Lady Eagles win 3-0
Published on May 29, 2008 under United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Charlotte Eagles News Release
The Charlotte Lady Eagles defeated Bradenton 3-0 on Tuesday night. The Lady Eagles extended their undefeated streak in the effort as they traveled south. Charlotte started out like they have much of the season dominating in possession and opportunities on net. Christy Rife started the scoring in the 13th minute when she punched one in the Bradenton net off of a deflection from a Kelly Schmedes cross. The game went 24 minutes without another score until Nikki Lyons finished a breakaway in the 37th minute. The Lady Eagles were able to extend the lead to the final score line just before halftime when Kelly Schmedes finish a feed from Rife. The game wore on with more opportunities, but no capitalization for the Lady Eagles. The lead enabled them to make several substitutions which were needed for the second game of the roadtrip on Friday against the Atlanta Silverbacks who are also undefeated on the season. The Lady Eagles out shot Bradenton 12-9 and Laura Armstrong was in net to record the shutout.
As was fore mentioned the Lady Eagles will play at Atlanta this Friday. The Eagles travel to Crystal Palace Baltimore on Saturday. Charlotte and Crystal Palace sit atop of the USL-2 standing currently. The Eagles will the play Richmond at home on June 3rd and the Lady Eagles play at home next on June 6th as the lead game for the doubleheader scheduled that night on Restart Field.
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