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Double Trouble as Twins Prepare for Home-and-Home Series

June 2, 2003 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
San Diego Spirit News Release


Saturday marks the first Spirit-Charge meeting of twins Ronnie and Lorrie Fair, who faced each other numerous times over the past two seasons while Ronnie was playing for the New York Power. Ronnie attended Stanford University while Lorrie attended the University of North Carolina and they have not played together on the same team since May 9, 1997, when they became the first twins, and first sisters, to play for the U.S. Women's National Team, appearing against England at Spartan Stadium. The two also played together on the U.S. Under-20 Nordic Cup Teams, and before that played club soccer together with the Sunnyvale Roadrunners. This is also the first leg of a two-week home-and-home series between the clubs. San Diego will be at a slight disadvantage over the two games, playing without Julie Fleeting this weekend as the Scottish striker is in Portugal playing with her national team in European Women's Championships qualifying, and will be without all their U.S. Women's National Team players on June 14 at Philly as the USA plays that same day. The matches are vital for the Spirit's race for the playoffs as they have been "Team Tied" as of late and need to win at home.

QUICK GLANCE AT THE SPIRIT

NEXT MATCH: Saturday, June 7, 6 p.m. PT, vs. Philadelphia, Torero Stadium, Channel 4 SD, tape delay, 9:45 p.m.
LAST MATCH: Saturday, May 31, 1-1 tie with Atlanta, Torero Stadium
RECORD: 3-1-4, 13 pts., 4th place
LEADING SCORER: Julie Fleeting, 4 goals, 1 assist = 9 points
INJURIES: Shannon MacMillan, Torn R ACL, Out

NEXT ON THE SLATE: Philadelphia Charge, Saturday, June 7, 6 p.m. PT, Torero Stadium

The Spirit faces the Philadelphia Charge on June 7 in what will be the first meeting between the two teams this season, and also the first meeting 2003 between twins Ronnie and Lorrie Fair. The have met before when Ronnie played for the New York Power, but this will be the first Spirit-Charge meeting of the twins from Los Altos, California. The match kicks off a 6 p.m. PT and will give San Diego fans their first chance this season to see dazzling 2002 WUSA MVP Marinette Pichon of France. The Spirit will host "Photo Day" before the game. Fans can take photos with their favorite players beginning at 4 p.m. on the stadium field.

FLEETING TO PLAY WITH SCOTLAND AGAINST PORTUGAL ON SATURDAY

Julie Fleeting will not be available for Saturday's game against Philadelphia, as she was called up to the Scottish National team for a match against Portugal at Nelas Municipal Stadium in Portugal on June 7. Fleeting, who will be participating in European Championship qualifying, has four goals and one assist for a total of nine points. So far this season, "Air Scotland " has tied two club records with four-game goal and a five-game point streaks.

SPIRIT BREAKS OWN RECORD TIME AT SUNDAY's ROCK 'N' ROLL MARATHON

The San Diego Spirit players and team staff broke their own mark by finishing Sunday's (June 1) Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in a time of 3:17:04. The team, who broke the old record of 3:30:17, was running the race for the third consecutive year. The team ran the marathon relay-style with each team of two running two miles each. Julie Foudy started and finished the race.

FOUNDERS CUP III TICKETS ARE ON SALE TO SEASON SEAT HOLDERS

Founders Cup III tickets went on sale to Spirit season seat holders last week. The 2,000-plus season seat holders have an exclusive period to purchase tickets for the WUSA Championship game to be held in San Diego at Torero Stadium on Sunday, August 24, 1 p.m. Once the deadline of June 1 has passed, mini-season seat holders have the next window of opportunity between June 1-June 15, before the seats go on sale to the general public.

SPIRIT PLAYERS WILL BE AT THE GIN BLOSSOMS CONCERT IN JUNE!

Gin Blossoms Reunite for Summer Tour! With their timeless harmonies & power-pop driven songs, the band unleashed a string of hits that included: "Hey Jealousy," "Found Out About You," and the #1 hit, "Til I Hear It From You." Don't miss the Spirit players as they introduce the Gin Blossoms on stage on Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 4th & B. For information or tickets to the concert call 619-231-4343 or visit 345 B Street, Downtown, San Diego. The Spirit will also be giving away some Gin Blossoms concert packages at their home game on June 7th. Come early to the Fun Zone and enter to win!

SPIRIT SNAPSHOTS

Pagliarulo is unbeaten in her last six starts, a club record and she set a club record with her 10-save performance against Atlanta on Saturday...Fleeting failed to set club record for consecutive games with a point, her streak ended at five, tying the club mark...San Diego is 2-1-4 without MacMillan in the lineup lifetime...Foudy has seven career goals and reached the 25-career point milestone with her penalty kick goal on Saturday...Foudy, who has PK goals in two consecutive games, is now 3-for-4 on penalty kick attempts in her WUSA career... San Diego sets a club record with a seven-game unbeaten streak (3-0-4)...San Diego has come-from-behind to win or tie three times this season...San Diego has allowed a goal in within the first 10 minutes of four games...San Diego has three-game home-unbeaten streak.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Spirit has three home games in the month of June, facing Philadelphia on June 7 (6 p.m. PT), New York on June 21 (1 p.m. PT) and San Jose on June 29 (5 p.m. PT). The Spirit will play one away match in June on the 14th at Philadelphia as Spirit head coach Omid Namazi returns to the town where he coached the Philadelphia Kixx to an indoor NPSL championship. That will be a challenging match for the Spirit as they will be without all of their national team players as the USA faces Ireland that day in Salt Lake City.

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