2/22/08
Pride Doubleheader This Weekend.
The Cleveland Pride PASL soccer team plays two matches this weekend. First, Saturday night they travel to Detroit to face Waza FC. Waza claimed victory in the first match 29-5 back in January. Sunday, the Pride comes home to face the Winchster Impact. The Pride comes in with a 0-5-0 overall record. The team lost to F.C. Indiana in their last game, 8-6. Waza host Cleveland with a record of 5-1-0, already clinhcing home-field advantage in the division playoffs. Winchester comes in with a 4-4-0 overall record and is in second place in the Atlantic PASL division. Winchester has won four straight games after beginning the season 0-4-0.

Leading the Pride in scoring is forward Adam McMahan (Brunswick/Baldwin-Wallace) who has four goals for eight total points. Second in scoring is forward Derick Sullivan (Parma/Baldwin-Wallace) who has three goals and one assist for seven points.. Tied for third in scoring is captain Ed Holmes (Columbia Station/Baldwin-Wallace) and rookie Anthony Ghanem (Berea/Case Western) who both have five points. Holmes has a goal and three assists, Ghanem, two goals and one assist.

In between the pipes, Joe Emery (Lakewood) will make his third start of the season. Emery played brilliantly last match despite the loss, securing 13 saves.

Waza has been on a roll lately, win five straight matches en route to their second regular season division championship.

Leading the Impact in scoring is forward Gui Fonseca who has 20 points, nine goals and two assists. Second in scoring is Mike Koper, who has seven goals and two assists for 14 points. Chris Peter will start in goal for the Impact.



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