First the bad news from the the Globe's SportView Bummer. I guess we'll have to depend upon the Spirit forum for a PBP thread. From the Herald: Breakers rarin' to go For Worcester Telegram subscribers: Breakers "D' needs to rest less in 2003
Still not afraid to plug my own site... Breakers Go On The Defensive by: Mike Marshall BreakersNet.com
Fawcett out for San Diego This is a tough game to miss. The battle in midfield will be ferocious. Foudy and Wagner vs. Lilly, Hucles, Mugneret-Beghe, and Meinert. Will Allie Sully get any playing time for the Spirit?
Breakers PR ----------------- Breakers Open 2003 Season in San Diego Boston Breakers Kristine Lilly attempts to continue a 10-game point-scoring streak on Saturday, April 5 against the San Diego Spirit at Torero Stadium. NEEDHAM, MA (April 4, 2003) - The Boston Breakers are set to open up on the road again. The Breakers are in San Diego and will play the Spirit on Saturday, April 5th at Torero Stadium (9 p.m. ET). It is the third straight season Boston has opened up on the road. The Breakers will travel three straight weekends before returning to Nickerson Field for the home opener on Saturday, April 26 against Philadelphia (7 p.m.). Boston was undefeated at home in 2002 with a 5-0-5 record. The Breakers open the season with six new players - midfielder Devvyn Hawkins, forward Marcia Wallis, defender Kelly Worden, midfielder Sarah Popper, midfielder Erin O'Grady and French midfielder Stéphanie Mugneret-Beghe. Hawkins, Wallis, Popper and Mugneret-Beghe are all on the active roster. O'Grady and Worden are reserve players. The Breakers currently have one developmental position available. Breakers vs. The Spirit: The Breakers are 1-4-1 all-time versus San Diego. Boston is 0-3-0 in three all-time visits to Torero Stadium, losing their only meeting against the Spirit last season, 5-4. The Breakers only success against San Diego was on July 10, 2002 in a 3-2 victory. Boston's "Big 3" has had some success against San Diego - Kristine Lilly and Maren Meinert have each compiled two goals and four assists in five games, while Dagny Mellgren has three goals in six games. Starting goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc will face San Diego for only the third time in her career. She has a 3.05 GAA against the Spirit. Surviving Streaks: Breakers midfielder Kristine Lilly has a 10-game scoring streak still alive from the 2002 season. The streak began on June 22 when the Breakers captain notched three assists in a 5-2 in over New York. In the final three matches of the 2002 season, Lilly had one goal and three assists. She finished the season with eight goals and 13 assists. She is currently the all-time leader in assists with 25. The team finished the season with two consecutive victories. The only other time the Breakers won two games in a row as in 2001 when they defeated Washington on July 29 and followed that up with a victory over Atlanta on Aug. 1st. Probable Breakers Lineup: Goalkeeper - Karina LeBlanc Defense - Jena Kluegel, Kate Sobrero, Monica Gonzalez, Heather Aldama Midfield - Stéphanie Mugneret-Beghe (Rookie), Angela Hucles, Sarah Popper (Rookie), Kristine Lilly-C Forwards - Dagny Mellgren, Maren Meinert 2003 Boston Breakers Roster Name Position DOB College or Club Hometown Heather Aldama D 12/1/78 Santa Clara Redlands, CA Tracy Ducar GK 6/18/73 UNC N. Andover, MA Monica Gonzalez D 10/11/78 Notre Dame The Woodlands, TX Ragnhild Gulbrandsen F 2/21/77 Trondhiems-Ørn Trondheim, Norway Devvyn Hawkins* M 11/29/80 Santa Clara Olympia, WA Angela Hucles M 7/5/78 Virginia Virginia Beach, VA Jena Kluegel M/D 11/2/79 UNC Mahtomedi, MN Karina LeBlanc GK 3/30/80 Nebraska Maple Ridge, B.C. Kristine Lilly F/M 7/22/71 UNC Wilton, CT Maren Meinert F/M 8/5/73 Duisburg, Germany Dagny Mellgren F/M 6/19/78 Bjornar Algard-Rogaland, Norway Christine McCann D 5/26/77 Connecticut Barrington, R.I. Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe M 3/22/74 Juvisy Juvisy, France R-Erin O'Grady M 8/7/79 Syracuse Glastonbury, CT Sarah Popper* M 10/20/81 Connecticut Penn Yan, NY D-Kristin Slater GK 9/9/79 Arizona State Spring, TX Kate Sobrero D 8/23/76 Notre Dame Bloomfield Hills, MI Marica Wallis* F 3/31/81 Stanford Los Gatos, CA R-Kelly Worden* D 12/7/80 Virginia Spring, TX * 2003 Draft Choice R - Reserve Players D - Devlopmental Upcoming Games: April 5 at San Diego 9 p.m. (ET) April 12 at Atlanta 4 p.m. (PAX) April 19 at Carolina 7 p.m.
From the Eagle-Tribune (as posted on the other thread) http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/n/nstory.pl?slug-TIMCOL05 From the Taunton Gazette You'll have to take my word that there is a Breakers preview article...as there is no on-line posting this morning. ================ Aldama over McCann? If the preseason is any indicator, it's likely...
oh man, only matchtracker has it live??? Matchtracker hasn't worked fully for any of the games so far!
I don't think it managed to ever work for a full match last year I'm going to miss the Boston PBPs, they always seemed to add more descriptions than the wusa one.
07:39 BOS -8th Minute. Corner Kick by 13-Kristine Lilly. Kick resulted in a Goal. 06:23 BOS -7th Minute. Cross Pass by 6-Maren Meinert. Catch/Punch by 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 1st of game. 05:55 BOS -6th Minute. Shot on Goal by 6-Maren Meinert, 1st of game. Save by: 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 2nd of game. 04:09 SD -5th Minute. Offside by 17-Christine Latham. 03:31 SD -4th Minute. Shot by 16-Kim Pickup, 1st of game. Result: High 03:31 SD -4th Minute. Corner Kick by 8-Shannon MacMillan. Kick resulted in a Shot. 03:16 SD -4th Minute. Cross Pass by 8-Shannon MacMillan. 01:43 BOS -2nd Minute. Corner Kick by 13-Kristine Lilly. 01:30 BOS -2nd Minute. Corner Kick by 13-Kristine Lilly. 01:00 BOS -1st Minute. Shot on Goal by 14-Dagny Mellgren, 1st of game. Save by: 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 1st of game. 00:30 SD -1st Minute. Take Away by 17-Christine Latham from 7-Monica Gonzalez. 00:00 -Match Started @ 6:20 P.M.
07:39 BOS -8th Minute. Goal Scored by 14-Dagny Mellgren, 1st of season. Assisted by7-Monica Gonzalez, 1st of season and 13-Kristine Lilly, 1st of season.. In Goal was 18-Jaime Pagliarulo. Snoop Dagny in the house!
10:15 BOS -11th Minute. Foul Committed by 2-Sarah Popper, 1st of game. Foul Suffered by 4-Ronnie Fair, 1st of game. Type: Handball 09:55 BOS -10th Minute. Cross Pass by 12-Heather Aldama. 09:24 SD -10th Minute. Foul Committed by 3-Kerry Connors, 1st of game. Foul Suffered by 22-Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe, 1st of game. Type: Hard Foul 08:45 SD -9th Minute. Shot on Goal by 11-Julie Foudy, 1st of game. Save by: 23-Karina LeBlanc, 1st of game. How can a human suffer a handball foul? Barring something that would get you a red card in a game involving males.
16:09 SD -17th Minute. Cross Pass by 6-Jennifer Nielsen. Pass resulted in a Shot. 14:45 SD -15th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Jennifer Nielsen, 1st of game. Foul Suffered by 6-Maren Meinert, 1st of game. Type: Pushing 13:25 BOS -14th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Maren Meinert, 1st of game. Foul Suffered by 4-Ronnie Fair, 2nd of game. Type: Hard Foul 12:20 BOS -13th Minute. Take Away by 2-Sarah Popper from 10-Aly Wagner. 12:00 BOS -12th Minute. Shot by 13-Kristine Lilly, 1st of game. Result: Wide Right 11:20 BOS -12th Minute. Shot on Goal by 6-Maren Meinert, 2nd of game. Save by: 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 3rd of game. 10:30 BOS -11th Minute. Cross Pass by 14-Dagny Mellgren.
18:50 BOS -19th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Maren Meinert, 3rd of game. Foul Suffered by 4-Ronnie Fair, 3rd of game. Type: Tripping 18:10 BOS -19th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Maren Meinert, 2nd of game. Foul Suffered by 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 1st of game. Type: Hard Foul 18:02 SD -19th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Jennifer Nielsen, 2nd of game. Foul Suffered by 11-Angela Hucles, 1st of game. Type: Pushing
22:55 SD -23rd Minute. Take Away by 8-Shannon MacMillan from 11-Angela Hucles. 20:40 BOS -21st Minute. Corner Kick by 13-Kristine Lilly. 18:50 BOS -19th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Maren Meinert, 3rd of game. Foul Suffered by 4-Ronnie Fair, 3rd of game. Type: Tripping 18:10 BOS -19th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Maren Meinert, 2nd of game. Foul Suffered by 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 1st of game. Type: Hard Foul 18:02 SD -19th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Jennifer Nielsen, 2nd of game. Foul Suffered by 11-Angela Hucles, 1st of game. Type: Pushing 17:30 BOS -18th Minute. Cross Pass by 22-Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe. Catch/Punch by 18-Jaime Pagliarulo, 2nd of game. 17:00 BOS -17th Minute. Cross Pass by 6-Maren Meinert.
I was just going to say that it seems like Mugneret-Beghe has been a bit quiet so far, but then again, it's hard to tell when you can't see the game.
25:42 SD -26th Minute. Corner Kick by 8-Shannon MacMillan. Kick resulted in a Shot. 25:25 SD -26th Minute. Direct Free Kick by 8-Shannon MacMillan. 24:15 BOS -25th Minute. Foul Committed by 7-Monica Gonzalez, 1st of game. Foul Suffered by 17-Christine Latham, 1st of game. Type: Tripping
27:14 BOS -28th Minute. Foul Committed by 5-Jena Kluegel, 1st of game. Foul Suffered by 3-Kerry Connors, 1st of game. Type: Tripping 26:30 BOS -27th Minute. Foul Committed by 6-Maren Meinert, 4th of game. Foul Suffered by 6-Jennifer Nielsen, 1st of game. Type: Pushing 26:18 SD -27th Minute. Take Away by 3-Kerry Connors from 22-Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe.