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PHILADELPHIA KiXX RE-SIGN ALL-STARS PETER PAPPAS AND DON D'AMBRAPHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia KiXX announced today that the club has re-signed head coach and leading point scorer Don D'Ambra and 2006-07 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Goalkeeper-of-the-Year Peter Pappas for the 2007-08 season.Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.D'Ambra, 390 games, and Pappas, 376 games, rank one and two respectively in games played in the club's 11-year history.
D'Ambra will enter his 14th indoor season and 12th with the KiXX when the club begins play on October 19 in Baltimore.The 2007-08 season will be D'Ambra's sixth campaign as the team's player/coach.The St. Joseph's University graduate was named to the All-MISL First Team for the second time in his career in 2006-07, while being named MISL Player-of-the-Week three-times.The Philadelphia native scored the 400th goal of his career against Milwaukee last season, while ranking first in goals (32), first in points (85), first in power-play goals (8), and second in assists (18) for the KiXX.D'Ambra ranked third in points, fourth in power-play goals, and third in goals in the MISL.While leading the club to the second title in team history, D'Ambra was named the MISL Championship Game MVP scoring twice to defeat Detroit, 13-8.
D'Ambra was a member of the U.S. Futsal team that competed in the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer.