{"id":12992,"date":"2012-06-20T23:58:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T03:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=12992"},"modified":"2012-06-21T00:29:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T04:29:40","slug":"simons-hat-trick-steers-breakers-over-mutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=12992","title":{"rendered":"Simon’s Hat Trick Steers Breakers Over Mutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breakers striker Kyah Simon struck three times in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Mutiny at Dilboy Stadium. (Photo: Boston Breakers)<\/p><\/div>\n

SOMERVILLE, Mass. – It turned out that the weather wasn’t the only thing sizzling at Dilboy Stadium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

With a form that matched the scorching temperatures that enveloped in the greater Boston area, Kyah Simon scored three goals to lead the Breakers to a 4-2 win over the Mutiny in the first showdown between the Commonwealth-based clubs.<\/p>\n

“Both Shep (Katie Schoepfer) and Courtney (Jones) set me up with some really good goals,” Simon said. “All the credit to them for setting me up.”<\/p>\n

Although the hat trick left the Dilboy Stadium crowd buzzing, it was only after Boston’s attack sputtered in the early stages of the game.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Mutiny, which employed a plucky counterattack, beat the Breakers to the board in the 12th minute. Riley Houle grabbed a ball inside the area and pushed it through to give the guests the opening goal.<\/p>\n

“There haven’t been many games we’ve been down 1-nil within 20 minutes,” Simon said. “So it definitely was a wake-up call and really got us kicked into gear.”<\/p>\n

After surviving a couple of looks from Mutiny striker Kate Howarth, the Breakers found the board in the 41st minute. With Simon lurking inside the area, Schoepfer sent a through ball to Simon, who easily slipped it far post to level it.<\/p>\n

But Simon wasn’t done. Not for the game, let alone the first half.<\/p>\n

With halftime on the doorstep, Simon struck again when Jones sent a ball from the right wing in front of net, where the Australian striker buried it for her second goal in a four-minute span.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been focused a lot on our final third play,” Breakers head coach Lisa Cole said. “I feel that’s a part of our game that if we’re a little cleaner, we’ll be in good shape. There were some good balls played in, and I think it was because of our mobility.”<\/p>\n

Holding a one-goal lead, the Breakers added another – but this time, it was Schoepfer who was called upon to deliver.<\/p>\n

Tearing through the Mutiny defense, the Breakers’ striker was ready to put goal number three on the board. But she was taken down by Vikki Alonzo, and with a penalty awarded, Schoepfer stepped up and sent it through in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n

After conceding three unanswered goals, the Mutiny finally filed a reply. Ten minutes after Schoepfer’s strike, Kelsey Hood threaded a pass through to Howarth, who put it past Alice Binns to put New England within one in the 59th minute.<\/p>\n

“It was great service by Kels,”\u00a0Howarth said. “She got in behind and I had to put it on frame.\u00a0”<\/p>\n

However, Howarth’s goal was the closest the guests would get to evening the score. In the 66th minute, Jones lobbed a hopeful ball into the 18, where Simon positioned herself perfectly to snap it through for the hat trick.<\/p>\n

Simon searched for goal number four in the 71st minute when she pulled away from the Mutiny defense and pounded a shot that Alonzo deflected just wide enough for it to skip inches wide of the far post.<\/p>\n

All in all, it was a night to remember for the Australian striker, whose seven goals lead WPSL Elite. Sure, the temperatures may not have been comfortable for most. Most, with the notable exception of Simon.<\/p>\n

“I actually really like this weather,” Simon on said. “It’s like Australian weather in the peak of the summer. But I love this weather.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kyah Simon scored a trio of goals in Wednesday’s commonwealth clash as the Breakers took a 4-2 win over the Mutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12996,"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":[23,104,97,101],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/KyahSimon.png?fit=465%2C245&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12992"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12994,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12992\/revisions\/12994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}