{"id":21185,"date":"2013-08-11T00:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T04:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=21185"},"modified":"2013-08-11T10:44:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T14:44:33","slug":"breaker-close-out-home-schedule-on-high-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=21185","title":{"rendered":"Breakers Close Home Schedule on High Note"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sydney Leroux’s 65th minute goal held up to give the Breakers a 1-0 win over FC Kansas City in Saturday’s home finale at Dilboy Stadium. (Photo: Kari Heistad\/capturedimages.biz)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sydney Leroux scored the lone goal of the game to close out the Boston Breakers’ home portion of the schedule on a winning note in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over FC Kansas City at Dilboy Stadium.<\/p>\n

Leroux’s strike\u00a0arrived in the 65th minute, while Alyssa Naeher kept the sheet clean to notch her second shutout of the season.<\/p>\n

The win snapped the Blues’ 10-game unbeaten run and also extended the Breakers unbeaten streak to four. The Breakers record went to 8-7-6 (30 points), while Kansas City’s mark fell to 11-5-5 (38 points).<\/p>\n

“We want to finish strong, and one way to finish strong is to get better now and to keep winning, and we\u2019re doing it,” Boston Breakers player\/coach Cat Whitehill said in a team release. “I\u2019m so proud of this team. To me, Kansas City is playing some of the best soccer in the league, and there\u2019s a chance they\u2019re going to win the championship, and for us to beat every team that is in the playoffs shows that we\u2019re a really good team.”<\/p>\n

After a scoreless first half, Leroux, the club’s leading scorer, tallied for the 11th time this season when he converted a Kyah Simon pass out of the reach of Kansas City keeper Nicole Barnhart minutes after the hour.<\/p>\n

Naeher stopped shots from Boston College alum Kristie Mewis and Erika Tymrak to preserve the win.<\/p>\n

The Breakers will close out the campaign on August 17\u00a0at Sahlen’s Stadium against the Western New York Flash\u00a0in Rocheseter. Kickoff is set for 8pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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