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STATISTICS
Shots: CHI 16, OC 15
Shots On Goal: CHI 6, OC 7
Saves: CHI 5, OC 5
Corner Kicks: CHI 6, OC 5

SCORING SUMMARY
43' - OC, Kiki Bosio (unassisted)
88' - CHI, Julie Ewing (Michele Weissenhofer)
101' - OC, Tanya Taylor (Brittany Klein)

CHI STARTERS: Jamie Forbes (GK), Carly Samp, Kara Kabellis, Amanda Cinalli, Julie Ewing, Elise Weber (capt.), Sammy Scofield, Michele Weissenhofer, Kecia Morway, Jackie Santacaterina, Vanessa DiBernardo. SUBS - Shayla Mutz, Niki Sebo, Vanessa Laxgang, Shannon McDonnell, Leigh Jakes, Katie Nasenbenny.

OC STARTERS: Sophia Perez (GK), Brittany Klein (co-capt.), Tanya Taylor, Dani Bosio (co-capt.), Kiki Bosio, Kika Toulouse, Katrin Omarsdottir, Laurel Pastor, Vendula Strnadova, Shannon Cross, Meagan Snell. SUBS - Kristina Larsen, Kelly Lawrence, Sabrina DeMonte.

WPSL CHAMPIONS
1998: Silicon Valley Red Devils (runner-up: Auto Trader Women's Select)
1999: California Storm (runner-up: Auto Trader Women's Select)
2000: San Diego WFC (runner-up: California Storm)
2001: Ajax of Southern California (runner-up: San Diego WFC)
2002: California Storm (runner-up: Ajax of Southern California)
2003: Utah Spiders (runner-up: California Storm)
2004: California Storm (runner-up: New England Mutiny)
2005: FC Indiana (runner-up: California Storm)
2006: Long Island Fury (runner-up: River Cities FC)
2007: FC Indiana (runner-up: New England Mutiny)
2008: Ajax America (runner-up: Arizona Rush)
2009: Long Island Fury (runner-up: Ajax America)
2010: Boston Aztecs Breakers Reserves (runner-up: Ajax America)
2011: Orange County Waves (runner-up: Chicago Red Stars)

POST-GAME QUOTES:

Red Stars Head Coach Rory Dames
On the two 15-minute overtimes:
"I thought we had the better of the two overtimes. Vanessa [DiBernardo] got two great chances, [Amanda] Cinalli got herself free a bit, and then they get us on the counter just cause we have a breakdown on the back line. And then we get caught chasing the game again. But even [Vanessa] Laxgang and Cinalli both got great looks in the last minute in stoppage time of the overtime. The result's a fair result because they were better on the day. It's interesting to see how [the Waves] had so much of the regulation and we had so much of the overtime. That's just how the game works."

On the Red Stars' scoring chances in OT:
"We definitely missed three or four good chances that we don't usually miss, but we had to push numbers forward. They were able to get counters on us and they had some chances to put the game away, too."

On the game overall:
"I thought the first 10 to 15 minutes we were pretty good. We got them stretched out. We had the ball. And then we really quit passing the ball. But that was because their backs just manhandled our frontrunners. We couldn't hold the ball up front."

On Orange County's tactic of attacking the left side:
"You've got Elise [Weber] on one side and you've got Kecia [Morway] on the other, and Kecia's finished her freshman year at Notre Dame and won a national championship. But that's a 19-year-old versus a former WPS player (Tanya Taylor). That just makes sense, and I thought Kecia did fine. Kecia was good in the game. She's played in youth national championships, in an NCAA national championship. I don't think Kecia got caught up in the game. They're just good. The girl that got the MVP is the girl playing on that side."

Orange County Waves Head Coach Abner Rogers
On the Red Stars:
"Credit to them, we couldn't get going in our game and they put us under pressure. That high pressure, we kept turning over balls and then one or two players didn't have the confidence to keep the ball, so we had to just grind it out. We didn't want to do that. In overtime we made a couple of changes and personnel changes and tactical changes. And I think we did the better job keeping the ball, because we know we struggled to get some width in the game and I think their diamond caused problems early in the game. To put that much pressure and get back in the game, regardless of how you get back in the game, shows a lot of character."

On WPSL Championship MVP Tanya Taylor and the game overall:
"Tanya is a handful for anybody. She can just turn it on and just beat you. I felt overall the game could have gone either way. Like any big game, you're going to have to dodge some bullets, and we certainly got our breaks today."

On Taylor's game-winning goal, assisted by Brittany Klein:
"The timing of that was great, and she made a great run. She was calm with her finish. It was a great goal. At that point you get more energy in your game because you just scored a goal. But [the Red Stars] put us under pressure after that. Some teams will fold and just drop their heads in the heat."

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