Breakers take an early 1-0 lead with an 8th minute goal from Mellgren off a Meinert pass. Boston Breakers -- Karina LeBlanc, Heather Aldama, Monica Gonzalez, Kate Sobrero, Jena Kluegel, Kristine Lilly, Angela Hucles, Sarah Popper, Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe, Maren Meinert, Dagny Mellgren. San Diego Spirit -- Jaime Pagliarulo, Kerry Connors, Joy Fawcett, Kim Pickup, Lisa Krzykowski, Daniela, Julie Foudy, Aly Wagner, Allie Sullivan, Zhang Ouying, Shannon MacMillan (Susan Bush 11). Not sure why Mac got sub'd out so early. Maybe she didn't fly well after the USWNT match. It will be interesting to see how long Lilly, Sobrero, and Hucles can go, not to mention Fawcett, Foudy, and Wagner. So Boston gets the early goal again. That's a nice pattern. Let's hope they can break the pattern of giving up late goals.
Spirit/Breakers Updates(R) 7th minute Goal by Dagny assisted by Maren 24th minute Maren booked for dissent Still 1-0 32nd minute Erin O'Grady in for Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe Still 1-0
Re: Re: 5/18/2003 Breakers @ Spirit in- and post-game [R] Out with a stress fracture in the foot. Kluegel replaced her during the NT camp before yesterday's game.
And Gonzalez gets booked just prior to the goal which makes me think that they scored off a free-kick restart. 45th Minute. Substitution: 16-Christine McCann for 15-Kate Sobrero 53rd Minute. Substitution: 20-Rebekah McDowell for 11-Angela Hucles Three of our four subs have been used.
Still works here. 87th Minute. Foul Suffered by 13-Kristine Lilly, 5th of match. Damn, they just keep whacking her. I'd bet that the other teams have crates of the Lilly bobblehead dolls that they practice smashing. Match still at 1-1 and it sounds like we are facing the usual late game crush on the Breakers' goal.
Photos http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030519/168/43vdo.html Mac before falling http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030519/168/43vc1.html Zhang and Aldama http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030519/168/43vd1.html Sullivan and Gonzalez
Full time. 1-1 draw. May 18, 2003 -- Torero Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Boston Breakers 1 0 1 San Diego Spirit 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: BOS -- Dagny Mellgren 4 (Maren Meinert 1) 8 SD -- Allie Sullivan 1 (unassisted) 50 Boston Breakers -- Karina LeBlanc, Heather Aldama, Monica Gonzalez, Kate Sobrero (Christine McCann 45), Jena Kluegel, Kristine Lilly, Angela Hucles (Rebekah McDowell 53), Sarah Popper, Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe (Erin O'Grady 32), Maren Meinert, Dagny Mellgren (Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 56). TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kristine Lilly 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Maren Meinert 2, Dagny Mellgren 2); FOULS: 18 (Sarah Popper 5); OFFSIDES: 2 (Maren Meinert 2); CORNER KICKS: 3 (3 tied with 1); SAVES: 5 (Karina LeBlanc 5) San Diego Spirit -- Jaime Pagliarulo, Kerry Connors (Jennifer Nielsen 59), Joy Fawcett, Kim Pickup, Lisa Krzykowski, Daniela, Julie Foudy (Ronnie Fair 71), Aly Wagner, Allie Sullivan, Zhang Ouying, Shannon MacMillan (Susan Bush 11). TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Allie Sullivan 5); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Allie Sullivan 5); FOULS: 16 (Aly Wagner 4); OFFSIDES: 2 (Julie Foudy 1, Zhang Ouying 1); CORNER KICKS: 6 (Aly Wagner 3); SAVES: 4 (Jaime Pagliarulo 4) Misconduct Summary: BOS -- Maren Meinert (caution) 25 BOS -- Monica Gonzalez (caution) 50 SD -- Daniela (caution) 72 Referee: Misail Tsapos Referee's Assistants: -Sandra Belmont; Diane Diggers 4th Official: Pal Novak Attendance: 5,128 Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Sunny-and-70-degrees
Well that leaves us in 3rd due to Goal Differential and vulnerable to a lot of teams.I sure hope we get a big crowd on Sunday vs Atlanta