1996-97 Milwaukee Wave Statistics
National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 26-14
in the NPSL's Midwest Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Coach: Keith Tozer (26-14)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 159,494, Avg. 7,975 in 20 home dates
1996-97 Milwaukee Wave RosterTeam Record: 26-14
in the NPSL's Midwest Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Coach: Keith Tozer (26-14)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 159,494, Avg. 7,975 in 20 home dates
The Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 26 wins and 14 losses in the NPSL's Midwest Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
The Wave recorded 266 goals and yielded 245. Michael King scored 72 goals for Milwaukee, while Steve Morris, Giuliano Oliviero, Mike Richardson and Pat White each netted fifteen or more, too. Michael King contributed 44 assists. Victor Nogueira earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 5.71 goals against average, leading goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Keith Tozer coached the team. The 1996-97 Milwaukee Wave lost in the Conference Quarterfinal.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael King | M,D | 38 | 72 | 44 | 116 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 84 | 27 | 236 | 30.5 |
| Steve Morris | M | 40 | 34 | 24 | 58 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 31 | 139 | 24.5 |
| Giuliano Oliviero | M,F | 40 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 18 | 104 | 21.2 |
| Mike Richardson | D | 40 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 54 | 118 | 19.5 |
| Pat White | D | 40 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 37 | 65 | 41.5 |
| Dan Donigan | F | 21 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 50 | 28.0 |
| Obi Moneme | M | 29 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 44 | 25.0 |
| Emeka Moneme | 27 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 11 | 51 | 25.5 | |
| Todd Dusosky | F | 28 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 13 | 30 | 23.3 |
| Glen Carbonara | D | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 48 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Victor Nogueira | GK | 39 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Matt Knowles | D | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 46 | 17.4 |
| David Moxom | D | 36 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 68 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Jeff Popp | 34 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 21 | 27 | 14.8 | |
| Jason Rienzi | 36 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 16.0 | |
| Chugger Adair | F | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 38.5 |
| Mark Manganello | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 | |
| Ricky Mobley | 40 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 114 | 26 | 11.5 | |
| Chris Jahr | D | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Troy Fabiano | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 40.0 | |
| Steve Provan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| James Danaher | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Eric Cherveny | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Keller | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Bruschuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Dalesandro | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jason Gould | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Burdge | GK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 593 | 266 | 199 | 465 | 216 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 887 | 511 | 1106 | 24.1 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Carbonara | 1 | 0:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Nogueira | 39 | 2219:00 | 26 | 13 | 211 | 5.71 | 751 | 540 | .719 |
| Sonny Dalesandro | 3 | 39:50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.03 | 17 | 13 | .765 |
| Jason Burdge | 5 | 90:56 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10.56 | 52 | 36 | .692 |
| Mike Richardson | 10 | 40:44 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14.73 | 20 | 10 | .500 |
| Matt Knowles | 3 | 16:45 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.33 | 7 | 3 | .429 |
| Totals | 61 | 2407:31 | 26 | 14 | 245 | 6.11 | 847 | 602 | .711 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael King | M,D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Steve Morris | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Giuliano Oliviero | M,F | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Mike Richardson | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pat White | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Obi Moneme | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Emeka Moneme | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Todd Dusosky | F | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 75.0 |
| Glen Carbonara | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Victor Nogueira | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Moxom | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Popp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Rienzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chugger Adair | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Ricky Mobley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Jahr | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 31 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 49 | 16.3 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Carbonara | 1 | 0:37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |
| Victor Nogueira | 2 | 118:48 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.61 | 37 | 24 | .649 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 0:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 120:00 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 39 | 24 | .615 |
