James Named Player of the Week
July 28, 2003 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) News Release
ATLANTA (Monday, July 28, 2003) - Carolina's Venus James has been selected as the league's MET-Rx Player of the Week for the week ending July 27, 2003. James scored two consecutive goals in just 21 minutes against Philadelphia on Saturday, July 26 to lead the Courage to a 3-1 victory. Since moving to forward from midfield after Danielle Fotopoulos suffered a season-ending knee injury on June 25, James has scored four goals in her last five games.
James scored her first goal of the night early in the second half, breaking a 1-1 tie. Positioned at the top of the penalty area, James received a cross from Tiffany Roberts, blasting a header past Charge goalkeeper Hope Solo for a 2-1 Courage lead. James sealed the Courage victory in the 82nd minute when she beat Solo at the top of the box and put the ball in the back of the net for a 3-1 Carolina victory.
James, who also won the Player of the Week award on June 24, 2002, has seven goals and three assists for her career. 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.
James' 36 points (13 first place, 10 second place) narrowly defeated Washington's Abby Wambach's 34 points (12 first place, 10 second place). Other players who received votes include New York's Shannon Boxx, San Jose's LaKeysia Beene and Tisha Venturini-Hoch, Atlanta's Charmaine Hooper, Boston's Maren Meinert and Washington's Jennifer Grubb. MET-Rx is the official protein-based sports supplement of the WUSA. MET-Rx Sports Nutrition. "Goals Set. Goals Met."
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