KC Comets update: Red-hot and rolling, Comets push MASL record to league-best 6-0

The Kansas City Comets continue to set the pace in the Major Arena Soccer League with a 6-0 record to start the season.

With their latest victory, 9-3 against the Sidekicks in Dallas over the weekend, the Comets now lead the MASL Central Division by nine points.

“We had a plan, we knew what we needed to do, and we stuck with it and it worked out,” Comets player/coach Leo Gibson said. “So we are very happy with the performance.”

Gibson got things started in Dallas with his ninth goal of the season and James Togbah scored unassisted to make it 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. Matt Lewis scored the 800th road goal for the Comets, and rookie Christian Anderaos’ first goal for KC made it 4-2 by halftime.

“We controlled the game in the second half,” Gibson said. “We played with more composure. We possessed the ball a lot more, and that helped wear them down and that helped our transition game.”

Comets 9, Sidekicks 3: scoring summary

1st – KC Gibson (Sosa) 3:44; KC Togbah 11:48. Penalties – None.

2nd – DAL Mendez 5:42; KC Lewis (Neto) 8:40; DAL Varela 12:54; KC Anderaos (Gibson) 14:12. Penalties – None.

3rd – KC Sousa (Sosa) 11:52; DAL Gonzales 14:50. Penalties – DAL Quintana (yellow- major penal penalty).

4th – KC Marques (Sosa) 0:19; KC Marques 11:57; KC Lee 12:25; KC Da-Silva (Thetsane) 13:36. Penalties – KC Da-Silva (blue- dangerous play) 1:00.

Elsewhere around the league ...

The Comets became the only undefeated team left in the league this season when the San Diego Sockers fell 8-7 in overtime to the visiting Ontario Fury.

St. Louis Ambush split a pair of games with the Stars in Tacoma, winning 7-3 Friday and losing 15-5 Saturday. And the Florida Tropics continued to dominate the Eastern Division with a 6-2 win over Utica City FC.

Two more road games

The Comets remain on the road for two more games this weekend. They visit St. Louis Friday to play the Ambush at 7:30 p.m., then travel to Tacoma for a 7 p.m. match on Sunday.

Home to ... T-Mobile Center

The Comets are inching closer to a highly anticipated showdown against the Stars on Jan. 22 at the downtown KC T-Mobile Center.

The MASL’s signature match will be played in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention that week at Bartle Hall. It will be the second time the Comets have played at KC’s premiere arena. They played Wichita in 2012 with 9,000 fans in the house.

For tickets to the T-Mobile Center game, visit t-mobilecenter.com (groups of 10 or more can purchase discounted tickets by calling 888-9-COMETS).

This story was originally published January 10, 2022 at 3:51 PM.