MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Wave getting ready for Komets this Saturday

Published on November 1, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) The Milwaukee Wave (1-1) looks to get back over the .500 mark this upcoming Saturday, November 6th when it hosts the Kansas City Comets (1-0) in a 6:05 PM match at U.S. Cellular Arena. It's the first-of-four meetings this season between Milwaukee and Kansas City, two long-time Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) rivals who will be meeting for the 78th time (regular and post-season) since the series began in 1991-92.

The Wave is attempting to bounce back from a heartbreaking 9-8 overtime loss to the Chicago Storm in Milwaukee's home opener this past Friday (10/29) at U.S. Cellular Arena. Ryan Futagaki's goal at 4:33 of the extra session was the difference, as the Storm avenged an 8-3 loss to the Wave in Chicago the previous Saturday (10/23). Milwaukee was on the verge of winning the contest when Troy Dusosky scored his third goal of the night with just 44 seconds remaining to put the Wave ahead 8-7. However, the Storm answered on a spectacular 6th attacker goal from Chris Carrieri with just 10 seconds left to force overtime and set the stage for Futagaki's eventual game-winner.

The first 5,000 fans who attend Saturday night's contest will receive a 2004-05 Wave Schedule Poster. It's also the Wave Kick-Off for the United Way Campaign Drive, with fans asked to bring new hats and mittens to be collected and distributed to various United Way Agencies.

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, 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, including the new VIP Elite seating packages with waiter / waitress service are on sale at the Wave / Wave United Office, 510 W. Kilbourn Ave., Suite B in downtown Milwaukee. Call 414-224-WAVE for more information, or visit www.milwaukeewave.com

This Week:

Day Date Event Time** Place

Mon. Nov. 1 Practice 2 pm Uihlein Soccer Park

Tue. Nov. 2 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Wed. Nov. 3 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Thu. Nov. 4 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Fri. Nov. 5 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

SAT. NOV. 6 GAME V. KANSAS CITY 6:05 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. NOV. 6 KANSAS CITY 6:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA milwaukeewave.com

Fri. Nov. 12 Baltimore 6:35 pm 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD 540 AM, WRRD

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SAT. NOV. 13 CLEVELAND 6:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA milwaukeewave.com

FRI. NOV. 19 MONTERREY 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA milwaukeewave.com

Fri. Nov. 26 Chicago 7:30 PM UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL 540 AM, WRRD

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SAT. DEC. 4 CHICAGO 6:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA milwaukeewave.com

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

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

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

Suspensions: none

Not Available: Pos. Player Reason

M Erick Acevedo Has not reported (visa pending)

Wave Futsal Contingent Preparing for FIFA World Championship in Chinese Taipei

The U.S. National Futsal Team, coached by Wave Coach Keith Tozer and featuring Wave players Greg Howes, Todd Dusosky, Johnny Torres and Pat White is getting ready for the FIFA Futsal World Championship November 21 – December 5 in Chinese Taipei. The MISL-dominated U.S. squad also includes: Sean Bowers and Steve Butcher (San Diego); Pat Morris, (Philadelphia); Jamar Beasley (Kansas City); John Ball (Cleveland); Andy Guastaferro (Chicago); and recently retired ex-Baltimore goalkeeper Scott Hileman. All but Torres, Butcher, Beasley, and Morris played for the U.S. squad which qualified for the upcoming FIFA tournament by winning the CONCACAF title in Costa Rica this past summer. The U.S. squad is set to depart November 14th and would return November 28th if it does not advance beyond first round pool play. The U.S. is scheduled to play Italy (11/21), Paraguay (11/23), and Japan (11/25) in the first round.

Futsal, the international version of indoor soccer, is a derivative of the outdoor game played with five players on each side (four field players and a goalkeeper) utilizing a limited-bounce ball on an open (wall-less) court slightly bigger than a basketball court. The U.S. Team has now qualified for four-of-five FIFA Futsal World Championships (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004).

Wave on Radio / Internet: All road games may be heard live on 540 AM, WRRD ("The Word") with air time for each broadcast approximately 15 minutes prior to kick-off. All games may be heard live on the Wave website at www.milwaukeewave.com.

MISL Standings (thru 10/31/04)

Central Division W-L GB Eastern Division W-L GB Western Division W-L GB

Milwaukee Wave 1-1 --- Philadelphia Kixx 1-0 --- Kansas City Comets 1-0 ---

Chicago Storm 1-1 --- Baltimore Blast 2-1 --- San Diego Sockers 2-2 0.5

St. Louis Steamers 0-1 0.5 Cleveland Force 0-1 1.0 Monterrey Tigres 0-1 1.0

Wave Leaders:

Goals Assists Points Blocks

Troy Dusosky-4 Todd Dusosky-4 Troy Dusosky-6 Matt Schmidt-4

Angel Rivillo-2 Troy Dusosky-2 Todd Dusosky-5 Chris Morman-3

Kevin Burk-2 Nino Marcantonio-2 Greg Howes-2 (six with 2)

Greg Howes-2 Matt Schmidt-2

Michael King-2 Michael King-2

Lovelace Ackah-2

Nino Marcantonio-2

Angel Rivillo-2

Kevin Burk-2

Goalkeeping W-L GP/GS Minutes SF / SA GA / GAA

Nick Vorberg 1-0 1 / 1 60:00 16 / 13 3 / 3.00

Dan Green 0-1 1 / 1 64:33 19 / 10 9 / 8.37

Wave v. KC - Series History: @ Mil @ KC Neutral* Overall

2003-04 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-3

All-Time – Regular Season 28-6 12-22 1-0 41-28

All-Time – Playoffs 5-0 0-3 0-0 5-3

*includes 27-16 win over Comets on 11/24/01 @ Nashville.

2004-05 Schedule / Results Sat. 11/6 @ Mil 6:05 PM

Fri. 2/25 @ KC 7:35 PM

Sun. 3/13 @ Mil 1:05 PM

Thu. 3/31 @ KC 7:05 PM

Wave Notes:

*The Wave is now 125-45 (.735) in its last 170 regular and post-season games.

*The Wave has won three straight regular season openers (all on the road) and is 13-8 all-time in season openers (5-4 road / 8-4 home).

*Milwaukee's 9-8 (OT) loss v. Chi on 10/29 snapped the Wave's three-game winning streak in home openers and dropped Milwaukee's all-time home opener mark to 14-7.

*Michael King's goal on 10/29 v. Chi was the 503rd of his 12-year Wave career, and the 676th of his 19-year indoor career. King is the leading scorer in Wave history (503 goals + 290 assists 793 points) and the sixth leading scorer in North American indoor soccer history (676 goals + 383 assists = 1059 pts.)

*Greg Howes' goal on 10/29 v. Chi was the 155th of his five-year Wave / MISL career. Howes is the sixth leading scorer in Wave history (155 goals + 78 assists = 233 points)

*Howes also extended his Wave record consecutive games played streak to 167 straight (regular season and playoffs).

*The Wave's "Twin Tandem" - Todd and Troy Dusosky - has now combined for 304 goals (Todd 208 + Troy 96) and 330

assists (Todd 258 + Troy 72) for 634 points (Todd 463 + Troy 164), good for eighth on the all-time indoor soccer brothers scoring list. The Dusoskys (Todd 417 + Troy 79 = 496) are also the highest scoring brother pair in Wave history ahead of the White brothers (Pat 165 + Erik 9 = 174).

*Lovelace Ackah's goal on 10/23 @ Chi was the 25th of his six-year Wave / MISL career.

*Matt Schmidt extended his Wave consecutive games played streak to 86 straight (regular season and playoffs) and his Wave / Wave United consecutive games played streak to 142 straight since the start of the 2002-03 indoor season.

*Goalkeeper Nick Vorberg is now 10-5 for his two-year Wave career, and 19-20 for his three-year MISL career.

*Rookie midfielders Nino Marcantonio and Jonathan Greenfield each recorded an assist in their regular season debuts on 10/23 @ Chi.

*Coach Keith Tozer, the winningest coach in Wave and North American indoor soccer history, currently sports all-time won-loss records of 311-164 (Wave regular season) and 517-317 (all-time regular season). Including playoffs, Tozer's marks are 343-186 with the Wave, and 562-355 all-time.

Last Outing: 10/29 @ Milwaukee Storm 9, Wave 8 (OT) Attendance – 4,125

Ryan Futagaki's overtime goal at 4:33 of the extra period gave the Chicago Storm (1-1) a 9-8 win over the Milwaukee Wave (1-1) Friday night (10/29) at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, WI. The Storm victory in Milwaukee's 2004-05 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) regular season home opener avenged an 8-3 win by the Wave in Chicago's home opener last Saturday (10/23).

Chris Carrieri's sixth attacker goal with 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter tied the score at 8-8 and gave Chicago its opportunity to win in overtime. Carrieri's goal, a sensational full volley off a rebound from 15 feet away, came just 34 seconds after the Wave's Troy Dusosky had broken a 7-7 deadlock with a bouncing 30 footer just inside the left post. It was Dusosky's third goal of the night and looked to be the game-winner until Carrieri's heroics forced overtime.

Jorge Valle led Chicago's attack with three goals and an assist for four points. Valle scored back-to-back goals late in the third quarter to erase a 7-5 Milwaukee lead. Valle's first goal also ended an initial 3-0 run for the Wave which featured goals from Matt Schmidt, Michael King, and Dusosky. Troy Dusosky also finished with four points on three goals and an assist, while his twin brother Todd had three points (one goal, two assists) before departing near the end of the first half due to a back injury. Danny Waltman (1-0) earned the victory for Chicago by stopping 19-of-27 shots in his MISL debut. Dan Green (0-1) saved 10-of-19 in taking the loss.

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