Excite Calm Twisters, Win Regular Season Title

Cleveland, OH, March 12, 2006 – The Matt Brienes' four goal performance led the Cincinnati Excite to an 11-2 pounding of the Massachusetts Twisters tonight in front of a crowd of 623 at the Eastern States Coliseum in the final game of the 2005-06 American Indoor Soccer League season.

The Excite took the 2005-06 AISL regular season championship with a 6-1 record, tying the league record for most wins in a season, set last year by the Detroit/Windsor Border Stars.

The Excite, who were without scoring stars Tiest Sondaal, Marcel Matis, and John Cipriani, managed to stymie the Twisters, who had definite chances, could not convert any until late in the fourth quarter, when Kevin Krause put the Twisters on the board with a two point, victimizing Excite backup 'keeper John Adams, who replaced starter Jay Schneider midway through the fourth quarter.

"They had a bit more energy then the did the last time we played them," said Twisters player/coach Joe Calabrese. "They had a couple of their guys back up top, and we struggled with that. Their target players were effective all night."

Kurt Fischer scored twice for the Excite, and David Satterwhite, Rick Wood, and John Motsinder each added a goal.

Jay Schneider earned the win in goal for the Excite, and Rich Freeze took the loss.

Now in it's third season, the American Indoor Soccer League has offices in West Springfield, MA (Administrative) and Cleveland, OH (Media Relations). For more information on the AISL, contact commissioner Paul LaPointe at (413) 569-0088 or director of media relations Rich Paschette at (216) 741-4144. Information on the league can also be found on the AISL's official website, www.aisl.org.