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Tie against San Diego puts Philadelphia Charge into the inaugural WUSA Semifinals.

Philadelphia Charge 1 San Diego Spirit 1

Villanova Stadium, Villanova, PA Thursday August 9, 2001

Attendance: 7,065; Weather: Humid, 99°F

Scoring

Spirit – 21. Koleski 4 (Foudy 6) 47

Charge- 8. Smith 4 (Clemens 3) 75

Charge

1. Moore, Melissa

13. Mitts, Heather

25. Tietjen, Jennifer

14. Iverson, Erica

6. Benson, Jenny

4. Karvelsson, Rakel (3. Enos, Deidre, 74)

10. Liu Ailing (11. Soileau, Jennifer, 81)

2. Fair, Lorrie_Captain

8. Smith, Kelly

9. Demko Michelle (19. McDowell, Rebekah, 67),

22. Clemens, Mandy

Spirit

1. Nordby, Bente

3. Fan Yunjie

7. Wen Lirong

13. Tietjen, Margaret

20. Tanaka, Rhiannon

11. Foudy, Julie

14. Fawcett, Joy

15. Boxx Shannon (23. Pierce, Holly 90),

8. MacMillan, Shannon

10. Kester Sherrill (9. Arkenberg, Traci 76),

21. Koleski Tara (12. Mascaro, Jen 89)

Officials:

Referee: Rachel Woo

Referee's Assistants

Bill Dittmar

Martha Sinclair

Statistical	Charge	Spirit
Shots	2	4
Saves	3	1
Corner Kicks	8	4
Fouls	9	11
Offside	2	0

Game Report:

In the 47th minute when Foudy found Koleski running into the penalty box. Her left-footed shot beat Moore to the far post. It was was her fourth in as many games

Philadelphia evened the score in the 75th minute as Clemens dribbled out of trouble near the endline and passed the ball back to Smith who buried in the far corner of the net past Nordby. It was Smith's fourth goal of the year and first in five games.

Other

Kelly Smith's goal in the 75th minute of play put the Philadelphia Charge into the inaugural WUSA Semifinals.

Philadelphia (9-7-4, 31 points) needed a win or tie tonight to become the third team to qualify for the semifinals. The Charge, who wrap up the regular season on Sunday at Boston, will be either the third or fourth seed, meaning their playoff game will be at either top-seeded Atlanta or No. 2 Bay Area on Saturday, Aug. 18.

San Diego (7-7-6, 27 points) remained in fifth place and is still mathematically alive to make the playoffs. The Spirit, who are unbeaten in their last five games, need to beat Carolina on Sunday and hope for a loss by fourth-place New York at Washington on Saturday.

The Charge conclude their regular WUSA season this Sunday at 3:05 p.m., when they travel to take on the Boston Breakers.