PASL-Pro Gamenight (December 13)
12/13/08 CINCINNATI 19 WEST VIRGINIA 7
1790 Cincinnati gave PASL-Premier’s West Virginia Quantum Force a rude welcome to PASL-Pro play with a wicked 19-7 win at the Quantum Soccer Center in Hurricane, West Virginia.
Cincinnati left no doubt about the result by scoring nine goals in the first quarter. Matt Breines stayed hot with three goals and two assists. Jeff Hughes had four goals and Garrett Buck added three.
1790 improved to 4-0 and stays 1/2 game ahead of Texas for first place in the Eastern Division.
SPRINGFIELD 4 DETROIT 2
The Detroit Waza did not get the result they were looking for. But for Waza, perhaps it’s not about the destination, but about the journey. Detroit completed a season-opening six game road trip with an 0-6 record after falling to the PASL-Premier Springfield Spirits 4-2 at Soccerworld in Springfield, IL.
Peter Christofilakis broke a 2-2 tie with a goal in the third quarter. The game was marred by a red card on Detroit’s goalkeeper in a play that resulted in a broken leg for Springfield’s Blair Spencer, which caused a prolonged delay.
DENVER 9 FT. COLLINS 7 (Open Cup)
The Denver Dynamite survived a late scare, but held on to beat the Ft. Collins Fury 9-7 to advance in the Open Cup. Chris Handsor had two goals and three assists and Jake Harris returned from an injury to score twice. Dan Clitnovic had a hat trick for Ft. Collins, the PASL-Premier affiliate of the Colorado Lightning.
TEXAS 8 St.LOUIS 6
The Texas Outlaws moved into sole posession of second place in the Eastern Division with an 8-6 home win over the St. Louis Illusion. Texas (5-2) got three goals from Gabe Arredondo and controlled the game with a 34-15 advantage in shots. St. Louis is now 3-2 with both losses coming on the road.
Shaun David made his Illusion debut and scored two goals and two assists.
STOCKTON 16 EDMONTON 7
STOCKTON, Calif. – Dec. 13, 2008 – Stockton (4-1) rebounded from last week’s loss to Texas with a record setting 16-7 dismantling of the Edmonton Drillers (1-1) on Saturday night at Stockton Arena. A crowd of 2,018 watched Brian Farber set the tone of the match with the first goal and a first half hat trick. Aaron Susi paced the Cougars with four goals. Majell Aterado’s third goal set the club’s new scoring record at 16 goals in one match.
Edmonton hardly had a chance to catch their breath after the opening kick before Farber nailed his first goal. Billed as the fastest man in the game, Farber took just 37 seconds to score for the first time.
He went on to net two goals in the first quarter, one in the second and added an assist before the first half came to an end. He finished with a season best five points in the match. Farber leads the team with 13 goals scored this season.
The Cougars had already built a 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter before Susi nailed his first of four goals. He punched in Stockton ’s seventh goal of the match to end the first half. He then went on to add two second half goals and two assists for a season high six points. Susi is second on the team with 12 goals this season.
Not to be outdone, Aterado got into the scoring mix with a second quarter goal and added two more in the second half. His fourth quarter goal at the 12:20 mark was the 16th of the night for Stockton . The club had previously set their franchise high of 15 goals in one match in Wenatchee, WA on 11/15/08 and at home on 11/22/08 against Denver .
The Cougars completely dominated the first three quarters. Edmonton did start the scoring in the third when Phil Pavicic scored a goal at the 14:23 mark of the quarter. But, Hugo Brambila quickly answered with his first professional goal at the 13:59 mark of the third. He added another with 12:55 remaining and helped out on an Antonio Sutton goal at the end of the quarter.
Brambila finished the night with three points scored. He played in place of head coach Bernie Lilavois. Lilavois was suspended one match after receiving a red card on 12/5 against Texas .
Pavicic and Raul Roncov had two goals in the match for Edmonton . Brett Chartland had two assists.
Nelson Santana had three assists in the match.
Jesus Molina and Tebias Mason split time in net for the Cougars. Mason allowed four second half goals. Molina allowed just three over the first three quarters.