February 22, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (February 22, 2015) - The Missouri Comets (20-0) proved to be too much for the Tacoma Stars (4-16) after a 17-1 victory in front of 4,843 fans at the Independence Events Center to end the inaugural season of the Major Arena Soccer League with a perfect record. <\/p>\n
Forward Leo Gibson was named Borden Man of the Match after his twelve-point performance with eight goals and four assists. In addition, the Monrovia, Liberia native led the league in points (93), goals (48) and assists (45). <\/p>\n
In addition, goalkeeper Danny Waltman broke the record for most wins in a season with seventeen victories playing a total of 1006:45 minutes and recording a total of 236 saves with a .744 save percentage. <\/p>\n
Head coach Vlatko Andonovski's team came out to the field with an offensive mindset. However, the Tacoma Stars held them scoreless for eleven minutes before Gibson scored the first four tallies to end the quarter 4-0. <\/p>\n
The second quarter saw the Comets score seven more goals coming from Brian Harris, Josh Gardner (2), Alain Matingou, John Sosa, Vahid Assadpour and Bryan Perez to end the half 12-0. <\/p>\n
Defender Coady Andrews tallied his fourth goal of the season early in the third quarter before Tacoma's Evan Denmark notched the lone tally for the visiting side. <\/p>\n
Moments later, Gibson scored a serious Goal of the Year contender after finding the back of the net with a bicycle kick tally from a Sosa cross to make it 13-1. <\/p>\n
Eight minutes into the third, Gardner scored his second one of the night ending the quarter 14-1. Gibson would then add three more goals to his name throughout the fourth quarter to end the match 17-1. <\/p>\n
Next up, the Comets will host the winner of Milwaukee and Chicago in the Divisional Final at the Independence Events Center on Thursday, March 12th at 7:00 p.m. CT. <\/p>\n
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