MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

MISL-leading Wave look to regroup after back-to-back home losses

Published on February 9, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) Coming off a rare set of back-to-back losses on its home field, (a 6-5 overtime loss to Kansas City on 2/5, and a 5-4 setback to Philadelphia on 2/8) and its first two losses since moving to the U.S. Cellular Arena, the Milwaukee Wave will look to get back on the winning side this upcoming Saturday night, February 14, 7:05 PM when it hosts the Dallas Sidekicks at U.S. Cellular Arena. It's the first of four meetings between the clubs this season, with the two teams scheduled to meet in the Wave's following contest Friday, February 20, 7:05 PM at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX.

Despite the consecutive losses, Milwaukee's first pair of back-to-back home setbacks since dropping its first two home games of the 2000-01 campaign, the Wave still tops the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) with a record of 17-6 (9-2 home / 8-4 road). Milwaukee also maintains an eight-game lead over Kansas City (10-15) and a nine-game margin over St. Louis (7-14) in the MISL's Central Division.

Saturday is "Milwaukee Public Museum Kids and Seniors Night" at U.S. Cellular Arena with all kids (12 and under) and seniors (55 and over) getting in for just $10. The first 3,000 kids will also receive a free pass to the Milwaukee Public Museum. Call the Wave Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) for more information, or visit www.milwaukeewave.com.

Tickets for all Wave home games ($18, $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, 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.

Season Ticket packages starting at just $90 are also available through the Wave Office. Call 414-224-WAVE for more information.

Tozer to Coach U.S. Squad v. Internationals in MISL All-Star Game Feb. 29 in St. Louis: Wave Coach Keith Tozer has clinched the U.S. coaching assignment for the MISL All-Star Game Feb. 29, 1:05 PM at Family Arena in St. Charles, MO. Tozer, who edged out Baltimore's Tim Wittman for the honor, will lead a squad that features five Milwaukee players (Greg Howes, Michael King, Chris Morman, and Todd and Troy Dusosky) against an International team led by Coach Tatu of the Dallas Sidekicks. The International side will also include the Wave's Lovelace Ackah. This year's game will mark Tozer's eighth all-star coaching appearance; he has a 4-3 record including a win as the Western Conference Coach last year in last year's game at Milwaukee.

This Week:

Day Date Event Time** Place

Tue. Feb. 10 OFF DAY

Wed. Feb. 11 Practice 10 AM Uihlein Soccer Park

Thu. Feb. 12 Practice 10 AM Uihlein Soccer Park

Fri. Feb. 13 Practice 10 AM U.S. Cellular Arena

Sat. Feb. 14 GAME V. DALLAS 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA

**Practice dates and times are subject to change. Please contact the Wave Media Relations Dept. at 414-908-6338 / 6339 if you plan to cover any session. Uihlein Soccer Park is located at 7101 W. Good Hope Rd. on Milwaukee's northwest side.

Upcoming Schedule: HOME GAMES in CAPS

Day Date Opponent Time (CST) Venue Broadcast

SAT. 2/14 DALLAS 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

TV-41, WMLW

Fri. 2/19 at Dallas 7:05 PM Reunion Arena 540 AM, WRRD

Sun. 2/22 at Philadelphia 12:05 PM Wachovia Spectrum 540 AM, WRRD

Sun. 2/29 MISL All-Star Game 1:05 PM Family Arena, St. Charles, MO

SAT. 3/6 KANSAS CITY 4:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

SUN. 3/7 ST. LOUIS 1:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

TV-41, WMLW

Injury Report: Player Injury Status

Troy Dusosky knee questionable

Giuliano Oliviero calf probable

*probable = 75% chance of playing; questionable = 50%; doubtful 25%; out = will not play

Suspensions: none

Wave on Radio: All Wave games home and away may be heard live on 540 AM, WRRD ("The Word") with air time for each broadcast approximately 20 minutes prior to kick-off.

Wave on TV: The Wave has four more games scheduled to be televised on TV-41, WMLW which is also Channel 7 on Time Warner Basic Cable. Upcoming games to be televised on WMLW include:

Day Date Broadcast Time* Opponent

Sat. 2/14 7 PM Dallas

Sun. 3/7 1 PM St. Louis

Thu. 3/25 7 PM San Diego

Fri. 4/2 7 PM Philadelphia

*All times Central

Upcoming Opponent: Dallas Sidekicks (14-10, 1st place in Western Division)

Day / Date Saturday, February 14, 2004

Time / Venue 7:05 PM at U.S. Cellular Arena, Milwaukee, WI

Broadcast 540 AM, WRRD and TV-41, WMLW**

**Channel 7 on Time Warner Basic Cable

Series History: @ Mil @ Dal Overall

2003-04 0-0 0-0 0-0

2002-03 3-0 3-0 6-0

All-Time – Regular Season 3-0 3-0 6-0

All-Time – Playoffs (never met)

2003-04 Schedule / Results 2/14/04 @ Mil 7:05 PM

2/20/04 @ Dal 7:05 PM

3/20/04 @ Mil 6:05 PM

3/21/04 @ Dal 6:05 PM

2002-03 Results 10/27/02 @ Dal Mil 10, Dal 9

11/30/02 @ Dal Mil 10, Dal 8 (OT)

12/8/02 @ Mil Mil 17, Dal 6

12/31/02 @ Mil Mil 19, Dal 8

1/25/03 @ Dal Mil 8, Dal 6 (OT)

3/15/03 @ Mil Mil 12, Dal 4

Wave Notes: *The Wave is now 113-38 (.748) in its last 151 regular and post-season outings.

*The Wave's back-to-back home losses to KC on 2/5 and Phi on 2/8 were the first consecutive home losses for Milwaukee since it dropped its first two home games of the 2000-01 season. Prior to that, the Wave had not lost consecutive home games since the 1994-95 campaign.

*The 12/31 contest v. Monterrey was Coach Keith Tozer's 500th game as coach of the Wave. Now in his 12th season with Milwaukee, Tozer is just the third coach in North American indoor soccer history to guide one team for as many games. Only Kenny Cooper (751 games with Baltimore) and Ron Newman (701 games with San Diego) have coached more games with a single franchise.

*Assistant Coach Steve Morris made his professional head coaching debut on 12/6 @ Bal. He stepped in for Keith Tozer, who was coaching the U.S. Futsal Team in Anaheim, CA.

*Milwaukee's 9-8 (OT) loss on 12/6 @ Bal broke a five-game overtime winning streak for the Wave dating back to the 2001-02 campaign. Milwaukee was 4-0 in extra-session games last year and 1-1 the year before.

*The Wave's 6-5 (OT) loss on 2/5 v. KC dropped the Wave's all-time overtime record to 25-31, including 18-11 at home. It was Milwaukee's first OT loss at home since a 10-8 setback to the Montreal Impact on 3/6/99. Prior to that, the Wave has won four straight home overtime contests.

*The 15 goals on 11/14 v. KC is the fourth highest total in team history. The Wave team record for most goals in a contest is 18, set on 12/6/98 v. Cle.

*Michael King's goal on 2/8 v. Phi was the 668th of his career moving him past Andy Chapman into sixth place on the all-time indoor soccer list of goal scorers. Cleveland's Hector Marinaro is the all-time leader with 1215.

*Troy Dusosky and Marcelo Fontana each scored a goal to record the 150th point of their respective careers (regular season) in Milwaukee's 6-2 win over Monterrey on 12/31 @ Mil.

*The Wave's "Twin Tandem" - Todd and Troy Dusosky - has now combined for 286 goals (Todd 199 + Troy 87) and 309

assists (Todd 241 + Troy 68) for 595 points (Todd 440 + Troy 155), good for tenth on the all-time indoor soccer brothers scoring list (see below). The Dusoskys (Todd 391 + Troy 66 = 457) are also the highest scoring brother pair in Wave history ahead of the White brothers (Pat 165 + Erik 9 = 174).

All-Time North American Indoor Soccer Brothers Scoring List** (thru 2/8/04)

**highest scoring pairs of brothers

1. Hector (1908) + Rob (8) Marinaro = 1916 pts.

2. Rudy (931) + Randy (725) Pikuzinski = 1656

3. Joe (882) + Rich (13) Reiniger = 895

4. Daryl (869) + Don (1) Doran = 870

5. Mark (684) + Kirk (20) Moser = 704

6. Bob (455) + Mike (184) DiNunzio = 639

7. Danny (580) + Chris (50) Kelly = 630

8. Andy (499) + Brian (121) Schmetzer = 620

9. Bill (593) + Joe (25) Becher = 618

10. Todd (440) + Troy (155) Dusosky = 595

11. Michael (503) + David (31) Richardson = 534

*Joe Reiniger has tallied at least one point in 14-of-22 games so far this season and 345-of-366 career NPSL / MISL regular season contests. Reiniger still holds the league's second longest scoring streak at 105 straight games (ended on 3/17/02).

*Greg Howes current indoor consecutive games played streak is currently 148 straight (regular season and playoffs). It's the Wave's longest active streak, and the third longest streak in team history following Michael King (161) and current Wave Assistant Coach Steve Morris (155).

*Goalkeeper Dan Green set a personal record by not allowing any goals in the Wave's 7-1 victory over St. Louis on 1/31 at U.S. Cellular Arena. The 31-year old Waukesha, WI native stopped all six shots that he faced in the contest; however, the Steamers scored while he was in the penalty box. Green's scoreless streak eventually ended at 78:13 on 2/8 v. Phi.

Last Week's Recap:

2/5 @ Milwaukee Comets 6, Wave 5 (OT) Attendance – 3,014

Nate Houser fired home his second goal of the night from just inside the penalty area at 3:14 of overtime to lift the Kansas City Comets past the Milwaukee Wave 6-5 Thursday night (2/5) at U.S. Cellular Arena. The win improved Kansas City's record to 9-15 while the Wave, which saw its four-game winning streak as well as its undefeated mark at U.S. Cellular Arena (9-0) come to an end fell to 17-5. Kansas City also raised its overtime mark to 5-1 while the Wave dropped to 1-2. The Comets also evened the season series between the clubs at two games apiece.

Houser's goal capped off a Kansas City comeback which began with his first of the night at 9:34 of the third quarter to end a four-goal Milwaukee run that had put the Wave up 4-1. Jeff Davis followed with a goal at 10:27 of the third to make it 4-3 before Jamar Beasley evened the score at 4-4 with a goal at 1:19 of the fourth quarter.

The Wave went back on top (5-4) on a goal by Lovelace Ackah at 2:45 of the fourth period, but the Comets answered on a goal by Matt Tanzini at 3:46. Houser's overtime game-winner came after the Wave nearly won it in the first minute of the extra period on a couple of chances inside the Kansas City penalty area.

Chris Damico (3-5) posted the win by stopping 8-of-13 shots faced. Nick Vorberg (7-3) took the loss despite turning away 12-of-18.

/8 @ Milwaukee Kixx 5, Wave 4 Attendance – 6,902

Goalkeeper Peter Pappas registered 22 saves to anchor the Philadelphia defense while forward Joel Shanker scored a pair of goals to lead the Kixx (15-8) to a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Wave (17-6) Sunday afternoon (2/8) at U.S. Cellular Arena. A season-high crowd of 6,902 saw the Wave drop its second straight home game giving Milwaukee consecutive home losses for the first time since the Wave lost its first two home games of the 2000-01 season.

Milwaukee scored first when Michael King tallied at 5:20 of the first quarter from the middle of the penalty area off a slight touch by Chris Morman following a re-start pass from Joe Reiniger. Kevin Sloan answered for Philadelphia at 10:22 off a re-start pass from Goran Vasic.

Andy Guastaferro gave the Kixx its first lead with a 25-foot blast that hit the crossbar and went over the line at 0:30 of the second quarter. Greg Howes tied it up (2-2) for Milwaukee when he scored a power play goal at 5:45. The Wave was initially awarded a penalty kick after Jeremy Aldrich was call for a holding penalty on Howes at 3:46, but Pappas was able to stop King's attempted conversion.

Shanker's power play goal at 8:26 of the second quarter gave Philadelphia a 3-2 lead while the Kixx enjoyed a two-man advantage. The Kixx had initially gone on the power play when Semir Mesanovic was penalized for holding at 6:48; Philadelphia then went two men up on a controversial elbowing penalty to Lovelace Ackah that resulted in his red card ejection by referee Rich Grady.

The Wave drew even again (3-3) when Leighton O'Brien scored an unassisted goal at 7:55 of the third quarter. Philadelphia quickly responded, however, as Shanker scored his second just 51 seconds later (8:46) to make it 4-3.

Drew Kopp's goal against sixth attacker Todd Dusosky made it 5-3 before Howes tallied again at 14:18 while the Wave was still utilizing an extra attacker. Pappas (14-6) stopped 22-of-26 shots faced as the Kixx prevailed despite a Milwaukee season-high 48 shots. Dan Green stopped 6-of-10, but did not get the decision as the winning goal was scored against Todd Dusosky (0-1).

Wave United to Open 2004 A-League Campaign on May 14, 7:05 PM at Uihlein Soccer Park: Milwaukee Wave United, the Wave's A-League (outdoor) team will kick-off the 2004 season on Friday, May 14, 7:05 PM when it hosts the Edmonton Aviators at Uihlein Soccer Park. Coach Art Kramer's team, which finished the 2003 campaign with the league's best regular season record (18-10-0, 54 points) will once again feature most of the current Wave indoor squad during the upcoming campaign. Call the Wave / Wave United Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) for tickets or more information or visit www.milwaukeewaveunited.com.

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