Twisters in Championship

Look To Defend Title in Finals Rematch

March 14, 2008

Who: Massachusetts Twisters vs. Rockport Rampage
What: AISL Championship
Where: Victory Sports Complex, Ill.
When: 7:30 p.m.

The Massachusetts Twisters are looking to defend their title in a rematch of last year�s American Indoor Soccer League Championship this Saturday night at the Victory Sports Complex in Illinois.

The Twisters will face the Rockport Rampage, whom they beat in last year�s final, 11-5. The two clubs squared off just a week before this week�s final, last Saturday, with Rockport attempting to improve to 13-0.

But while the Rampage had the �Pursuit of Perfection� on their collective minds, there was one thing they couldn�t prepare for � the weather. The wild weekend weather forced the Rampage to find a later flight into Springfield.

When they finally landed, not only did they have to deal with the travel fatigue, they also had to face a Twisters team that needed to win to get to the title match. In front of a season-high crowd of almost fifteen hundred, Kyle Texiera set a team record with six goals, which helped power the Twisters to a convincing 10-4 victory over the Rampage, punching their ticket to the Championship Game.

A six-goal performance earned Texiera the league�s Player of the Week honor. His offensive outburst (5 one-point goals and 1 two-pointer), set not only a team record, but also was the second most goals scored in the AISL by one player this season.

Meanwhile, the Rampage are three quarters of the way to making it a clean sweep of the American Indoor Soccer League�s postseason award list. In addition to taking the league�s regular season championship, the AISL announced Wednesday that Rampage goalkeeper Dimitri Meletis was named the AISL�s Most Valuable Player and head coach Jeff Kraft was named the AISL�s Coach of the Year.

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