Philly's Boquete Earns Third Player of the Week Honor
August 4, 2011 - Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) News Release
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 4, 2011) - Spanish forward Veronica Boquete led the Philadelphia Independence to two victories en route to claiming her third WPS Player of the Week title this season, capturing the honor for Week 16.
The diminutive forward scored the lone goals in victories at Boston and at home over Atlanta as the Independence (10-3-3) pulled three points ahead of the Western New York Flash (9-2-3) in a two-team race for the regular-season championship and automatic berth in the Aug. 27 championship game.
Boquete, the first and only player in 2011 to be honored three times, also has won this year in Weeks 11 and 14. She joins Abby Wambach who won three Player of the Week awards in 2009, and Marta and Amy Rodriguez who were three-time winners last year.
Boquete, 24, came to WPS in August of 2010 after leading the Flash -- then known as the Buffalo Flash -- to last year's USL W-League championship. She has appeared in 12 games in her WPS career to date, and has six goals.
The WPS Player of Week is selected by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters.
Week 1: Allie Long (Sky Blue FC)
Week 2: Alli Lipsher (Atlanta Beat)
Week 3: Alli Lipsher (Atlanta Beat)
Week 4: Christine Sinclair (Western New York Flash)
Week 5: Marta (Western New York Flash)
Week 6: McCall Zerboni (Western New York Flash)
Week 7: Caroline Seger (Western New York Flash)
Week 8: Abby Wambach (magicJack)
Week 9: Meghan Klingenberg (Boston Breakers)
Week 10: Alyssa Naeher (Boston Breakers)
Week 11: Veronica Boquete (Philadelphia Independence)
Week 12: Casey Nogueira (Sky Blue FC)
Week 13: Tasha Kai (Philadelphia Independence)
Week 14: Veronica Boquete (Philadelphia Independence)
Week 15: Christine Sinclair (Western New York Flash)
Week 16: Veronica Boquete (Philadelphia Independence)
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