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American indoor soccer history to win 500 games (503-333), the Wave should be among the top contenders for this year's MISL title. Assistant Coach Art Kramer, who has been a part of all three Wave championship seasons, joins Tozer for the sixth consecutive season. A closer look at the key returnees follows: #3 - Lovelace A ckah – defender – fourth season with Wave - strong, tenacious defender who is among the best man-markers in the league - played in first All-Star Game last season. #6 – Johnny Torres – midfielder – second season with Wave - quick, skillful midfielder who joined the Wave during the second half of last season - named to post-season All-Rookie Team. #7 - Brian Lof tin – forward / midfielder – fourth season with Wave, eighth overall – dynamic performer who enjoyed career year last season - named to postseason All-League Second Team. #8 – M att Schmidt – defender – second season with Wave – steady defender who emerged as one of the league's top rookies last season - named to post-sea- Wave Set To Wage 2002-03 MISL Campaign eptember 28th marked the beginning of the 19th season of play for the M ilwaukee Wave and its second in the M ajor Indoor Soccer League. Coach Keith Tozer, who starts his 11th season behind the bench for the Wave, retains 18 of 20 players who finished last season with the club. The only newcomers on the roster to start this season are midfielder Sean Reti, a rookie from M arquette University, and defender Matt Johnson, a second year pro who spent last season with the Utah Freezz of the now defunct W orld I ndoor Soccer League (WISL). Gone from last year's squad are defender Glenn Carbonara, who was traded to the Philadelphia KiX X, and forward A len Osmanovic, who is currently playing for UW-Parkside. Meanwhile, the core of last year's 3410 squad, which lost in the final game of the M ISL Championship Series to the Philadelphia Kixx, remains intact. Led by Tozer, who became the first coach in North S Cleveland Force Sea s the 24th season of indoor soccer in Cleveland begins, the Cleveland franchise will take on a new look as the team returns to the original name of the Cleveland Force. For the Force, which had called the Richfield Coliseum its home, it will be a new building, but it will be the 11th straight season the Cleveland franchise will play its home games at the Convocation Center at Cleveland State University. As a franchise in transition, the Crunch, as the team was known last season, felt its share of growing pains, but Head Coach Mike Pilger returns for his second season with high hopes of improve on a disappointing 16-28 record. The Force will look to capture the newly formed Eastern Conference Championship this season as well and bring home a MISL Championship. Forward Hector Marinaro returns for his 18th season of indoor soccer and his second stint with the Force. Marinaro is the only player on the current roster who played for the original Force as he began his career in Cleveland during the 1983-84 season. Hector returns as the alltime leading scorer with 2,703 points and will A 12 • Oct.-Nov. 2002 • G O A L Hector Marinaro look to regain the MISL scoring title this season. Marinaro, a 10-time first-team All-League selection and 13-time All-Star selection, will once again be the main offensive threat for the Force. As the all-time leading scorer in All-Star game history, Hector is sure to become a 14-time All-Star player as the MISL will host its annual All-Star Weekend in Milwaukee this season. He will look to capture the one title that has eluded him in his career: Most Valuable Player of the MISL All-Star Game Offensive veterans John Ball, Steve Butcher, Lee Edgerton, Justin Evans, Chad James, Guiliano Oliviero and Bill Ind o o r son All-Rookie Team. #13 – M ichael King – forward – 10th season with Wave, 17th overall – team captain and all-time leading scorer – perennial All-Star who provides superb leadership both on and off the field – sixth all-time on league scoring list (1246 points). #17 & #19 – Todd & Troy Dusosky – eighth season of play; the "Minnesota Twins" tandem #21 – Joe Reiniger – forward – third season with Wave, 10th overall – another perennial All-Star who has led team in scoring the past two seasons – all-time league leader in three point goals (105) and fifth all-time leading scorer (1275 points) – also named to post-season AllLeague First Team. #27 – Victor Nogueira – goalkeeper – 11th season with Wave, 19th overall – one of the most legendary players in the history of indoor soccer – has won the league's G "Goalkeeper of the Year" award seven straight times – five-time MVP – holds nearly every indoor goalkeeping record. Milwaukee begins the current season with a 24 game regular season home winning streak, 23 straight at the Bradley Center, where the Wave is 128-15 over the past seven seasons. The Wave also became the first team in league history to go undefeated at home for an entire seaSedgwick all return to bolster the scoring attack. Ball, an All-Star selection, had a career year in 2001 as he posted a personal best 91 points, which was good for second on the team in scoring. Oliviero finished his first season in Cleveland with 85 points while James finished with 33 points. Sedgewick, who served duel roles as both an offensive and defensive player last season, recorded 56 points. Late season additions, Evans, Edgerton and Butcher all made a major impact in a short period of time. Butcher totaled 63 points in 27 games while Edgerton netted 39 points in just 17 games. Evans, an All-Rookie MISL selection, recorded 25 points in 17 games. Cleveland will also look to newcomers, Anthony Maher, Ryan Miller, Chris Stathopoulos and Myles Stoddard for additional scoring threats. The biggest question mark for the Force will be at the position of goalkeeper this season. The Force will rely on Jim Larkin and back-up Denny Ciornei to handle the duties between the posts until Otto Orf can return from offseason rotator cuff surgery. Larkin, who split time in goal with Orf, ended last season with a record of 5-15 in his first season with Cleveland. Ciornei, who will begin his seventh season, recorded his first career victory in the final game of last season. In addition to the goalkeepers, the Force will return Matt Caution, Kiley Couch, Nevio Pizzolitto and Marco Reda to handle the MIchael King son when it went 22-0 during the 2001-02 campaign, including a win over Kansas City in Nashville. The Wave's 30-game overall Bradley Center winning streak (including regular and post-season) came to end this past May with the 8-6 loss to the Kixx in the final game of the 2002 championship series. defensive duties. Couch, who was named to his first MISL All-Star Game last season, will anchor the defense. Couch was first on the team and second in the MISL in blocks with 86. Reda, an All-Rookie MISL selection, joined the team from Toronto Thunderhawks and was second on the team in blocks with 71 while Pizzolitto came up with 40 blocks in his first season with Cleveland. Caution, who saw limited action due to injuries, finished his first season as part of the franchise with 31 blocks. Newcomers Joe Mattacchione, DJ Newsom, Mark Schulte and Kyle Widder will provide added depth to the defense. Overall it promises to be an exciting season of indoor soccer in Cleveland as the team looks to carry on its tradition of excellence as the Force. With some new faces, a new name and a Marco Reda

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