Sky Blue gets win over Breakers with goal by O' Reilly

July 5, 10:44 AMWomen's Sports ExaminerZalika Green

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Sky Blue FC defeated the Boston Breakers 1-0 on Saturday afternoon on corner kick in the 6^th minute by Heather O’ Reilly which curved over into the goal. Breakers goalkeeper Alli Lipsher got her glove on it, but couldn’t retain it.  “I can’t say that I meant to bend that in, but I think we did a good job earning that corner kick,” stated O’ Reilly about her goal. “I thought it was going to be swinging out of bounds, but luckily it clipped right into the near post.”

Breakers defender Heather Mitts left the game after colliding with a Sky Blue player in the first half. While Mitts was ready to return to the field before the start of the second, the doctor told her she was going to require stitches which would have taken 15 to 20 minutes. Breakers coach Tony DiCicco opted to replace her with Kacey Moore. DiCicco was displeased with the lack of fouls called on the field. “It’s hard to play catch-up. Right now defenders on all teams have too much license to be destructive without consequence,” stated DiCicco about the rough nature of the match. According to DiCicco, a reason why there are so many low scoring games in WPS is because defenders are not getting called for fouls. A matter he stated he will look into further.