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Wave Streak by Comets to Remain Undefeated

December 2, 2011 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) - December 2, 2012 - The Milwaukee Wave took down Missouri 24-18 in a wild, wide open affair behind Hewerton's four goal performance to claim its tenth straight home win. The victory maintained Milwaukee's perfect record, pushing them to 5-0 and two full games ahead of the Comets in the Central Division.

Hewerton led Milwaukee with eight points reaching a milestone by scoring the 250th point of his career, while Marcio Leito added four points and scored the 50th 2-point goal of his career. Giuliano Oliviero also dished out three assists en route to a five point performance, his first points of the season. Geison led Missouri with six points while Byron Alvarez maintained his scoring touch with two goals and an assist.

Milwaukee strted the scoring with Pablo netting his second game opening goal of the season with just under 11 minutes left off a Leite assist. Things got really interesting at the six minute mark when the Wave's Hewerton was given a blue card for tripping, immediately followed by a Missouri blue card 10 seconds later for an intentional hand ball. Milwaukee held the lion's share of the possession but was unable to put the ball in the net. The Comets made Milwaukee pay tying up the game with 4:09 remaining off a Neto goal from inches away.

The first quarter action was only getting started though, as Oliviero once again put the Wave on top 20 seconds later scoring his first goal of the season with a smart angled shot. The lead was short lived as Neto once again evened up the score, this time off a turnaround, beating Marcel Feenstra low. Milwaukee put the final touches on the quarter with a one-time blast from Hewerton off a pass from Matt Stewart. The goal not only put Milwaukee up 6-4, it gave Hewerton his 250th of his career.

The second quarter picked up where the first left off with Milwaukee going on the power-play less than two minutes in, after Brian Harris was blue carded for tripping. Missouri was the one to take advantage of the Milwaukee power-play with Corey Andrews counter-attacking and scoring a short-handed goal to tie the score up at six. Milwaukee once again was given a man advantage when Alvarez was carded for committing his fourth foul of the game, but yet again failed to capitalize. J.P. Rodrigues gave Milwaukee the lead back scoring a rocket off a bouncing pass from Leite. The third time was finally the power-play charm for the Wave as Leite pushed in an Oliviero pass for his 50th 2-point goal of his career to make it 10-6. As the half was winding down and both teams were ready to take a breather, Ian Bennett led a two on one break which Nick Perera converted to give the Wave a 12-6 lead going into the half.

The lead stretched to eight, two minutes into the third quarter when Hewerton found a loose ball and slotted home a turnaround shot for his second of the match. The pace of play then slowed to a crawl with Milwaukee content to pass the ball around and Missouri resorting to chasing them around the field. The patient Wave offense struck gold with eight minutes to go as Matt Stewart scored his first goal of the season off a pass from Bennett. That was followed by Hewerton's third goal of the game to make it 18-6 and seemingly put the game out of reach. That was before the Comets surged back with a 4-0 run in 30 seconds with goals from Harris on a full-court run and Alvarez from a penalty shootout making it 18-10. Milwaukee was not content and staged a 4-0 run of its own in only 11 seconds with Bennett and Hewerton both scoring to make it 22-10 at the end of three.

Missouri flipped the script in the fourth quarter, scoring first on a Vahid Assadpour lazer that beat Feenstra low making it 22-12. Perera answered with his second of the night taking a bouncing ball that wasn't cleared by Missouri keeper Danny Waltman and putting it in the back in the net to make it 24-12. The back and forth continued with one of the best goals of the young season as Missouri's keeper dribbled the ball all the way up to the 3-point line before delivering a picture perfect pass to Geison who made it 24-14. The Comets continued their push, making Milwaukee pay for giving them a man-advantage as Alvarez scored his second of the match to cut the lead to eight. The lead shrank to six when Alvarez fed Geison with a sixth attacker out on the field. That was as close as they would come though, with Milwaukee coming away 24-18 victors.

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