The Washington Freedom women's soccer squad took advantage of a one player advantage for most of its late season contest against the Boston Breakers, scoring a second half goal to clinch a 1-0 victory at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
Boston's Alex Scott was red carded out just five minutes into the contest, leaving Washington with an 11 on 10 advantage. The Freedom would be unable to take advantage of their numerical superiority though until the 73rd minute when Abby Wambach in her scored off a pass from Lisa De Vanna.
Wambach's goal was particularly noteworthy as she had been honored just minutes earlier for achieving her 100th career international goal during United States play last weekend against Canada.
The Freedom's win jumped the team over Boston into third place in the Women's Professional Soccer standings with two matches to go on the regular season. With four WPS teams eligible for seeded postseason play, the Freedom now need only maintain that position to gain a playoff home match.______________________Labels: sports, washington freedom, women's pro soccer
