika Tymrak, will be a special guest at Thursday night’s game and she will be signing autographs following the match.