USL News Release

Thursday, June 14, 2007

TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues announced the USL Premier Development League and W-League Teams of the Week for the eighth week of the USL season, honoring Toronto’s Jamie Fairweather and Cocoa’s Katie Fraine as the Players of the Week, respectively.

The Toronto Lynx, sitting second from bottom in the standings with a mark of 0-2-2 on a stretch of four home games, looked to be completely out of the picture just a few weeks into their first PDL season. Hitting the road for the first time this week, however, the Lynx showed they will, at the very least, play a role of spoiler, potentially contenders, as they picked up a 2-0 win at Indiana and a 0-0 draw against division leading Chicago.

Leading the way in the two shutouts was defender Jamie Fairweather, who scored just before the break in South Bend for what proved to be the game-winner Thursday as his club went on to hand the Invaders, who scored five goals combined in their last two league games, their first shutout of the season.

Two nights later against the Great Lakes Division leaders, Fairweather and the Lynx back line helped shut out a Fire Premier squad that had scored seven goals combined in their previous two games and had played the Lynx to a 2-2 draw in Toronto earlier in the campaign.

The positive results came off the heels of Fairweather being named last Thursday to the national Canadian University (all-star) Team that will compete at the 2007 Summer Universiade tournament in Bangkok, Thailand from August 8-18. Fairweather is a three-time University of Guelph MVP and three-year captain.

As freshman at the University of Florida last season, Katie Fraine only got one start for the Gators. Over the past weekend, the Cocoa Expos goalkeeper led her side to a third consecutive shutout to open the season with a scoreless draw against Charlotte and a 4-0 win over Hampton Roads – both perennial contenders.

The Lady Eagles, semifinalists of a year ago, came to Cocoa on Thursday and were unable to get anything past the Expos as Fraine posted 10 saves in the match. The shutout avenged a 6-1 aggregate scoreline in favor of Charlotte last season in the two games between the two clubs.

Two nights later against the always dangerous Hampton Roads Piranhas, who posted a 4-0 win in Bradenton Thursday, Fraine made another six saves to blank the visitors for her third shutout of the season and keep Coca as the lone unbeaten in the division.

PDL Team of the Week
	Pos	Name	Team	Highlights
	G	Jovan Bobonja	Chicago	Eight saves in pair of shutout wins
	D	Carlos Martinez	El Paso	Two game-winners against DFW
*	D	Jamie Fairweather	Toronto	Two shutouts, goal in 2-0 win at Indiana
	D	Taylor Hoss	Tacoma	Goal, assist in 3-0 win over Cascade
	D	Chris Wayne	Virginia	Led team to pair of wins
	M	Sean Boyle	Ocean City	Two assists in 4-0 win at Northern Virginia
	M	Martin Galvan	Lancaster	Two goals in 4-3 win at Fresno
	M	Joseph Lapira	Baton Rouge	Two goals in 3-2 win over Austin
	F	Leandro Pereira	Colorado	Three goals in 4-0 win at Sioux Falls
	F	Pablo Moreira	Bradenton	Four goals in 7-0 win at Cocoa
	F	Brandon Swartzendruber	Thunder Bay	Three goals in pair of wins over Springfield

 

W-League Team of the Week
	Pos	Name	Team	Highlights
*	G	Katie Fraine	Cocoa	16 saves, shutouts against Charlotte, Hampton Roads
	D	Aimee Bresani	New Jersey	Goal in 1-0 win over Jersey
	D	Rebecca Hall	Atlanta	Led team in 1-0 win over Richmond
	D	Jessica Boyle	Michigan	Goal in 2-1 win at Chicago
	M	Tafara Pulse	Seattle	Goal, assist in 2-0 win over San Diego
	M	Julianne Sitch	Chicago	Two goals, assist in pair of wins
	M	Jessie Deegan	Northern Virginia	Two goals in 3-2 win over Boston
	M	Claire Rustad	Vancouver	Two assists in 2-2 draw against San Diego
	F	Elizabeth Remy	San Diego	Two goals in 2-2 draw at Vancouver
	F	Aimee Legault	Laval	Four goals in pair of wins
	F	Ali Andrzejeski	Washington	Four goals, two assists in pair of wins

 * Players of the Week