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October 24, 2007 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Milwaukee Wave News Release


Three of the most notable Milwaukee Wave players of the last decade won't be in action when the club opens its 24th season at the Baltimore Blast on Saturday evening.

Johnny Torres retired, Lovelace Ackah is serving a league-imposed three-game suspension for an incident following last year's MISL semifinals and Todd Dusosky continues to rehabilitate an ankle that endured a complicated off-season surgery. Plenty of experience still remains, but some new names - Anthony Maher, Joe Hammes, Marcio Leite and others - must step forward if the Wave hope to claim their fifth championship.

Kickoff Saturday is at 6:35 p.m. from 1st Mariner Arena. The broadcast can be heard over the Internet at www.milwaukeewave.com.

Upcoming Games:

10/27/07 at 6:35 p.m. Milwaukee Wave @ Baltimore Blast

11/03/07 at 5:00 p.m. Milwaukee Wave vs. New Jersey Ironmen

TV Broadcast: Time Warner Sports Same Day Tape 9 p.m.

11/10/07 at 7:00 p.m. Milwaukee Wave @ Chicago Storm

11/17/07 at 6:00 p.m. Milwaukee Wave vs. Orlando Sharks

All games broadcasted via the internet at www.milwaukeewave.com

Milwaukee, WI (10/24/07) - WAVE LIVE ON TV 10 TIMES THIS YEAR

An unprecedented television package for the 2007-08 season was unveiled last week, with 10 games to be

broadcast live on either Time Warner Sports or Fox Soccer Channel this year.

Eight of the games will be on TWS, which is channel 32 in much of eastern Wisconsin. Included in the package is the traditional New Year's Eve contest, against Detroit, and the April 5 Fan Appreciation Game against La Raza de Monterrey.

"Time Warner Sports has been a Wave supporter from its first days on the air," said Mike Lafferty, chief operating officer of the Milwaukee Wave. "We are thrilled to join with them in providing local, live professional sports programming that is perfectly suited to television, thanks to indoor soccer's high-speed, end-to-end action."

Four other games originating from the U.S. Cellular Arena will be seen on the national Fox Soccer Channel package. Two will be live and two will be taped and shown later in the week.

The overall TV schedule looks like this:

- Nov. 3, vs. New Jersey, 9 p.m., TWS (same-day tape)

- Dec. 1, vs. La Raza de Monterrey, 6 p.m., TWS (joined in progress)

- Dec. 7, vs. Philadelphia, FSC, 7 p.m.

- Dec. 31, vs. Detroit Ignition, TWS, 1 p.m.

- Jan. 4, vs. Philadelphia, FSC, 7 p.m.

- Jan. 13, at California Cougars, TWS, 8:15 p.m.

- Jan. 18, at Detroit Ignition, TWS, 6:35 p.m.

- Jan. 27, vs. Chicago Storm, TWS, 2 p.m.

- March 2, vs. California Cougars, TWS, 2 p.m.

- March 14, vs. Orlando, 7 p.m., FSC (taped March 9 at 2 p.m.)

- March 21, vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m., FSC (taped March 16 at 2 p.m.)

- April 4, at Detroit Ignition, TWS, 6:35 p.m.

- April 5, vs. La Raza de Monterrey, TWS, 6 p.m.

Up Close and Personal with Keith Tozer: Don't miss The Keith Tozer Show on Time Warner Cable Channel 32. The show consists of interviews with Milwaukee Wave players, information about upcoming games and of course, the star of the show ... Keith Tozer!

Last Week's Outings: Wave 29, Rebels 4

BROOKFIELD - Greg Howes scored four goals and added an assist before halftime as the Milwaukee Wave defeated the Northern Illinois Rebels of the American Indoor Soccer League 29-4 in an exhibition match Friday night at the Brookfield Indoor Soccer Complex.

The Rebels, a new member of the AISL, hung tough to trail only 6-4 after the first period. Milwaukee ignited the rout when Howes fed Chico, one of the Wave's new Brazilian signees, for a 3-pointer 3 minutes into the second quarter. Two-pointers followed by Marcelo Fontana, Howes, Brett Wiesner and Howes again to give the Wave a 17-4 halftime lead.

Wiesner finished with a hat trick and newcomer Keegan Hudson scored three fourth-quarter goals in less than 2 minutes. Chico scored two goals and Deco one.

Howes just reported to camp last Thursday after a cross-country drive from Seattle, where he won the MVP award in the USL-1 Championship Game. Boris Maric and Jaime Morote scored for the Rebels.

2007-08 Roster as of 10/23/07

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt DOB Hometown

0 Nick Vorberg GK 6-0 185 2/10/75 Grants Pass, Ore.

3 Lovelace Ackah D 6-1 195 7/8/76 Kumasi, Ghana

7 Brett Wiesner F/M 5-11 165 5/12/83 Minneapolis, Minn.

8 Deco D/M 5-9 155 4/27/88 Brazil

9 Greg Howes F 6-0 185 3/26/77 Tacoma, Wash.

10 Jonathan Santos D/M 6-0 170 8/28/84 Sergipe, Brazil

12 Anthony Maher F 6-0 180 3/18/79 Cape May, N.J.

13 Michael King F 6-0 185 4/20/63 London, England

14 Tijanii Ayegbusi D 6-1 184 10/14/82 Nigeria

15 Oral Bullen M 5-9 160 2/18/83 Brooklyn, N.Y.

17* Todd Dusosky F 6-0 200 5/12/76 Anoka, Minn.

18 Marcio Leite M 6-0 180 8/5/84 Sergipe, Brazil

19 Troy Dusosky D 6-0 200 5/12/76 Anoka, Minn.

20 Marcelo Fontana M 5-5 150 8/22/73 Misiones, Argentina

21 Guiliano Oliviero F/M 6-0 175 2/26/74 Vancouver, B.C.

22 Joe Hammes D 6-1 170 5/9/79 Cedarburg, Wis.

25 Chico D/M 5-8 165 3/21/77 Brazil

26 Tyrone Gordon F 5-8 175 4/26/85 Milwaukee, Wis.

*-injured reserve

Head Coach: Keith Tozer

Assistant Coach: Art Kramer

Goalkeeper Coach: Mark Litton

Athletic Trainer: Larry Sayles, ATC, LAT

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