MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Wave preparing for challenging weekend against Central Division foes

Published on November 29, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) The Milwaukee Wave (3-1 home / 2-1 road / 5-2 overall) is getting ready for what promises to be a difficult challenge as it battles both of its rivals in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Central Division this upcoming weekend. Milwaukee travels to St. Louis for the first meeting of season against the Steamers (6-2) Friday night (12/3, 7:35 PM) at Savvis Center in St. Louis, MO before returning home to host the Chicago Storm (5-3) Saturday night in a 6:05 PM match-up at U.S. Cellular Arena. Both games will air live on www.milwaukeewave.com, with Friday's tilt also airing on 540 AM, WRRD ("The Word').

The Wave is coming off an 8-7 setback to the Storm this past Friday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL. The Storm built up an 8-3 lead through the first three periods only to see the Wave respond with four unanswered goals in the fourth quarter. Milwaukee nearly tied it up with the extra attacker in the waning moments of the contest; however, a Michael King's shot with 45 seconds to go cracked off the cross-bar and Chicago was able to hang on for the win. The Storm has now captured two-of-three from the Wave this season, with five more to go in the I-94 series.

Saturday is also Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Center Work-Out with the Wave and Team Picture Card Night, with the first 5,000 fans receiving a Wave Team Picture Card courtesy of Froedtert. It's also the annual Teddy Bear Toss Game, with all fans encouraged to bring unused stuffed animals to toss on the field after the Wave scores its first goal. The stuffed animals will be collected and donated to Toys for Tots.

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.

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. 29 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Tue. Nov. 30 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Wed. Dec. 1 Practice 10 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Thu. Dec. 2 Practice 8 am Uihlein Soccer Park

Fri. Dec. 3 Game at St. Louis 7:35 pm Savvic Center, St. Louis, MO

SAT. DEC. 4 GAME V. CHICAGO 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

Fri. Dec. 3 at St. Louis 7:35 pm Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO 540 AM, WRRD

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

Fri. Dec. 10 at Baltimore 6:35 pm 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD 540 AM, WRRD

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SAT. DEC. 11 ST. LOUIS 6:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA milwaukeewave.com

FRI. DEC. 17 BALTIMORE 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA milwaukeewave.com

Sat. Dec. 18 at Philadelphia 6:05 PM Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 540 AM, WRRD

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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

F Greg Howes with U.S. National Futsal Team

F Todd Dusosky with U.S. National Futsal Team

F / M Johnny Torres with U.S. National Futsal Team

D Pat White with U.S. National Futsal Team

Wave Contingent Partcipating at FIFA Futsal 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 currently participating in the FIFA Futsal World Championship 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. team which qualified for the FIFA tournament by winning the CONCACAF title in Costa Rica this past summer. The U.S. squad has posted the following results thus far

First Round (Group C)

Date Opponent Result U.S. Goals

11/21 Italy L, 3-6 Torres, Dusosky, Morris

11/23 Paraguay W, 3-1 White, Tschantret, Torres

11/25 Japan T, 1-1 Guastaferro

The U.S. mark of 1-1-1 (four points) was good enough to claim second place in the group behind Italy (3-0-0, nine points) and ahead of Paraguay (1-2-0, three points) and Japan (0-2-1, one point) to clinch a spot in the second round. The top two teams from each of the 4 four-team groups advanced to the second round.

Second Round (Group F)

Date Opponent Result U.S. Goals

11/28 Argentina L, 1-2 Torres

11/29 Ukraine 6 AM CST

12/1 Brazil 4 AM CST

The top two teams from Group F, as well as the top two from Group E, which includes defending champion Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Czech Republic will advance to Friday's (12/3) single-elimination semi-finals. The Gold Medal Game is scheduled for Sunday (12/5).

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 11/28/04)

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

St. Louis Steamers 6-2 --- Philadelphia Kixx 5-2 --- San Diego Sockers 3-5 ---

Milwaukee Wave 5-2 0.5 Cleveland Force 3-3 1.5 Kansas City Comets 1-3 ---

Chicago Storm 5-3 1.0 Baltimore Blast 2-6 3.5 Monterrey Tigres 0-4 1.0

Wave Leaders:

Goals Assists Points Blocks

Troy Dusosky-7 Todd Dusosky-8* Todd Dusosky-11 Matt Schmidt-11

Marcelo Fontana-7 Giuliano Oliviero-6 Troy Dusosky-10 Chris Morman-9

Michael King-6 Chris Morman-4 Giuliano Oliviero-9 Troy Dusosky-8

Greg Howes-6 Johnny Torres-3 Marcelo Fontana-9 Lovelace Ackah-8

Angel Rivillo-5 Troy Dusosky-3 Greg Howes-8 Joe Hammes-7

Kevin Burk-3 Nino Marcantonio-3 Chris Morman-7 Pat White-5

Todd Dusosky-3 Michael King-7 Angel Rivillo-5

Chris Morman-3 Angel Rivillo-7

Giuliano Oliviero-3

*Tied for first in MISL

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

Nick Vorberg 5-1 6 / 6 373:18 93 / 64 21 / 4.66*

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

Wave Notes:

*The Wave is now 129-46 (.737) in its last 173 regular and post-season games. Milwaukee is also 184-28 (.868) in all home games (regular and post-season) since the start of the 1995-96 campaign.

*Assistant Coach Steve Morris, who is serving as the Wave's Head Coach while Keith Tozer is coaching the U.S. Futsal Team, is now 1-1 this season and 1-2 for his Wave / MISL coaching career.

*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).

*The Wave's 8-7 (OT) win on 11/19 v. Cle improved the Wave's overtime record to 2-1 this season and 28-33 all-time, including a 21-12 mark on it's home turf.

*Michael King's goal on 11/19 v. Mon increased his 12-year Wave career total to a team record 507, and his 19-year indoor career total to 680. King is the leading scorer in Wave history (507 goals + 291 assists = 798 points) and the sixth leading scorer in North American indoor soccer history (680 goals + 384 assists = 1064 pts.)

*Greg Howes' two goals on 11/13 v. Cle increased his five-year Wave / MISL career regular season total to 159. Howes is the fifth leading scorer in Wave history (159 goals + 80 assists = 239 points)

*Greg Howes team record consecutive games played streak ended at 170 straight (regular season and playoffs) when he missed the game on 11/19 v. Mon due to commitments with the U.S. National Futsal Team which is taking part in the FIFA World Championship in Chinese Taipei.

*Matt Schmidt extended his Wave consecutive games played streak to 91 straight (regular season and playoffs) and his Wave / Wave United consecutive games played streak (regular season, open cup, and playoffs) to 147 straight since the start of the 2002-03 indoor season.

*Goalkeeper Nick Vorberg is now 14-6 for his two-year Wave career and 23-21 for his three-year MISL career.

*Todd Dusosky's goal on 11/13 v. Cle was the 191st of his Wave career putting him ahead of Steve Morris into second place on the Wave's all-time regular season goal scoring list.

*The Wave's "Twin Tandem" - Todd and Troy Dusosky - has now combined for 309 goals (Todd 210 + Troy 99) and 335 assists (Todd 262 + Troy 73) for 644 points (Todd 472 + Troy 172), good for sixth on the all-time indoor soccer brothers scoring list. The Dusoskys (Todd 423 + Troy 83 = 506) are also the highest scoring brother pair in Wave history ahead of the White brothers (Pat 165 + Erik 9 = 174).

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