March 12, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (March 12, 2015) - The Missouri Comets continued to roll in the inaugural season of the Major Arena Soccer League by winning the Central Division championship after defeating the Milwaukee Wave 7-2 in front of 3,441 fans at the Independence Events Center.

Immediately after the match, head coach Vlatko Andonovski's team will hit the road to St. Louis, Missouri where they will board a plane to Baltimore in the morning for game one of the Conference Championship against the Blast tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. CT. Game two and three (if needed) will be played on Sunday at 3:05 p.m. CT. at the Independence Events Center.

With three goals and one assist (four points), team captain Vahid Assadpour was named Borden Man of the Match. In addition, league leader Leo Gibson scored once and had two assists.

Three minutes into the match, Assadpour scored the first goal assisted by Bryan Perez. However, one minute later, Milwaukee's Tony Walls got the equalizer for the visitors. No more tallies were scored in the first quarter.

Only 14 seconds into the second stanza, rookie Kiel Williams found space between three Wave defenders and shot a rocket that crossed the line below the crossbar to make it 2-1. Goals from Perez, Josh Gardner and Assadpour ended the half 5-1.

The third quarter saw the Comets add two more goals to the score courtesy of Brian Harris and Gibson ending the quarter 7-1.

Former Comets player Stefan St. Louis shortened the lead for the Wave early in the fourth quarter but Assadpour's third of the night ended the match with an 8-2 final score.

Tickets for the Conference Championship second leg against the Baltimore Blast are on sale now. Call 855.4KC.GOAL for more information.

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Comets Defeat Milwaukee, Move on to the Conference Championship