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Philadelphia KiXX 6 Chicago Storm 8
The Philadelphia KiXX couldn’t hold a four-goal lead and dropped their season-high fourth consecutive contest, 8-6, to the Chicago Storm at the UIC Pavilion. Forward Mark Ughy recorded the game-winning goal on a pass from Matthew Stewart at 13:13 of the fourth quarter. Stuart Dobson suffered the loss in his season debut for Philadelphia with 11 saves on 19 chances, while Jeff Richey earned the victory with the Storm, turning away 13 of the 19 shots he faced. After dropping a low-scoring affair, 4-3, to the Storm last night, Philadelphia bolted out of the gates with three unanswered goals to take a 3-0 advantage after one full period of play. Forward Shawn Boney opened the scoring off a dish from David Schofield at 11:45 of the stanza, followed by a score from midfielder Andy Guastaferro on an assist from Goran Vasic at 12:54. Schofield’s assist marked the first professional point of his indoor career. Philadelphia native David Castellanos rounded out the scoring with a score from rookie defender Clay Roberts at 14:49 of the quarter. Guastaferro, who was a member of the Chicago Storm for the 2004-05 season, continued the KiXX offensive assault with his second tally of the contest at 5:47 of the second frame; Castellanos registered the assist marking his first multi-point game of his career. The hosting Storm rebounded to notch a pair of scores to cut the Philadelphia lead down to two, 4-2. Midfielder Matt Stewart struck first on a feed from Denny Clanton at 7:22, followed by a notch from Semir Mesanovic at 8:29 of the second. Vasic slipped through the Storm defense and knocked-in an unassisted goal just inside the right post to extend the club’s advantage to three, 5-2, at 1:45 of the third stanza. Novi Marojevic pulled Chicago within two, 5-3, with an unassisted restart goal exactly six minutes later (7:45). The KiXX advantage fell to one, 5-4, as Mesanovic converted a restart for this second notch of the evening just nine seconds into the final quarter of action. After Ptah Myers was called for a two-minute holding penalty inside the box, Marojevic knotted the score, 5-5, with a shoot-out tally at 4:03. Cape May, NJ native Anthony Maher capped Chicago’s comeback, 6-5, with a restart goal at 10:46 of the period. Reigning Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Rookie of the Year John Barry Nusum connected on a pass from Guastaferro to tie the score, 6-6, at 13:04, but Ughy regained the Storm’s one-goal lead, 7-6, just nine seconds later (13:13). With Gary DePalma serving as sixth attacker for the Philadelphia, Lazo Alavanja found the back of the net on a feed from Stewart to seal Chicago’s victory, 8-6, at 14:15.
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