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Dominguez Named Player of Week

April 14, 2003 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) News Release


ATLANTA (Monday, April 14, 2003) - Atlanta's Maribel Dominguez has been selected as the league's MET-Rx Player of the Week for the week ending April 13, 2003. The Mexican national team captain tied a WUSA record for most points in a game (7) when she scored three goals and added one assist in the Beat's 6-0 victory over the Boston Breakers on April 12.

The Mexico City native's first goal was a world-class free kick from 22 yards in the 36th minute where the ball banged off the underside of the crossbar. Her second goal was another free kick that snuck through the player wall in the 51st, and she beat Boston's Kate Sobrero one-on-one for her final goal. After scoring three goals, Dominguez finished the day with an assist on the Beat's sixth goal to close out the scoring barrage. Dominguez, who joined the Beat during the offseason, now has four goals and two assists on the season.

"Maribel's individual flair and her ability to bring everybody else into the attack just made it too much for Boston on the day," Atlanta Head Coach Tom Stone said after the game. "Maribel just thinks it's like this every week in the WUSA, five (goals) one week, six one week. I try to tell her it's not normal."

The 24-year-old Dominguez captured 33 points in the voting (15 first place, 3 second place) to outdistance Washington's Jacqui Little (18 pts.) and Beat teammate Homare Sawa (3 pts.). The MET-Rx Player of the Week is selected every Monday throughout the regular season by a panel of journalists from the Professional Soccer Reporters Association.

MET-Rx is the official protein-based sports supplement of the WUSA. MET-Rx Sports Nutrition. "Goals Set. Goals Met."

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