T-120 to kickoff: As Max Baer said before he went to meet his maker, "Oh God, here I go!" This is the last of the Sol home games, and the third-to-last game of the regular season. A victory against St. Louis Athletica will give Los Angeles the regular season title and the right to host the WPS Championship Game on August 22.
T-67: National Anthem Warmup.
T-55: Athletica begins warmups.
T-45: Here come the Sol for their warmups.
T-44: The USA men defeated Granada 4-0 on Independence Day and will be facing Honduras today in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
T-43: Funny how things worked out. Instead of typing this report from Radio 2, it's Radio 1. I had to wait 10 minutes for the bloody janitor to get his arse up to the press box. Hello, could you have already opened up these rooms beforehand? Come on now!
T-41: I caught up on sleep after staffing and going on a shopping spree at Anime Expo 2009 in Downtown Los Angeles.
T-40: Did anyone check out that Michael Jackson tribute? That was made of EPIC WIN, I tell you.
T-37: Our match official is Margaret Domka. The linesmen are Marlene Duffy and Colin Arblaster, and our fourth official is Israel Fernandez.
T-35: The lineups.
LOS ANGELES SOL
Manager: Abner Rogers
Colors: Navy blue tops, shorts, socks
Formation: 4-4-2
23 LeBlanc
22 Makoski ---- 14 Cox ---- 11 Bock ---- 18 Larkin
7 Boxx (C) ---- 20 Abily ---- 8 Miyama ---- 6 Zerboni
9 Han Duan ---- 10 Marta
Substitutes:
1 Henderson
2 Sanchez
4 Wagner
12 Sari
17 Bogus
21 Frisk
16 Patterson
Marta leads all WPS scorers with nine goals, while Camille Abily has eight to her credit.
ST. LOUIS ATHLETICA
Manager: Jorge Barcellos
Colors: White tops, green shorts, white socks
Formation 4-5-1
1 Solo
3 Logterman ---- 4 Larsson ---- 8 Ellertson ---- 12 Weber
11 Woznuk ---- 7 Stoia ---- 15 Cinalli ---- 17 Chalupny (C) ---- 24 Fletcher
9 Aluko
Substitutes:
13 Loyden
19 Cross
6 McNeill
14 Tancredi
23 Welsh
Kendall Fletcher was with the Sol early this season before being traded. Aluko is a strong scoring threat, with four goals to her credit.
T-20: Both teams head back to the change rooms for final debriefings. I didn't have enough sleep while compiling the Power Rankings this week. This is why I love being able to moderate blog posts and edit entries. As the band Snap! alluded, "I Got The Power!"
T-16: Here comes the Tunnel Team one last time this home campaign while the Sol drumline bangs in the distance. I am playing Corona's "Rhythm of the Night" on iTunes.
T-15: A note to you reading this on WPS Fans Corner, if there are any factual errors (and these things do happen every now and then), I request that you send me a PM on my profile. I moderate my blog, and I fancy you would only be wasting your time if you point out the mistakes as comments.
T-13: We got ourselves a very long Tunnel Team today. How about that.
T-12: Here's Sunny T. Shark, holding the Sol's flag. I already have a similar version on my desktop.
T-2: National anthem by Lindsay Ridgeway.
KICKOFF: 12:07 PM
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