Cougars End Season in Front of National Audience
Published on March 31, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
California Cougars News Release
(STOCKTON, CALIF., MARCH 31, 2007) - In a rare afternoon contest, the California Cougars squared off against the Milwaukee Wave Saturday afternoon on from of an enthusiastic crowd of Cougar fans. The game, televised on Versus, became the first nationally televised broadcast from the Stockton Arena.
The Wave started the scoring off with a 3-point restart goal from Milwaukee defender Joe Hammes 6:16 into the game. Forward Greg Howes extended the Wave led to five on a assist from Johnny Torres 1:46 into the second quarter.
California broke Milwaukee's run on a penalty kick goal from forward Vicente Figueroa. Milwaukee's starting keeper Brett Phillips earned a two-minute trip to the penalty box on a tripping foul against midfielder Brian Farber outside of the box.
The Cougars broke out of the locker room fast, closing the Wave lead to one on Figueroa's second goal of the afternoon just :33 seconds into the second half.
Milwaukee's Howes put the lead back at three at the 5:41 second mark of the third period. Howe's posted a hat trick just over two minutes later on a Goran Vasic assist to make it a 9-4 game.
California clawed its way back to within three at the close of the third quarter on an Aaron Susi goal from a Vicente Figueroa assist with 1:40 to go in the quarter.
For both teams, the fourth quarter became a show of defensive force with neither team able to score on one another's rough and tumble aggressive defense.
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