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Published on January 3, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


Milwaukee, WI (01/03/07) -The Wave finished off 2006 with the annual New Year's Eve game against the Philadelphia KiXX. After a close competitive match, the game ended in favor of the KiXX 13-12. The Wave will kick off the New Year back in Philly for the third match of the 2006-07 season on Saturday, January 6 at 6:05pm CST. The KiXX have remained in first place since the weekend of December 29-31. After this past weekend, Greg Howes remains in second place in the MISL's Puma Points Leaders with 35 points while KiXX Head Coach/Player Don D'Ambra is close behind with 33 points.

The Wave will return home to challenge the California Cougars on Sunday, January 7 at 1:05pm CST at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The Wave and the Cougars have already played two games, one in California and the other in Milwaukee. After coming off a much needed win against the Detroit Ignition, the Cougars improved their record to 4-7; however, the Cougars still remain in last place. With Forward Bernie Lilavois holding the 4th place spot in the MISL's Puma Points Leaders, the Cougars will try their best to outscore the Wave.

This Week's Itinerary (All times listed are CST):

DATE DESCRIPTION LOCATION TIME

Monday 01/01 Weights and Conditioning Elite 1:00-2:30

Tuesday 01/02 Practice Uihlein 10:00-12:00

Wednesday 01/03 Practice/Film Uihlein 9:00-12:00

Weights and Conditioning Elite 1:00-2:30

Thursday 01/04 Practice Uihlein 10:00-12:00

Friday 01/05 Practice Uihlein 10:00-12:00

Saturday 01/06 Milwaukee Wave @ Philadelphia KiXX Philadelphia 6:00

Sunday 01/07 Milwaukee Wave vs. California Cougars U.S. Cellular Arena 1:00

Injury Report:

Player Injury Status

No Injuries reported

Probable: 75% Chance of playing

Questionable: 50% Chance of playing

Doubtful: 25% Chance of playing

Out: Will not play

Milwaukee Wave Milestones:

Todd Dusosky tallied 200 2-point goals on December 31

Giuliano Oliviero achieved 300 assists on December 31.

Troy Dusosky needs three assists for a career total 100.

Greg Howes needs two, 2-point goals for a career total of 100.

Wave vs. KiXX

2005-06 Overall: 5-1

2006-07 Overall: 0-2

The Wave visited the KiXX in Philadelphia on Saturday, December 16 for their first meeting of the 2006 - 07 season and then went on to play in Milwaukee on December 31. Milwaukee lost both games against the KiXX, their next encounter is on January 6 at 6:00pm CST. These two squads will go on to play each other two more times in the regular 2006-07 season.

Wave vs. Cougars

2005-06 Overall: 4-2

2006-07 Overall: 1-1

The Cougars and the Wave have not faced each other since November 11 and 18. Both teams play respective games on Saturday, January 6. At the end of 2006, the Cougars trail behind the Wave in last place. The game on January 7 at 1:00pm marks their third encounter with their last meeting of the 2006-07 regular season on March 31 in California at 8:00pm CST.

Two For One Game: This Sunday marks the second Armada game of the 2006-07 season. The Armada team features local Hispanic talent as well as Milwaukee Wave forward, Johnny Torres as the Head Coach. All soccer fans can take advantage of buying a ticket to the Milwaukee Wave game with free admission to the Armada game that follows the Wave game. The Armada will take on Soccer World starting at 3:30pm. Tickets are still available at 414-224-WAVE for $14, $16 and $20.

Media Waves: Milwaukee Wave Head Coach, Keith Tozer will be on 102.9 (The Hog) with Bob and Brian on Thursday, January 4 at 7:40am...Look for Tozer to make his bi-weekly interview on the "D" List Tuesday, January 9 between 9-9:30am on ESPN Radio...Michael King chats it up bi-weekly on 105.3 (The Fish)...Brett Wiesner will make his monthly visit to Kramp and Adler on 102.1 at 7:30am on Friday, January 5.

Last Week's Outings:

Wave 12, KiXX 13 (12/31/06)

The first offensive strike of the game came off of Wave Co-Captain Todd Dusosky's foot. The play was sparked by a KiXX foul placing the ball in the corner for a restart taken by midfielder Johnny Torres. Torres slotted the ball off the wall to Dusosky who converted for the ninth time this season taking the Wave up 2-0 at 3:19 into the game. Possession remained in favor of the Wave and rookie Marcio Leite scored the team's second 2-pt goal off an assist from midfielder Giuliano Oliviero (9:52). The KiXX halved the lead with 4:15 remaining in the quarter with Player/Coach Don D'Ambra scoring a 2-point goal to end the quarter 4-2.

Philadelphia started the scoring in the second quarter with a goal from John Barry Nusum unassisted at 7:58. Answering just ten seconds later, Wave defender Joe Hammes scored his fifth goal of the month with the assist from Oliviero (his second of the night). Two minutes later, Hammes again found the back of the net barreling through the goal box and heading the ball off an assist from Dusosky (9:55) giving the Wave the four point advantage as they headed into the locker room for halftime.

In a third quarter riddled with fouls and penalties on both sides, the KiXX inched closer to the Wave lead with a goal from midfielder David Castellanos (2:35). Milwaukee, down two players from penalties, gave up the game-tying goal to D'Ambra. The third quarter ended with the score even at 8-8.

The fourth quarter started off in favor of the Wave when Genoni Martinez of the KiXX was issued a penalty for tripping. The Dusosky twins made a connection off the power play situation at 11:24. Troy Dusosky notched his first goal of the game with an assist from a Todd Dusosky restart pass giving the Wave the 10-8 advantage. The KiXX quickly answered with the first and only 3-point goal of the match from Dino Delevski. For the first time in the match the KiXX gained the lead 11-10. KiXX forward Shawn Boney scored his sixth goal of the season increasing the Philadelphia lead to 13-10. Leite, scoring his second goal on the day and his sixth of the season took the game to its final tally of 12-13 with an assist from fellow Brazilian native, Marcelo SantoS.

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