2013 Boston Breakers season
2013 season | |||
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Owner | Boston Women's Soccer, LLC | ||
Head coach | Lisa Cole | ||
Stadium | Harvard Stadium Somerville, Massachusetts | ||
NWSL | 5th | ||
Highest home attendance | 3012 vs. Portland (August 7, 2013) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1246 vs. Washington Spirit (May 15, 2013) | ||
Average home league attendance | 2428 | ||
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Highest Attendance
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 |
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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.
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Competitions[]
Key[]
Win Tie Loss
Regular season[]
April[]
April 14, 2013 1 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
April 20, 2013 2 | FC Kansas City | Postponed[3] | Boston Breakers | showOverland Park, Kansas |
April 27, 2013 3 | Western New York Flash | 1–2 | Boston Breakers | showRochester, New York |
May[]
May 4, 2013 4 | Boston Breakers | 4–1 | Chicago Red Stars | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
May 11, 2013 5 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | showGermantown, Maryland |
May 18, 2013 6 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Boston Breakers | showOverland Park, Kansas |
May 25, 2013 7 | Boston Breakers | 3–0 | Washington Spirit | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
June[]
June 1, 2013 8 | Sky Blue FC | 5–1 | Boston Breakers | showPiscataway, New Jersey |
June 5, 2013 9 | Boston Breakers | 2–2 | Western New York Flash | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
June 9, 2013 10 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | showLisle, Illinois |
June 16, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | Sky Blue FC | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
June 26, 2013 12 | Boston Breakers | 1–2 | Seattle Reign FC | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
June 30, 2013 13 | Boston Breakers | 3–2 | Sky Blue FC | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
July[]
July 3, 2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | showTukwila, Washington |
July 6, 2013 | Portland Thorns FC | 0–2 | Boston Breakers | showPortland, Oregon |
July 13, 2013 | Sky Blue FC | 0–0 | Boston Breakers | showPiscataway, New Jersey |
July 21, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 1–2 | Portland Thorns FC | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
July 24, 2013 | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | showOverland Park, Kansas |
July 27, 2013 | Washington Spirit | 2–5 | Boston Breakers | showBoyds, Maryland |
August[]
August 3, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 2–2 | Western New York Flash | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
August 7, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 2–1 | Portland Thorns FC | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
August 10, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | showSomerville, Massachusetts |
August 17, 2013 | Western New York Flash | 2–1 | Boston Breakers | showRochester, New York |
Standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Results summary[]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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[]
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 |
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5 | DF | Jazmyne Avant | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | MF | Jo Dragotta | 10 | 6 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
18 | MF | Maddy Evans | 11 | 2 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Elizabeth Guess | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | FW | Kate Howarth | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | DF | Julie King | 21 | 21 | 1862 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Adriana Leon | 6 | 1 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | FW | Sydney Leroux | 19 | 19 | 1694 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Joanna Lohman | 22 | 21 | 1897 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
14 | DF | Kia McNeill | 21 | 21 | 1890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
23 | DF | Melinda Mercado | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | DF | Carmelina Moscato | 5 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Mariah Nogueira | 20 | 16 | 1408 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
9 | MF | Heather O'Reilly | 20 | 20 | 1734 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 32 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 22 | 21 | 1913 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Katie Schoepfer | 20 | 14 | 1080 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | FW | Kyah Simon | 17 | 11 | 1068 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Cat Whitehill | 22 | 22 | 1978 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | DF | Rhian Wilkinson | 14 | 11 | 913 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | 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 |
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1 | GK | Alyssa Naeher | 9 | 8 | 765 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 112 | 47 | 36 | 11 | 1.222 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
24 | GK | Ashley Phillips | 11 | 11 | 945 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 117 | 51 | 32 | 20 | 1.818 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
22 | GK | Cecilia Santiago | 3 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Linehan, Meg. "Lisa Cole discusses return to Breakers, new league". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Husted. "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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