Charge Announce Exhibition Against Spirit
July 10, 2002 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
Philadelphia Charge News Release
VILLANOVA, PA (July 10, 2002) - The Philadelphia Charge and the San Diego Spirit will battle each other in a post-season exhibition on Saturday, September 14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. as part of a doubleheader with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. The Galaxy, who will be playing their final regular-season game that day, will be taking on the San Jose Earthquakes. The Charge-Spirit game is scheduled for 7 p.m. (ET), while the Galaxy-Earthquakes game will be at 10:00 p.m. (ET).
The match will be the first at the Rose Bowl for a WUSA team and first since the U.S. National Team beat China on penalty kicks in the 1999 Women's World Cup. A combined eight players from the Charge and Spirit participated in that historic game, which took place three years ago today in front of a sold-out crowd of over 90,000 fans.
Midfielders Lorrie Fair, Liu Ailing and Zhao Lihong were the Charge representatives, while Julie Foudy, Joy Fawcett, Shannon MacMillan, Fan Yunjie and Zhang Ouying also played in the contest and are on the Spirit. Fair, Foudy, Fawcett and Macmillan all played on the American side, while the others represented China.
The first-ever WUSA match at the historic Rose Bowl will also feature numerous players with Southern California ties, including the Spirit's Shannon Boxx (Huntington Beach), Rhiannon Tanaka (Anaheim), Foudy (Mission Viejo), Fawcett (Huntington Beach) and MacMillan (Escondido). The Charge feature Erin Martin (Temple City), Jenny Benson (Fountain Valley), Mandy Clemens (San Diego) and Melissa Moore (Van Nuys).
The Charge are currently tied for first place in the WUSA standings with the Carolina Courage. Both teams have 30 points, but the Charge (9-1-3) have a game in hand against the Courage (9-2-3) and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker, having already beaten Carolina twice this season. Philadelphia travels to Washington this Sunday to face the Freedom starting at 4 p.m. and then returns home for Saturday, July 20 when it will face the Courage in a battle for the top spot. Saturday will also be "Women in Sports Night" at Villanova Stadium. For Charge tickets call 215-467-GOAL.
The September 14 match will be the second and final regular season appearance in Los Angeles of 2002 World Cup hero Landon Donovan and the San Jose Earthquakes. It is Youth Soccer Day at the Rose Bowl, featuring a special $13 reserved ticket price for all youth soccer players and administrators. For more information call 1-877-3GALAXY.
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