{"id":45855,"date":"2017-07-01T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=45855"},"modified":"2017-07-01T20:02:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T00:02:54","slug":"breakers-end-skid-beat-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=45855","title":{"rendered":"Breakers End Skid, Beat Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_45856\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45856\" data-attachment-id=\"45856\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=45856\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Breakers-1.png?fit=600%2C415\" data-orig-size=\"600,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Breakers-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Boston Breakers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Breakers-1.png?fit=300%2C208\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Breakers-1.png?fit=600%2C415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Breakers-1.png?resize=600%2C415\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Breakers-1.png?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Breakers-1.png?resize=300%2C208 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Boston Breakers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rookie forward Margaret Purce scored her first pro goal after the break to send the Breakers to a long-awaited 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday at Jordan Field in Allston, Mass. <\/p>\n<p>Purce, who entered Saturday&#8217;s match in the 62nd minute, broke the deadlock in the 73rd minute on a pass from Rosie White to end the Breakers&#8217; recent eight-match winless rut. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">72&#39; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BOS?src=hash\">#BOS<\/a> Goal &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonBreakers\">@BostonBreakers<\/a>&#39;s Margaret Purce fires a low shot from outside the box into the goal to take a 1-0 lead. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BOSvWAS?src=hash\">#BOSvWAS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMduT6z12X\">pic.twitter.com\/jMduT6z12X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NWSL (@NWSL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSL\/status\/881268601214218242\">July 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said this at halftime to the group that we\u2019re driving into players when we can give it and then receive it back in the space and we\u2019ve got to a better job of that, but I thought (Purce) did well with that today,\u201d Breakers head coach Matt Beard told the media after the match. \u201cShe was getting her head up. She was looking for the passes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spirit outshot the Breakers 17-10, forcing Sammy Jo Prudhomme to make four saves in order to collect her second straight clean sheet. <\/p>\n<p>Washington&#8217;s Estefania Banini made a bid for the equalizer in the 80th minute, but her shot was denied by Prudhomme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of them, I thought we defended well today. We knew we needed to come away with a win today,\u201d said Beard. \u201cIt\u2019s a pleasing, win and it\u2019s another clean sheet, which is another positive, and we can build from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Breakers will look to make it two straight on Friday at Jordan Field where they&#8217;ll host the Chicago Red Stars. 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