The Milwaukee Wave are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in North America. The team was founded on August 3, 1984 as a member of the American Indoor Soccer Association and has played in every season and incarnation of that league (see MISL). Milwaukee has hosted the 2003 and 2006 MISL All-Star Games. They are coached by Keith Tozer, who has coached them for 16 seasons and is the one of the most successful coaches in indoor soccer history. He is assisted by Mark Litton and Guiliano Oliverio. The Wave played in the first season of the XSL in the 2008 - 2009 season but is planning on switching to the NISL pending completion of the sale of the team.

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Honors

Championships

• 1997-1998 NPSL Champions
• 1999-2000 NPSL Champions
• 2000-2001 NPSL Champions
• 2004-2005 MISL Champions

Division Titles

• 1997-1998 NPSL Central Division
• 1999-2000 NPSL North Division
• 2000-2001 NPSL National Conference
• 2001-2002 MISL Regular Season Champions
• 2002-2003 MISL Western Division
• 2003-2004 MISL Central Division
• 2004-2005 MISL Regular Season Champions

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
1984-85	AISA	6th AISA, 13-27	Failed to qualify	2,114
1985-86	AISA	6th AISA, 11-29	Failed to qualify	1,802
1986-87	AISA	4th North, 12-30	Failed to qualify	2,316
1987-88	AISA	3rd AISA, 11-13	3rd place, 6-6	3,066
1988-89	AISA	2nd AISA, 24-16	Lost Semifinal	6,442
1989-90	AISA	2nd National, 21-19	Lost Semifinal	7,147
1990-91	NPSL II	2nd National, 23-17	Lost First Round	6,526
1991-92	NPSL II	4th National, 18-22	Failed to qualify	7,629
1992-93	NPSL II	5th National, 17-23	Failed to qualify	7,759
1993-94	NPSL II	4th National, 20-20	Lost First Round	7,326
1994-95	NPSL II	3rd National, 23-17	Lost First Round	7,108
1995-96	NPSL II	2nd National, 30-10	Lost Division Semifinal	7,363
1996-97	NPSL II	2nd Midwest, 26-14	Lost Conference Quarterfinal	7,975
1997-98	NPSL II	1st Central, 28-12	Won Championship	7,903
1998-99	NPSL II	2nd Central, 25-15	Lost Conference Semifinal	8,453
1999-00	NPSL II	1st North, 31-13	Won Championship	8,002
2000-01	NPSL II	1st National, 24-16	Won Championship	8,310
2001-02	MISL II	1st MISL, 34-10	Lost Championship	6,665
2002-03	MISL II	1st Western, 28-9	Lost Championship	7,096
2003-04	MISL II	1st Central, 26-9	Lost Championship	6,012
2004-05	MISL II	1st MISL, 24-15	Won Championship	3,675
2005-06	MISL II	3rd MISL, 17-13	Lost Semifinal	4,352
2006-07	MISL II	4th MISL, 16-14	Lost Semifinal	4,618
2007-08	MISL II	2nd MISL, 22-8	Lost Semifinal	4,367
2008-09	XSL	3rd XSL, 10-10	No Playoffs	4,247
2009-10	NISL

Current Players

As of 31st of December

No. Position Player 0 {{flagicon Nick Vorberg 1 {{flagicon Marcel Feenstra 2 {{flagicon Tenzin Rampa 3 {{flagicon Lovelace Ackah 4 {{flagicon Chad Burt 6 {{flagicon Nilson Pernambuco 7 {{flagicon JP Rodrigues 10 {{flagicon Jonathan Santos 12 {{flagicon Travis Mackenzie 14 {{flagicon Brett Wiesner

No. Position Player 15 {{flagicon Nathan Sabich 16 {{flagicon Jacek Przednowek 18 {{flagicon Marcio Leite 19 {{flagicon Troy Dusosky 20 {{flagicon Marcelo Fontana 21 {{flagicon Giuliano Oliviero 22 {{flagicon Joe Hammes 23 {{flagicon Marco Terminesi 25 {{flagicon Aurinei Parisotto

Head Coaches

• 1984-1985 Dave Johnson
• 1985-1986 Mike Custer
• 1985-1986 Dave Johnson
• 1986-1990 John Dolinsky
• 1986-1987 Mike Custer
• 1990-1992 Johan Aarino
• 1992-2009 Keith Tozer (missed parts of the 1997-98 & 1999-00 season coaching the US Futsal team. Both times, Art Kramer filled in).

Hall of Fame Inductees

• Pete Knezic
• Art Kramer
• Steve Morris
• Victor Noguiera
• Todd Dusosky
• Michael King

Former Players

• Tony McPeak (footballer)
• Michael King (footballer)
• Brian Loftin

Owners

• Charles Krause (2002-09)
• James Lindenberg (2009- present)

Arenas

• Milwaukee Auditorium 1984-1987
• Bradley Center 1987-2003
• U.S. Cellular Arena 2003-present

Reserves

The Milwaukee Wave Armada is the official reserve team for the Milwaukee Wave. The Wave Armada is involved in local premier leagues around the area of Milwaukee, and call the U.S. Cellular their home as well. While playing their home games at the "Cell" they take the field against the Major division clubs of Wisconsin and also face the Chicago Storm's reserve team The Chicago Tormenta. The Wave Armada's uniform colors are Black and Red with White trim. The Armada is coached by Wave assistant coach Mark Litton.

See also

Milwaukee Wave United (former sister outdoor A-League squad in the early 2000's)