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posted Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 1:27pm PDT on First blog for WTS, here we go..
World, meet Ella Masar. Again.
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Both the Chicago Red Stars’ Ella Masar and Uruguay’s Diego Forlan scored circus goals today. One difference: Ella’s actually counted for something. Her goal helped lift the Red Stars over Sky Blue FC with a 2-0 score line tonight.
Just four games ago Masar was just another forward that had yet to make a real impact in WPS as a true goal-scorer. To be fair, the latter half of her 2009 campaign was hampered by injury but she had still failed to find the back of the net. Likewise in the opening stanza of the 2010 season. Chicago couldn’t score, Masar was relegated to the bench, results were mediocre and Emma Hayes was to spend the rest of her summer in South Africa or in other words far, far away from Toyota Park,
Perhaps it was a confidence thing as scoring was something Masar had always been used to. The Illinois-native scored 92 goals in her high school career and went on to become the fourth-highest goal scorer for the University of Illinois as well as finishing second all-time in assists.
During the summers Masar plied her trade in the W-League. She travelled frequently and the goals (and assists) followed.
Masar was drafted 9th overall in the inaugural WPS Draft and recorded two assists in 16 games in 2009. That was when the goals stopped flowing, however.
Cue the arrival of Coach Omid Namazi. After a couple games in charge, Namazi elevated Masar to the starting XI. She responded quite well by scoring two goals in an emphatic victory over the Boston Breakers. Apparently that was all she needed as she’s been on an absolute tear ever since.
Masar has tallied four goals in just as many matches. Masar is suddenly the fourth highest goal scorer in the league and is just one goal away from tying Christine Sinclair and Abby Wambach.
It’s now customary to see Ella Masar’s name included in the scoring sheet for every Chicago Red Stars game. All Chicago needed was a lucky charm. Who knew they had it all along.
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