2014 FC Kansas City season

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FC Kansas City
2014 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coachVlatko Andonovski
StadiumDurwood Soccer Stadium
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The 2014 season was FC Kansas City's second season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club[]

Roster[]

As of April 27, 2014.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Sara Keane  United States
3 MF Maegan Kelly  United States
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn  United States
5 FW Liz Bogus  United States
6 MF Jen Buczkowski  United States
7 MF Jenna Richmond  United States
8 FW Amy Rodriguez  United States
9 MF Merritt Mathias  United States
10 FW Frances Silva  United States
11 MF Morgan Marlborough  United States
12 FW Lauren Holiday  United States
13 DF Leigh Ann Robinson  United States
14 DF Kassey Kallman  United States
15 MF Erika Tymrak  United States
16 DF Nia Williams  United States
17 DF Amy LePeilbet  United States
18 GK Nicole Barnhart  United States
19 FW Katrina Gorry  Australia
22 FW Sarah Hagen  United States
23 DF Nikki Phillips  United States
24 GK Cecilia Santiago  Mexico
25 MF Mandy Laddish  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]

Match results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason[]

March 22, 2014 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Fenton, Missouri
7:00PM CT Henderson 83' Report Mautz 51' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,300
March 29, 2014 2 Kansas Jayhawks 1–3 FC Kansas City Lawrence, Kansas
Ashley Williams 31' Report Rodriguez 12'
Holiday 15', 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Jayhawk Soccer Complex
April 5, 2014 3 Oklahoma State Cowgirls 0–10 FC Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri
4:00PM CT Report Williams 14'

Mathias 23', 25', 58'
Tymrak 30'

Liz Bogus 33' (pen.), 40'
Silva 48', 68'
Henderson 60' (pen.)		 Stadium: Swope Park

NWSL[]

Main article: 2014 NWSL season

Regular season[]

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

April 12, 2014 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez 42' Report Freels 48' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
April 19, 2014 2 Washington Spirit 3–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
Matheson 4', 38'
Nairn 45'		 Report Rodriguez 29'
Kallman Yellow card 14'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 26, 2014 3 Portland Thorns FC 3–1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
Long 44' (pen)
McDonald 84', 88'		 Report Holiday 56' (pen) Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) 4 FC Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
21:00 CDT (UTC-05) Rodriguez 9' Summary Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,679
Referee: United States josh Wilkens
May 3, 2014 5 Houston Dash 0–4 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
20:00 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
May 7, 2014 6 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:00 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 11, 2014 7 FC Kansas City 2–1 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 14, 2014 8 Seattle Reign FC 3–2 FC Kansas City Seattle, Washington
22:00 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
May 18, 2014 9 FC Kansas City 2–2 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
18:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 21, 2014 10 FC Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 25, 2014 11 Boston Breakers 0–2 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Jun 4, 2014 12 FC Kansas City 1–0 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 7, 2014 13 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 14, 2014 14 Houston Dash 1–2 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
21:00 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21) 15 FC Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC-05) Buczkowski 76' Summary van Egmond Yellow card 83' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1493
Referee: United States Christina Unkel
Jun 28, 2014 16 FC Kansas City 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jul 6, 2014 17 Sky Blue FC 0–5 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Jul 13, 2014 18 Portland Thorns FC 7–1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:00 Boquete 3' 74' (pen.)
Morgan 15'
Long 43' 62'
Heath Yellow card 70'
Sinclair 80'
Brooks 88'		 Summary Gorry 30'
Jenna Richmond Yellow card 40'
LePeilbet Yellow card 42'
Buczkowski Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 9,672
Referee: United States Christina Unkel
Jul 18, 2014 19 Western New York Flash 1–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:30 Kerr 22'
Lloyd Yellow card 41'		 Summary Hagen 17' Yellow card 84'
Sauerbrunn Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: United States Elvis Mahmutovic
Jul 27, 2014 20 FC Kansas City 2–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
18:00 Rodriguez 34'
Holiday 70'		 Summary Foord Yellow card 69'
Nadim 87'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,852
Referee: United States Josh Wilkens
Jul 30, 2014 21 Washington Spirit 2–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Garefrekes 49'
Nairn 67'		 Sauerbrunn 18' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Aug 2, 2014 22 FC Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 Amy Rodriguez 6'
Amy LePeilbet Yellow card 46'		 Megan Rapinoe 68'
Mariah Nogueira Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Aug 6, 2014 23 FC Kansas City 2–1 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 Amy Rodriguez 8'
Sarah Hagen 26'		 Heather O'Reilly 16' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Aug 9, 2014 24 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 FC Kansas City Lisle, Illinois
20:00 Melissa Tancredi 9'
Christen Press 40'		 Morgan Marlborough 43' Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

Regular-season standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion

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
24 12 5 7 39 32  +7 41 8 4 0 17 8  +9 4 1 7 22 24  −2

Last updated: July 19, 2014.
Source: Match reports

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Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Championship Playoffs[]

Semi-Final[]

Semifinal
FC Kansas City2–0Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez 65'
Phillips Yellow card 84'
Holiday 87'		 Report Menges Yellow card 22'
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey

Championship[]

Final
Seattle Reign FC1–2FC Kansas City
Rapinoe 86' Report
Report
Report		 Rodriguez 23', 56'
LePeilbet Yellow card 79'
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: Margaret Domka

Squad statistics[]

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.

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

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
5 FW Liz Bogus 13 8 598 1 2 1 12 7 0 0 2 2 5 0 0
6 MF Jen Buczkowski 24 24 2087 1 3 1 11 5 1 0 1 22 15 2 0
20 MF 1 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 MF Missy Geha 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Katrina Gorry 9 3 376 1 0 0 17 8 0 3 1 5 2 0 0
22 FW Sarah Hagen 9 7 529 4 1 1 16 10 0 0 5 3 8 1 0
2 FW Melissa Henderson 5 3 185 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
12 MF Lauren Holiday 21 21 1766 8 7 3 56 35 5 96 11 14 36 0 0
14 DF Kassey Kallman 18 18 1479 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 12 9 1 0
25 MF Mandy Laddish 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Amy LePeilbet 11 4 512 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0
11 FW Morgan Marlborough 9 2 247 2 0 0 6 5 0 0 5 2 2 0 0
9 MF Merritt Mathias 20 16 1436 0 2 0 21 10 1 2 4 17 15 1 0
23 DF Nikki Phillips 23 23 1970 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 14 2 1 0
7 MF Jenna Richmond 22 20 1754 1 4 0 14 7 1 0 0 17 12 2 0
13 MF Leigh Ann Robinson 23 23 2012 0 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 5 4 0 0
8 FW Amy Rodriguez 22 21 1808 13 3 3 71 38 1 0 19 15 16 0 0
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn 22 22 1935 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 0
10 FW Frances Silva 18 5 568 2 1 1 10 5 0 2 3 5 14 0 0
15 FW Erika Tymrak 21 18 1540 4 4 1 43 20 1 5 2 7 33 0 0
16 DF Nia Williams 5 2 260 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
18 GK Nicole Barnhart 22 22 1935 11 6 5 210 100 71 29 1.318 5 5 8
1 GK Sarah Keane 2 2 180 1 1 0 19 11 9 3 1.500 0 0 0

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.
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