Denison Cabral notched a hat trick leading the Baltimore Blast to a 14-11 win over La Raza de Monterrey in the MISL Championship game Saturday night at the US Cellular Arena.
Monterrey jumped out to a hot start with a 6-2 lead after the first quarter, but goals by Cabral and Carlos Garcia in the second period tied the title game at 6-6 at the half. After trading goals by Baltimore's Giuliano Celenza and Monterrey defender Carlos Pichardo, Baltimore rattled off two quick fire goals in 12 seconds by Garcia and Cabral to jump out to a 12-8 third quarter lead.
Baltimore could not clinch the victory until 2:03 remaining in the fourth when Lucio Gonzaga drilled a shot to the right corner of the goal past Monterrey rookie goalkeeper Jose Bontti to give the Blast a 14-11 lead. The first year LaRaza battled until the end with Jose Luis Birche nailing a 3-pointer with six ticks left on the clock, but it was too little to late.
Cabral's hat trick not only lead Baltimore to it's fourth title in six years (2003, 2004 & 2006) but also earned him championship game MVP honors.
Monterrey's scoring was led by a pair of goals and an assist from Byron Alvarez.
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