2013 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2013 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coachUnited States Lisa Cole
StadiumHarvard Stadium
Somerville, Massachusetts
NWSL5th
Highest home attendance3012 vs. Portland
(August 7, 2013)
Lowest home attendance1246 vs. Washington Spirit
(May 15, 2013)
Average home league attendance2428
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The 2013 Boston Breakers season, is the club's eighth overall year of existence, fourth consecutive year, and first year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

Background[]

The foundation of the league was announced on November 21, 2012, with Boston selected as a host for one of the eight teams.[1]

Lisa Cole was announced as the head coach on December 7, 2012 returning after leading the Breakers during a successful run in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite the previous year.[2]

Club[]

Executive staff[]

Ownership Group Boston Women's Soccer, LLC
Managing Partner
General Manager
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Dilboy Stadium (3,500 / 110x70 yards)

Updated to match played March 7, 2013
Source: [1]

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head Coach Lisa Cole
Assistant Coach Maren Rojas
Assistant Coach Kristine Lilly
Goalkeeper Coach Jason Hamilton
Technical Advisor Marcia McDermott

Last updated: March 7, 2013
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html

Roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 FW United States USA Sydney Leroux
3 FW United States USA Kate Howarth
4 DF United States USA Cat Whitehill
5 MF Norway NOR Lisa-Marie Woods
7 DF Canada CAN Rhian Wilkinson
8 DF United States USA Julie King
9 MF United States USA Heather O'Reilly
10 FW England ENG Lianne Sanderson
11 MF United States USA Joanna Lohman
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW United States USA Katie Schoepfer
14 DF United States USA Kia McNeill
17 FW Australia AUS Kyah Simon
19 FW Canada CAN Adriana Leon
20 MF United States USA Mariah Nogueira
22 GK Mexico MEX Cecilia Santiago
24 GK United States USA Ashley Phillips
25 FW United States USA Jo Dragotta

Competitions[]

Key[]

  Win   Tie   Loss

Regular season[]

April[]

April 14, 2013 1 Boston Breakers 1–1 Washington Spirit Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 (EST) Sydney Leroux 91+' [2] Tiffany McCarty 15' Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,634
April 20, 2013 2 FC Kansas City Postponed[3] Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
April 27, 2013 3 Western New York Flash 1–2 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
19:35 (EST) Samantha Kerr Goal 7' Report Heather O'Reilly Goal 16' Goal 83' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Eugene Mednikov

May[]

May 4, 2013 4 Boston Breakers 4–1 Chicago Red Stars Somerville, Massachusetts
18:00 (EST) Katie Schoepfer Goal 20'
Sydney Leroux Goal 26' Goal 74' Goal 84'		 Report Zakiya Bywaters Goal 60' Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Kristen Schiereck
May 11, 2013 5 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Lori Lindsey Goal 51' Report Joanna Lohman Goal 24' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 18, 2013 6 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 EST Renae Cuéllar Goal 17'
Lauren Cheney Goal 64'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,362
May 25, 2013 7 Boston Breakers 3–0 Washington Spirit Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (EST) Heather O'Reilly Goal 38'
Katie Schoepfer Goal 53'
Kyah Simon Goal 66'		 Report Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 1,246

June[]

June 1, 2013 8 Sky Blue FC 5–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 (EST) Danesha Adams Goal 7', Goal 85'
Lisa De Vanna Goal 14', Goal 56'
Taylor Lytle Goal 17'		 Box score Adriana Leon Goal 75' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,312
Referee:
June 5, 2013 9 Boston Breakers 2–2 Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (EST) Lianne Sanderson Goal 44'
Sydney Leroux Goal 64'		 Box score Abby Wambach Goal 28'
Jodi-Ann Robinson Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,124
Referee: John McCloskey
June 9, 2013 10 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Boston Breakers Lisle, Illinois
15:00 (EST) Lori Chalupny Goal 26' Report Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium
June 16, 2013 Boston Breakers 2–3 Sky Blue FC Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 (EST) Joanna Lohman Goal 61'
Kyah Simon Goal 95+'		 Report Lisa De Vanna Goal 9'
Monica Ocampo Goal 26'
Katy Freels-Frierson Goal 71'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,687
Referee: Christina Unkel
June 26, 2013 12 Boston Breakers 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (PST) Nogueira Goal 50' Report Fishlock Goal 77'
Nairn Goal 85'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,012
Referee: John McCloskey
June 30, 2013 13 Boston Breakers 3–2 Sky Blue FC Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 (EST) Leroux Goal 29', 41'
Nogueira Goal 35'		 Summary Schmidt Goal 31' Red card 90+2'
Ocampo Goal 58'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: United States Katja Koroleva

July[]

July 3, 2013 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 Boston Breakers Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (EST) McDonald Goal 54' Report Sydney Leroux Goal 63' Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 1,430
Referee: Miguel Panduro
July 6, 2013 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
19:30 (EST) Report Leroux Goal Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,436
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 13, 2013 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 (EST) Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 21, 2013 Boston Breakers 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
16:00pm (EST) Sanderson Goal 13' Report Morgan Goal 23'
Shim Goal 96'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,978
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 24, 2013 FC Kansas City 3–0 Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 (EST) McNeill Goal 72'

Jones Goal 85'

Mathias Goal 90'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,024
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 27, 2013 Washington Spirit 2–5 Boston Breakers Boyds, Maryland
19:00 (EST) Matheson Goal 2'
Pohlers Goal 73'		 Report Nogueira Goal 5'

Sanderson Goal 48'
Wilkinson Goal 5'
O'Reilly Goal 57'

Whitehill Goal 78'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 2,607
Referee: Kara Honthumb

August[]

August 3, 2013 Boston Breakers 2–2 Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
14:00 (EST) Simon Goal 17'
Lohman Yellow card 36'
Sanderson Goal 65'		 Summary Lloyd Yellow card 28' Goal 85'
Wambach Yellow card 74'
DiMartino Goal 77'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,899
Referee: United States Christina Unkel
August 7, 2013 Boston Breakers 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (EST) Sanderson Goal 68'
O'Reilly Goal 84'		 Summary Weimer Goal 52' Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: United States Elvis Mahmutovic
August 10, 2013 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Somerville, Massachusetts
16:35 (EST) Leroux Goal 65' Summary Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: United States Kara Honthumb
August 17, 2013 Western New York Flash 2–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
19:35 (EST) Kerr Goal 23'
Wambach Goal 27'		 Summary Wilkinson Goal 54' Yellow card 70' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,311
Referee: United States Dimitar Chavdarov

Standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western New York Flash 22 10 8 4 36 20 +16 38 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City 22 11 5 6 34 22 +12 38 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC (C) 22 11 5 6 32 25 +7 38
4 Sky Blue FC 22 10 6 6 31 26 +5 36
5 Boston Breakers 22 8 6 8 35 34 +1 30
6 Chicago Red Stars 22 8 6 8 32 36 −4 30
7 Seattle Reign FC 22 5 3 14 22 36 −14 18
8 Washington Spirit 22 3 5 14 16 39 −23 14
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
22 30 8 8 6 35 34  +1 5 3 3 22 16  +6 3 5 3 13 18  −5

Last updated: August 17, 2013
Source:[citation needed]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
GroundHAAHAAHAHAHHHAAAHAAHHAA
ResultDPWWDLWLDLLLWDWDLLWDWWL
Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes: match 18 was a rescheduled match 2

Squad statistics[]

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

Note: jersey numbers were reassigned during the season, when a player left and another joined

N Nat Pos Name GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
5 United States DF Jazmyne Avant 11 11 990 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 12 0 0
25 United States MF Jo Dragotta 10 6 565 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 1 1 0
18 United States MF Maddy Evans 11 2 370 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 4 0 0
23 United States FW Elizabeth Guess 1 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 United States FW Kate Howarth 4 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 United States DF Julie King 21 21 1862 0 1 0 5 3 3 0 3 10 7 0 0
19 Canada FW Adriana Leon 6 1 163 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
2 United States FW Sydney Leroux 19 19 1694 11 2 4 62 30 13 0 15 11 9 1 0
11 United States MF Joanna Lohman 22 21 1897 2 0 0 12 6 2 1 2 14 15 2 0
14 United States DF Kia McNeill 21 21 1890 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0
23 United States DF Melinda Mercado 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
19 Canada DF Carmelina Moscato 5 1 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
20 United States MF Mariah Nogueira 20 16 1408 3 1 0 11 7 2 0 2 14 18 1 0
9 United States MF Heather O'Reilly 20 20 1734 5 6 3 43 32 35 54 15 11 6 1 0
10 England FW Lianne Sanderson 22 21 1913 5 7 0 41 15 11 12 1 16 33 0 0
23 United States FW Katie Schoepfer 20 14 1080 2 1 0 31 13 9 36 9 7 2 0 0
17 Australia FW Kyah Simon 17 11 1068 3 3 0 41 22 6 1 9 9 8 0 0
4 United States DF Cat Whitehill 22 22 1978 1 2 0 20 8 15 0 0 7 6 1 0
7 Canada DF Rhian Wilkinson 14 11 913 2 1 1 7 3 9 0 1 6 9 1 0
5 Norway MF Lisa-Marie Woods 4 1 68 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
N Nat Pos Name GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 United States GK Alyssa Naeher 9 8 765 4 2 2 112 47 36 11 1.222 0 1 2
24 United States GK Ashley Phillips 11 11 945 2 5 4 117 51 32 20 1.818 1 1 1
22 Mexico GK Cecilia Santiago 3 3 270 2 1 0 32 14 11 3 1 0 0 1

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ^ Linehan, Meg. "Lisa Cole discusses return to Breakers, new league". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. ^ Husted. "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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