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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (April 25, 2009) -- The Chicago Red Stars attack ignited Saturday evening at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. in a 4-0 victory over the Boston Breakers.  With the win, Chicago (2-0-2) jumps ahead of Boston (2-2-0) into second place in the league standings.

Brittany Klein led the way for the Red Stars as she tallied a goal and two assists, while Karen Carney recorded a goal and an assist.  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.

“Chicago was better in every aspect of the game,” said Breakers head coach Tony DiCicco. “We have to extract the lessons learned from this game and get better.”

Following a Boston handball, Carli Lloyd got the scoring started in the 21st minute when she took a low free kick off the feed from Carney from 25 yards out, which redirected off a Breakers defender in the box and bounced harmlessly into the right side of the goal.

Rapinoe made it 2-0 in the 39th minute after she ran into the box from the right side after receiving a pass from near the top of the area by Klein. Rapinoe ran toward goal, cut to her left and shot the ball into the upper left corner.

Carney added a third just moments later in the 42nd minute off another assist from Klein and from a similar area inside the box with a shot into the upper left corner.

Klein added a goal of her own in the 51st minute after a run by Carney down the right side.  Carney sent a low cross along the top of the 18-yard box that was played by Lindsay Tarpley into the path of Klein, who had a clear shot into the lower left hand corner of the goal from the top of the area.

The Breakers had an opportunity to grab an early lead in the 5th minute. Alex Scott built the play from the back along right flank and found Amy Rodriguez who ran toward the area. She tried to find Hucles in front of goal but Jönsson covered it up.

Boston also had some late opportunities. First in the 82nd minute, Amy LePeilbet had a header in the center of the area off a Kristine Lilly free kick but it was saved by Jönsson.  A minute later, Lilly ran onto a through ball from Christine Latham into the box, but she was forced to the left and her shot went wide of the lower right post.

Breakers midfielder Kasey Moore cleared two balls off the line in each half, the first in the 14th minute to prevent Klein from giving Chicago the lead with an open net goal from six yards out.

Boston played without WPS co-scoring leader Kelly Smith following her match for the English National Team on Thursday against Norway, although the forward was available.

"If it was a closer game we could have played Kelly, but I didn't want to risk her," said DiCicco. "It is no excuse though. There will be times later on this season when we are going to have to play without her as well."

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 Breakers return home to face Brazilian three-time reigning FIFA World Player of the Year Marta and the first-place Los Angeles Sol on Saturday, May 2 at Harvard Stadium (7PM), while the Chicago Red Stars will enjoy a bye next weekend.

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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.”