Tuesday, July 20, 2004

 

TAMPA, FL - United Soccer Leagues announced today the Week 14 Teams of the Week, honoring Syracuse's Byron Foss, Long Island's Giovanni Savarese, Cape Cod's David Bulow and Hampton Roads' Carrie Proost as the A-League, PSL, PDL and W-League Players of the Week. Vanessa Nieto and Stefan Andersson were named the Super Y-League Players of the Week.

The Long Island Rough Riders are in the midst of one of the best midseason turnarounds in league history, having moved within two points of second-place Harrisburg in the Atlantic Division and a possible playoff berth, which seemed unlikely at 1-7-1. Since then, the team has won five of the last six and one of the key components has been Giovanni Savarese.

The 1995 league and championship MVP proved he still has quite the offensive punch. The all-time MetroStars (MLS) scoring leader has four goals and an assist over five games with two in their 3-2 overtime victory over Harrisburg Saturday. He tied the game up at 2-2 in the 78th minute and then scored the game-winner in the 99th on a penalty kick.