{"id":13401,"date":"2012-07-07T01:53:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T05:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=13401"},"modified":"2012-07-07T02:10:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T06:10:15","slug":"breakers-outlast-charge-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=13401","title":{"rendered":"Breakers Outlast Charge 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breakers striker Kyah Simon scored for the 11th time in Friday’ 3-1 win over the Chesapeake Charge. (Photo: Chris Aduama\/aduama.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

SOMERVILLE, Mass. – At first glance, Friday\u2019s 3-1 Breakers victory over the ASA Chesapeake Charge appears to have been a\u00a0solid, if not expected, win for one of the best teams in WPSL Elite.<\/p>\n

On the contrary, the Charge, who entered the match with the second-worst record in the WPSL Elite, refused to bow before the second-place Breakers, who fielded a\u00a0mixture of\u00a0regulars and reserves on Friday with\u00a0another game looming less than 24 hours later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went with a little bit of a different lineup,\u201d said\u00a0Breakers head coach Lisa\u00a0Cole. \u201cNot the best cohesion we\u2019ve had as a team, but we got the win and that\u2019s what\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goals were going to come, it was more about whether we were going to give up goals. We have a game tomorrow too. Put together a team that can win today, put together a team that can win tomorrow and be able to get both results.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the number of new faces in\u00a0its starting XI, Boston struck first early. In the 16th<\/sup> minute, Heather\u00a0O\u2019Reilly crossed it\u00a0to Kyah Simon, who volleyed the ball into the back of the net for her 11th\u00a0goal of the season. O\u2019Reilly and Katie Schoepfer missed opportunities from close range later on in the half, but only after the Charge dominated possession and often ventured into the Breakers\u2019 end of the field.<\/p>\n

The Charge had nothing to reward their first half efforts, though the tempo of the game bounced in their direction immediately after the second half began. In the 47th<\/sup> minute, Breakers defender\u00a0Julie King\u00a0watched Charge striker Cheyenne Skidmore sneak in behind her and\u00a0before going in alone on\u00a0backup keeper Alejandra Velasco. Skidmore approached the net confidently and slotted the ball past Velasco and into the goal to level the game.<\/p>\n

The Breakers, however, wouldn’t\u00a0allow it to stay level for long. In the 53rd<\/sup> minute, O\u2019Reilly played a corner kick short to Courtney Jones, who was open on the left flank. Jones picked up her head and crossed into the thick of the penalty area,\u00a0where\u00a0it eventually found its way\u00a0into the net after it\u00a0managed to pass through\u00a0the Charge defense without interruption.<\/p>\n

Skidmore single-handedly sought out\u00a0the equalizer in the wake of Jones’ goal. She shot over the crossbar (57′), hit the post (63′) and had a point-blank shot saved by Velasco (65′). In between, Hnatiuk sent a freekick from outside the penalty area curling toward goal that Velasco had to parry away.<\/p>\n

Jess Luscinski helped the Breakers put the persistent Charge away by assisting on Melissa Henderson\u2019s first career goal in the 71st<\/sup> minute. Henderson darted into the penalty area and collected a pass from Luscinski before firing into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so great,\u201d\u00a0said Henderson. \u201cI am so relieved. It\u2019s so awesome to be on this pitch with the talented girls on this team. I am very thankful and blessed to be able to put that in the back of the net. I\u2019m have to give the points to the team and help them out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Breakers\u00a0have already\u00a0qualified for the playoffs, but\u00a0another win on Saturday against New England would avoid a tougher draw. New England needs to win out to make the playoffs while the Charge have been eliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyah Simon scored her league-leading 11th goal of the season in Friday’s 3-1 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[23,104,101],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/KSimon1.png?fit=490%2C261","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13401"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13401"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13412,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13401\/revisions\/13412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}