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New York Fury Takes Round 2 By Shutting Out Long Island Round 2 of Fury vs. Fury went to the New York Fury as they shut out the Long Island Fury, 2-0, at Brooklyn’s Aviator Field, getting revenge for their only loss of the season, a 3-2 defeat to Long Island on June 15. Gina Demaio scored in the 60th minute on an 8-yard shot off a corner kick by Michelle Wenino. New York had a Wenino goal disallowed in the 70th minute when she was ruled to be offside. Eight minutes later, Long Island keeper Brittany Anghel saved an 8-yard shot by her former teammate, Lorraine Quinn, before another former Fury teammate, Rosie DiMartino, put the game out of reach in the 83rd minute on a 20-yard shot off a back pass from Sharee Gray. Other former Long Island Fury players now competing for New York tonight included Gina DiMartino, Kelly Henderson and Rosie Hayes. “I don’t think we played our best game,” commented Long Island head coach Michael Demakis. “We were off in possessing the ball tonight. The New York Fury played very well. Our lack of possession was even more prevalent in the offensive third and led to a lack of finishing.” Anghel made 12 saves for Long Island while her counterpart for New York, Erin Guthrie, had to make just one save. New York also had a 4-1 edge over Long Island on corner kicks. The Women’s Premier Soccer League season continues tomorrow night for Long Island as they travel to central Pennsylvania to take on the Penn Legacy Inferno at 7 pm. Founded in 2006 as a Women's Premier Soccer League franchise, the Long Island Fury won the WPSL national championship in both 2006 and 2009. Seven Long Island Fury alumnae--Gina and Tina DiMartino, Kelly Henderson, Ali Long, Rebecca Moros, Alex Singer and Sue Weber--used their phenomenal play for the Fury to become professional players in Women's Professional Soccer. Their former coach, Paul Riley, now coaches the Philadelphia Independence franchise in that same league. For more info, log on to their website, http://www.lifurysoccer.com/
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