(Photo courtesy of Scott Rovak/St. Louis Athletica)
The Los Angeles Sol is indeed beatable. Just ask the Chicago Red Stars, who give its home fans something to be happy about with one week of games in the regular season remaining. St. Louis returns to the top spot in this week's rankings.
Let's go right ahead and dissect the list for wonderful Week 19, which will see the European players take the rest of the season off for Women's Euro 2009.
1. St. Louis Athletica
It was a super Saturday for Athletica, by George! Mr. Jorge Barcellos witnessed the Green and Silver clinch the second spot in the Women's Professional Soccer standings.
Their 1-0 victory over the Boston Breakers at Fenton's very own Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park, combined with Washington's shock defeat earlier in the day, allowed St. Louis to earn the right to host the Super Semifinal against either the Washington Freedom, Boston Breakers, or Sky Blue FC.
Once again, the elusive Eniola Aluko was up to her old scoring tricks. Amanda Cinalli slipped a pass to the England international inside the penalty area, and she did the rest in the 36th minute.
Athletica had five shots on goal, compared to the Breakers' two. Goalkeeper Hope Solo made two clutch saves to earn herself a clean sheet.
With second place already in hand, Athletica will use their final two matches with the Chicago Red Stars and FC Gold Pride as an opportunity to prepare for the crunch-time clash at the Busch in two weeks time.
Kickoff against Chicago is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Athletica's season finale at Buck Shaw Stadium is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 9 at 5:00 p.m. PT (8:00 p.m. ET).
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