Milwaukee Wave

The Milwaukee Wave is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1984, they have been the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in the United States and are seven-time league champions, most recent being the 2018–19 champions of the Major Arena Soccer League.

The team plays their games at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena. The team colors are black and yellow. The team has won 7 league championships in their history, three in the NPSL, three in the MISL, and one in the MASL.

History
The team was founded on August 3, 1984, as a member of the American Indoor Soccer Association and played in every season and incarnation of that league (see MISL). They have also played in the Xtreme Soccer League and the third version of the MISL. The team is currently a member of the Major Arena Soccer League. Milwaukee also hosted the 2003 and 2006 MISL II All-Star Games.

Keith Tozer was the team's coach for 21 years before leaving to become United States national futsal team head coach. While with the Wave, he was the all-time winningest coach in North American indoor soccer, with six league championships and more than 700 wins.

The Wave played in the first season of the Xtreme Soccer League in the 2008 – 2009 season, but moved to the new Major Indoor Soccer League for the 2009–2010 season.

After the 2013–2014 season, the team announced that it was leaving the MISL along with five other teams and join the MASL.

In 2014 the ownership group ROC Ventures, headed by Mike Zimmerman, became a partner in the team's ownership.

Just before the 2014–15 season began, the Wave replaced their traditional green artificial turf with a black turf to match the team's colors and marketing strategy. Reception by fans and the press was mixed but generally positive.

Retired numbers

 * 5 – 🇺🇸 Peter Knezic
 * 11 – 🇺🇸 Steve Morris
 * 27 – Victor Nogueira
 * 13 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael King
 * 17 – 🇺🇸 Todd Dusosky
 * 19 – 🇺🇸 Troy Dusosky

Other notable former players

 * 🇺🇸 Brian Loftin
 * 🇺🇸 Jimmy Banks

Year-by-year
* Regular season ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Head coaches
* Keith Tozer missed parts of the 1997–98 & 1999–00 season coaching the US Futsal team. Both times, Art Kramer filled in.

Owners

 * 🇺🇸 Luis Antonio Ramos - Tony (1984)
 * 🇺🇸 Ron Creten, Wayne Lueders, Dr. Christiansen (1985–87)
 * 🇺🇸 Michael H. Bazelon (1987–2002)
 * 🇺🇸 Charles Krause (2002–09)
 * 🇺🇸 James Lindenberg (2009–2013)
 * 🇺🇸 Sue Black (2013–2014)
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Zimmerman (2014–present)

Arenas

 * MECCA Auditorium 1984–1988
 * Bradley Center 1988–2003
 * UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena 2003–present