NEWS RELEASE
June 8, 2006

ROOKS PLAY HOME AND AWAY THIS WEEKEND
Play in San Jose Friday and Chico on Saturday 

The Chico Rooks will play back to back games again this weekend when they travel to San Jose to play the Frogs on Friday night and then return to Chico to host the Redwood City Ruckus on Saturday.  The game on Friday night against the Frogs is a make-up game that was originally scheduled for Sunday, May 21st but was rescheduled because both teams were in Seattle for the US Open Cup. 

Last weekend Chico fell to the Samba in Salinas by a score of 2 – 1 on Saturday night and then battled the Frogs to a 2 – 2 draw on Sunday afternoon.  In Sundays match the Rooks were forced to play 60 minutes with ten players after Ramiro Piceno was ejected on a controversial second caution.  Earlier in the season the  Rooks and the Frogs also fought to a 1- 1 draw in Chico.  

This season Chico has bettered the Ruckus in both of their matches with the Redwood City team.  In mid April Chico nettted two second half goals to overcome a 1 – 0 halftime deficit and secure a 2- 1 victory.   In late April the Rooks crushed the Ruckus 6- 1 in Hayward.

The game on Friday night will kick off at 7:30 at PAL Stadium in San Jose.  On Saturday night Chico will face off against the Ruckus at 7:30 at the soccer stadium on the Chico State campus.

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