{"id":35263,"date":"2015-05-30T23:13:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=35263"},"modified":"2015-05-30T23:24:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:24:25","slug":"mewis-extends-breakers-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=35263","title":{"rendered":"Mewis Extends Breakers’ Run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kristie Mewis scored the only goal the Breakers needed to beat FC Kansas City in a 1-0 victory on Saturday at Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium in Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n

Mewis found the back of the net in the 51st minute to make three straight unbeaten (2-0-1) for the Breakers, who fired a season-high 11 shots on goal. Jami Kranich collected three saves to record her second consecutive clean sheet. <\/p>\n

With the win, the Breakers (3-3-1, 10 points) moved into a two-way tie for third place in the NWSL standings with the Blues, who fell to 3-4-1 (10 points).<\/p>\n

“It would have been nice to score a few more goals, and that was our aim,\u201d Breakers coach Tom Durkin said in a team release. \u201cWe wanted to win this game, 4-0, and I think we could have done it.”<\/p>\n

The Breakers came out firing on all cylinders with a season-high 3,176 on hand. And those fans certainly got their money’s worth.<\/p>\n

In a first half filled with plenty of opportunities, the best one came in the 22nd minute. Stephanie McCaffrey sent a pass through to Maddy Evans, who went alone on keeper Nicole Barnhart only to watch her shot veer wide of frame. <\/p>\n

All told, the Breakers tested Barnhart seven times during the first half. But without anything to show for it, they were determined to figure out a way to finally beat the Kansas City keeper.<\/p>\n

They didn’t have to wait much longer. In the 51st minute, Katie Schoepfer grabbed a giveaway and pushed it ahead for Mewis, who dribbled toward the box and fired a shot past the reach of Barnhart.<\/p>\n

The goal served to awaken a lethargic Kansas City side that failed to register a single shot on frame in the first half. Erika Tymrak, Liz Bogus and Shea Groom all threatened within a four-minute span leading up to the hour mark, but on each occasion, Kranich stood strong to deny them.<\/p>\n

McCaffrey made a bid to extend the Breakers lead when she fired a shot in the 65th minute, but her effort was denied by Barnhart, who pushed it over the bar.<\/p>\n

Nkem Ezurike attempted to do the same in the latter stages by firing a pair of shots that both flew over the bar. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe attacking movements were really good, the pressing was good, the passing sequences were good,\u201d Durkin said. \u201cWe penetrated way more than we did in the last game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Breakers return to action on Jun. 6 to face the Washington Spirit at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kristie Mewis scored in the 51st minute to push the Breakers’ unbeaten streak to three with a 1-0 win over FC Kansas City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35265,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1075],"tags":[1282,559,891,397,892],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Mewis-11.png?fit=600%2C416&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35263"}],"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=35263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35268,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35263\/revisions\/35268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}