2013 Boston Breakers season

Boston Breakers
2013 season
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
Home colors	Away colors

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 Portland 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	Michael Stoller
General Manager	Lee Billiard
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Dilboy Stadium (3,500 / 110x70 yards)

Last updated: March 7, 2013
Source:

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.	Position	Player
2	FW	Sydney Leroux
3	FW	Kate Howarth
4	DF	Cat Whitehill
5	MF	Lisa-Marie Woods
7	DF	Rhian Wilkinson
8	DF	Julie King
9	MF	Heather O'Reilly
10	FW	Lianne Sanderson
11	MF	Joanna Lohman

No.	Position	Player
12	FW	Katie Schoepfer
14	DF	Kia McNeill
17	FW	Kyah Simon
19	FW	Adriana Leon
20	MF	Mariah Nogueira
22	GK	Cecilia Santiago
24	GK	Ashley Phillips
25	FW	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+'		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 7'	Report	Heather O'Reilly 16' 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 20' Sydney Leroux 26' 74' 84'	Report	Zakiya Bywaters 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 51'	Report	Joanna Lohman 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 17' Lauren Cheney 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 38' Katie Schoepfer 53' Kyah Simon 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 7', 85' Lisa De Vanna 14', 56' Taylor Lytle 17'	Box score	Adriana Leon 75'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,312 Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 5, 2013 9	Boston Breakers	2–2	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (EST)	Lianne Sanderson 44' Sydney Leroux 64'	Box score	Abby Wambach 28' Jodi-Ann Robinson 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 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 61' Kyah Simon 95+'	Report	Lisa De Vanna 9' Monica Ocampo 26' Katy Freels-Frierson 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 50'	Report	Fishlock 77' Nairn 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 29', 41' Nogueira 35'	Summary	Schmidt 31' 90+2' Ocampo 58'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 1,876 Referee: Katja Koroleva

July

July 3, 2013	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Boston Breakers	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (EST)	McDonald 54'	Report	Sydney Leroux 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	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 13'	Report	Morgan 23' Shim 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 72' Jones 85' Mathias 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 2' Pohlers 73'	Report	Nogueira 5' Sanderson 48' Wilkinson 5' O'Reilly 57' Whitehill 78'	Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex 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 17' Lohman 36' Sanderson 65'	Summary	Lloyd 28' 85' Wambach 74' DiMartino 77'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,899 Referee: Christina Unkel

August 7, 2013	Boston Breakers	2–1	Portland Thorns FC	Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (EST)	Sanderson 68' O'Reilly 84'	Summary	Weimer 52'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

August 10, 2013	Boston Breakers	1–0	FC Kansas City	Somerville, Massachusetts
16:35 (EST)	Leroux 65'	Summary		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Kara Honthumb

August 17, 2013	Western New York Flash	2–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
19:35 (EST)	Kerr 23' Wambach 27'	Summary	Wilkinson 54' 70'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,311 Referee: 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:
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	P	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L

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	Pos	Name	GP	GS	Min	G	A	WG	Shot	SOG	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC
5	DF	Jazmyne Avant	11	11	990	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	12	0
25	MF	Jo Dragotta	10	6	565	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	1	1
18	MF	Maddy Evans	11	2	370	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	4	0
23	FW	Elizabeth Guess	1	0	15	0	1	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
8	DF	Julie King	21	21	1862	0	1	0	5	3	3	0	3	10	7	0
19	FW	Adriana Leon	6	1	163	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	0
2	FW	Sydney Leroux	19	19	1694	11	2	4	62	30	13	0	15	11	9	1
11	MF	Joanna Lohman	22	21	1897	2	0	0	12	6	2	1	2	14	15	2
14	DF	Kia McNeill	21	21	1890	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	3	2
23	DF	Melinda Mercado	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	DF	Carmelina Moscato	5	1	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
20	MF	Mariah Nogueira	20	16	1408	3	1	0	11	7	2	0	2	14	18	1
9	MF	Heather O'Reilly	20	20	1734	5	6	3	43	32	35	54	15	11	6	1
10	FW	Lianne Sanderson	22	21	1913	5	7	0	41	15	11	12	1	16	33	0
23	FW	Katie Schoepfer	20	14	1080	2	1	0	31	13	9	36	9	7	2	0
17	FW	Kyah Simon	17	11	1068	3	3	0	41	22	6	1	9	9	8	0
4	DF	Cat Whitehill	22	22	1978	1	2	0	20	8	15	0	0	7	6	1
7	DF	Rhian Wilkinson	14	11	913	2	1	1	7	3	9	0	1	6	9	1
5	MF	Lisa-Marie Woods	4	1	68	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0

N	Pos	Name	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
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

References

↑ "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. 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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[soccer_wire_league-1] "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

[2] Linehan, Meg. "Lisa Cole discusses return to Breakers, new league". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

[Boston_Game_Postponed-3] Husted. "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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