July 22, 2009, Garden City, NY-Having been eliminated by the New England Mutiny in the Women's Premier Soccer League playoffs last year, the Long Island Fury returned the favor tonight, ousting the Mutiny, 2-0, at Adelphi University's Competition Field in a battle between two WPSL powers. The Fury are now 11-0-1 while the Mutiny finish the season at 5-7-0.

The Fury will host the Millburn Magic, 7-4-1, in the Eastern Conference finals this weekend. Date, time and place to be announced shortly.

The Fury started tentatively against the Mutiny as New England had the better of play for the first 15 minutes.

"I thought that we were lethargic at the beginning of the game," commented Fury head coach Paul Riley. "We needed to play the ball up to Vicki DiMartino and Jasmyne Spencer and put their defense on their heels."

Midway through the first half, the tide turned in the Fury's favor. The game was scoreless at halftime thanks to the play of Mutiny goalkeeper Lauren Brodeur, who resembled New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur is stopping the Fury attack. Especially a 25-yard Hannah Cerrone direct kick that was headed to the upper 90 in the 27th minute.

The Fury continued to apply pressure in the second half and got on the scoreboard in the 61st minute when Spencer slotted home a DiMartino feed from six yards on a play that was started by Cerrone's corner kick. DiMartino got her kicks in minute 66 as she stole the ball and scored from six yards to make the score 2-0. It was DiMartino's 13th goal this season in the nine games she has played.

The Fury enjoyed a 9-1 corner kick and 19-8 shot advantage. Brodeur had seven saves while her counterpart in the Fury net, Jillian Mastroianni, made three saves.

"I thought that Madison Haller was excellent tonight," Fury coach Riley remarked. "She did not let their best player, Jen Maurer, out of her sight all game."

The offensive MVP was the Fury's DiMartino while defensive MVP honors were split between the Fury's Cerrone and Mutiny keeper Brodeur. The physical match had 35 fouls and three cautions. The Fury defeated and shut out the Mutiny in the three games they played against one another this season.