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San Diego Spirit Match Preview

July 12, 2002 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
San Diego Spirit News Release


THE OUTLOOK

The defending WUSA champion San Jose CyberRays and women's soccer legend Brandi Chastain come to town today for their first and only appearance at Torero Stadium this season. While the CyberRays have not been able to put together a long unbeaten streak like the one that vaulted them to the top of the standings last season, they are in the third place and are in solid position to defend their Founders Cup title. San Jose's good fortunes have come mostly due to the feet of Brazilian striker Katia, who torched San Diego for two goals in the second meeting of the two teams on June 9 in Kevin Crow's debut as head coach. The C-Rays trio of Brazilians - Sissi, Pretinha and Katia - have been very effective in the attack for San Jose while the center-defense of Kelly Lindsey and Diane Alagich, and the goalkeeping of U.S. National Team net-minder LaKeysia Beene, have made San Jose one of the toughest teams in the league. The Spirit have played San Jose pretty even this year, the difference being Katia's two brilliant goals at Spartan Stadium, and hope that the return of Shannon MacMillan from injury, plus the addition of Scottish striker Julie Fleeting, can bolster the attack.

CYBERRAYS NOTES...

· Tisha Venturini-Hoch has goals in three of the last four games.

· Katia had the second of her three two-goal games on June 9 against San Diego.

· Sissi is ranked third in the WUSA with nine assists, last year she led WUSA with 10.

· Thori Bryan played her 37th consecutive complete match on Wednesday against Atlanta.

SPIRIT NOTES...

· Shannon MacMillan has a 2-game point streak.

· Boston extended the opponents' goal scoring streak to a team-record eight games.

· Julie Foudy has her first two-goal scoring streak of her WUSA career.

· San Diego has allowed its opponent to score first in eight straight matches.

SATURDAY TRAINING SESSIONS...

The media is welcome to attend the final 30 minutes of each training session. Please contact the Spirit Communications Department to make arrangements for interviews. San Diego and new Scottish forward Julie Fleeting will train between 10-11 a.m. San Jose is scheduled to practice from 5-6 p.m. at Torero Stadium.

Forward Moved to Make Place for New Addition Julie Fleeting

SHAUNA ROHBOCK ADDED TO SPIRIT RESERVE TEAM

SAN DIEGO - Forward Shauna Rohbock, who was waived on Monday to make room on the Spirit's 18-player roster for just arrived Scottish international Julie Fleeting, has signed a reserve contract with the Spirit and will become a member of the Spirit's three-player reserve team for the rest of the season.

Rohbock, who has played xxx minutes in xx games while getting xx starts, has two goals and x assists on the season. As a reserve team player, Rohbock will be eligible to suit up and play for the Spirit should the roster drop below 18 players for a home match and 16 players for a road match due to injuries or national team cap-ups.

The San Diego Spirit is a charter member of the WUSA and plays their home matches at the 7,035-seat Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego. For ticket information, please contact the Spirit ticket office at 1-877-4SOCCER (1-877-476-2237) or 619-692-9872, or visit the club's website at www.sandiegospirit.com.

Transaction: The San Diego Spirit (WUSA) waived F Shauna Rohbock and then signed her to the reserve team.



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