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Published on January 24, 2007 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


Milwaukee, WI (01/24/07) -The Milwaukee Wave finished off the weekend with a two-game winning streak. The Wave beat the Blast in Baltimore on Friday, January 19. This is the second time the Blast lost at home this season. After two losses against border rivals, the Chicago Storm in November, the Wave beat the Storm 12-4 at the U.S. Cellular Arena on Saturday, January 20. The Wave and the Cougars have a home-and-home series with the first encounter on January 26 in Milwaukee and the second encounter on January 27 in California.

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

DATE DESCRIPTION LOCATION TIME

Monday 01/22 Practice Uihlein 10:00-12:00

Weights and Conditioning Elite 1:00-2:30

Tuesday 01/23 Practice U.S. Cellular Arena 10:00-12:00

Wednesday 01/24 Practice U.S. Cellular Arena 10:00-12:00

Weights and Conditioning Elite 1:00-2:30

Thursday 01/25 Practice U.S. Cellular Arena 10:00-12:00

Friday 01/26 Milwaukee Wave vs. California Cougars U.S. Cellular Arena 7:05

Sunday 01/27 Milwaukee Wave @ California Cougars California 8:00

Injury Report:

Player Injury Status

Probable: 75% Chance of playing

Questionable: 50% Chance of playing

Doubtful: 25% Chance of playing

Out: Will not play

Milwaukee Wave Milestones:

Troy Dusosky notched his 100th assist on January 19th.

Joe Hammes tallied his 75th block on January 20th.

Greg Howes tallied his 50th point for the 2006-07 season on January 20th.

Johnny Torres needs two blocks for a career total of 50.

Giuliano Oliviero needs four, 2-point goals for a career total of 275.

Wave vs. Cougars

2005-06 Overall: 4-2

2006-07 Overall: 2-1

The Wave and Cougars have played each other three times so far in the 2006-07 season. This weekend is the only home-and-home series between these two squads. The Wave and Cougars will play each other one more time in the regular 2006-07 season for a total of six times. The Cougars are currently in last place and the Wave is tied for third place with the Chicago Storm.

Media Waves: Keith Tozer will make an appearance on Friday, January 26th at 7:40am on KLH(96.5)...Michael King chats it up bi-weekly on 105.3 (The Fish)...The Brazilian duo, Marcio Leite and Marcelo Santos made an appearance on the "Morning Blend" on TMJ4 January 22 between 10:00-11:00am...Keith Tozer's Bi-Weekly "D-List" show on ESPN Radio moves to Mondays at 11:35 starting January 29th...Don't miss one Keith Tozer's Show on Time Warner Cable Channel 32 every Monday at 5:00pm and Friday at 6:00pm.

Last Week's Outings:

Wave 7, Blast 2 (1/19/07)

MILWAUKEE, WI (Jan. 18, 2007) - The Milwaukee Wave came within six minutes of just the fourth shutout in their 23-year history on Friday in Baltimore. Despite missing out on the milestone, the Wave (7-8) got the victory 7-2 over the Blast at 1st Mariner Arena.

Two December games between these teams were high-scoring affairs, but Friday belonged to defense. Both first-half goals by the Wave resulted from set pieces. The first, on a restart, was engineered by the Dusosky twins, Troy setting up Todd midway through the first quarter.

In the second period, Greg Howes faked the corner kick restart, then put himself in front and poked in a rebound for his 14th 2-point goal of the year. Howes remains second in the MISL Puma Points standings with 47; Todd Dusosky assisted on that goal and now has 44 points for third place.

Leading 4-0 heading into the third quarter, the Wave got tremendous insurance from an alert Joe Hammes with 8:53 left in the period. The two-time MISL Defensive Player of the Week pounced on an ill-advised pass and hammered in a 3-pointer for a 7-0 lead.

The Blast's Denison Cabral finally broke up Nick Vorberg's shutout bid with 5:59 remaining. Baltimore pulled the keeper in favor of a sixth attacker late in the game but was unable to generate anything.

It has been nearly 12 years since the last Wave shutout, 16-0 over Chicago with Victor Nogueira in goal on Jan. 28, 1995. Tony Pierce recorded the other two, on March 6, 1993 against Denver (14-0) and Jan. 18, 1986 over Chicago (2-0).

Wave Head Coach Keith Tozer missed the game after receiving a red card in the previous contest against Detroit.

Wave 12, Storm 4 (1/20/07)

MILWAUKEE, WI (Jan. 20, 2007) - Legendary Milwaukee Wave forward Michael King, an indoor soccer fixture for two decades, knocked in his 700th career goal Saturday night, capping a 12-4 victory over the Chicago Storm in a Major Indoor Soccer League game at U.S. Cellular Arena.

King became just the fifth player in indoor soccer history to achieve the feat. It came with 3:39 left in the game, on a restart play near the 3-point line on the left wing. Marcio Leite slid the ball across to the right side, where King's one-timer with the left foot slammed into the upper corner of the goal.

The milestone took a little of the spotlight away from a deserving Anthony Maher, who scored a spectacular scissor-kick goal as part of his first hat trick as a member of the Wave.

With the victory, the Wave (8-8) climbed back to .500, tied for third with the Storm (7-7). It was the second consecutive night of great defense for the Wave, who defeated Baltimore 7-2 on Friday. Nick Vorberg stopped 12 shots to pick up the victory, and the Wave finished the weekend 3-for-3 in penalty killing.

Maher, playing only his fifth game for the Wave after a series of injuries, scored his first goal on a loose ball with 6:59 left in the first period, giving Milwaukee a 4-0 lead. Greg Howes ricocheted a ball off the boards to create the play.

The highlight-worthy shot occurred with just less than two minutes elapsed in the third period. Leite deflected an attempted clearing pass high into the air. Eyeing up the ball in the middle of the penalty area, Maher jumped a struck a volley into the upper corner of the goal, giving Storm keeper Jim Larkin no chance.

A sliding goal late in the quarter, from almost the same spot, gave the Wave an 8-2 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Troy Dusosky and Howes scored the Wave's other goals. With three points, Howes reached the 50-point mark, second in the MISL.

Wave Head Coach Keith Tozer missed his second consecutive game. After a red-card suspension in Baltimore, he was held out for an accumulation of yellow cards on Saturday.

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