November 15, 2014 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets The Missouri Comets earned their third consecutive victory after defeating longtime rivals Milwaukee Wave and are still undefeated in the 2014/15 MASL season. With two goals and two assists in the game, Leo Gibson was named Man of the Match and stands strong in the top of the league with 15 points (10 goals and 5 assists).

A sold out crowd at the Independence Events Center saw the reigning MISL Champions come back from a two-goal lead in the third quarter before the Comets notched three goals in less than two minutes.

The Milwaukee Wave took and early 3-0 lead in the first quarter with goals from Marcelo Fontana, JC Banks and Marcio Leite, however, Milan Ivanovic and Max Touloute helped the Comets shorten the lead to end the quarter with a 3-2 score.

After the first fifteen minutes, the visitors continued to put pressure on Danny Waltman's goal and five minutes into the second quarter Tenzin Rampa tallied his first of the night followed by another goal by Banks to get regain a three-goal lead before Andre Braithwaite found the back of the net with and incredible strike from the right side of the box ending the half with a 5-3 score.

Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski's team came out motivated from the break and scored three goals to make it 6-5 early in the third quarter before Anthony Arico tied the match. Two minutes before the end of the quarter, Perez notched his first of the night to end the quarter 7-6 in favor of the Comets.

Five minutes into the last quarter, Ian Bennett tied the game one more time for Milwaukee, but another goal from Perez and a beautiful finish from Gibson helped the Comets get a 9-7 win.

Next up, the Comets will host the Wichita B-52s at the Independence Events Center next Saturday, November 22nd at 7 p.m.

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Comets come back and defeat the Milwaukee Wave 9-7 in Home Opener