MISL 2 Milwaukee Wave

Wave stays on top of MISL with two more wins

February 3, 2004 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) The Milwaukee Wave continued its torrid pace during the 2003-04 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) regular season this past weekend by winning games over the St. Louis Steamers (7-1 on 1/31 at U.S. Cellular Arena) and the Monterrey Fury (9-6 on 2/1 at Arena Monterrey) to raise its record to a league-best 17-4. Combined with other results from the past week, Coach Keith Tozer's team enters this week's action with a 9.5 game lead over the Kansas City Comets (8-14), and a 10.5 game lead over the Steamers (6-14).

The Wave, which has won four straight and 10-of-its-last-11 is now preparing for a pair of home games this week at U.S. Cellular Arena against Kansas City (Thursday, 2/5, 7:05 PM) and the Philadelphia Kixx (Sunday, 2/8, 1:05 PM). Thursday is "VICI Capilli / 103.7 KISS FM Ladies Night" with all tickets for ladies just $8. The first 1,000 ladies will also receive a complimentary haircut at either VICI Beauty School location in the Milwaukee area. Fans may also register at the KISS table to win two tickets to the KISS KLOSEUP featuring a chance to meet an American Idol finalist who is making an appearance in Milwaukee. Sunday's match will feature the "Inflatable Sports Superstars, the "Zooperstars!" presented by Piggly Wiggly. All fans showing their Piggly Wiggly Preferred Club Card will receive $2 off per ticket. Call the Wave Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) for more information, or visit www.milwaukeewave.com

Press Conference Tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/4, 12:30 PM) at U.S. Cellular to Announce Wave All-Stars: In conjunction with the MISL, the Wave will announce its All-Star representatives for this year's MISL All-Star Game in St. Louis (Sunday, 2/29, 1:05 PM at Family Arena in St. Charles, MO) at a press conference tomorrow, Wednesday, February 4, 12:30 PM on the Wave's new field at U.S. Cellular Arena. All media are welcome to attend. Contact Tom Wynn (414-908-6338) or Molly Rosera (414-608-6339) for more information.

Tickets for all Wave home games ($18, $14, and $12) are on sale 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 starting at just $90 are also available through the Wave Office. Call 414-224-WAVE for more information.

This Week:

Day Date Event Time** Place

Wed. Feb. 4 Practice 10 AM U.S. Cellular Arena

Wed. Feb. 4 Wave All-Star Press Conf. 12:30 PM U.S. Cellular Arena

THU. FEB. 5 GAME V. KANSAS CITY 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA

Fri. Feb. 6 Practice 10 AM Uihlein Soccer Park

Sat. Feb. 7 TBA

SUN. FEB. 8 GAME V. PHILADELPHIA 1:05 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

THU. 2/5 KANSAS CITY 7:05 PM U.S CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

TV-41, WMLW

SUN. 2/8 PHILADELPHIA 1:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

SAT. 2/14 DALLAS 7:05 PM U.S. CELLULAR ARENA 540 AM, WRRD

TV-41, WMLW

Fri. 2/19 at Dallas 7:05 PM Reunion Arena 540 AM, WRRD

Sun. 2/22 at Philadelphia 12:05 PM Wachovia Spectrum 540 AM, WRRD

Injury Report: Player Injury Status

Giuliano Oliviero calf questionable

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

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: Following today's game, the Wave has five more games scheduled to be televised on TV-41, WMLW. WMLW is also available on Time Warner Basic Cable channel 7. Upcoming games to be televised on WMLW include:

Day Date Broadcast Time Opponent

Thu. 2/5 7 PM Kansas City

Sat. 2/14 7 PM Dallas

Sun. 3/7 1 PM St. Louis

Thu. 3/25 7 PM San Diego

Fri. 4/2 7 PM Philadelphia

*All times Central

Upcoming Opponents:

Thursday, February 5, 2004 Kansas City Comets

Time / Venue 7:05 PM at U.S. Cellular Arena, Milwaukee, WI

Broadcast 540 AM, WRRD and WMLW, TV-41 (Channel 7 on Time Warner Cable)

Series Began: 1991-92

Current Streaks: Games

Greg Howes 146 straight regular and post-season games (Wave)

Greg Howes 93 straight indoor / outdoor games combined (Wave and Wave United)

Matt Schmidt 65 straight regular and post-season games (Wave)

Matt Schmidt 93 straight indoor / outdoor games combined (Wave and Wave United)

Michael King 65 straight regular and post-season games (Wave)

Current Streaks: Points (regular season)

Leighton O'Brien 5 straight (4 straight with goals)

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 550-346 (.614), including a 331-177 mark (.652) 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.)

Wave Notes: *The Wave is now 113-36 (.758) in its last 149 regular and post-season outings.

*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 (OT) win over SD on 1/2 @ Mil improved the Wave's overtime record to 1-1 this season and 25-30 all-time, including 18-10 at home.

*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.

*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.

*The Wave's "Twin Tandem" - Todd and Troy Dusosky - has now combined for 286 goals (Todd 199 + Troy 87) and 307 assists (Todd 239 + Troy 68) for 593 points (Todd 438 + Troy 155), good for tenth on the all-time indoor soccer brothers scoring list (see below). The Dusoskys (Todd 389 + Troy 66 = 455) are also the highest scoring brother pair in Wave history ahead of the White brothers (Pat 164 + Erik 9 = 173).

All-Time North American Indoor Soccer Brothers Scoring List** (thru 2/1/04)

**highest scoring pairs of brothers

1. Hector (1908) + Rob (8) Marinaro = 1916 pts.

2. Rudy (931) + Randy (725) Pikuzinski = 1656

3. Joe (880) + Rich (13) Reiniger = 893

4. Daryl (869) + Don (1) Doran = 870

5. Mark (684) + Kirk (20) Moser = 704

6. Bob (455) + Mike (184) DiNunzio = 639

7. Danny (580) + Chris (50) Kelly = 630

8. Andy (499) + Brian (121) Schmetzer = 620

9. Bill (593) + Joe (25) Becher = 618

10. Todd (438) + Troy (155) Dusosky = 593

11. Michael (503) + David (31) Richardson = 534

*Joe Reiniger has tallied at least one point in 13-of-20 games so far this season and 344-of-364 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 current indoor consecutive games played streak is currently 146 straight (regular season and playoffs). It's the Wave's longest active streak, and the third longest streak in team history following Michael King (161) and current Wave Assistant Coach Steve Morris (155).

*Goalkeeper Dan Green has not allowed any goals in his last 67:51 since Justin Evans scored for Cleveland at 7:06 of the fourth quarter on 1/24. Green currently tops the MISL with a 10-2 record and a 3.68 GAA.

Last Week's Recap:

1/31 @ Milwaukee Wave 7, Steamers 1 Attendance – 5,506

Joe Reiniger scored three goals and Todd Dusosky added two goals and three assists as the Wave remained undefeated at home (9-0) by topping the St. Louis Steamers 7-1 in front of 5,506 fans Saturday afternoon (1/31) at U.S. Cellular Arena.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Wave got on the board with two goals early in the second quarter. Lovelace Ackah (1:26) and Joe Reiniger 2:29) each found the back of the net to give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead, the latter score coming off a re-start pass by Leighton O'Brien. Later in the period, Kevin Burk drilled a shot off the goal frame that Todd Dusosky converted at 10:55 to give the Wave a 3-0 advantage.

The score remained 3-0 until 9:52 of the third period when defensive pressure by Todd Dusosky resulted in another Milwaukee goal. Dusosky's deflection of an attempted pass by Mali Walton trickled into an open St. Louis net as Steamers goalkeeper Brett Phillips was out of the penalty area at the time. Just 38 seconds later Phillips handled the ball outside of the penalty area, which resulted in a shoot-out attempt for Reiniger. The Wave forward converted against reserve goalkeeper Nando Hernandez at 10:30 to increase Milwaukee's lead to 5-0.

St. Louis scored its only goal of the contest early in the fourth period when Steve Butcher (1:56) converted a shootout attempt after a holding penalty against Wave goalkeeper, Dan Green. Butcher's attempt beat defender Troy Dusosky, who was called on to defend the goal with Green in the penalty box.

Reiniger completed the hat trick when he tallied on the power play at 7:28 to make it 6-1 in favor of the Wave. Angel Rivillo closed out the scoring at 9:31 when he took a pass from Todd Dusosky and maneuvered around a charging Phillips to roll one into a open net from 25 feet away.

Green posted six saves in securing the win for the Wave while Phillps had 13 saves for the Steamers. Milwaukee improved to 4-0 against the Steamers this season, with game five of the six game season series between the two Central Division rivals slated to take place on Sunday, March 7 (1:05 PM) at U.S. Cellular Arena.

Sun. 2/1 @ Monterrey Wave 9, Fury 6 Attendance – 7,665

Forward Greg Howes scored four goals and added a pair of assists to spark the Wave to a 9-6 win over the Monterrey Fury Sunday night (2/1) at Arena Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The victory was Milwaukee's fourth straight and improved the Wave's overall record to an MISL best 17-4. The win also enabled the Wave to sweep the four game season series from the Fury (5-16).

Howes began his scoring outburst with a power play goal at 8:47 of the first quarter to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead. His second goal, a spectacular full volley from 35 feet away at 6:48 of the third quarter tied the score at 4-4. Howes added his third goal on another sensational play at 9:28 of the period when converted off a long end-board pass from goalkeeper Nick Vorberg to put Milwaukee ahead 5-4. He registered his fourth off a re-start pass from Joe Reiniger early in the fourth quarter (1:35) to put the Wave up 7-5.

Midfielder Leighton O'Brien supported Howes' effort with a season high three points (goal, two assists). O'Brien's goal with one second left in the first half started a five-goal run that enabled Milwaukee to take control of the contest.

Vorberg turned in another fine performance by stopping 17-of-23 shots faced to post the victory. Milwaukee's defense also registered 15 blocks in front of the Wave goalkeeper led by defenders Lovelace Ackah and Troy Dusosky who had four blocks and three blocks, respectively.

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.

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