Spirit's Foreign Contingent Arriving

March 13, 2003 - Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
San Diego Spirit News Release


The Spirit's foreign contingent will be arriving in San Diego at various times throughout the month of March. The following is a tentative schedule for the arrival times of the club's foreign players.

Daniela, March 19, Waiting for work visa clearance

Christine Latham, March 23, Playing with Canada in the Algarve Cup

Julie Fleeting, March 24, Playing with Scotland in World Cup qualifying

Zhang Ouying, March 25, Playing with China in the Algarve Cup

* JAIME PAGLIARULO TO BE FEATURED ON ESPN RADIO 800

Spirit goalkeeper Jaime Pagliarulo will begin weekly one-minute updates on ESPN Radio 800 in late March. The team and station came to terms this week on an agreement to give Spirit exposure on the new all-sports station. The club is negotiating with Inside Soccer and Mighty 1090 AM, the new San Diego all-sports station to have Spirit players host segments or their own show on their outlets.

* MASCARO SCORES HEADER WITH NEW SOCCER HEADGEAR

Spirit midfielder and Full 90 spokesperson Jenny Mascaro scored on a header goal while debuting her new Full 90 soccer headgear, a device designed to protect a player's head from contact injuries, in Wednesday's game against LMU. Mascaro scored off a cross from Amy Sauer in the 50th minute. Full 90 is entering the marketplace and is using WUSA players to promote its product. San Diego defender Joy Fawcett has also signed to be a Full 90 spokesperson.

* COMPLETE SPIRIT SPRING TRAINING SCORING LIST

The Spirit has played three scrimmages and one regulation match since the opening of training camp on March 1. The following is a list of goal scorers in those games. (Note: The Spirit only keeps official records of full 90-minute matches, consisting of two 45-minutes halves.)

Allie Kemp-Sullivan, 6

Shauna Rohbock, 5

Aly Wagner, 2

Sherice Anders, 1

Julie Foudy, 1

Jenny Mascaro, 1

Jen Nielsen, 1

* GAME DATE CHANGE

The game that was scheduled for Sunday, May 4th at 1:00 p.m. PT in Boston, has been changed to Saturday May 3rd, 3:30 p.m. PT. The Breakers will be playing a doubleheader with the MLS Revolution at Gillette Stadium.

IN THEIR WORDS

Head Coach Omid Namazi on Wednesday's preseason match against LMU...

"The game against LMU was a good opportunity for us to get a better look at some players that we still have in camp. I thought our play at times was very good, but at other times it was sloppy. We are working on becoming a more efficient team while in possession of the ball, as well as improving our transition from offense to defense, and vice versa, which needs to be a little quicker. Our defenders did a good job of keeping their forwards in check. In the midfield it took us a while to get organized and sort out our markings, but once we did we looked good in there, with the combination of Mascaro and Nielsen. Allie Kemp-Sullivan once again showed her speed and athleticism by finding the space behind their defenders and scoring three goals in the first half. Overall it was a good game and our players are starting to understand their roles much better."

NEWSSTAND

WUSA Team Preseason Team Previews http://www.wusa.com/documents/Team_overviews-preseason-03.pdf

IN PERSON

Saturday, March 15 - Spirit v. Cal-St. Fullerton, Torero Stadium, 1:00 p.m.



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