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March 18, 2001
Foudy, MacMillan andAkide score as the
Spirit shut out Beijing
Julie Foudy,
Shannon MacMillan and "Marvelous" Mercy Akide score as the Spirit
shutout Beijing F.C.3-0 Sunday.
Foudy began
the scoring with a goal in the 4th minute when Erica Strey's header
was blocked by Beijing goalkeeper Cao Yuo, Foudy controlled the
rebound and calmly slotted the ball from five yards away.
Ten minutes
later, MacMillan collected a pass in the midfield, passed it back
to Foudy, who then chipped the ball over the last defender allowing
MacMillan to convert on her breakaway chance. MacMillan buried a
16-yard blast.
Akide made
her presence known with a goal in the 79th minute, she now has two
goals in her two second-half appearances. Akide's shot deep from
within Beijing F.C. territory was knocked in by Shang Shan.
Melissa Moore
played the entire match in goal and made five saves to preserve
the shutout.
"It was good
that we were able to play a team like Beijing F.C. today," said
Spirit head coach Carlos Juarez. "It allowed us to do some things
with our formations and to see some players before the cut-down
date." Juarez is referring to the March 18 deadline to trim the
team's roster the current 28 to 24 players.
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