Previews
(all times ET) Sunday, July 15 – ( pm) – San Diego (4-5-4, 16 pts) at Carolina (3-9-2, 11 pts) (CNNSI-Regional). Season series: Carolina leads 1-0 ; All-time regular-season series: Carolina leads 1-0 (Carolina leads 4-3 in aggregate goals). Did you know? In their last meeting, on May 26, San Diegofs Shannon MacMillan and Carolina’s Danielle Fotopoulos registered two goals each. But, Fotopoulos had the last word scoring the game winner in the 85th minute of Carolinafs 4-3 win. SCHEDULED REFEREES: Referee: Thomas Perry. Assistant Referees: Sharon Wheeler (SAR), Sarah Kraus (JAR). Fourth Official: Donna Cornwall. Sunday, July 15 – (4:00 pm) – New York (6-3-5, 23 pts) at Washington (5-7-2, 17 pts) (MSG). Season series: Washington leads 1-0 ; All-time regular-season series: Washington leads 1-0 (Washington leads 2-1 in aggregate goals). Did you know? The last time these two teams met, on May 27, the Freedom downed the Power 2-1. Mia Hamm had an assist while Chinese international Bai Jie scored twice in front of 9,996 fans. SCHEDULED REFEREES: Referee: Keri Seitz. Assistant Referees: Bill Dittmar (SAR), Diana Driggers (JAR). Fourth Official: John Schmitz. Sunday, July 15 – (6:00 pm) – Bay Area (6-4-3, 18 pts) at Boston (3-6-3, 12 pts) (CNNSI-National). Season series: Boston leads 1-0-1 ; All-time regular-season series: Boston leads 1-0-1 (Boston leads 5-3 in aggregate goals). Did you know? This game, which is the final one of the season against Boston, may be a key to the CyberRays reaching the playoffs if the team and the Breakers finish the regular season in a fourth-place tie. In that case, there are a series of tie-breakers that come into play, the first being head-to-head competition. Boston won the second game of this series after the teams tied in the first, meaning the CyberRays must win to even the head-to-head record. At that point, the next tie-breaker becomes goal differential, and in that category the CyberRays currently have a large lead over Boston. The CyberRays have a goal differential of plus-3, which means they’ve scored three more goals this season than they’ve allowed. Boston’s goal differential at this point of the season is minus-5, meaning the Breakers have given up five more goals than they’ve scored. Key players out: Bay Area — Out: Jen Mead, knee surgery (injury list), Lauren Molinaro, broken ankle (injury list). SCHEDULED REFEREES: Referee: Peter Kokolski. Assistant Referees: Steven Davidson (SAR), Jeffrey Cukor (JAR). Fourth Official: Bahji Salman.