D'AMBRA LEADS KIXX TO TITLE
Saturday Apr 21, 2007
PLYMOUTH, Mi---Player coach Don D’Ambra scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia KiXX to their second Major indoor Soccer League Championship with a 13-8 win over the Detroit Ignition at Compuware Arena Saturday.
D’Ambra opened the scoring with a two pointer at 9:09 of the first quarter, then added a three pointer to close out the scoring at 1:12 of the fourth.
D’Ambra’s opening tally led to an 8-0 lead, as John Barry Nusum, Shawn Boni and Genoni Martinez all scored in the second quarter. Martinez scored on a penalty kick after defender Josh Rife was called for a handball.
Detroit, playing in front of their tenth straight sellout crowd, finally got on the scoreboard at 14:46 of the second quarter, as Bill Sedgewick tallied on an assist from Hewerton.
Ptah Myers increased the KiXX lead to 10-2 with a goal at 2:30 of the third quarter.
The Ignition got a spark from Jonathan Greenfield, with a goal at 3:58 of the third, and then the MISL’s leading scorer during the regular season, Jamar Beasley added goals at 9:13 and 10:56 of the third to cut the margin to 10-8.
Peter Pappas, who has been with the KiXX since their inception, made 14 saves on 18 shots he faced. Sanaldo faced 17 shots and stopped 11.
Six members of the KiXX, D’Ambra, Pappas, Boney, Pat Morris, Edgar Bartolomeu and Drew Kopp, along with assistant coach Adam Bruckner, were members of the KiXX first championship team in 2001-02.
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