Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Gibson Opens His Scoring for the Year

The Kansas City Comets kicked 2024 off with a win on Saturday night at Cable Dahmer Arena, taking down the visiting Harrisburg Heat with a very well rounded performance. KC got three or more points from Ignacio Flores, John Sosa, and Leo Gibson, who recorded his first points of the season in a 2 goal, 1 assist performance in the 8-4 win. It was a night that started with a milestone for Comets’ forward and captain, Ramone Palmer, who made his 200th appearance across all competitions for the Comets. Here are the full stats and milestones from the game.

Comets

KC won their 11th straight in league play against the Harrisburg. That’s tied for the longest winning streak against one team, tied with 11 straight against the St. Louis Ambush (also the first 11 games).

Ramone Palmer made his 200th appearance in all competitions for the Comets. He’s the 4th player to reach that mark.

John Sosa’s 2nd assist of the night gave him 350 goals/assists in all competitions for the Comets. He’s the 2nd player to reach that mark.

Ignacio Flores’s 4 assists gave him 119 goals/assists in league play for KC, passing Brian Harris and moving into 8th all time on that list.

The 4 assists also gave Flores 128 goals/assists in all competitions for KC, passing Harris for 8th all time on that list

Flores made his 139th league appearance for KC, tying him with Harris for 8th all time on that list.

Lucas Sousa’s 2 goals gave him 57 goals in league play for KC, moving him ahead of Flores and into 9th place all time on that list.

The 2 goals gave Sousa 63 in all competitions for KC, tying him with Flores for 9th all time on that list.

Sousa’s 2 goals gave him 94 goals/assists for the Comets in all competitions, passing Robert Palmer and moving him into 10th all time on that list.

KC Indoor

Palmer making his 200th appearance in all competitions made his the 22nd player to play 200 games in all competitions in KC indoor history.

Leo Gibson’s assist was his 278th in league play for KC indoor teams, breaking his tie with Kevin Koetters for 2nd all time on that list.

John Sosa made his 231st league appearance for KC, breaking his tie with Dave Boncek for 10th all time on that list.

Sosa became the 8th player in KC indoor history to reach 350 goals/assists in all competitions.

Sosa’s goal was his 11th in league play for KC, tying him with Damir Haramina for 19th all time in KC indoor soccer history.

Nicolau Neto got his 37th win in league play, breaking his tie with Scoop Stanisic for 5th all time in KC indoor soccer history.

It was Neto’s 43rd win in all competitions, breaking his tie with Stanisic for 4th all time on that list.