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Wave United getting ready for final weekend of regular season

August 23, 2004 - USL First Division (USL-1)
Milwaukee Wave United News Release


(Milwaukee, WI) Milwaukee Wave United, the Wave's A-League (outdoor) team will carry a three-game winning streak and a four-game unbeaten streak into the final week of the 2004 regular season as it tries to secure one of the Western Conference playoff spots for the upcoming A-League playoffs. Coach Art Kramer's team, which enters this week's action with a record of 7-4-3 home / 4-6-1 road / 11-10-4 overall (37 points) faces a stern challenge if it is to qualify for this year's post-season as Milwaukee takes to the road for its final three matches.

Wave United, which extended its streaks with a 6-2 win over Edmonton this past Thursday (8/19) at Uihlein Soccer Park, will begin this week's action in Calgary when it battles the Mustangs (4-18-5, 18 points) on Thursday, August 26, 8:05 PM CDT at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, AB. Milwaukee then travels to Vancouver to clash with the Whitecaps (13-9-5, 44 points) on Friday, August 27, 9:05 PM CDT at Swangard Stadium in Vancouver, BC before closing out the season on Sunday, August 29, 7:05 PM against the Portland Timbers (17-7-2, 53 points entering 8/27 v. Minnesota) at PGE Park in Portland, OR.

All three games may be heard live on 540 AM, WRRD ("The Word") with air time for each broadcast approximately 20 minutes prior to kick-off.

The top four teams in both the Eastern and Western Conferences will qualify for the 2004 A-League playoff beginning in September. A look at the Western Conference playoff race is summarized below:

Western Conference Playoff Race at a Glance:

1. Portland 17-7-2 53 points Has clinched top seed

Remaining Schedule: 8/27 v. Minnesota, 8/29 v. Milwaukee

2. Vancouver 13-9-5 44 points Can clinch playoff spot with win or tie v. Milw.

Remaining Schedule: 8/27 v. Milwaukee Can clinch playoff spot with two Minn. ties / losses

3. Seattle 13-10-4 43 points Can clinch playoff spot with win or tie v. Min. or Milw. loss

Remaining Schedule: 8/28 v. Minnesota

4. Minnesota 11-8-5 38 points Can clinch playoff spot with combined three wins / Milw. losses

Remaining Schedule: 8/23 @ Edmonton, 8/27 @ Portland, 8/28 @ Seattle

5. Milwaukee 11-10-4 37 points Can clinch playoff spot with combined four wins / Minn. losses

Remaining Schedule: 8/26 @ Calgary, 8/27 @ Vancouver, 8/29 @ Portland

This Week:

Day Date Event Time** Place

Mon. August 23 Practice 4:30 pm Uihlein Soccer Park

Tue. August 24 Practice 4:30 pm Uihlein Soccer Park

Wed. August 25 Travel Day

Thu. August 26 Game at Calgary 8:05 pm CDT McMahon Stadium, Calgary, AB

Fri. August 27 Game at Vancouver 9:05 pm CDT Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, BC

Sat. August 28 Travel Day

Sun. August 29 Game at Portland 7:05 pm CDT PGE Park, Portland, OR

Mon. August 30 Travel Day

**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 (CDT) Venue Broadcast

Thu. 8/26 Calgary 8:05 pm McMahon Stadium, Calgary, AB 540 AM, WRRD

Fri. 8/27 Vancouver 9:05 pm Swangard Stadium, Vancouver, BC 540 AM, WRRD

Sun. 8/29 Portland 7:05 pm PGE Park, Portland, OR 540 AM, WRRD

(end of regular season)

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

M Giuliano Oliviero calf probable 9 – 7/17

F Digital Takawira hamstring questionable 7 – 7/23

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

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

Suspensions: Pos. Player Date(s) Reason

(none)

Recent Transactions: 5/26 Signed MF Nino Marcantonio

5/27 Signed F Neil Krause

6/4 Acquired D Ibrahim Kante on loan from Baltimore Blast (MISL)

6/11 Acquired F / MF Jamar Beasley on loan from Kansas City Comets (MISL)

Released F / MF Sean Reti and F Neil Krause

7/15 Signed MF Andrew Rosenband

Upcoming Opponents:

Milwaukee v. Calgary – Series History @Mil @ Cal Total

All-Time – Regular Season (series began in 2002) 2-1-0 3-0-0 5-1-0

All-Time – Playoffs (have not met)

Wave United v. Mustangs (series began in 2004) 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-1-0

2004 Schedule / Results Wed. 7/14 @Mil Mil 3, Cal 2

Fri. 8/6 @ Mil Cal 4, Mil 3 (OT)

Tue. 8/17 @ Cal Mil 1, Cal 0

Thu. 8/26 @ Cal 8:05 PM CDT

Milwaukee v. Vancouver – Series History @ Mil @ Van Overall

All-Time – Regular Season (series began in 1997) 5-2-1 1-4-1 6-6-2

All-Time – Playoffs 2-0-0 1-1-1 3-1-1

Wave United v. Whitecaps (series began in 2004) 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-2-1

2004 Schedule / Results Fri. 6/4 @ Mil Van 2, Mil 1

Fri. 7/23 @ Van Van 4, Mil 0

Thu. 8/12 @ Mil Mil 2, Van 2 (OT)

Fri. 8/27 @ Van 9:05 PM CDT

Milwaukee v. Portland – Series History @ Mil @ Por Overall

All-Time (series began 2001) 2-3-0 1-4-0 3-7-0

Wave United v. Timbers (series began in 2003) 2-1-0 0-2-0 2-3-0

2004 Schedule / Results Sat. 5/29 @ Por Por 3, Mil 2 (OT)

Wed. 6/23 @ Mil Mil 2, Por 1

Sat. 7/31 @ Mil Por 2, Mil 0

Sun. 8/29 @ Por 7:05 PM CDT

Last Week's Recap:

Tue. 8/17 @ Calgary Wave United 1, Mustangs 0 Attendance – 1,018

Greg Howes scored his sixth goal of the season in the 49th minute to propel Wave United to a 1-0 win over the Calgary Mustangs Tuesday night (8/17) at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, AB. Howes' goal, his third game-winner of the campaign, came off a touch from Todd Dusosky at the top of the penalty area that allowed Howes to get through and slot a 12-yard shot past diving Calgary goalkeeper Lutz Pfannenstiel. Wave United goalkeeper Jim Larkin and the Milwaukee defense made the goal stand up as Larkin posted his seventh shutout of the campaign (the 30th of his A-League career) wit a season-high 11 saves. The win improved Milwaukee's record v. Calgary to 2-1-0, with the two teams slated to meet again at McMahon Stadium on Thursday, August 26 (8:05 PM CDT).

Linescore 1-2=F Shots Fouls Off. CK GK (W/L/T, Rec.) SF-SA

Milwaukee 0-1=1 11 16 2 4 Larkin (W, 10-8-4) 19-11

CALGARY 0-0=0 19 13 3 4 Pfannenstiel (L, 4-17-5) 11-7

Milwaukee: Larkin, Lawrence, Dombrowski, Hammes, Schmidt, Marcantonio, Beasley (Walls 46, Burk 64), Fontana, Torres, Howes, Todd Dusosky

CALGARY: Pfannenstiel, Pavicic (Chala 89), Richer, Peszneker, Jesic (Gillespie 70), Auvigne, Brusselers, Holdt, Kolomiets-Raad, Otta (Mert 64), Smith (Zuniga 74)

Scoring: Milwaukee – 49 – Howes (6) from Todd Dusosky

Cautions: Milwaukee – Walls (55)

Calgary – Holdt (42)

Thu. 8/19 @ Milwaukee Wave United 6, Edmonton F.C. 2 Attendance – 2,490

Wave United exploded for a team-record tying six goals in the second half Thursday night (8/19) to romp to a 6-2 win over Edmonton F.C. in front of 2,490 fans at Uihlein Soccer Park. Forward Greg Howes scored the first of a natural hat trick (three straight goals) in the 80th minute to break a 2-2 tie as Wave United tallied four unanswered goals in the final ten minutes of the contest. The win improved Milwaukee's overall record to 11-10-4 (37 points) while Edmonton fell to 4-15-6 (18 points). It was also Wave United's third straight victory as Milwaukee completed a four-game game sweep of the season series with Edmonton.

Linescore 1-2=F Shots Fouls Off. CK GK (W/L/T, Rec.) SF-SA

Edmonton 1-1=2 9 7 1 4 N. Stankov (L, 2-8-0) 23-6

MILWAUKEE 0-6=6 24 8 6 11 Larkin (W, 11-8-4) 9-2

Edmonton: N. Stankov (R. Stankov 88), Ebo, DeSilva, Kassaye, Tachie, Munoz (Vignjevic 81), Chin, Rago, Jr. (Fraser 66), Hart, Drummond, Sibiya

MILWAUKEE: Larkin, Lawrence, Dombrowski, Hammes (Morman 86), Schmidt, Marcantonio, Beasley (Burk 89), Walls (Fontana 58, Rosenband 86), Torres, Howes, Todd Dusosky (Kante 88)

Scoring: Edmonton – 45 – Chin (2) – PK

MILWAUKEE – Todd Dusosky (9) from Fontana

MILWAUKEE – Torres (11) – PK

Edmonton – 76 – Sibiya (2) – unassisted

MILWAUKEE – 80 – Howes (7) from Fontana

MILWAUKEE – 84 – Howes (8) from Torres

MILWAUKEE – 87 – Howes (9) from Beasley

MILWAUKEE – 90 – Kante (2) from Rosenband

Cautions: Edmonton – Ebo (33), Kassaye (60, 62), Hart (63), Chin (77), Munoz (77)

MILWAUKEE – Hammes (75), Fontana (85)

Ejections: Edmonton – Kassaye (62)

Wave United Notes:

*Both Greg Howes and Todd Dusosky missed four games (7/22-7/31) while participating with U.S. National Futsal Team in the CONCACAF Championship at Heredia, Costa Rica. The U.S. squad, coached by Wave Coach Keith Tozer, claimed the CONCACAF title to qualify for the FIFA Futsal World Championship November 21-December 5 in Chinese Taipei.

*Wave United's club record eight-game unbeaten streak (7-0-1) ended with a 4-0 loss @ Van on 7/23. That streak came on the heels of a 1-7-1 start, the slowest nine-game start in Milwaukee A-League history (1997-2004).

*Wave United's 2-1 win v. Por on 6/23 was Milwaukee's first this season when allowing the initial score. Wave United is now 2-6-2 when the opponent scores first after going 1-8-0 in similar circumstances last season.

*The five goals surrendered by Milwaukee in the 5-2 loss @ VB on 6/18 were the most yielded by a Wave United team, and the most given up by a Milwaukee A-League squad since the Rampage dropped a 5-2 decision at Portland on 8/30/01.

*Wave United has trailed just four times at halftime (1-0 v. Sea on 6/13, 1-0 @ Van on 7/23, 2-0 v. Por on 7/31, and 1-0 v. Edm on 8/19) so far this season. Milwaukee is 1-3-0 in such circumstances after going 1-5-0 last season

*Milwaukee is now 9-4-1 when scoring first while last season's squad was 17-2-0 when scoring first.

*Jim Larkin's shutout on 8/17 @ Edm was his 7th this season, the 14th of his two years with Wave United, and the 30th of his seven-year A-League career.

*Johnny Torres' goal on 8/19 v. Edm was his team leading 11th this season and the 30th of his three-year A-League career.

*Greg Howes' three goals on 8/19 v. Edm give him nine this season and 49 for his five-year A-League career.

*Todd Dusosky's goal on 8/19 v. Edm was his 9th this season, and the 26th of his four-year A-League career.

*Digital Takawira's goal on 7/22 @ Edm was the 45th of his five-year A-League-career. Takawira is Milwaukee's all-time regular season A-League scoring leader with 117 points (45 goals + 27 assists).

*The two shutouts suffered by Wave United 5/21 and 5/22 were the first back-to-back shutouts in team history. Wave United was shutout six times in 2003, three of which occurred at Uihlein Soccer Park.

*The scoreless draw v. Min on 5/22 was also the first tie in Wave United history. Milwaukee did not have any ties when it posted an A-League best 18-10-0 (54 pts.) record in 2003. Coach Art Kramer's team played just three minutes of overtime during the regular season, that coming in a 1-0 (OT) win at El Paso on 6/22/03.

*In stark contrast to last season, Wave United has now played nine overtime matches this season. Milwaukee has played 148 combined overtime minutes and is 2-3-4 in such contests.

*Minnesota's 1-0 aggregate goal victory over Wave United on 5/21 and 5/22 denied Milwaukee a chance to participate in the 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament. It's the first time since the 2000 season that a Milwaukee A-League club has not qualified for the U.S. Open Cup.

*Wave United's season-opening five-game winless streak tied the longest winless streak in Milwaukee A-League history. The '97 Rampage squad also went winless in five straight (all losses) from 5/25/97 thru 6/20/97.

Wave / Wave United Camps

The 2004 Wave / Wave United Soccer Camp Program continues this week with camps at five different locations. All told, the 2004 Camp Program includes 56 different sessions in 32 locations throughout Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Call the Wave / Wave United Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) to request a camp brochure and registration form. Campers may also register online at www.milwaukeewaveunited.com. Walk-up registrations for day-camps are accepted every Monday starting at 8:30 AM.

Sessions this week: (August 23-27) - Final 2004 Summer Camp Sessions

Camp# City Location

52 Whitefish Bay Jewish Community Center

53 Brown Deer Fairy Chasm Park

54 Cudahy Grant Park

55 Striker Camp Uihlein Soccer Park

56 Goalkeeper Camp Uihlein Soccer Park

Wave Indoor Season Set to Begin October 23rd / Home Opener at U.S. Cellular Arena on Friday, October 29th

The Milwaukee Wave indoor team (Major Indoor Soccer League) will begin its 21st campaign on the road October 23, with the home opener at U.S. Cellular Arena scheduled for Friday, October 29th at U.S. Cellular Arena. The entire MISL schedule is expected to be released in mid-August. Season ticket packages, including the new VIP Elite seating packages with waiter / waitress service are available through the Wave / Wave United Office at 510 W. Kilbourn Ave., Suite B in downtown Milwaukee. Call 414-224-WAVE for more information, or visit www.milwaukeewave.com.

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