Posted (07/14/2012) -
Spaniard Adriana netted a first half brace and Emily Van Egmond, Jodi-Ann Robinson and Katy Frierson were also on target as WNY Flash demolished FC Indiana 5-0 at Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis. It was a professional performance from WPSL Elite leaders as they punished careless FC Indiana twice in the first 10 minutes to ensure three points.
The Flash started off strong and in the 4th minute Flash leading scorer Adriana received a cross from Omolyn Davis and hit the upper 90 of the net. WNY continued to apply early pressure to Indiana, and Australian International Emily Van Egmond struck a ball from outside the 18 yard box off of a captain McCall Zerboni layoff. Just before the half, the Flash would kill any hopes that Indiana had when Adriana pounced on a giveaway by the Indiana back four and scored her second of the match. The game went into the half 3-0 in favor of the Flash.
The Flash substituted five players and continued their dominance over FCI, with Canadian International Jodi Ann Robinson scoring her first goal of the season off of a Laura Heyboer pass in the 57th minute. Capping off the scoring was Katy Frierson with a beautiful free kick in the top corner in the 67th minute.
"It was an excellent performance; our best road performance of the season," Head Coach Aaran Lines stated. "There have been other top teams come to Indiana and struggle. For us to come out the way we did, scoring those two early goals and performing the way we did was crucial to set up ourselves up for our top of the table clash at Chicago on Saturday evening."
The Flash play the Chicago Red Stars at Benedictine University on Saturday, July 14 at 7 PM.
STATS
Shots: WNY Flash 11, Indiana 3
Shots on goal: WNY Flash 7, Indiana 2
Saves: Indiana: Santilus (2); WNY Flash: Cameron (2)
Fouls: Indiana 11, WNY Flash 13
Corners: WNY Flash 3, Indiana 4
Offsides:WNY Flash 4, Indiana 2
Cautions: Dolce (FCI)
Ejections: none
Goals
WNY Flash: Adriana (Davis) 4'
WNY Flash: Van Egmond (Zerboni) 10'
WNY Flash: Adriana (unassisted) 38'
WNY Flash: Robinson (Heyboer) 57'
WNY Flash: Frierson (unassisted) 67'
Lineups
WNY Flash: Cameron, Pressley, Salem, Zerboni, Davis, Huster, Van Egmond, Reynolds, Marshall, Adriana, Ochs
Subs: Frierson, Robinson, Sahlen, Heyboer
FC INDIANA: Santilus, Marseille, Moore, Rattray, Aristilde, Valentine, Clark, Dolce, Cajuste, Batard, Pierre-Louis
Subs: Skoda, Gall, Williams