Flash Face magicJack in the Hunt for Top Playoff Ranking
Published on August 9, 2011 under Women's Professional Soccer (WPS)
Western New York Flash News Release
BUFFALO, N.Y. (August 9, 2011)-The Western New York Flash (11-2-3, 36 points) of Women's Professional Soccer will travel to Boca Raton, Florida to play magicJack (8-6-2, 25 points) at Florida International University with a start time of 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
The Flash have first place on the line with just two games remaining. The Flash will clinch first place if they win both games on Wednesday and again on Sunday evening at home. As it currently stands, the Flash are once again tied with the Philadephia Independence at 36 points. The Independence and Flash are fighting for the automatic spot in the WPS championship match on August 27th with home field advantage at stake.
The Flash most recently played Atlanta Beat on Saturday evening and played to a 2-0 win with Brazilian international forward Marta scoring both goals for the visiting side. The Flash are playing their third game of the season against the magicJack team, but their first on the road. The Flash won both previous matchups that were both played at Sahlen's Stadium, 3-0 in May, and a 3-1 win July 20th in front of a WPS record setting crowd of 15,404. The large crowd was not disappointed as Canadian forward Christine Sinclair scored two goals for the Flash and added an assist on McCall Zerboni's goal. magicJack forward Ella Masar netted the lone goal for the visitors.
magicJack has also already clinched a playoff spot and will host the first round of the playoffs against the fouth pl;ace seed. They are coming off a 3-2 defeat over Sky Blue FC last Wednesday. US national team forward Abby Wambach scored two goals, and US midfielder Megan Rapinoe scored the game winner. Rookie magicJack forward Christen Press is fourth in the league with goals scored with eight goals. Wambach is second to Sinclair, who have nine and ten goals respectively.
"This game will be a good test for us before we head into the playoffs. magicJack has a talented roster and play well on their home field. We will need to be sharp tomorrow evening to finish this road trip off successfully," Head Coach Aaran Lines says.
The Flash will return home for their last regular season game against the Atlanta Beat on Sunday, August 14th at 6 p.m at Sahlen's Stadium. This is the Flash's Puma Project PINK game in which the players will sport all pink kits and after the game the jerseys will be raffled off. The Flash players also have personal raffle baskets they have made that will be raffled off after the game as well on Sunday. All raffle proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen foundation to support breast cancer research.
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