Carney, Klein shine as Red Stars down Boston 4-0
Chicago Red Stars
04/25/2009 - 11:46 p.m.
Chicago Red Stars celebrate after scoring 4 goals in their second home game of the season at TOYOTA PARK vs. Boston Breakers.
Bridgeview, Ill. – A downpour just before halftime accented a flood of goals on the field as the Chicago Red Stars beat Boston, 4-0, Saturday night before 4,118 at TOYOTA PARK. Karen Carney and Brittany Klein each scored a goal and logged a pair of assists in the win.
The Red Stars attacked early and often in the match, even playing without Brazilian striker Cristiane who is serving international duty. Chicago outshot Boston 20-8 – including a 10-3 margin in shots on goal.
A Boston handball in the 21st minute set up Chicago’s first goal. On a free kick, Carney found Carli Lloyd at the top of the box, and the Red Stars forward buried her shot for her first points of the season.
The Red Stars added two more goals before the half on similar shots by Megan Rapinoe and Carney. In the 39th minute, Rapinoe fired a bullet from the right side of the box that breezed past Breakers goalkeeper Kristin Luckenbill. Three minutes later, Carney angled a shot from nearly the same spot on the pitch. The England native put a perfect spin on the ball to hit the bottom of the crossbar and find the back of the net. Klein assisted on both goals.
Chicago added a fourth goal after intermission. Playing into the right side of the box, Carney crossed to Lindsay Tarpley who played the ball to the top of the box and a waiting Klein. After being robbed of a goal on a deflection in the first half, Klein buried her second opportunity for her first score of the season.
Red Stars keeper Caroline Jönsson posted her third clean sheet of the season by stopping all three shots on goal she faced in the match.
Four goals sets a Women’s Professional Soccer team scoring record, breaking the mark of three Boston posted in its previous match. The win moves Chicago into second place in the WPS standings with eight points, two behind leader Los Angeles.
The Red Stars return to action on Sunday, May 10th at TOYOTA PARK for a rematch with Natasha Kai and Sky Blue FC. In recognition of Mother’s Day the Chicago Red Stars, in partnership with the Mexican Board of Tourism, are providing free admission to all mothers. Tickets are available by calling (866) WPS-2009 or logging on to
www.chicagoredstars.com
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Boston Breakers (2-2-0) vs. Chicago Red Stars (2-0-2)
April 25, 2009 – TOYOTA PARK
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. CHI – Carli Lloyd, 1 (Karen Carney, 1) 21
2. CHI – Megan Rapinoe, 1 (Brittany Klein, 1) 39
3. CHI – Karen Carney, 1 (Klein, 2) 42
4. CHI – Brittany Klein, 1 (Carney, 2; Lindsay Tarpley, 1) 52
Boston Breakers – Luckenbill (Lipsher, 62); Mitts, LePeilbet, Weber, Scott; Bishop, Lilly, Hucles, Moore (Chapman, 63); Schmedes, Rodriguez (Latham, 45).
Chicago Red Stars – Jönsson; Dalmy, Dieke, Igwe (Spilger, 75), Krzysik; Klein, Rapinoe, Carney (Garriock, 61; Masar, 70), Östberg; Tarpley, Lloyd.
STATISTICS
SHOTS: BOSTON – 8 CHICAGO – 20
SHOTS ON GOAL: BOSTON – 3 CHICAGO – 10
SAVES: BOSTON – 6 CHICAGO – 3
FOULS: BOSTON – 6 CHICAGO – 16
CORNER KICKS: BOSTON – 3 CHICAGO – 3
OFFSIDES: BOSTON – 9 CHICAGO –1
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
BOSTON – Anglea Hucles (caution; Reckless Tackle) 30
CHICAGO – Marian Dalmy (caution; Reckless Tackle) 73
CHICAGO – Nikki Krzysik (caution; Reckless Tackle) 82
Referee: Veronica Brito
Referee’s Assistants: Veronica Perez, Miguel Panduro, Jr.
4th Official: Stephanie Toth
Time of Game: 1:52
Attendance: 4,118
Weather: 45 degrees with intermittent rain
All statistics included in this box score are unofficial.
POST GAME QUOTES
Boston Head Coach Tony DiCicco:
“Congratulations to Chicago, you played a good match in all aspects of the game. I thought you were better than we were. I’m disappointed in our performance and we’ll have to extract the lessons and move on.”
Boston defender Amy LePeilbet on coming home:
“I was very excited to come back here. I have a lot of family and friends out here. I haven’t been back in a while so I was pumped to be back here. Wish it could have been a better outcome but it was fun to see my family at least.”
“They took it to us. They’re a great team, a talented team with a lot of amazing attackers. They put their shots away, they couldn’t ask for more than that. I think we can lift our game. I think we can play better than that. I can’t wait ‘til the next time we play them.”
Red Stars Head Coach Emma Hayes:
“The whole week we have been working on our final third play and our finishing. All week the press has asked me about our wonderful goal scorers and where have they been; they came and played tonight. I thought they turned it on not just with some quality moments but I’m talking about world class finishes.”
“Let’s remember the clean sheet we got today. That‘s just as crucial for the defending aspect. Goals were definitely a priority today. I told my staff we were going to go out and score a lot of goals today and that is the first time I have said that to my staff.”
Red Stars midfielder Karen Carney:
“We were all good, we were all on it. We are getting better every week. It wasn’t just one, it was eleven. From the goalkeeper all the way up to the top everyone played really well today. We got three points, four goals and a clean sheet.”
Red Stars midfielder Brittany Klein:
“Last weekend I think we put together a great attack and we came out with no goals so I think we were really motivated to get on the board and work hard. We have a great fan base and we were really excited.”
“It feels good, as you guys can see we have a lot of attacking talent but also to give credit to our defense today we did awesome all the way from the back line to the forwards. I think just to get four goals was to put some confidence into our attack. It went well out there tonight.”