KEY SPORTS
Wave opens 30th season
as dominant soccer power
THE MILWAUKEE WAVE, the longest-running
professional soccer franchise in the country, gets
its 30th anniversary season off to a rousing start
this month.
New owner Sue Black, former director of the
award-winning Milwaukee County Parks, is giving fans a bonus at the home opener Dec. 7
against defending Major Indoor Soccer League
(MISL) champion Baltimore Blast. Performing
after the game will be the rock group Daughtry,
headed by Chris Daughtry, a season five
American Idol finalist and one of the show's most
successful entertainers.
The Wave is led by Keith Tozer, the winningest
coach in north American soccer history, and has
won six pro indoor soccer championships.
Opening the 2013-'14 season on the road, the
Wave came from behind in its first game to beat
the Missouri Comets 23-21 in overtime, avenging
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last year's loss to Missouri in the MISL playoffs.
Milwaukee forward Ian Bennett scored five goals
in the first game of the season, earning the first
MISL Player of the Week award.
Home for the Wave is the U.S. Cellular Arena, 400
W. Kilbourn Ave. Tickets are available online at
MilwaukeeWave.com, at the Box Office inside the
adjacent Milwaukee Theatre or before games at
the U.S. Cellular Arena.
December and January home games:
Dec. 7 vs. Baltimore Blast, 6 p.m.
Dec. 28 vs. St. Louis Ambush, 6 p.m.
Dec. 31 vs. Syracuse Silver Knights, 6 p.m.
Jan. 11 vs. Rochester Lancers, 6 p.m.
