March 16, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) BALTIMORE - The Missouri Comets claimed the franchise's first MISL Championship in dramatic fashion on Sunday night as they took a 6-4 victory against the Baltimore Blast in Game 3 of the MISL Championship Series in front of 6,447 fans at Baltimore Arena. <\/p>\n
Brian Harris - who took MISL Championship Series Most Valuable Player honors - scored the game-winning goal with 56.1 seconds to play as the Comets twice came back from deficits in the Game 3 mini-game to dethrone the defending champion Blast. <\/p>\n
Game 3 proved tense early, with the Comets controlling more possession. It then sprang to life with just under seven minutes to play. The Blast took the lead with 6:32 to play as Missouri's Danny Waltman was able to parry a 3-point shot, only for Max Ferdinand to turn home a finish from close range as the ball was sent back into the penalty area by Marco Mangione. <\/p>\n
The lead would be short-lived, though, as Lucas Rodriguez scored on a spectacular bicycle kick from the left side 56 seconds later to tie the game up 2-2. Baltimore regained the lead with less than three minutes to play, however, as Adauto Neto bulled his way through the Comets' defense before he shot low into the right corner. <\/p>\n
That forced the Comets to pull their goalkeeper to go with the extra attacker, but their risk was rewarded with 1:34 to play as Stefan St. Louis was able to redirect home Rodriguez's shot from a restart to tie the game up again. Then, on the following shift, Harris found space on the left, and worked a perfect give-and-go with Leo Gibson before he fired home into the top-right corner of the net. The Blast would pull their goalkeeper for the remainder of the game, but were unable to find a way past Waltman as the Comets held on for victory. <\/p>\n
The Blast had evened the series in Game 2 as they dominated the Comets in a 19-4 win. Neto led the way with a hat trick, while Mike Lookingland had three assists, to force a deciding game. <\/p>\n
As in Game 1, the Blast got out to a fast start as Mangione opened the scoring after just 90 seconds. Baltimore would then be the beneficiaries of two unlucky deflections, as Mike Deasel and Neto, from 3-point range, saw efforts deflected into their own net by Comet defenders. <\/p>\n
The Blast would continue to pull away as Lookingland provided the assists on goals by Ferdinand and Tony Donatelli for an 11-0 halftime lead. Neto would then score in both the third and fourth quarter to complete his hat trick as the Comets never threatened to come back. <\/p>\n
MISL Championship Series <\/p>\n
No. 1 Baltimore Blast vs. No. 3 Missouri Comets <\/p>\n
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