CyberRays finish road trip on national TV against Boston

Published on May 29, 2003 under Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
San Jose CyberRays News Release


GAME: CyberRays (4-3-0, 12 points, fourth place) vs. Boston Breakers (3-3-2, 11 points, fifth place).

SITE: Nickerson Field, Boston.

TIME: 1 p.m. PDT Saturday.

TELEVISION: PAX national telecast

SATELLITE COORDINATES: KU Band, AMC 2, Transponder K 03

GAME NOTES: Complete game notes are posted in PDF form at http://www.sjcyberrays.com/news/gnotes_bos030531.pdf.

CyberRays-Boston series notes: The CyberRays' only victory in Boston was July 15, 2001 – their first visit to Nickerson Field – when they won 2-0 on goals by Julie Murray and Tisha Venturini-Hoch (when her last name was just Venturini). ... Boston holds the distinction of scoring more goals in a single game against the CyberRays in a Spartan Stadium match than any team (4) and holding the largest lead over the CyberRays in Spartan than any team (4-0). ... This series is even regardless of site, 1-1-1 in each city. ... The series is also even in goals with eight per team. Last season each team scored three goals in the series.

Beene gets another shutout: Saturday's shutout of Philadelphia was the third this season for GK LaKeysia Beene, tying her for the WUSA lead with Atlanta's Brianna Scurry. Scurry and Beene now rank 1-2, respectively, in WUSA career shutouts with Scurry's 16 leading Beene by one. Beene is on pace to erase her WUSA single-season shutout record of eight, set in 2001. Her third shutout this season came in the seventh game while the seventh game marked her first shutout of the inaugural season. Beene leads the league with 33 saves, ranks second in save percentage at 84.6 and is third in goals-against average at 0.86.

Tight defense: The CyberRays are tied for third in standings points despite being tied for last in scoring because of exceptional defense. The team has giving up only six goals this season, second fewest to Atlanta.

Pretinha breaks out: Pretinha had the first multi-goal game of her WUSA career Saturday when she scored both goals in the CyberRays 2-0 defeat of Philadelphia. The goals were her second and third of the season making her the CyberRays' team leader in goals and points (3g+1a=7pts). She is the only player on the team with more than one goal.

Viva Brazil: As was the case in 2002, the CyberRays' Brazilian trio of Katia, Pretinha and Sissi are dominating the team's offensive production, accounting for more than half the team's goals and total points. Here's the breakdown:

Players G % total A % total Pts % total

Brazilians 5 62.5 7 50.0 17 56.7

Everybody else 3 37.5 7 50.0 13 43.3

Season starts: The CyberRays' 4-3 start this season is their best ever.

Game change reminder The CyberRays-San Diego Spirit game originally scheduled for July 13 in Spartan Stadium has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 2. The original date conflicts with the USA-Brazil game which is expected to take 11 players from the combined CyberRays-San Diego lineups. Please note this change on your office schedules.

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