NEWS RELEASE
April 28, 2006

ROOKS PREPARE FOR TWO GAME ROAD TRIP
To Play Samba Saturday and Ruckus Sunday 

The Chico Rooks will be taking their first road trip of the 2006 National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) season as they travel to Salinas to play the Samba on Saturday night and then on to Redwood City to face the Ruckus on Sunday afternoon.

The Rooks are currently tied for second place in the NPSL North West Conference with the Sacramento Knights with a 2 – 0 – 1 record (7 points).  Sonoma is atop the table at    3 - 1 – 0 (9 points).   Last week Chico battled the San Jose Frogs to a 1 –1 draw after dominating play throughout most of the match only to concede the equalizer in the final minutes of the match.

In their first game of the 2006 NPSL campaign the Rooks narrowly edged the Salinas Valley Samba by a score of 1-0 in Chico. Forward Keith Ratzburg netted the lone goal of the match.  Two weeks ago after a poor first half performance Chico was able to regroup in the second period, despite being a player down due to a 1^st half ejection, and score two goals for a come-from-behind 2 – 1 victory.

“This weekend will be a good indicator of where we are as a team,” said Rooks head coach David Stahl, “we have three games under our belt and have faced both these opponents before.”

The Rooks will play at Salinas High School on Saturday night at 7:30 and Chabot Community College on Sunday afternoon at 3:00.   The Rooks will return home to host the Sonoma County Sol on Friday, May 5^th at 7:30 at the soccer stadium on the Chico State campus.

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