Blast Win Championship & Leverock Picks Up 1st Win
IslandStats.com
No matter how trying the circumstance, Bermuda’s David Bascome’s Baltimore Blast never wavered in the 2016 Major Arena Soccer League playoffs.
The team's final bit of resolve was on display in Hermosillo, Mexico, when they defeated Soles de Sonora at its own game.
After going 15-4 during the regular season, the Blast went 6-0 in the postseason with two-game sweeps against the Syracuse Silver Knights, Missouri Comets and now Sonora to claim Baltimore's eighth professional indoor soccer championship.
After the Suns tied the game with 1:02 to play in regulation, the Blast took quick advantage of a power play to open the overtime after star Sonora forward Franck Tayou was sent off for two minutes after receiving his fourth foul in the second half. Blast captain Pat Healey found Donatelli on the right side and he buried the chance for his second goal of the game.
Meanwhile Cardel Benbow scored the lone goal in the 60th minute to lead Dante Leverock and his Harrisburg City Islanders to a 1-0 victory against Orlando City B at the Titan Soccer Complex. Harrisburg earned its first win of the season, improving to 1-2-0 while Orlando dropped to 0-2-1.
Orlando had to play for 50 minutes down a man when Tony Rocha was sent off in the 40th minute. Teammate Lewis Neal was issued a second yellow card in second-half stoppage time as the remaining minutes featured only nine OCB players.
