Power Weekly
April 8, 2003 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
New York Power News Release
Last Week: April 5 New York Power 0, Atlanta Beat 5 @ Atlanta
Upcoming Week: Power (0-1-0, 0pts) vs. Washington Freedom (1-0-0, 3pts)
Date: Saturday, April 12th
Time: 7:00 pm (EST)
Place: RFK Stadium
Television: New York Metro Channel
Season Series: First Meeting. All-time Regular Season Series: Washington leads 4-2-0. Top Scorers: New York - Tiffeny Milbrett (4g, 1a = 9pts); Washington - Bai Jie (4g, 2a = 10pts) & Mia Hamm (4g, 2a = 10pts). Power Key Players Out: New York - D Sara Whalen (ACL); D Kristy Whelchel (ACL); D Cheryl Salisbury (Australian National Team Duty); M Joey Peters (Australian National Team Duty). Power-Freedom Notes: The Power will look to break a two-game losing streak to the Freedom. No games between these two teams have ended in a tie.. Tiffeny Milbrett will look to add to her four career goals against the Freedom. The Power have played better in Washington, winning two of the three matches, outscoring the Freedom 7-3. Washington has won all three games in New York, outscoring the Power 10-4.
Key Matchup: New York F Tiffeny Milbrett vs. Washington D Jen Grubb: Milbrett will look to use her explosive speed to add to her four career goals against Washington. In the first meeting last season, Milbrett tallied two goals, but Grubb was able to keep her off the scoreboard in their last two meetings.
Power Head Coach Tom Sermanni on Washington: "Washington has an impressive and explosive offense, that should test our backline."
POWER INJURY UPDATE
OUT: D Sara Whalen (ACL); D Kristy Whelchel (ACL)
DOUBTFUL: none
QUESTIONABLE: none
PROBABLE: none
Power Notes:
Short Handed
The Power will be missing four key players, when they take on the Washington Freedom. Defender Sara Whalen is out for the season, after suffering an ACL injury to her right knee. Kristy Whelchel will also miss a good portion of the season, again due to a torn ACL. Australians Cheryl Salisbury and Joey Peters will both miss the Power's first two games, due to National Team duty.
New Faces
Six new players (Carly Smolak, Christie Welsh, Shannon Boxx, Margaret Tietjen, Lauren Orlandos and Lindsey Jones) started for New York against Atlanta last week. Tom Sermanni is looking for his first points as the Power's newly appointed head coach.
Shining Star
New York's forward Tiffeny Milbrett begins the season as the WUSA's all-time leading scorer. Milbrett has scored 26 goals and added 11 assists for 63 points.
Overseas
Power Australian International tallied four goals as Australia defeated Samoa, 19-0. It was Australia's first match of the 2003 OFC Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament.
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