2013 FC Kansas City season

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FC Kansas City
2013 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coachVlatko Andonovski
StadiumShawnee Mission District Stadium
National Women's Soccer League2nd
National Women's Soccer League ChampionshipSemifinals
Highest home attendance6,784 vs. Portland Thorns FC April 13
Lowest home attendance3,057 vs. Washington Spirit June 23
Average home league attendance4,604
2014 →

The 2013 season was FC Kansas City's first season of existence, in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club[]

Roster[]

As of April 13, 2013.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Bianca Henninger  United States
2 FW Melissa Henderson  United States
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn  United States
6 MF Jen Buczkowski  United States
7 FW Casey Loyd  United States
8 DF Courtney Jones  United States
9 MF Merritt Mathias  United States
10 FW Renae Cuéllar  Mexico
11 MF Desiree Scott  Canada
12 FW Lauren Cheney  United States
13 DF Leigh Ann Robinson  United States
14 DF Lauren Sesselmann  Canada
15 MF Erika Tymrak  United States
16 DF Nia Williams  United States
17 MF Sinead Farrelly  United States
18 GK Nicole Barnhart  United States
19 MF Kristen Mewis  United States
20 DF Katie Kelly  United States

Team management[]

FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[2] Budzinski is also owner of the .[3] Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season.[4]

Competitions[]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 11 5 6 34 22  +12 38 6 2 3 16 7  +9 5 3 3 18 15  +3

Source: Match reports

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
GroundHHHAAHHAAAHHAHAHAHHAAAH
ResultDPWWLWLLWWLWDWDDDWWWWLL
Updated to match(es) played on August 4, 2013. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Match results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason[]

April 6, 2013 1 FC Kansas City 8–0 Nebraska Cornhuskers' Women's Soccer Parkville, Missouri
14:30 Cuéllar 16', 20', 44', 55', 67'
Jones 17'
Farrelly 51'		 Report Stadium: Julian Field
Attendance: 410
Referee: Brandon Marshall

NWSL[]

Main article: 2013 NWSL season

Regular season[]

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

April 13, 2013 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Cuéllar 3'
Mewis Yellow card 43'		 KC Report
Portland Report		 Sinclair 66' (pen.)
Washington Yellow card 70'
Williamson Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 20, 2013 2 FC Kansas City Postponed[5] Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Boston Marathon bombing Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
April 26, 2013 3 FC Kansas City 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Farrelly 21'
Cuéllar 71'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4064
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 4, 2013 4 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Tukwila, Washington
22:00 Reed Yellow card 29'
Fishlock Yellow card 32'		 Report Sesselmann Yellow card 58'
Cuéllar 69'		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 2,618
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 11, 2013 5 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
18:35 Wambach 34', 39'
Heyboer Yellow card 95'		 Report Cheney 53'
Sesselmann Yellow card 91'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 18, 2013 6 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Cuéllar 17'
Mathias Yellow card 23'
Cheney 64'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,362
Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr.
May 25, 2013 7 FC Kansas City 0–1 Sky Blue FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Sesselmann Red card 22' Report Schmidt 23' (pen.) Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4186
Referee: John McCloskey
June 6, 2013 8 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
21:30 Morgan 13', 66' Yellow card 80'
Wetzel 20'
Foxhoven 48'		 Report Cheney 31' (pen.), 56'
Tymrak 81'
Jones Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr
June 9, 2013 9 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Tukwila, Washington
21:00 Kyle Yellow card 92' Report Tymrak 63' Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Kara Honthumb
June 13, 2013 10 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 FC Kansas City Lisle, Illinois
18:30 Vandenbergh Yellow card 34' Report Loyd 27' (pen.)
Jones 66'		 Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 1,141
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 16, 2013 11 FC Kansas City 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cuéllar 4'
Wiliams Yellow card 79'		 Report Grings 29' Yellow card 43'
Masar 58'
Fuss 91' (pen.)		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,421
Referee: Juliana Duncan
June 23, 2013 12 FC Kansas City 2–0 Washington Spirit Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cheney 17', 65' Summary Pressley Yellow card 29' Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,057
Referee: United States Katja Koroleva
June 26, 2013 13 Sky Blue FC 2–2 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
19:35 Ocampo 85', 90+2' Summary Tymrak 14'
Cheney 74'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: United States Robert Sibiga
June 30, 2013 14 FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cheney 10'
Mathias 71'		 Summary Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: United States Christina Unkel
July 3, 2013 15 Washington Spirit 1–1 FC Kansas City Germantown, Maryland
18:30 Matheson 86' (pen.) Report Tymrak 55' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,467
July 7, 2013 16 FC Kansas City 0–0 Western New York Flash Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Robinson Yellow card 61' Report Reynolds Yellow card 30' Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,031
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
July 14, 2013 17 Chicago Red Stars 3–3 FC Kansas City Lisle, Illinois
15:00 Dominguez 41'
Masar 90'
Chalupny 96+'		 Report Holiday 17'
Hemmings 43' (o.g.)
Tymrak 87'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,549
Referee: Josh Wilkens
July 20, 2013 18 FC Kansas City 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST) Holiday 39'
Tymrak 86'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Boris Senic
July 24, 2013 2R FC Kansas City 3–0 Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST) McNeill 72' (o.g.)
Jones 85'
Mathias 90'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,024
July 28, 2013 19 Sky Blue FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
17:00 Jones 76' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,302
August 4, 2013 20 Portland Thorns FC 2–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
16:00 Foxhoven 51'
Morgan 89'		 Holiday 23' 55'
Mewis 74'		 Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 17,619
August 10, 2013 21 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Somerville, Massachusetts
17:00 Leroux 65' Report Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Kara Honthumb
August 18, 2013 22 FC Kansas City 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Jones 20' Report Hoy 45', 92'
Grings Yellow card 65'
Santacaterina Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,910
Referee: Elvid Mahmutovic
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
Team statistics[]
N Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cros CK Off Foul FS YC RC
6 Jen Buczkowski 22 22 1980 0 2 0 11 11 0 0 1 11 14 0 0
3 Tiffany Cameron 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Renae Cuéllar 11 8 682 5 0 2 27 16 0 0 18 3 8 0 0
17 Sinead Farrelly 16 10 896 1 0 1 9 3 0 0 6 4 7 0 0
16 Jaime French 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Missy Geha 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Melissa Henderson 17 13 1030 0 0 0 12 9 2 0 16 11 9 0 0
12 Lauren Cheney 18 18 1620 12 9 3 63 31 9 27 3 14 28 0 0
8 Courtney Jones 22 6 670 4 1 1 32 21 6 0 12 6 7 0 0
20 Katie Kelly 7 2 207 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
7 Casey Loyd 4 3 275 1 1 1 9 4 2 5 1 2 4 0 0
9 Merritt Mathias 22 19 1738 2 3 0 25 17 19 4 7 22 13 3 0
19 Kristie Mewis 20 20 1784 1 0 1 34 13 10 43 1 12 19 2 0
23 Natalie Norris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Teresa Noyola 7 1 155 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
13 Leigh Ann Robinson 22 22 1900 0 5 0 10 6 16 0 2 5 5 1 0
4 Becky Sauerbrunn 19 19 1710 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 0
11 Desiree Scott 20 20 1800 0 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 24 12 0 0
14 Lauren Sesselmann 19 19 1633 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 17 10 3 1
15 Erika Tymrak 21 16 1453 6 4 1 26 14 6 3 5 2 18 0 0
16 Nia Williams 4 2 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
N Name GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Save GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
18 Nicole Barnhart 20 20 1800 10 5 5 187 86 67 19 0.95 3 3 10
1 Bianca Henninger 2 2 180 1 1 0 17 8 5 3 1.5 1 1 1
Honors and awards[]

NWSL Championship Playoffs[]

August 24, 2013 Semifinal FC Kansas City 2–3 (a.e.t.) Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
13:00 CDT Tymrak 12'
Henderson 25'
Scott Yellow card 73'
Buczkowski Yellow card 86'		 Heath 33'
Dougherty Yellow card 50'
Long Yellow card 61' 103'
Weimer 66'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Christina Unkel

References[]

  1. ^ "FC Kansas City Roster".
  2. ^ "New Kansas City women's soccer team releases logo". Kansas City Business Journal. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ McDowell, Sam (July 30, 2013). "Joco's pro women's soccer team, FC Kansas City, seeks longevity where others have failed". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ^ "FC Kansas City Coaching Staff Announced". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ^ "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. ^ "June's Best: Lauren Cheney". NWSL. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Player of the Week: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  8. ^ "July's Best: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
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