Fighting for their playoff lives, the Missouri Comets squared off against the Chicago Riot on Sunday night, and they did not disappoint. Trailing by 2 points in the second quarter, Lucas Rodriguez dribbled through three defenders and put a shot past the Chicago keeper to equalize the score. Rodriguez opened up some space with some crossover moves against Riot defender Marco Sullo, shot to the lower right side of the net and slotted the ball past Keeper Richey.Rodriguez found his second goal of the match on a power play at 6:02 in the third period. This was the first multi-goal game for the rookie.
The rout was capped by a rare goal from Comets' goalkeeper Danny Waltman, when he threw the ball the length of the field into an open net.
“Good teams win when the pressure is on. This is the team we knew we had at the beginning of the season,” said team captain Byron Alvarez, “The training Coach Kim puts us through helped us to be able to play at a high level on back to back nights, we’ll feel this on Monday though.”
The Comets next game is back at the Independence Events Center on March 6 at 3:10pm when the Riot come for a visit. The Comets are currently tied with Omaha for the final position in the playoffs and another win against the Riot would help to solidify their chances for postseason play.
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