The Charlotte Lady Eagles faced the Ottawa Fury on Friday night (Saturday, August 5, 2006) in the W-League North American Championships Semi Final. Ottawa pulled off the 2-1 victory over Charlotte to advance to the W-League Final on Sunday.
The Charlotte Lady Eagles faced the Ottawa Fury on Friday night (Saturday, August 5, 2006) in the W-League North American Championships Semi Final. Ottawa pulled off the 2-1 victory over Charlotte to advance to the W-League Final on Sunday. |
The Ottawa Fury came into the match looking composed and ready for the match. In the sixth minute of play Amy Vermeulen put the Fury on the scoreboard. Rhian Wilkinson set up the goal with a beautiful serve in from the right side. Vermeulen, loosely marked in the box, finished the cross with a header into the left side of the goal for the 1-0 lead. The Lady Eagles were unable to score in the first half. |
Ottawa continued their solid play in the second half, possessing well. Charlotte worked to develop some offense with the speed of Darcel Mollon up top, combining with support from Swinehart and Drummond. The Lady Eagles developed a few chances but not enough to pull even in the match. |
The Fury scored their second goal of the match in the 80th minute. Wilkinson broke through the Charlotte defense on a couterattack and was taken down just outside the penalty box by Charlotte goalkeeper Deason. Leah Robinson took the awarded free kick and bent the ball over the wall and into the goal at the left post. |
Ottawa seemed to have the shutout in hand as the minutes slipped by, but in the final minute Ashley Swinehart put the Lady Eagles on the scoreboard. Lydia Vandenbergh took a looping shot from 20 yards out. The Ottawa goalkeeper got a hand on the shot which was headed for the crossbar. The rebound came out to Swinehart at the top of the 18 yard box. Swinehart scored with a hard one-timer into the left side of the goal seconds before the final whistle. The match ended 2-1 in favor of Ottawa. |
The Ottawa Fury advance to the W-League Final against Vancouver slated for Sunday night at 8:00pm PST. Vancouver defeated Seattle 5-0 to make it to the final. The Charlotte Lady Eagles will play in the 3rd place consolation game against the Seattle Sounders Saints. |
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