Sol defeat Red Stars 4-0

Tuesday, 30 June 09, 11:56 AM · Comments(0)

The Sol played their last weekend home game if the season against the Chicago Red Stars and defeated them 4-0. Shannon Boxx opened the scoring, Camille Abilly scored her 8th goal of the season, and Marta added a pair to join her teammate at the top of the scoring list.

With players like Carli Lloyd, Lindsay Tarpley, Cristiane, and Megan Rapinoe, one would think the Red Stars would be a high scoring team, and should be at the top of the standings, but that is not the case. Chicago has a 9-game losing streak, almost equal to the Sol's winning streak of 10, and have not scored a goal in 403 minutes. Their last goal came on June 7th in a 1-1 tie with FC Gold Pride.

The LA Sol, coming off a 2-1 win at St. Louis on Wednesday, came to the HDC on Saturday energized, and ready to rock the field. Boxx scored the first goal of the morning in the 14th minute. McCall Zerboni, making her first start as a full-time roster player, got a perfect cross in the area. Boxx found it, and blasted the ball to the far post and into the back of the net.

5 minutes later, Aya Miyama passed the ball to Camille Abily at the top of the box. Abily blasted her shot past Chicago goalkeeper Caroline Jonsson, making it her league-leading 8th goal of the season.

Marta scored the third goal as Miyama gave her a pass into the box and got a touch on the ball to deflect it into the goal. In the 90th minute, it was Marta again, who got the slightest touch on a pass from Aly Wagner to notch her 8th goal of the season.

Chicago scored 3 goals throughout the match, but all were called back for they were offsides. Karina LeBlanc made 4 saves to earn her league-leading 10th suthout.

With the win, the Sol have now clinched a play-off berth. Now they just have to make sure they stay focused and continue doing what they've done all season long to make sure that play-off berth is a berth to the WPS Final.

The last home game for the LA Sol is on Wednesday July 8th at the Home Depot Center against the St. Louis Athletica at 12pm PT. Make sure to come out and support. Spread the word!

Sol defeat Red Stars 4-0

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