1995-96 Milwaukee Wave Statistics
National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 30-10
in the NPSL's National Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Keith Tozer (30-10)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 147,265, Avg. 7,363 in 20 home dates
1995-96 Milwaukee Wave RosterTeam Record: 30-10
in the NPSL's National Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Keith Tozer (30-10)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 147,265, Avg. 7,363 in 20 home dates
The Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 30 wins and 10 losses in the NPSL's National Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Wave scored 311 goals and gave up 229. Michael King netted 59 goals for Milwaukee, while Don D'Ambra, Jeff Gold, Matt Knowles, Steve Morris and Giuliano Oliviero each contributed fifteen or more, too. Matt Knowles accounted for 36 assists. Victor Nogueira earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 5.4 goals against average, leading goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Keith Tozer coached the team. The 1995-96 Milwaukee Wave lost in the Division Semifinal.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael King | M,D | 35 | 59 | 31 | 90 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 91 | 13 | 187 | 31.6 |
| Matt Knowles | D | 35 | 46 | 36 | 82 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 49 | 255 | 18.0 |
| Don D'Ambra | F | 39 | 46 | 16 | 62 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 20 | 150 | 30.7 |
| Giuliano Oliviero | M,F | 37 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 7 | 115 | 28.7 |
| Steve Morris | M | 37 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 26 | 77 | 27.3 |
| Jeff Gold | 40 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 59 | 28.8 | |
| Billy Duranceau | 33 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 19 | 43 | 30.2 | |
| Eloy Salgado | F | 10 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 47 | 23.4 |
| James Danaher | 40 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 32 | 25.0 | |
| Tony Sanneh | D | 16 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 20.0 |
| Pat White | D | 28 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 48 | 25.0 |
| Geoff Aunger | D | 22 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 33 | 30.3 |
| Larry Julius | 15 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 25.9 | |
| Ricky Mobley | 40 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 109 | 41 | 7.3 | |
| Ed Puskarich | D | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 54 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Todd Rattee | D | 40 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 51 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Tony Bono | M,D | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Victor Nogueira | GK | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Moe Suri | D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Art Kramer | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Jason Gould | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Paul Royal | GK | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shane Steadman | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| John Halliwill | GK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Schmidt | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 589 | 311 | 229 | 540 | 241 | 25 | 1 | 30 | 934 | 430 | 1254 | 24.8 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Nogueira | 40 | 2243:00 | 29 | 10 | 202 | 5.40 | 753 | 551 | .732 |
| John Halliwill | 4 | 34:36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.94 | 18 | 14 | .778 |
| Paul Royal | 7 | 86:36 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10.39 | 37 | 22 | .595 |
| Matt Knowles | 8 | 31:36 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11.39 | 20 | 14 | .700 |
| Tony Bono | 1 | 3:09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.05 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Tony Sanneh | 1 | 1:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.44 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 61 | 2400:18 | 30 | 10 | 229 | 5.72 | 831 | 602 | .724 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael King | M,D | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Matt Knowles | D | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Don D'Ambra | F | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Giuliano Oliviero | M,F | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Steve Morris | M | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Jeff Gold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Billy Duranceau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| James Danaher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tony Sanneh | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Pat White | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Larry Julius | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Ricky Mobley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Ed Puskarich | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |
| Tony Bono | M,D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Nogueira | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 45 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 52 | 114 | 14.9 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Nogueira | 3 | 176:20 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6.48 | 75 | 56 | .747 |
| Matt Knowles | 1 | 2:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Tony Sanneh | 1 | 1:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 180:00 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6.33 | 76 | 57 | .750 |
