The Marta Effect

What impact has Marta had on the Pride? Our record speaks for itself. Football is a team sport and cannot be dominated by an individual player. Besides her skill, Marta provides a sense of confidence amongst her teammates which helps elevate their game. It sure would boost my energy level if I were the teammate of a 4-time FIF world player of the year!

The last 2 results:
Pride def. Boston 2-1
Pride def. Washington 4-1

Aloha!

Following the Pride right now from Oahu, HI. Great to see the result against Philadelphia - 2-nil.



FC Gold Pride (10-3-1) vs. Philadelphia Independence (6-5-3) Saturday, July 17, 2010 — Pioneer Stadium FINAL SCORING SUMMARY:
Team

1 2 F
BAY: 1 1 2
PHI: 0 0 0

BAY: Christine Sinclair 6 (Solveig Gulbrandsen) 45+
BAY: Christine Sinclair 7 (Camille Abily) 80'

FC GOLD PRIDE — Brittany Cameron, Ali Riley, Candace Chapman, Kristen Graczyk, Kandace Wilson, Solveig Gulbrandsen (Kiki Bosio, 79'), Becky Edwards, Camille Abily (Carrie Dew, 87'), Tiffeny Milbrett (Kaley Fountain, 84'), Marta, Christine Sinclair Substitutes Not Used: Kimberly Yokers, Erin Guthrie, Rosie Tantillo

PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENCE — Val Henderson, Holmfridur Magnusdottir, Allison Falk, Nikki Krzysik, Estelle Johnson (Karina Maruyama, 85'), Jen Buczkowski (Lianne Sanderson, 69'), Caroline Seger, Joanna Lohman, Tina DiMartino, Danesha Adams, Lyndsey Patterson (Sarah Senty, 62') Substitutes Not Used: Karina LeBlanc, Sara Larsson TEAM STATS:

BAY PHI

Shots 15 4
Shots on Goal 8 2
Fouls 4 4
Offsides 0 3
Corner Kicks 6 3
Saves 2 5

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY: none Referee: Charles Carson Referee Assistants: Adam Brugman, Maurizio Laudani 4th Official: Jennifer Bennett Attendance: 2576

World Cup 2010 is Complete...Now What?

The 2010 World Cup is finished. Congratualtions to Spain. Congratualtions to the U.S. as well - great showing lads! What have I taken away from this past month of football in South Africa?

(1) Africa is a beautiful continent filled with beautiful people.

(2) South Africa's efforts paid off - the African continent's first World Cup was wonderfully produced (as far as I could tell from my television of course!)

(3) Great coverage by ESPN; Hopefully ESPN will further develop their football coverage.

(4) Another serious look needs to be done to examine merits of technology to assist referees (without impacting the "flow" of the game)

(5) Finally - this short video kind of says it all, in terms of the next steps for football in America:

Next up: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Let's hope that this event gets coverage that rivals what we just witnessed in South Africa!

Pride Defeats Washington 3-2

two more goals for Marta help our FC Gold Pride take down the Wash ington Freedom 3-2!

FC Gold Pride (9-3-1) vs. Washington Freedom (4-4-5)
Sunday, July 11, 2010 — Pioneer Stadium
FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY:

Team		1		2		F
BAY:		1		2		3
WSH:		0		2		2

BAY: Marta 9 (Penalty Kick) 13'
BAY: Marta 10 (Christine Sinclair) 65'
BAY: Solveig Gulbrandsen 1 (Camille Abily) 71'
WSH: Lene Mykjaland 4 (Brittany Bock) 79'
WSH: Nikki Marshall 1 (Unassisted) 90+

FC GOLD PRIDE — Brittany Cameron, Kandace Wilson, Candace Chapman, Carrie Dew, Ali Riley (Kaley Fountain, 78'), Camille Abily, Solveig Gulbrandsen, Becky Edwards (Rosie Tantillo, 78'), Christine Sinclair, Marta, Kimberly Yokers (Tiffeny Milbrett, 59')

Substitutes Not Used: Kristen Graczyk, Kiki Bosio, Erin Guthrie

WASHINGTON FREEDOM — Erin McLeod, Rebecca Moros, Nikki Marshall, Cat Whitehill, Becky Sauerbrunn, Sonia Bompastor, Beverly Goebel, Brittany Klein (Brittany Bock, 52'), Homare Sawa, Lene Mykjaland (Kristi Eveland, 81'), Christie Welsh (Caitlin Miskel, 66')

Substitutes Not Used: Alex Singer, Ashlyn Harris

TEAM STATS:

	BAY	WSH
Shots	17	8
Shots on Goal	8	5
Fouls	6	7
Offsides	1	1
Corner Kicks	7	1
Saves	2	3

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
WSH: Christie Welsh (Caution) 58'
WSH: Brittany Bock (Caution) 87'

Referee: Bryan Roslund
Referee Assistants: Colin Arblaster, Said Ravanfar
4th Official: Vicente Cortes
Attendance: N/A

Pride beats the Beat!

The Pride are back to their winning ways - shutting out the Atlanta Beat 4-nil today. Marta was on fire with 2 goals and 1 assist!

Atlanta Beat (1-6-3) vs. FC Gold Pride (8-3-1)
Saturday, July 3, 2010 — Atlanta Beat Stadium
FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY:

Team		1		2		F
ATL:		0		0		0
BAY:		2		2		4

BAY: Christine Sinclair 6 (Marta) 2'
BAY: Marta 9 (Unassisted) 31'
BAY: Marta 10 (Nicole Barnhart) 87'
BAY: Kelley O'Hara 3 (Christine Sinclair) 91+

ATLANTA BEAT — Hope Solo, Katie Larkin, Tina Ellertson (Rebecca Nolin, 47'), Kia McNeill, Leigh Ann Robinson, Lori Chalupny, McCall Zerboni (Stacy Bishop, 47'), Johanna Rasmussen, Aya Miyama, Eniola Aluko (Angie Kerr, 63'), Mami Yamaguchi

Substitutes Not Used: Amanda Cinalli, Ramona Bachmann, Carolyn Blank, Monica Ocampo, Brett Maron, Malori Lofton-Malachi

FC GOLD PRIDE — Nicole Barnhart, Kiki Bosio, Rachel Buehler, Candace Chapman (Kristen Graczyk, 89'), Ali Riley, Camille Abily (Kandace Wilson, 73'), Shannon Boxx, Tiffeny Milbrett (Becky Edwards, 68'), Kelley O'Hara, Marta, Christine Sinclair

Substitutes Not Used: Brittany Cameron, Solveig Gulbrandsen

TEAM STATS:

	ATL	BAY
Shots	7	14
Shots on Goal	4	11
Fouls	9	8
Offsides	6	3
Corner Kicks	2	12
Saves	7	4

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
ATL: Kia McNeill (Ejection) 34'

Referee: Kari Seitz
Referee Assistants: Ashley Cedro, Patrick Baker
4th Official: Hernan Aguilar
Attendance: N/A