January 16, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, MO "" The Missouri Comets (13-0) did not seem to struggle without head coach Vlatko Andonovski who had to watch his team earn a 7-5 home victory over the St. Louis Ambush (3-8) all the way from Philadelphia where he attended the National Women's Soccer League College Draft.

Team captain Vahid Assadpour was named Borden Man of the Match with a four-point game scoring a hat trick and recording one assist. Also, goalkeeper Stephen Paterson made his professional debut with the Comets finishing the match with a total of twelve saves in front of 4,587 fans in attendance.

The reigning MISL Champions were without Danny Waltman (ankle), Milan Ivanovic (AC strain) and Coady Andrews (ankle) due to injury. In addition, Max Touloute and Ramone Palmer dressed but didn't play.

Less than a minute after kick off, Assadpour put the home team up assisted by league leader Leo Gibson followed by Brian Harris' only tally of the night. Moments later, Andre Braithwaite would find the back of the net assisted by Josh Gardner before Gibson notched his 26th goal of the season to give the Comets a partial 4-0 lead to end the first quarter.

However, the Ambush would keep the Comets scoreless and notched two goals of their own in the second quarter ending the half 4-2. Six minutes after the third quarter began, Matingou scored the only goal of the stanza and his second one of the night making it 5-2.

St. Louis came out stronger in the final quarter and nearly came back scoring three goals. However, Assadpour scored twice to give his team their thirteenth consecutive victory.

Next up, Andonovski's team will travel to Mexico where they will visit Southern Conference folks Saltillo Rancho Seco and Monterrey Flash on Friday and Sunday respectively.

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Comets Defeat The St. Louis Ambush 7-5 And Remain Undefeated After Thirteen Games