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The Comets came up short to Milwaukee 9-7 Sunday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Arena, ending their
2011-2012 season in the Central Division Finals.
As in Game 1 of the series, the Wave's second-half defense was spectacular, allowing just one
Comets goal.
Both teams seemed reluctant to take early risks as most of the first quarter went by with no
scoring and few chances.
by Ed Bishop @ebisho1 on Twitter Tempers have been as hot as the playoff action at times. The
Comets suffered their second third quarter collapse to the Wave in two weeks and found...
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The Missouri Comets went into the half against the Milwaukee Wave on top, but a poor second half
saw the Comets get played off the field as the Comets lost 27-10, and now have themselves a big
hill to climb on Sunday needing to win both the game and the mini game to advance to the
finals.
The first quarter though saw both teams come out incredibly fast, the game started at a break neck
speed, the game was end to end.
by Ed Bishop Follow on Twitter @ebisho1 With playoff seedings already decided, both teams resting
injured players and alternating starting goalkeepers last weekend a casual fan would've
thought...
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The Missouri Comets closed out the regular season today against the Milwaukee Wave at the
Independence Events Center. After the events of Friday where the two teams ended the game in a
shoving match, everything was lined up for an extremely physical game. That did not disappoint
either, as the two teams combined for 13 blue cards today.
The Comets saw their 5 game winning streak snapped tonight at the Independence Events Center as a
poor 3rd quarter doomed the Comets to a 15-14 loss to the Wave. In the first quarter, the Wave were
the more aggressive side, pushing the game on the Comets, but were not able to find the net early
on. The Comets had their chances as well, but they to couldn't get a goal.
by Ed Bishop @ebisho1 on Twitter The Rochester Lancers came to Independence on Sunday for their
only visit of the season looking to add to their slim one game lead over Syracuse for the
second...
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by Ed Bishop @ebisho1 on Twitter The Rochester Lancers came to Independence on Sunday for their
only visit of the season looking to add to their slim one game lead over Syracuse for the
second...
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The Missouri Comets magic number for clinching a playoff birth this year is now down to 1, after an
18-9 win over the Baltimore Blast at the Independence Event Center. The win, coupled with a 6-3
loss to the Milwaukee Wave in Milwaukee leaves the Comets 1 win or 1 Wichita loss away from
clinching a spot in the playoffs this year.
by Ed BishopBy the end of the Wednesday night's contest at the Independence Events Center the scoreboard looked
more like that of a blowout football game rather than a soccer match as the Missouri Comets routed
the Syracuse Silver Knights 33 to 12. The Comets showed every indication that they're starting to
hit their stride as they improved their record to 11-8 and continued to make their playoff push to
secure the second spot in the Central Division with their second win in a row.
It was a big night for the Missouri Comets as they set multiple records at the Independence Events
Center in their 33-12 rout over the Syracuse Silver Knights. They set a team record for the largest
margin of victory since the teams rebirth, with 21. They tied a league record with 3 players
recording a hattrick (Byron Alvarez, Geison, and Vahid Assadpour).
Last night in the Missouri Comets' game against the Wichita Wings was the epitome of a back and
forth game. Neither team scored 2 goals in a row all night, and there was only one lead the entire
game that was more than 1 point. Unfortunately for the Comets though, the Wings ended up getting
the last goal and getting the 10-9 win in front of over 8,000 fans at the Sprint Center in downtown
KC.
The Missouri Comets wrapped up the Turnpike Trophy last night in Wichita taking out the Wings 13-10
to take the season series with a game remaining. KC now has 4 wins to Wichita's 1. Missouri opened
the game quickly, as Brian Harris blasted a 3 point goal only 2 minutes into the game to give the
Comets the lead.
The Missouri Comets found themselves in a position they've been in quite a few times this season,
trailing by a few goals with little time left in the game. Last night in Milwaukee it was the 9
points as the Wave took an 11-2 lead early in the 4th quarter before the Comets made a comeback to
cut the lead to 11-7 by the final whistle.
Two days after the Comets fought back to defeat the Wichita Wings in a close game at the
Independence Events Center, the Comets found themselves having to do it again against the Wings,
this time in Wichita. Unfortunately the result wasn't the same as the Wings pulled off a 12-10 win
over the Comets to get their first win in the series.
The Comets looked like they were going to give the Wichita Wings a leg back into the Turpike Trophy
competition between the two teams. Poor shooting and some good goalkeeping Sanaldo had the Comets
facing a 7-2 deficit heading into the fourth quarter, but 4 unanswered goals saw the Comets pull
out the 10-7 win taking a 3-0 lead in their series with the Wings.
Sorry I'm just reposting the press release today, not feeling the greatest this morning.
From the Comets.
(Syracuse, NY) The holiday season didn't start off the way the Comets hoped it would as they lose
to the Syracuse Silver Knights tonight 18-8. Cory Elenio and Savisa Ubiparapovic each had a hat
trick for the Knights while Lucas Rodriguez led the Comets with 4points on two goals.
After a hard fought, dramatic late game victory over the Baltimore Blast on Friday night, the
Comets went into Norfolk for the second game of their road trip with high hopes. The Sharx have
still yet to win a game in the league this season, and in most of the games they've played they've
not been close.
(Independence, MO) The Syracuse Silver Knights make only one trip this season to the Independence
Events Center and they are probably in no hurry to come back. After taking a 10-9 lead early in the
2nd half, the Comets poured on 7 unanswered goals for the 23-10 victory. Lucas Rodriguez, Byron
Alvarez and Brian Harris had two goals apiece and Rodriguez and Ryan Junge led the team with five
points.
From the Comets
(Milwaukee, WI) They say that defense wins championships and that the best defense is a good
offense. The Milwaukee Wave proved both tonight, handing the Comets their 3rd loss of the season,
24-18. Byron Alvarez, Neto and Geison each had two goals for the Comets and the team outscored the
Wave 8-2 in the 4th quarter, but not even that was enough to give the Comets a road win.
It was really Alvarez's night. In addition to scoring two goals and having a couple thousand
t-shirts with his name and number on it handed out, he may have set a first for the Comets .
Alvarez may have become the first Missouri Comet to score at halftime when he proposed to his
girlfriend Jenni Ford and she accepted.
I didn't make it out to the Independence Events Center for the game last night, but watched the
majority of the game on the league's website. The Comets let the Norfolk Sharx stick around for a
half, in fact the Sharx grabbed only their second lead of the season when they went up 5-2 in the
first quarter.
Maybe I need to go back to my Sporting KC recovery stage for the Comets to win games. Since I
finally "recovered" and started really covering the Comets again this year, the team has gone 0-2.
When I wasn't, they were 3-0.
Yesterday afternoon at the Independence Event Center, the Comets fell to the defending MISL
Champions, Milwaukee Wave 11-6.
The Missouri Comets lost their first game of the season tonight at home against the Baltimore Blast
10-8 in overtime. The Blast started the game off getting the first goal, 2:16 into the game. After
a wall pass, there was a bit of a scramble in the box. In the end, Max Ferdinand touched the ball
to Pfah Myers who was able to poke the ball past Danny Waltman and into the net to give the Blast
the early lead.
From the Comets
(Independence, MO) Last night the Comets and Wings played a nail-biting affair won in extra
minutes. Tonight the Comets showed off their experience by dominating the visiting Wichita Wings
14-4. The packed house at the Independence Events Center was treated to another great goal from
midfielder and early MVP candidate, Geison as well as goals from current MVP Byron Alvarez.
The Swope Park Rangers opened the 2011 reserve league season today down in Houston when they took
on the Dynamo. The team has said this season that they like the depth that they have with this
team, but all the injuries have piled up, as Sporting KC had to start two Juniors players (Nate
Opperman and Wes White both from the U16s) up top due to injuries that have forced some reserves
into starting roles.
In the first preseason game of the season for the Swope Park Rangers, the SKC reserves fell 3-2 to
the KC Brass, the local PDL side. The big attraction of the game was the inclusion of trialist Chad
Ochocinco in the game. Ochocinco came on as a substitute in the second 30 minute session and then
played the entire third session for the Rangers.
With the MISL final coming up tomorrow the league has been handing out year end awards this week.
Along with the all league selections for Byron Alvarez, Leo Gibson, and Jamar Beasley, the Comets
pulled in two more year end awards. First, the rookie of the year award was given to Comets
forward, Lucas Rodriguez.
Four players from Sporting Kansas City and the Missouri Comets were given awards today by their
respective leagues.
First, Omar Bravo was given the MLS Player of the Week award for his two goal performance against
Chivas USA. There were some good candidates this week, the 2 goals in 2 games performance by
Juninho, and the feel good story of Charlie Davies, who scored two goals this week for Chivas USA.
The Comets just needed to win Game Two of the Playoff Series against the Wave in Milwaukee or, if
the Wave won, the ensuing 15 minute mini-game afterwards to advance to the MISL Championship Game
against Baltimore. The Comets lost both games Sunday at U.S. Cellular Center, ending an unexpected
and thrilling run to finish their season.
For three quarters tonight out at the Independence Event Center, the Missouri Comets held the
Milwaukee Wave scoreless. And while the fourth quarter the Comets defense finally gave way, the
Comets had just enough offense to hold off the Wave, winning 11-5 and taking the advantage to
Milwaukee for the second game of the series on Sunday.
There were no iffy calls, no phantom blue cards (there weren't any today), there weren't numerous
instances of the Comets being up with 5 on 3 power plays. In the end all the conspiracy theories of
the MISL wanting the Comets into the playoffs over the Omaha Vipers and Chicago Riot didn't come
true.
The Missouri Comets had a very good week, and it finished off with a personal award for Comets
player, Byron Alvarez, who today was named the MISL player of the week. In the Comets two games
this past week, he totaled 13 points. In the win over the Omaha Vipers Alvarez scored a hattrick,
including the game winning goal in the 11-6 win.
The Comets did a lot to help their playoff hopes last night in Chicago as they won their second
game in as many nights 23-7 over the Chicago Riot. The win was the Comets biggest win of the
season, by a total of 16 points. In the Comets previous 6 wins they'd won those games by a combined
16 points.
Byron Alvarez celebrates a goal with fansThe Comets added a rare win at home when they made a
comeback in the fourth quarter. The first half was low scoring with the only scoring was both teams
getting 2 point goals in the first quarter.The second half was a little more action packed with
five goals and twelve cards issued with Chicago drawing all but two of those cards.
Home hadn't been kind to the Comets during their return season at the Independence Events Center
this year. Too many times, the Comets took leads into the fourth quarter, only to see the lead
disappear, ending in heartache for the team and their fans. This time around it was the Comets'
turn, trailing the Chicago Riot 7-2 with 9 ½ minutes to play, making the improbable comeback to
win 9-7 Sunday afternoon at the IEC.
From the Comets.
As has been the case all year long for the Comets, the team could not hold onto a 4th quarter lead,
and lost on the road to the Riot Sunday night at the Odeum in Chicago, 16-12.
Chicago started the scoring at the 6:20 mark in the 1st period on a goal by Bato Radoncic.
From the Comets
It took five games, but the home team finally won in the Comets' series with the Omaha Vipers this
season. Unfortunately for the Comets, the home victory belonged to the Vipers at the Omaha Civic
Auditorium on Sunday as the Comets fall 16-10.
It was a bad day all around for the Comets, as Assistant Coach, Vlatko Andonovski, had to assume
coaching duties from Head Coach, Kim Roentved, who did not make the trip to Omaha due to severe
back pains.
The Comets looked good for long periods last night against the Wave, but couldn't hold the lead
when they needed to and fell to the Milwaukee Wave 17-16. The Wave were the more adventurous team
early in the quarter and found themselves deservedly up 2-0 as Marcio Leite fired a ball to the
back post that Hewerton chested into the net as he was unmarked.
I was a little busy the last few days and did not get these interviews posted when I should have. I
still wanted to share them...Byron Alvarez after the narrow home loss to BaltimoreThese interviews
are from right after the Comets big comeback win in Omaha:Coach RoentvedBoris PardoLeo Gibson
