Philadelphia KiXX Crowned 2002
MISL Champs
a f t e r
posting
2four
point goals
Last-Minute Goal Ends Favored Milwaukee Wave's Visions of a 3-Peat and Ends Home Winning Streak and eight
points in
t
h
e
he Philadelphia within a 2-point goal of the home Championship Series,
K ix x are the team throughout the contest until including three goals
2001-02 M ajor tying the score for the third time at 6- in the KiXX's decisive
Indoor Soccer League Champions. 6 on a Joel Shanker goal at 10:50 of Game Three victory at
A 8-6 victory in the deciding third the fourth quarter. That tally set up M i l w a u k e e .
gamegame of the best-of-three series Chris Handsor for his third goal of Handsor's
marked the KiXX's first League crown the game at 14:23 to put winning goal in Game
while ending the M ilwauk ee Wave's Philadelphia ahead 8-6. The Wave Three capped a
quest for a championship three-peat. inserted Lovelace A ckah as a sixth career year for the sixThe game, played May 3rd at the attacker for the final 37 seconds, but year veteran. The
Bradley Center in Milwaukee, the night would ultimately belong to Toronto
native
attracted a League playoff-record the Kixx as Philadelphia rallied from a recorded a careercrowd of 16,802.
one game to none series deficit to high 102 points during the 2001-02
Game Three was similar to the first claim the Championship, two games regular season to finish in a tie for
two games of the Series. The contest to one.
eighth in MISL scoring.
was tight and action-packed,
showcasing end-to-end action and HANDSOR NAMED CHAMPI LEAGUE REGISTERS
outstanding goalkeeping from
ONSHIP?S MVP
STRONG PLAYOFF ATTEN Philadelphia's Peter Pappas and
DANCES
Vict or
N o gu e i r a .
Milwaukee's
Philadelphia
forward
Chris
Milwaukee held leads of 2-0, 4-2, and Handsor was named the 2002 MISL
The League drew 46,399 fans to
6-4; however, Philadelphia stayed Championship Most Valuable Player five playoff games for a playoff
T
average attendance of 9,280.
The Milwaukee
Wave led the
MISL in attendance drawing
an average of
The
12,052.
2002
MISL
Championship
Series attracted
29,420 fans to
three openings
for an average
attendance of
9,807.
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more
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14.
Record Playoff Crowd at the Bradley
Center, Home of the Milwaukee Wave
photo credit: Mary Jo Walicki/MISL
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