December 23, 2022 – Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) – Florida Tropics SC News Release
LAST TIME / ALL TIME – This will be theThis will be the 16th all time meeting between the Blast and Tropics,
who joined the MASL for the 2016-17. The last time the two played each other was ion Dec. 21, which the
Blast won in a shootout, 5-4. In six -plus seasons, Baltimore has won nine of the previous 15 matchups, The
Tropics are 2-5 lifetime at home against the Blast, and 4-4 in Baltimore. Ricardo Carvalho is the Tropics
active leading career scorers against Baltimore with eight goals, while Tony Donatelli is the Blast’s leading
all-time scorer against Florida with 14 goals.
VIVA VINI! — One of the most dangerous target forwards over the past eight years in the Major Arena
Soccer League – Vini Dantas – has joined the Florida Tropics on a two-year deal to start the 2022-23 season
… Dantas played most of those years with the Baltimore Blast, starting his career the 2014-15 season –
when he earned All MASL Rookie Team honors – and was an immediate offensive force, scoring 16 goals in
15 games. Since that time, he has gone on to score 195 goals and add 93 assists in 159 career regular
season and playoff games. A physical presence at 6′-1″ and 200 pounds, the 32-year old native of Sao Paulo,
Brazil, had his best season in 2019-20 when he banged home 37 goals and added 17 assists in 22 games.
He was traded to the Tacoma Stars prior to the start of the 2020-21 season, and was traded back to the Blast
with just three games remaining in the 2021-22 campaign. He finished last season with 19 goals in 16
games played, to go along with eight assists for 27 total points. … He was a key part of Baltimore’s three-
straight MASL championships between 2017-2019, and was the 2017 Most Valuable Player in the playoffs,
getting the game-winning goal in the finals against Sonora. He ended that post season with 18 total points
(nine goals and nine assists) in nine games.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION – More information on the 2022-23 Tropics can be found at www.fltropics.com.
Under the news tab, you will find the team’s 193-page record book. and the team’s 2022-23 media guide
which includes extensive bios of Tropics players and Coach Clay Roberts. The record book was created and
compiled by the Tropics official photographer Christopher Arnold.
A TERRIFIC TRIO – The last three years have been very good ones for the Tropics. Their 46 regular season
wins in that time span is tops in the Major…