Defender Tim Ward (Waukesha) saw his first game action of 2011 for the San Jose Earthquakes, playing the full 90 minutes in the team's 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in a Major League Soccer Reserve League match Monday afternoon in San Jose, Calif. (Video below)
The 24-year-old Ward, who's been sidelined all season because of a hamstring injury suffered during the preseason, set up the first goal with a free kick that was headed in by Turkish trialist Sercan Güvenisik in the 15th minute.
Güvenisik also scored the second goal and rookie forward Ellis McLoughlin, who played youth soccer in Madison, added his first Reserve League goal of the season on a 30-yard blast in second-half stoppage time to finish off the victory.
Ward, who is in his seventh MLS season, became a mainstay on the Earthquakes' backline last season after being acquired in a trade with the Chicago Fire in August.
Matt Pyzdrowski (Marquette) made three saves in his third shutout of the season as Ängelholms FF played host Landskrona BoIS to a 0-0 draw Monday in a Superettan match in Sweden.
Casey Nogueira (Cedarburg) delivered an impressive 88th-minute goal to give Sky Blue FC a 2-2 draw with the Western New York Flash in a Women's Professional Soccer match Friday night in Rochester, N.Y. Nogueira got the ball on the left side, flicked it up and over Flash midfielder McCall Zerboni and ripped a half volley into the side netting on the far post for her second goal of the season and the dramatic equalizer.
Defender Tim Ward (Waukesha) saw his first game action of 2011 for the San Jose Earthquakes, playing the full 90 minutes in the team's 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in a Major League Soccer Reserve League match Monday afternoon in San Jose, Calif. (Video below)