MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Reiniger, Todd Dusosky spark Wave to 7-1 win over Steamers at U.S. Cellular Arena

Published on January 31, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) Joe Reiniger scored three goals and Todd Dusosky added two goals and three assists as the Milwaukee Wave defeated the St. Louis Steamers 7-1 in front of 5,506 fans Saturday (1/31) at U.S. Cellular Arena. The win improved the Wave's record to a league best 16-4. With the loss the Steamers fell to 6-14. The win also moves the Wave record to a perfect 9-0 at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

Milwaukee dominated possession in the first period, as the Steamers were content to play a defensive game in their own half. Although the Wave constantly held possession of the ball, they were unable to score any goals. The few quality chances Milwaukee did have were stymied by St. Louis goalkeeper Brett Phillips and the Steamers defense.

The Wave finally got on the board with two goals early in the second quarter. Lovelace Ackah (1:26) and Joe Reiniger 2:29) each found the back of the net to give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead, the latter score coming off a re-start pass by Leighton O'Brien. Later in the period, Kevin Burk drilled a shot off the goal frame that Todd Dusosky converted at 10:55 to give the Wave a 3-0 advantage.

The score remained 3-0 until 9:52 of the third period when defensive pressure by Todd Dusosky resulted in another Milwaukee goal. Dusosky's deflection of an attempted pass by Mali Walton trickled into an open St. Louis net as Steamers goalkeeper Brett Phillips was out of the penalty area at the time. Just 38 seconds later Phillips handled the ball outside of the penalty area, which resulted in a shoot-out attempt for Reiniger. The Wave forward converted against reserve goalkeeper Nando Hernandez at 10:30 to increase Milwaukee's lead to 5-0.

St. Louis scored its only goal of the contest early in the fourth period when Steve Butcher (1:56) converted a shootout attempt after a holding penalty against Wave goalkeeper, Dan Green. Butcher's attempt beat defender Troy Dusosky, who was called on to defend the goal with Green in the penalty box.

Reiniger completed the hat trick when he tallied on the power play at 7:28 to make it 6-1 in favor of the Wave. Angel Rivillo closed out the scoring at 9:31 when he took a pass from Todd Dusosky and maneuvered around a charging Phillips to roll one into a open net from 25 feet away.

Green posted six saves in securing the win for the Wave while Phillps had 13 saves for the Steamers. Milwaukee improved to 4-0 against the Steamer this season, with game five of the six game season series between the two Central Division rivals slated to take place on Sunday, March 7 (1:05 PM) at U.S. Cellular Arena.

The Wave takes on the Monterrey Fury tomorrow night at Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Sunday, February 1, 6:35 PM) with air time for the radio broadcast on 540 AM, WRRD ("The Word") at 6:15 PM. Milwaukee's next home game is this Thursday, February 5, 7:05 PM when the Wave hosts the Kansas City Comets. Air time for both radio and TV (WMLW, Channel 7 on the Time Warner basic package) will be 7 PM. Thursday night is also "VICI Capilli / 103.7 Kiss FM Ladies Night with all tickets for ladies just $8. Call the Wave Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) for more information or visit www.milwaukeewave.com.




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