{"id":858,"date":"2016-09-23T10:27:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2016-09-23T01:49:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T05:49:35","slug":"boston-breakers-versus-western-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2016\/09\/23\/boston-breakers-versus-western-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Breakers vs. Western New York Flash Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Boston Breakers versus Western New York Flash Football Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, September 24<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6:00 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NWSL Channel: YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Boston Breakers vs. Western New York Flash Preview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Western New York Flash<\/strong> champagne football has let them wasted. A Flash loss and a Seattle win will have Western New York out of the <strong>NWSL\u00a0<\/strong>playoffs. They play a confident Boston team who when the Flash last played them the Breakers gave up two leads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie King<\/strong>, a consistent starter on a patchwork Boston squad, is out on yellow card accumulation. The <strong>Boston Breakers<\/strong> can use any excuse to explain a terrible season. They don\u2019t, like the fishermen fighting the ongoing waves to make their catch, Boston is resilient.<\/p>\n<p>Western New York have no problems scoring, it\u2019s collecting three points. The Flash had amassed four points in five games according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportstats.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sportstats.com<\/a> . The <strong>Seattle Reign<\/strong>, who is two points below, gathered seven points in their last five.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/lineupbuilder.com\/2014\/custom\/354x526.php?p=11&amp;a=1&amp;t=Western%20New%20York%20Flash%20&amp;c=dc0000&amp;1=GK_D%27Angelo__388_174&amp;2=DL_Hinkle__317_64&amp;3=DCL_Kennedy__327_138&amp;4=DCR_Dahlkemper__327_211&amp;5=DR_Eddy__317_284&amp;6=MLA_Mewis__204_64_69-39&amp;7=MC_Sanderson__177_173_71-3&amp;8=DM_Erceg__256_174&amp;9=MRA_Zerboni__204_284&amp;10=FCL_Williams__98_138_56-329&amp;11=FC_McDonald__100_223_67-83&amp;c2=ffffff&amp;c3=ffffff&amp;output=embed\" width=\"354\" height=\"526\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abby Erceg<\/strong> has been converted from a defender to a holding midfielder to slow the leaky defense. The Flash diamond formation allows <strong>Samantha Mewis<\/strong> <strong>and Lianne Sanderson<\/strong> to be more attack minded<strong>. Jessica McDonald<\/strong>, though tall, drifts outside to cross.<\/p>\n<p>The Breakers makeshift line-up played in their defensive third in the first half in their last meeting. They were on the defensive against the at times overwhelming Western New York attack in the second half of the contest. Between scrambling to make forward passes and desperate defending Boston were able to attack swiftly to score a couple of goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston fans were almost blessed will profound victory from a dreadful season. The Breakers can still topple the Flash playoff dreams. Western New York \u00a0may have to put the champagne on ice and play steady defensive football. 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A Flash loss and a Seattle win will have Western New York out of the NWSL\u00a0playoffs. 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