Final Result: L.A. Sol at Sky Blue FC
Sky Blue FC 0 Sol 2
A double strike by Brazilian star Marta two minutes apart gave the Carson-based Women's Professional Soccer team its first road victory in New Jersey this afternoon pushing its league-leading record to 2-0.
"I was very happy with our performance today," said Sol Coach Abner Rogers. "To come back and play a very different style than we had to last week and still come up with the result we did pleases me a great deal."
Here's the Sol PR staff on the two goals:
"In the 42nd minute, Marta put the Sol ahead 1-0 after splitting two defenders inside the box and putting her off-balance shot inside the far post for her first WPS goal. Marta then doubled the visitors' lead to 2-0 in the 44th minute when she tapped in a cross from Chinese front-line mate Han Duan
A capacity crowd of 6,053 saw the game.
Next for the Sol is a 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19 game at Home Depot Center against FC Gold Pride (Bay Area).
Lineups
Sky Blue FC - Jenni Branham; Jenny Hammond, Christie Rampone (C) (27: Keeely Dowling), Anita Asante, Julianne Sitch; Jen Buczkowski (46: Sarah Walsh), Heather O'Reilly, Collette McCallum, Kacey White; Natashi Kai (74: Kelly Parker); Megan Schnur.
Sol - Karina LeBlanc; Allison Falk, Brittany Bock, Stephanie Cox, Manya Makoski; Liz Bogus (70: Aly Wagner), Aya Miyama, Camille Abily, Shannon Boxx (C); Marta, Han Duan.
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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