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Wave beats Blast, gets ready for back-to-back weekend vs. Dallas

March 16, 2004 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) Fresh off a 5-3 win over the defending Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) champion Baltimore Blast, the Milwaukee Wave (13-2 home / 9-6 road / 22-8 overall) is getting ready for another challenging weekend as it continues play during the 2003-04 MISL regular season. The Wave will host the Western Division leading Dallas Sidekicks this upcoming Saturday, March 20, 6:05 PM at U.S. Cellular Arena before traveling to Dallas for a rematch with the Sidekicks the following night at Reunion Arena (3/21, 6:05 PM). Both games may be heard on 540 AM, WRRD ("The Word") with air time for each contest at 5:45 PM.

Saturday is also "Dusosky Brothers Twin Bobblehead Night" presented by WE Energies and Lazer 103. Call the Wave Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) for tickets or 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.

Howes Emerging as MVP Candidate: Wave forward Greg Howes is rapidly emerging as a potential candidate for the 2003-04 MISL MVP Award. The 26-year old Howes continued his torrid scoring pace this past weekend by scoring three goals in the two games against Kansas City and Baltimore, including a fourth quarter tie-breaking goal in the latter contest that turned out to be his seventh game-winner this season, which tops the MISL. The fourth-year pro from Oregon State now has league-leading totals of 50 goals and 73 points. The "Howitzer" has been named MISL Offensive Player of the Week on three occasions (weeks ending 11/2, 12/7, and 3/7) and he was also honored as MISL Offensive Player of the Month in both December and February.

This Week:

Day Date Event Time** Place

Tue. Mar. 16 OFF

Wed. Mar. 17 Practice 10 AM Uihlein Soccer Park

Thu. Mar. 18 Practice 10 AM Uihlein Soccer Park

Fri. Mar. 19 Practice 10 AM U.S. Cellular Arena

SAT. MAR. 20 GAME V. DALLAS 6:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA

Sun. Mar. 21 Game @ Dallas 6:05 PM Reunion 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. 3/20 DALLAS 6:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

Sun. 3/21 Dallas 6:05 PM Reunion Arena 540 AM, WRRD

THU. 3/25 SAN DIEGO 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

TV-41, WMLW*

Sat. 3/27 St. Louis 1:05 PM Family Arena, St. Charles, MO 540 AM, WRRD

FRI. 4/2 PHILADELPHIA 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

TV-41, WMLW*

Sat. 4/3 Baltimore 6:35 PM 1st Mariner Arena 540 AM, WRRD

*Channel 7 on Time Warner Basic Cable

Injury Report: Pos. Player Injury Status GM – DLP**

M Leighton O'Brien abdominal doubtful 4 – 2/22/04

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

**Games Missed due to current injury – Date Last Played

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 two 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

Thu. 3/25 7 PM San Diego

Fri. 4/2 7 PM Philadelphia

*All times Central

"Wave Insider" TV Show: The Wave's weekly half-hour television show "Wave Insider" may be seen on TV-41, WMLW (Channel 7 on Time Warner Basic Cable) each Saturday from 10:00 – 10:30 AM throughout the remainder of the indoor season. The weekly half-hour show will include highlights and analysis from past games, previews of upcoming games, and interviews with Wave players, coaches, and other Wave / Wave United personalities.

Wave Notes: *The Wave is now 118-40 (.747) in its last 158 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 (2OT) win on 2/14 v. Dal was eighth double OT game in team history – the Wave is 3-5 in such contests (3-1 at home).

The Wave's 7-6 (OT) loss on 3/12 @ KC dropped Milwaukee's overtime record to 2-3 this season and 26-32 all-time (7-21 on the road).

*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.

*Giuliano Oliviero recorded the 500th point of his career with an assist on 3/12 @ KC. He is the 70th player in North American Indoor soccer history to reach that plateau.

*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.

*After enduring a six-game goalless streak, Todd Dusosky scored the 200th goal of his career on 3/6 v. KC.

*The Wave's "Twin Tandem" - Todd and Troy Dusosky - has now combined for 296 goals (Todd 204 + Troy 92) and 321

assists (Todd 251 + Troy 70) for 617 points (Todd 455 + Troy 162), good for tenth on the all-time indoor soccer brothers scoring list.## The Dusoskys (Todd 406 + Troy 73 = 479) are also the highest scoring brother pair in Wave history ahead of the White brothers (Pat 165 + Erik 9 = 174).

## The Marinaros (Hector 1915 + Rob 8 = 1923) are the highest scoring brother pair in indoor soccer history. The Pikuzinskis (Rudy 931 + Randy 725 1656) are second.

*Joe Reiniger has tallied at least one point in 19-of-27 games so far this season and 350-of-371 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 has six hat-tricks so far this season (including a team-record five 4-goal outings) which ties the team record set by Joe Reiniger during the 2000-01 season.

*Howes current indoor consecutive games played streak is currently 155 straight (regular season and playoffs) which ties Steve Morris (155) for the second longest streak in team history. Michael King holds the all-time record at 161 consecutive games.

*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.

Current Streaks: Games

Greg Howes 155 straight regular and post-season games (Wave)

Greg Howes 102 straight indoor / outdoor games combined (Wave and Wave United)

Matt Schmidt 74 straight regular and post-season games (Wave)

Matt Schmidt 102 straight indoor / outdoor games combined (Wave and Wave United)

Michael King 68 straight regular and post-season games (Wave)

Current Streaks: Points (regular season)

Todd Dusosky six straight – goals in four straight

Greg Howes five straight – goals in five straight

Leighton O'Brien four straight

Coach Keith Tozer: Now in his 12th season as Head Coach of the Wave (his 20th overall as a professional head coach) Keith Tozer is the winningest coach in the 25-year history of North American indoor soccer. Tozer, who became the first and only coach to reach the 500 win plateau on 4/12/02, currently sports a combined regular and post-season record of 555-350 (.613), including a 336-181 mark (.650) as coach of the Wave. The 46-year old Grosse Pointe, MI native, who is also Milwaukee's Vice President – Soccer Operations overseeing both the Wave indoor and Wave United outdoor teams, began his coaching career as a player-coach with the Louisville Thunder in 1984 following a six-year career in the original MISL. He has led Milwaukee to three league titles and five championship series appearances in the last six seasons. He is also a five-time NPSL / MISL Coach of the Year award winner (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2003.) Tozer also has a 5-3 record in eight all-star coaching appearances including a win as U.S. coach in the 10-1 triumph over the International squad in the 2004 MISL All-Star Game on 2/29 @ StL.

Last Week's Recap:

3/12 @ Kansas City Comets 7, Wave 6 (OT) Attendance – 3,862

Dino Delevski's unassisted power play restart goal at 10:18 of overtime propelled the Kansas City Comets to a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Wave before 3,862 fans Friday night (3/12) at Kemper Arena. Delevski's 50-foot bomb on a free kick following a penalty against the Wave for too many men enabled the Comets to split the season series with the Wave at three games apiece.

Kansas City initially jumped to 2-0 lead on goals by Jamar Beasley (13:42 of the first quarter) and Jeff Davis (4:57 of the second). Milwaukee got its first goal on a 40-foot restart blast by Joe Reiniger at 5:28 of the second period. From that point on, the teams would alternate goals until the Wave posted back-to-back scores from Todd Dusosky (9:32 of the third) and Lovelace Ackah (7:59 of the fourth) to even the score at 6-6.

Milwaukee dominated the overtime period, but could not produce the game-winner. Greg Howes came closest to scoring for the Wave with two shots off the frame in the extra session. Sanaldo stopped 19-of-25 shots faced to record the win while Milwaukee goalkeeper Nick Vorberg took the loss despite saving 18-of-25.

3/14 @ Milwaukee Wave 5, Blast 3 Attendance – 8,055

Forwards Greg Howes and Todd Dusosky each scored a pair of goals while Wave goalkeeper Dan Green anchored a solid Milwaukee defense with 12 saves as the Wave defeated the Baltimore Blast 5-3 in a battle of the Major Indoor Soccer League's top two clubs Sunday afternoon (3/14) at U.S. Cellular Arena. A season-high crowd of 8,055 saw Milwaukee improve its 2003-04 regular season record to 22-8 while the Blast fell to 22-9.

Todd Dusosky opened the scoring at 12:28 of the first quarter when he tapped in a re-start pass from Joe Reiniger. Baltimore came back to grab the lead in the second quarter on power play goals by Carlos Farias (5:46) and Giuliano Celenza (12:59). The Wave evened the score at 2-2 when Troy Dusosky converted at the goalmouth on a pass from Todd at 14:47.

Milwaukee regained the lead (3-2) at 11:42 of the third quarter when Howes, the league's leading scorer was able to work his way through Baltimore goalkeeper Scott Hileman to score his 49th of the season. Baltimore's Denison Cabral knotted the score again (3-3) when he converted at 12:18 on a shoot-out following a tripping penalty to Wave' Pat White.

Howes scored on a power play at 0:27 of the fourth quarter to put Milwaukee ahead 4-3. After holding off a concerted Baltimore effort to tie it up, the Wave sealed the victory on Todd Dusosky's second goal of the contest which came against sixth attacker Lee Tschantret, who had come on for Hileman with 2:14 remaining.

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.

Wave Camps: The 2004 Wave / Wave United Summer Camp Program begins the week of June 14 with camps at five different locations. All told, the 2004 Camp Program will include 57 different sessions in 33 locations throughout Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Highlighting this year's summer camp schedule is the 2nd annual Wave European Academy (held in conjunction with Queens Park Rangers FC) July 23-August 1 in London, England. Call the Wave / Wave United Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) to request a camp brochure and registration form, or visit www.milwaukeewave.com. Campers may also register online at www.milwaukeewaveunited.com.

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