2015 Sky Blue FC season
2015 season | |||
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President & CEO | |||
Head coach | Jim Gabarra | ||
Stadium | Yurcak Field | ||
NWSL | 8th | ||
Top goalscorer | Sam Kerr Nadia Nadim (6) | ||
Highest home attendance | 5,547 (Aug. 22 vs. Portland) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 743 (Apr. 26 vs. Washington) | ||
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The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's sixth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
Team[]
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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Match results[]
Preseason[]
March 14, Sat 1 | Sky Blue FC | 3–0 | St. John's Red Storm | Scotch Plains, New Jersey |
EDT (UTC-04) | Freels ![]() Killion ![]() Hayes ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Wexler Field |
March 21, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | North Carolina Tar Heels | West Windsor, New Jersey |
EDT (UTC-04) | Freels ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Mercer County Community College |
March 26, Thu 3 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0–2 | Sky Blue FC | Palmyra, Pennsylvania |
EDT (UTC-04) | Report | Hayes ![]() Nadim ![]() |
Stadium: In the Net Sports Complex |
March 29, Sun 4 | Sky Blue FC | 2–0 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Toms River, New Jersey |
EDT (UTC-04) | Freels ![]() Diederich ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Toms River High School North |
Regular season[]
April 12, Sun 1 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
16:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Report[1] | Nadim![]() O'Hara ![]() |
Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 8,489 Referee: Chris Spivey |
April 18, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Freels![]() ![]() |
Report[2] | McDonald![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
April 26, Sun 3 | Sky Blue FC | 1–3 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Freels![]() |
Report[3] | Dunn![]() ![]() Nairn ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 743 |
May 2, Sat 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Colaprico![]() |
Report | Nadim![]() |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,402 |
May 9, Sat 5 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Nadim ![]() ![]() Grubka ![]() |
Report | Barnes ![]() Fishlock ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,562 |
May 16, Sat 6 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Ordega![]() |
Report[4] | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex |
May 22, Fri 7 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Boston |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | McCaffrey![]() |
Report[5] | Freels![]() |
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,861 |
May 31, Sun 8 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
3:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Haagsma![]() DeCesare ![]() |
Report | Bailey![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field |
June 6, Sat 9 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–0 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle |
22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Winters![]() Fishlock ![]() Little ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Greg Dopka |
June 28, Sun 10 | Sky Blue FC | 0–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Report | DiBernardo ![]() Hoy ![]() Mautz ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field |
July 3, Fri 11 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–1 | Sky Blue FC | Portland, Oregon |
22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Kyle ![]() Long ![]() Farrelly ![]() |
Report | Freels ![]() Stanton ![]() Levin ![]() Foord ![]() |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 12,223 Referee: Levi Rippy |
July 11, Sat 12 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Kerr ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
July 19, Sun 13 | Western New York Flash | 3–3 | Sky Blue FC | Rochester, New York |
3:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Spencer ![]() Hinkle ![]() Heyman ![]() |
Report | Nadim ![]() Katy Freels ![]() Christie Rampone ![]() Taylor Lytle ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,161 |
July 25, Sat 14 | Sky Blue FC | 3–1 | Boston Breakers | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | O'Hara![]() ![]() Kerr ![]() |
Report | Lauren Lazo![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,067 [6] Referee: Tori Penso |
August 1, Sat 15 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Western New York Flash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
August 7, Fri 16 | Houston Dash | 0–2 | Sky Blue FC | Houston |
8:30 EDT (UTC-04) | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium |
August 12, Wed 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
14:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Leon![]() Chalupny ![]() |
Report | Kerr![]() Filigno ![]() |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex |
August 22, Sat 18 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Nadim ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,547 |
August 29, Sat 19 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle |
22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Winters ![]() Fishlock ![]() |
Report | Nadim ![]() Haagsma ![]() |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,471 Referee: Greg Dopka |
September 2, Wed 20 | Sky Blue FC | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Kerr ![]() ![]() |
Report | Hagen ![]() Rodriguez ![]() ![]() Becky Sauerbrunn ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Levi Rippy |
Standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Seattle Reign FC | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 43 | NWSL Shield |
2 | Chicago Red Stars | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 33 | NWSL Playoffs |
3 | FC Kansas City (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 32 | |
4 | Washington Spirit | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 30 | |
5 | Houston Dash | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | |
6 | Portland Thorns FC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 23 | |
7 | Western New York Flash | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
8 | Sky Blue FC | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 22 | |
9 | Boston Breakers | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 15 |
- 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 |
20 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
Last updated: September 26, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics[]
Source: NWSL
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 |
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18 | DF | Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall | 18 | 18 | 1571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | Kim DeCesare | 9 | 4 | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
[n 1]44 | MF | Theresa Diederich | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | Jonelle Filigno | 5 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | Caitlin Foord | 10 | 10 | 895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | Katy Freels | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
25 | DF | CoCo Goodson | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | MF | Shawna Gordon | 13 | 10 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
13 | DF | Kristin Grubka | 14 | 14 | 1214 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
17 | DF | Hayley Haagsma | 16 | 15 | 1339 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
11 | FW | Maya Hayes | 13 | 10 | 899 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | Samantha Kerr | 9 | 9 | 766 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | Sarah Killion | 17 | 13 | 1233 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
42 | FW | Lo'eau LaBonta | 6 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | Cami Levin | 19 | 18 | 1605 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
6 | MF | Taylor Lytle | 15 | 11 | 962 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
32 | MF | Meg Morris | 9 | 4 | 453 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Nadia Nadim | 18 | 18 | 1551 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
19 | DF | Kelley O'Hara | 11 | 11 | 989 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
33 | DF | Shade Pratt | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | Christie Rampone | 11 | 11 | 962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
44 | MF | Nikki Stanton | 9 | 3 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
34 | MF | Maruschka Waldus | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- ^ Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
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21 | GK | Aubrey Bledsoe | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | GK | Brittany Cameron | 20 | 20 | 1792 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 263 | 114 | 87 | 27 | 1.35 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC BEAT FC KANSAS CITY, 1–0". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC DRAWS WITH DASH, 1–1". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO SPIRIT, 3–1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1–0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC AND BOSTON FIGHT TO 1–1 DRAW; Sky Blue FC Scores Early, Breakers Equalize in Second Half". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
- ^ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".
External links[]
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