UW alum Veronica Perez of Sounders is W-League Player of Week

TAMPA, Fla. – The W-League announced its Team of the Week for Week 8 of the 2012 season today, honoring Seattle Sounders Women midfielder Veronica Perez as Player of the Week after she recorded her second hat-trick of the season Sunday in a 4-1 victory at the Colorado Rush.

USL Press Release

The standout performance by Perez came at a crucial time for the Sounders Women, who pulled six points ahead of the Rush in the race for the second Western Conference playoff spot.

Veronica Perez is the W-League Player of the Week after her hat trick against the Colorado Rush. (Wilson Tsoi file photo)

Also scoring important goals to keep their teams in the playoff hunt were forwards Imen Trodi of Quebec City and Esmerelda Negron of the New Jersey Wildcats and midflielder Ashley Clarke of North Jersey. Negron tallied the winner as Quebec City closed the gap in the Central Conference with a 1-0 victory against Laval, while Negron struck twice in the second half as the Wildcats came back to defeat the New York Magic, 3-1. Clarke contributed three goals and an assist in a pair of wins as the Valkyries moved into second in the Northeast Division.

Midfielder Lianne Sanderson earned her spot on the Team of the Week with two goals and an assist as the D.C. United Women clinched the Atlantic Division crown with a 4-1 victory against the Fredericksburg Impact.

Pos	Player	Team	Highlights
GK	Lauren Robertson	Colorado Rapids	Made 13 saves in 1-0 shutout win vs. Seattle
D	Haley Marks	Rochester	Tallied goal, assist in 3-1 win (team’s first) vs. London
D	Mackenzie King	Northern Virginia	Converted midfielder led Majestics to shutout tie vs. Dayton
D	Courtney Wetzel	Ottawa	Recorded goal, assist in shutout win vs. Hamilton
M	Ashley Clarke	North Jersey	2 goals, assist in 5-1 win vs. NJ Rangers/GWG in 2-1 win vs. NY
M	Veronica Perez	Seattle	Hat trick was the difference in 4-1 win vs. Colorado Rush
M	Lianne Sanderson	D.C. United	2 goals, assist, 8 SOG in division-clinching 4-1 win vs. FASA
F	Grace Hawkins	Long Island	Hat trick, assist in 6-0 win vs. NJ Rangers
F	Esmerelda Negron	NJ Wildcats	2 second-half goals to overturn NY lead in 3-1 win
F	Jenna Richardson	Vancouver	Recorded 4 goals, 2 assists in three-game road trip
F	Imen Trodi	Quebec City	Tallied GWG in important 1-0 win vs. Laval

Defensively, Colorado Rapids Women goalkeeper Lauren Robertson leads the way after her 13-save shutout against the high-powered Sounders Saturday night, with defenders Haley Marks of Rochester, Mackenzie King of Northern Virginia and Courtney Wetzel of Ottawa rounding out the back line.

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