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Article: Tiffeny Milbrett lifts FC Gold Pride in debut
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 6, 2009
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SANTA CLARA -- As far as debuts go, the FC Gold Pride couldn't
have asked for anything better.
The weather cooperated with a sun-kissed California afternoon. A
good home crowd of 6,459 gathered for the team's inaugural Women's
Professional Soccer game.
And finally, a storybook finish.
Tiffeny Milbrett, the former U.S. national team star who had to
call the Gold Pride just to ask for a tryout, scored in the 90th
minute with a rocket shot from 10 yards out as the team won its
first-ever game, 2-1, over the Boston Breakers at Buck Shaw Stadium
on Sunday.
Just like the script.
"I'll take a goal every game, or even two or three," Milbrett
said. "But just even to be out there and get the pro ...