Wave United Wallop Blast, 6-0
August 3, 2003 - A-League (A-League)
Milwaukee Wave United News Release
(Milwaukee, WI) â A rainy night at Uihlein Soccer Park did not dampen the spirits of Milwaukee Wave United as the Wave's A-League (outdoor) team rung up a season-high six goals in defeating the Indiana Blast 6-0. The victory improved Milwaukee's regular season record to 11-9-0 (33 points) while the Blast fell to 3-18-2 (11 points) The win also brings Wave United within four points of the Central Division leading Minnesota Thunder (12-6-1, 37 points) while increasing Milwaukee's lead to six points over El Paso (8-12-3, 27 points) and Cincinnati (9-14-0, 27 points) in the race for the division's final playoff spot.
Forward Todd Dusosky opened the scoring just 44 seconds into the match when he received a pass from Josh Timbers and maneuvered past a defender to score from 10 yards out against goalkeeper Matt Reiswerg. It was the fastest goal ever recorded by a Milwaukee A-League side.
The teams battled somewhat evenly for the next 20 minutes when Indiana's Ben Higginbotham was red-carded for a late hit on Matt Schmidt in the 21st minute. From that point on, Wave United dominated the match against the short-handed Blast.
Greg Howes scored in the 38th minute off a cross to the far post from Josh Timbers to make it 2-0. Following the Indiana kick-off, Milwaukee came right back to score again when Howes set up Dino Delevski from the right wing to the top of the penalty area to put Wave United on top 3-0.
Milwaukee scored again in the 69th when Digital Takawira converted a penalty kick against second half goalkeeper Armando Femia after he was taken down in the box by Indiana defender Jeff Samples. Delevski made it 5-0 when he scored his second of the night just inside the box off a touch from Takawira.
Takawira closed out the scoring with an unassisted goal in second half stoppage time after a turnover by the Blast in its defensive end. All told, Milwaukee outshot Indiana 27-8.
Jeff Richey picked up the win for Milwaukee to improve to 4-0-0 this season, and 6-0-0 for his two-year A-League career. Richey was forced to make just one save, a 60th minute blast by Indiana's Mali Walton from 20 yards out, to preserve his second shutout of the season (the eighth for Wave United).
Milwaukee now leads the season series 2-1-0, with the two teams slated to meet in the regular season finale Sunday, August 31 at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis.
Wave United will conclude its home stand this Wednesday, August 6, 7:35 PM when it hosts the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer (MLS) in a Fourth Round match of the 2003 Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup. For tickets or more information call the Wave / Wave United Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283) or visit www.milwaukeewaveunited.com.
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