March 10, 2024 – Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) – Milwaukee Wave News Release
The Milwaukee Wave is one step closer to punching their ticket to the playoffs, after an 8-7 decision over the St Louis Ambush in a shootout Sunday afternoon.
Milwaukee would open the scoring late in the 1st quarter when Cesar Correra’s shot beat Paulo Nasciomento high to give Milwaukee the 1-0 lead going into the break.
St Louis would score 2 goals early into the second quarter when Will Eskay found JT Thomas to level things at 1 apiece. A mere short time later, Curtis Kirby assisted Will Eskay to gain a 2-1 advantage.
A rally from Milwaukee would this time see the Wave equalize and eventually take advantage with the first goal coming from Ricardo Carvalho assisted by Marcio Leite. Moments later Max Ferdinand found Salvador Nunez in the middle of the box, whose shot beat Paulo high to give Milwaukee the 3-2 advantage going into the half.
St Louis would respond 4 minutes into the third with a powerplay goal by JT Thomas, assisted by Richard Schmermund brining both teams level at 3.
Less than 20 seconds later, Ricardo Carvalho would score his second of the evening, once again assisted by Marcio Leite.
With under a minute left in the quarter, JT Thomas would equalize for the Ambush, at 4-4.
In a game of lead changes, St Louis would follow the script and take the lead for one last time, when Richard Schmermund gave the Ambush a 5-4 advantage assisted by Lucas Almeida.
Once again, the lead wouldn’t last, as Max Ferdinand, leveled things at 5-5 with a powerplay goal, when Andre Hayne found Max in the middle of the box.
Milwaukee would then go on the powerplay once again, with Derek Huffman, scoring an unassisted powerplay goal, to gain the lead for Milwaukee once again.
Milwaukee would get on the board once again when Ricardo Carvalho would complete his hat trick, scoring quite arguably the goal of the season! A scissors kick beat Paulo high giving Milwaukee the 7-5 advantage.
Costly penalties from the Wave would allow the Ambush to cut the lead to 7-6 when JT Thomas would score again on the powerplay.
With 53 seconds remaining in the game, the Ambush would equalize through Schmermund once again on the powerplay.
End to end action saw both teams have opportunities to win the game in overtime, but 10 minutes wasn’t enough as the game went into a shoot.
JT Thomas and Marcio Leite would both score the first goals for their respective teams, in the first round.
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