Saint Louis Athletica v Washington Freedom Sat June 20 2 pm ET

Saint Louis Athletica play the Washington Freedom this Saturday afternoon in a match between 2nd and 3rd in the standings. The game will be played at Athletica's new home The Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park, Saint Louis. The match can be heard on local radio in St. Louis on TEAM 1380 AM, on-line at team1380.net, or follow the game on matchtracker if you dare.

This is the 2nd time the teams will have met with the 1st being the 3-3 draw at the Maryland socceplex park in Washington. It was also the same game Athletica's Daniela was taken out by a bad tackle by the Freedom's Abby Wambach.

Saint Louis will be looking to get all 3 pts this time as they are the form team and will be playing infront of their home crowd.Athletica have won four of their last five games with all the wins coming by shutout and they have taken points in six of their last seven games with the only blemish being a 2-0 loss at league leading Los Angeles on May 30. Athletica’s current streak has seen them rise from the bottom of the standings to second place in the WPS table.

Few changes are expected in the lineup as Head Coach Jorge Barcellos has named the same 11 starters for the last two games, both of which have been 1-0 wins. Athletica enter this matchup relatively healthy except for Daniela being out.English international Eniola Aluko having scored against Boston is the player in form.

The Washington Freedom have had an up and down season. There last 4 matches have been - a draw at Boston,Win v FC Gold Pride, a loss against league leaders LA Sol and a draw at home against the Chicago Red Stars. Although their defence has played much better there is still a lot of work to do. They need more consistency. They need to score goals. The build up place is great but the ball needs to go in the net.

Having new defender Ali Krieger available again should start start them off. Key players for the Freedom - GK Erin Mcleod and Lori Lindsey who has recovered from illness.Without her the Freedom lost some of their drive in midfield.

Expect an exciting match if the 1st matchup is an indicator.