MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Wave capture must-win contest, 18-10

Published on March 25, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


MILWAUKEE, WI (March 25, 2007)-- Was it 2007, or 2001 on Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Cellular Arena?

Michael King hung a hat trick on the Philadelphia KiXX. Greg "The Howitzer" Howes bombed home a pair of 3-point goals. The defense was strong, with great goalkeeping behind it. And a season-high 7,961 fans made a lot of noise in support, as the Wave beat the Kixx 18-10 in a game absolutely essential to the Wave's playoff hopes. Milwaukee (14-14) now trails Baltimore (15-13) by one game with two remaining for the fourth and final playoff spot. The Wave hold the tiebreaker over the Blast, with a better head-to-head goal differential in the six games the teams split this season. Chicago (15-12) is in third place; the Storm and Blast play this Saturday in Chicago.

Milwaukee visits the California Cougars at 4 p.m. CST on Saturday in a game to be televised nationally on Versus network, then concludes the regular season at 1 p.m. April 7 at Chicago. King, who turns 44 on April 20, had only seven goals this year heading into Sunday's game. But in the very first minute, he banged home a rebound to get the Wave on top. He added his second with 2:55 remaining in the period, after Chad Dombrowski rolled a hard pass across the goal mouth to King waiting at the far post. King completed the hat trick at the outset of the game's decisive sequence early in the fourth quarter. Rookie Marcio Leite, who just returned to the lineup Sunday after missing time with an injury, fired a shot that KiXX keeper Peter Pappas couldn't control, and King knocked in the loose ball for his 706th career goal with 11:28 remaining to put the Wave on top 14-8. Just a minute later, Tijani Ayegbusi fought to win a physical ball and make a run out of the back. The individual effort allowed Goran Vasic to get free down the right flank, and Ayegbusi found the veteran midfielder, who beat the sliding Pappas to make the score 16-8.

Finally, with 6:20 remaining, Leite authored one of his patented zigzag runs through the middle of the KiXX defense. After breaking into the open he slid the ball left to Marcelo Fontana, who put the Wave on top 18-8. Todd Dusosky had a goal and two assists in his longest action in weeks, while Aygebusi and Leite each added two assists.

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