December 1, 2024 – Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
St. Louis Ambush News Release
St. Louis Ambush defender defender Raphael Araujo vs. the Kansas City Comets
(St. Louis Ambush, Credit: Kansas City Comets)
Independence, Missouri – The St. Louis Ambush dropped an 8-4 battle to the Kansas City Comets Sunday night at the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence. The Comets, who also defeated the Ambush Friday night, improved to 2-0 on the young season, while the Ambush dropped to 0-2.
St. Louis got a man advantage in the sixth minute of the match when Kansas City’s Guerrero Pino was penalized for a two-footed tackle. The Comets successfully killed off that penalty when another blue card came out, this time for too many men on the field, giving the Ambush their second power play in the first eight minutes of the game. The second time was a charm for the Ambush as Franck Tayou put the ball in the net. At the end of the first quarter, St. Louis held a 1-0 advantage.
The Comets went on a power play of their own when James Thomas earned a trip to the sin bin for tripping in the third minute of the second period. St. Louis killed off the penalty, but Kansas City scored 18 seconds later with a high shot out of reach of Ambush goalkeeper Paulo Nascimento. St. Louis regained the lead when Tayou sent a pass to a charging William Eskay, who put a shot on target to make it a 2-1 game. Kansas City drew even in the eighth minute when Zach Reget took a high ball off the wall and got it by Nascimento. Just over a minute later, St. Louis answered when Triston Austin got a foot on a high-bouncing ball to give the Ambush a 3-2 lead. In the final minute of the half, the blue card came out for Tayou, giving Kansas City another man advantage. The horn sounded the end of the first half with the remainder of the power play carrying over to the beginning of the second half. The visitors held a 3-2 lead at the halfway mark.
The third quarter commenced with the Comets still on the power play but the Ambush managed to kill it off. In the sixth minute, Reget scored his second of the contest to knot the score (3-3) once again. Less than a minute later, Ramone Palmer got a foot on an errant shot and put in in goal to give the Comets the lead again (4-3). Kansas City made it a two-goal lead at the nine minute mark when Leonardo Acosta was wide open and took a long pass from goalkeeper Phillip Ejimadu and found the back of the net to make it a 5-3 game. St. Louis got one back in the twelfth minute…