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Force Falls In Badger State

March 1, 2003 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Cleveland Force News Release


MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The Cleveland Force traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early portion of Saturday morning to play the Milwaukee Wave in a Major Indoor Soccer League afternoon game at the Bradley Center. The second in two days proved costly to the Force as they fell to the Milwaukee Wave by a final score of 16-6.

With the loss, Cleveland dropped its second straight game and fell to 15-16 overall. With the victory, the Wave improved to 23-6 overall, 13-2 at home and won the season series 5-1.

Milwaukee opened the scoring (0-2) when Joe Reiniger scored a two-point goal off the pass from Todd Dusosky at 7:45 of the first quarter. The Wave added to its lead (0-4) when Johnny Torres found the back of the net off the outlet pass and assist from Victor Nogueira at 8:32. Milwaukee closed out the first quarter scoring (0-6) when Todd Dusosky scored a two-point goal off the pass from Sipho Sibiya at 14:37.

The Wave increased their lead (0-8) when Todd Dusosky scored his second goal of the game off the pass from his twin brother Troy at 3:30 of the second quarter. The Force snapped an 8-0 run by Milwaukee (2-8) when Kiley Couch stole the ball and scored an unassisted two-point goal at 9:02.

Cleveland cut into the lead (4-8) when Chris Stathopoulos scored a two-point goal off the assist from John Ball at 4:24 of the third quarter. The Wave responded (4-10) when Sibiya found the back of the net off the pass from Pat White at 5:35. Milwaukee kept up the scoring attack (4-12) when Greg Howes scored a two-point goal off the cross from Reiniger at 8:49.

The Wave added to its lead (4-14) when Torres scored his second goal of the game at 2:48 of the final period. The Force got their final points of the game (6-14) when Lee Edgerton scored a power play goal off the assist from Steve Butcher at 11:22. Milwaukee closed out the scoring (6-16) when Brian Loftin scored an unassisted two-point goal at 11:33.

Cleveland will next travel to Dallas, Texas to face the Dallas Sidekicks on Tuesday, March 4th at Reunion Arena. The game that was originally scheduled for February 16th will begin at 7:35 p.m. Catch all the action on WHK 1220 AM in Cleveland and WHKW 1440 AM in Warren or Worldwide on the Internet Home of LIVE Cleveland Force Soccer and the MISL All-Star Game at www.thesportsking.com.

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