MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Wave defeats Steamers, 6-4

Published on March 20, 2005 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


MILWAUKEE (Sunday, March 20, 2005) – The Milwaukee Wave increased its first place lead in the Major Indoor Soccer League, defeating the St. Louis Steamers 6-4 in front of 5,701 fans at "The Cell," U.S. Cellular Arena. Greg Howes had two goals and two assists to lead the Wave, and Todd Dusosky collected the game-winner at the 13:14 mark of the third period. With the win, the Wave improves to 20-11, while the Steamers fall to 16-15. The Wave also takes a one-game lead (4-3) in the season series with the Steamers.

The Steamers got on the board first in the opening period with a goal by D.J. Newsom off the cross from Mariano Bollella at 4:17. Milwaukee's Greg Howes (11:23) stole a Steamers pass, dribbled in and passed the ball to himself off the boards for the goal past Steamer's keeper Brett Phillips.

Howes (0:51) collected his second goal of the match to give the Wave a 2-1 advantage early in the second period off the pass from Todd Dusosky. St. Louis answered with an unassisted goal by recent acquisition Chile Farias at 11:08. The Wave started out the third quarter with back-to-back goals by Santos, Brazil native Hewerton to take a two goal lead at 4-2. The first goal came off a restart at 3:13 as the forward took the cross from Howes. The second goal came just more than two minutes later as Marcelo Fontana fed Hewerton the ball for the score at 5:38.

The Steamers were able to battle back to cut the Wave lead to 4-3 with a goal by Bollella at 10:52 off the assist from Randy Soderman. The Wave responded with a goal as Howes found Todd Dusosky at the top of the arc for the score at 13:14.

The Wave capitalized on a St. Louis tripping penalty by Marco Lopez midway through the final period, as Giuliano Oliviero slid the ball to Michael King at the mouth of the goal for the power-play score at 6:45. The Steamers collected a sixth attacker goal at the 13:35 mark as Farias found Lopez for the score past Wave keeper Nick Vorberg. However, it was the only offense the Steamers could muster in the final period, preserving a 6-4 Milwaukee win.

* Lovelace Ackah collected his 300th career block in today's game.

The Wave returns home on April 8 at 7 p.m. to take on the Philadelphia KiXX. That Friday night represents the Milwaukee Wave's United Way Health and Hygiene Night, when fans are encouraged to donate health and hygiene products to be distributed to people in need. Also, the Salvation Army (a United Way funded agency) is selling tickets for this game, with a portion of each ticket's proceeds going to raise money to build a house in the area affected by the tsunami during December of last year. To purchase tickets toward this cause, call Jamey Shiels of the Salvation Army at 414-302-4300 or call the Wave office and request Tsunami Relief / Milwaukee Wave tickets.

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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