March 7, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Missouri. (March 4, 2014) - For the Missouri Comets the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Playoffs begin on Sunday at 3:10p.m. CT at the Independence Events Center. This is the fourth straight appearance for the Comets in the league's postseason tournament. Their opponent for the MISL Semi-Final series will once again be the Milwaukee Wave, who the Comets defeated last year to qualify for the MISL Championship.

Including playoffs, the Comets have played the Milwaukee Wave more than any other team in the MISL. The familiarity goes beyond regular season matchups, as these two squads have had to battle each other every year since 2011 for the right to advance past the first round of the playoffs. Falling at home in Game One of the 2013 Semi-Final series, the Comets came back to score game-winning goals in the final 40 seconds of Game Two and the series-deciding Mini-Game and advancing Missouri to their first MISL Championship Series.

The Wave finished the 2013-2014 regular season with a 16-4 record, all four losses coming to the Comets. Missouri finished 14-6 and held the season series between the two teams with a 4-2 record versus Milwaukee.

Forward Leo Gibson leads the MISL's highest scoring offense into the playoffs. The season's scoring and assists champion accumulated 25 assists and 76 points. The Comets have five players among the league's Top 25 scorers and averaged 16.45 points per game.

Milwaukee's success is also fueled by their high-powered offense. They scored an average of 16.20 points per game, led by forward Ian Bennett. However, the Comets defense and MISL Player of the Week, Danny Waltman, have kept the Wave under ten points four times. Twice they were held to only two goals.

Wave Head Coach, Keith Tozer, has more wins than nearly any other indoor soccer coach in history. He matches up against Vlatko Andonovski, who is in his first year as head coach of the Comets, but has many years of indoor soccer experience, both as a player and an assistant coach.

If history holds true, this MISL Semi-Finals between two teams who match up well and are very familiar with each other, will come down to the final minutes to decide a winner. Game One is at the Independence Events Center Sunday, March 9 at 3:10p.m. CT, with Game Two at Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena on Monday, March 10 at 7:00p.m. CT. If the series is tied, a 15 minute 'Mini-Game' will be played immediately following Game Two.

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MISL Playoffs Begin with Classic Rivalry