Wambach and Rapinoe send magicJack into super semis
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Aug 18, 2011
[WPS] U.S. World Cup stars Abby Wambach and Megan Rapinoe combined for all three
goals and led magicJack into Saturday's super semifinal of the Women's Professional Soccer playoffs at the Philadelphia Independence with a 3-1 win over the Boston Breakers before 2,057 fans in Boca
Raton, Fla.
WPS Rookie of the Year Christen Press helped out, assisting on Wambach's first goal and feeding Rapinoe with a cross for the third
magicJack goal.
MagicJack dominated the game, but Boston equalized on Keelin Winter's goal in the 31st minute.
Wambach, the magicJack
player-coach, put the South Florida team back ahead from the penalty spot in the 59th minute after Sarah Huffman was taken down by U.S. national team defender
Amy LePeilbet in the area.
Aug. 17 in Boca Raton, Fla.
magicJack 3 Boston
1. Goals: Wambach 1 (Huffman) 6, Wambach 2 (pen.) 57, Rapinoe 1 (Press) 61; Winters 1 (Osborne) 31.
magicJack -- Loyden, Dalmy, Rampone, Ellertson
(Vandenbergh, 33'), Sauerbrunn, Boxx, Schmidt (Davis, 86), Rapinoe, Huffman (Washington, 86), Wambach, Press.
Boston -- Naeher, Scott, Buehler, Hemmings
(Smith, 69), LePeilbet, Osborne, Winters, Klingenberg (Reed, 16), Sameshima (Marshall, 79), Cheney, O'Hara
Referee: Christina Ibanez.
Att.: 2,057.
2000 spectators? two top teams and after this past WWC?? oh-oh.
stupid comment the stadium only seats about 2000
For the record, the foul in the box that led to the PK was on Taryn Hemmings, not Amy LePeilbet.