BRIT INVASION...PART 8

Kelly, Alex, Karen, Ifeoma & Anita were all in the starting line-ups this past weekend. Eniola sat out as Saint Louis Athletica had a bye week. How did they do?


Top Play!

Top player & play this week again goes to Alex Scott from the Boston Breakers. 1st goal in the WPS, i expect she will get a few more. With Coach Tony DiCicco all for his full-backs getting forward and getting on the scoresheet,Scott done just that.
Against Washington Freedom Scott had been creeping forward and playing like a winger in the1st half but in the 2nd half it paid of. Latching on to a through ball by teammate Christine Latham, Scott out paced Freedom defender Alex Singer and struck a thunderbolt shot high past GK Erin McLeod into the roof of the net. She said she had been practising her shooting all week. Well keep practising that's all i can say!
Scott comfortable in the final 3rd of the field, quick in attack, bundles of energy and strong in defence Boston has got themselves a steal. Ohhh Chicago! An asset to every team she plays for. Its all good for England as well.

Kelly Smith is a marked woman. Hampered by a slight knee injury picked up in the previous week. Smith lumbered around the field. Still on 3/4 of a tank she was still giving the Freedom midfielders problems. Anytime she got the ball she was attacked by Freedom red shirts eager to strip the ball from her. Sometimes it worked sometimes it didn't. One time it didn't work Smith nearly scored a contender for goal of the season. Unfortunately for her it was brilliantly saved by GK Erin McLeod for the save of the season.

Sky Blue FC Centre-Back Anita Asante was once again up against Marta. Compared to the last match they faced each other Asante put in a solid display and the Sky Blue defence had Marta under control...well, untill till the 80th minute that is, when Marta sprung the offside trap to score. For her performance in the match Asante was quick and strong and rarely let the offensive players of the Sol past her. With an unchanged back four of Dowling, Asante, Rampone, Schnur, Asante is proving herself to be a leader on the field with her organisation. England will reap the benefits this summer.

Karen Carney was IMO the best player wearing skyblue against the FC Gold Pride. Yes the Chicago Red Stars wear sky blue! Carney claimed 2 of the total 3 shots on goal for the Red Stars. Making the The Pride goalkeeper work for their win. Always busy she was trying to get her teammates involved in play that counted but the Pride defenders stood up well to all of the Red Stars attacks. Towards the end of the match she was spent but it is clear she is an important player for Chicago.

Chicago red Stars Scottish star Ifeoma Dieke played a lot better than her previous match. Kept the Red Stars in the game with keeping the Pride from extending their lead.She kept FC Gold Pride's talented forwards far from goal which meant they took a lot of shots outside the area. Matched up to the strength of Christie Sinclair well. Another important player for the Red Stars.