MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Milwaukee Wave Steam Rolls Over St. Louis, 7-3

Published on February 19, 2005 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


ST. LOUIS - In front of 13,789 fans at the Savvis Center in St. Louis, Missouri, the Milwaukee Wave extended its winning streak to three by beating the Steamers, 7-3. With less than one minute left in the match, St. Louis' Lindsay Kennedy made her professional debut as the first female player in the Major Indoor Soccer League and Milwaukee's Marcelo Fontana challenged her, scoring the last goal for the Wave. Goalkeeper Nick Vorberg also had an impressive evening, allowing no goals after the first quarter.

St. Louis started the game with a quick goal past Milwaukee's keeper Nick Vorberg, by Shaun David (1:12) as assisted by player/coach Daryl Doran. Coming off the power play, Doran scored the Steamers' second goal of the night, off the assist from teammate Joe Reiniger. Milwaukee got on the board at 9:10 in the first quarter as Matt Schmidt found Giuliano Oliviero for the Wave's first goal of the contest. Nearly a minute later (10:06), Reiniger took a pass from Doran to add another goal to the Steamers' lead; however, the Wave's Greg Howes took a pass from Johnny Torres to answer back at (10:41) for the goal. Semir Mesanovic then scored his fifth goal of the season to tie the Steamers at 11:57 of the game.

Going into the second quarter tied-up at three, St. Louis's Sterling Wescott and Mariano Bollella came back into the game after both received a yellow card for misconduct in the first period. Milwaukee's Chris Morman chipped in a power play goal, off the assist by Oliviero at 5:38, for the Wave's third unanswered goal of the evening past the Steamers' goalkeeper Brett Phillips. The only goal of the second period gave the Wave the lead at 4-3.

After a scoreless third quarter, the final period of the match opened at 5:56 as Howes converted a long blast past Phillips, off Oliviero's second assist of the evening. St. Louis's Jeff DiMaria entered as the 6th attacker late in the game, and Milwaukee capitalized on this opportunity when co-captain Michael King converted for a long goal at 13:09. Marcelo Fontana also took advantage of this situation shortly after Steamers' Lindsay Kennedy made her MISL debut. Fontana (14:10) took the ball from Kennedy to score the last goal on the open net.

The Wave returns home Sunday, February 20 at 1 p.m. to compete against rival Chicago Storm. Sunday is also Usinger's Day with the Wave. Fans who bring in a grocery receipt showing the purchase of at least two (2) Usinger' s products will receive three (3) dollars off the purchase of any price Wave ticket. After three road games, the Wave will be at "The Cell", U.S. Cellular Arena, three Sundays in a row in March: the 6th, 13th and 20th for 1 p.m. games.

Call 414-224-WAVE for more information, or visit www.milwaukeewave.com. Tickets for all Wave home games ($20, $16, $14 and $12) are available at the Wisconsin Center District (WCD) Box Office, located between U.S. Cellular Arena and the Milwaukee Theater at 510 W. Kilbourn Ave., all TicketMaster Outlets, at www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone charge at 414-276-4545. Groups of 10 or more should contact the Wave's Group Sales Dept. at 414-224-WAVE (9283) for group rate discounts.

The Milwaukee Wave was established in 1984 as one of six charter members of the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). In 2001, the Wave transitioned to being a successful member of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Through the guidance of head coach Keith Tozer, the winningest coach in Wave and North American indoor soccer history, the Wave has won three league titles (1997-'98, '99-2000, 2000-'01), six regular season championships, and has made six championship series appearances. The Wave plays at home in the US Cellular Arena located in downtown Milwaukee. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the team's website at www.MilwaukeeWave.com or call 414-224-WAVE (9283).

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