Breakers Clinch Playoff Spot In Season Finale

By Julian Cardillo

Cambridge, MA- With their playoff hopes on the line, the Breakers wasted no time asserting themselves in their final regular season game against Sky Blue FC. Lauren Cheney was instrumental in her second straight start after being out with an ankle injury, and scored in the first minute to give the Breakers the lead. Cheney scored again midway through the first half, helping Boston shut down Sky Blue and close out a crucial 2-0 victory in front of 4,289 fans.

Goal Scorer’s Goal

Flash Tie Breakers On Late Morgan Strike

By Julian Cardillo

Boston, MA – The Boston Breakers welcomed back all eight of their World Cup competitors last night against the Western New York Flash, but only Alex Scott of England and Kelley O’Hara of the USA played. And even though the Breakers rested many of their world cup stars, the team rallied behind O’Hara’s brace to tie the Flash 2-2 in front of a record crowd of 6,222.

Breakers Rally for Point

By Julian Cardillo

Allston, MA- An early second half goal by Lauren Cheney salvaged a point for the Breakers in yesterday’s 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Independence. The Breakers had the better of the play for most of the game, but a defensive lapse late in the first half caused a goal and forced them to fight for a tie before trying for the win.

“First half we got in behind them before they got in behind us,” said Cheney. “We were dominating at times, but that’s where we had opportunities. That’s where we have to finish, we all had opportunities.”

Buehler: Right Place, Right Time

By Julian Cardillo

Boston, MA- The Boston Breakers cruised to their first home victory of the season on Sunday night, beating Sky Blue FC 1-0 off a second half goal by Rachel Buehler.  Buehler, who played the entire match in central defense, also helped the Breakers grab their first shutout of the season.

“I thought the defense played well for the whole 90 minutes,” said goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, who made three saves on the night.  “They’ve got a lot of great attacking personalities.  I thought the defense did a really good job of containing them and did well to keep their chances at a minimum and shutting them down.”

Breakers Run Over Freedom

By Julian Cardillo

Cambridge – the Boston Breakers defeated the Washington Freedom 3-1 last night in front of 4,468 fans at Harvard Stadium, moving into third place in the WPS standings just five points behind the second place Philadelphia Independence.

Entering the match, the Breakers had dominated the Freedom this season, winning twice and drawing once against the DC soccer club. It only took 19 minutes for Boston to begin dominating the Freedom again when English International Kelly Smith scored to put the home team up. On a 35-yard freekick from Amy LePeilbet Smith headed in a loose header that deflected off of Jordan Angeli in front of goal, scoring her team leading seventh goal of the season.

GOLD PRIDE GLIDE BY BREAKERS

By Julian Cardillo

Cambridge- The Boston Breakers saw their three match winning streak come to halt on Wednesday evening when the team fell against the San Francisco Bay Area’s FC Gold Pride 2-1. A home crowd of 3,052 saw the Breakers lose against the current league leaders, who now move to 34 points with a 13 point cushion between them and the second place Philadelphia Independence.

The Breakers on the other hand are in the thick of the pack, currently second to last in the league standings but just 1 point from the playoffs.

“We’re still in the hunt,” said Breakers Head Coach Tony DiCicco, “but I think this is a game we really could have gotten a result from. We felt confident going in and we’re disappointed.”

Boston didn’t show their confidence in the beginning stages of the game again yet managed to score first, a reversal of recent scoring patterns that would eventually backfire on them.

BREAKERS COMPLETE COMEBACK, DEFEAT FREEDOM

By Julian Cardillo

CAMBRIDGE- the Boston Breakers claimed their third straight victory by defeating the Washington Freedom 2-1 in front of 4,561 home crowd. Though the Breakers fell behind early off a Nikki Marshall goal in the 3rd minute, Liz Bogus and Jordan Angeli both scored to propel Boston forward for the come-from-behind win.

The result gives the Breakers 16 total points in the overall WPS Standings as they sit second to last in front of the Atlanta Beat. But despite their current position on the standings, the Breakers are still in the hunt for the third and fourth playoff spots, just one point from the outside looking in.

Making a Statement

Boston Breakers Coach Tony DiCicco

BOSTON, Mass. – It’s no secret that Breakers coach Tony DiCicco has not been thrilled with the officiating this season.

At various points through his post-match press conferences, the Breakers’ coach has regularly hinted at his dismay with WPS match officials.

But after seeing Kristine Lilly and Kelly Smith – two of team’s best players – get thrown around like rag dolls during the team’s 1-1 draw to Washington Sunday night, DiCicco went off.


Freedom Eludes Breakers

Kristine Lilly had a late chance to net the winner for Boston but her shot sailed high.

BOSTON, Mass. – The Washington Freedom and Boston Breakers played a fierce and hard fought draw in an impressive display offensive firepower that betrayed the 1-1 final score at Harvard Stadium Sunday evening.

Rebecca Moros scored for Washington in the 33rd minute, while Alex Scott tallied the lone Boston goal in the 49th minute.

“I think this was the highest-level game we’ve played in,” said coach Tony DiCicco. “I thought both teams did some really good things early.”

Indeed, from the opening whistle, both teams surged forward with ease while the defending attempted to keep up the fast-paced attacking.

Breakers Recap

The past two games for the Breakers have shown the fans the best and worst that our team has to offer. Thankfully the bad only lasted one game. The Breakers 2-1 victory over the LA Sol this past weekend overshadowed the slightly out of character 4-0 loss to the Chicago Red Stars on April 25th.

Last Saturday a crowd 8,031 came out to support the Breakers against the Los Angeles Sol, who were at the point both undefeated and never had been scored upon. There had been a lot of hype about the game because of the Sol’s impressive start and the star power of Marta. Within 90 minutes the Breakers put an end to that impressive record. Kelly Smith, who continues to show her remarkable skills, opened the scoring up in only the second minute of play. The scored remained 1-0 through the first half until Kristine Lilly put number two on the board in the 55th minute. The Sol tried to return fire in 64th minute with a goal from Brittany Bock, but one was not enough.

Recap of the past couple weeks:

The Bad:
1. Lossing 4-0 to Chicago- No need to go into detail.

The Good:
1. Kelly Smith named WPS player of the Month for April
2. Kelly Smith has scored in every game she has played in
3. Being the first team to score on the Sol
4. Being the first team to beat the Sol
5. Being one win away from being in first

Sunday’s rematch against the Sol will be The Breakers second game in a row to show the league and the fans why we are the team that deserves to be in first and the team that will fight for it.