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Milwaukee Wave
Founded	1984
Stadium	U.S. Cellular Arena; (Capacity: 10,783)
Head Coach	Keith Tozer
League	MISL
Home colors	Away colors

The Milwaukee Wave is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Founded in 1984 they are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in North America and a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The team plays their games at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The team colors are blue and white. Their head coach is Keith Tozer.

[edit] History

The team was founded on August 3, 1984 as a member of the American Indoor Soccer Association and has played in every season and incarnation of that league (see MISL). Milwaukee also hosted the 2003 and 2006 MISL II All-Star Games.

Keith Tozer, who has coached them for 16 seasons and is the one of the most successful coaches in indoor soccer history. He is assisted by Mark Litton and Guiliano Oliverio.

The Wave played in the first season of the XSL in the 2008 - 2009 season, but moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League for the 2009-2010 season.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

As of November 1, 2009

No.	Position	Player
0	GK	Nick Vorberg
1	GK	Marcel Feenstra
2	FW	Tenzin Rampa
3	MF	Travis Mackenzie
4	DF	Josh Rife
6	FW	Tom Oatley
7	DF	JP Rodrigues
8	MF	Ryan Mack
10	MF	Jonathan Santos
14	MF	Brett Wiesner

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Nathan Sabich
16	FW	Kyle Lance
18	MF	Marcio Leite
19	DF	Troy Dusosky
20	MF	Marcelo Fontana
21	FW	Giuliano Oliviero
22	DF	Joe Hammes
23	FW	Marco Terminesi
24	MF	Kyt Selaidopoulos
26	MF	Ian Bennett

[edit] Hall of Fame Inductees

Name	Inducted
Pete Knezic	?
Art Kramer	?
Steve Morris	?
Victor Noguiera	?
Todd Dusosky	?
Michael King	?

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
1984-85	AISA	6th AISA, 13-27	Failed to qualify	2,114
1985-86	AISA	6th AISA, 11-29	Failed to qualify	1,802
1986-87	AISA	4th North, 12-30	Failed to qualify	2,316
1987-88	AISA	3rd AISA, 11-13	3rd place, 6-6	3,066
1988-89	AISA	2nd AISA, 24-16	Lost Semifinal	6,442
1989-90	AISA	2nd National, 21-19	Lost Semifinal	7,147
1990-91	NPSL II	2nd National, 23-17	Lost First Round	6,526
1991-92	NPSL II	4th National, 18-22	Failed to qualify	7,629
1992-93	NPSL II	5th National, 17-23	Failed to qualify	7,759
1993-94	NPSL II	4th National, 20-20	Lost First Round	7,326
1994-95	NPSL II	3rd National, 23-17	Lost First Round	7,108
1995-96	NPSL II	2nd National, 30-10	Lost Division Semifinal	7,363
1996-97	NPSL II	2nd Midwest, 26-14	Lost Conference Quarterfinal	7,975
1997-98	NPSL II	1st Central, 28-12	Won Championship	7,903
1998-99	NPSL II	2nd Central, 25-15	Lost Conference Semifinal	8,453
1999-00	NPSL II	1st North, 31-13	Won Championship	8,002
2000-01	NPSL II	1st National, 24-16	Won Championship	8,310
2001-02	MISL II	1st MISL, 34-10	Lost Championship	6,665
2002-03	MISL II	1st Western, 28-9	Lost Championship	7,096
2003-04	MISL II	1st Central, 26-9	Lost Championship	6,012
2004-05	MISL II	1st MISL, 24-15	Won Championship	3,675
2005-06	MISL II	3rd MISL, 17-13	Lost Semifinal	4,352
2006-07	MISL II	4th MISL, 16-14	Lost Semifinal	4,618
2007-08	MISL II	2nd MISL, 22-8	Lost Semifinal	4,367
2008-09	XSL	3rd XSL, 10-10	No Playoffs	4,247
2009-10	MISL III
Total		X-X Win % = .XXX	? Win % = ?	5,876

[edit] Head Coaches

Years	Name
1984-1985, 1985-1986	Dave Johnson
1985-1986	Mike Custer
1986-1987	Mike Custer
1986-1990	John Dolinsky
1990-1992	Johan Aarino
1992-current	Keith Tozer*

(Keith Tozer missed parts of the 1997-98 & 1999-00 season coaching the US Futsal team. Both times, Art Kramer filled in).

[edit] Owners

Charles Krause (2002-09)
James Lindenberg (2009- present)

[edit] Arenas

Milwaukee Auditorium 1984-1987
Bradley Center 1987-2003
U.S. Cellular Arena 2003-present

[edit] Reserves

The Milwaukee Wave Armada is the official reserve team for the Milwaukee Wave. The Wave Armada is involved in local premier leagues around the area of Milwaukee, and call the U.S. Cellular their home as well. While playing their home games at the "Cell" they take the field against the Major division clubs of Wisconsin and also face the Chicago Storm's reserve team The Chicago Tormenta. The Wave Armada's uniform colors are Black and Red with White trim. The Armada is coached by Wave assistant coach Mark Litton.

[edit] See also

Milwaukee Wave United (former sister outdoor A-League squad in the early 2000s)

[edit] External links

Official Milwaukee Wave site

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