2013 Boston Breakers season
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.
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| Owner | Boston Women's Soccer, LLC | ||
| Head Coach |  | ||
| 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
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) |
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 | 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  |
Report | Heather O'Reilly |
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 Sydney Leroux |
Report | Zakiya Bywaters |
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 |
Report | Joanna Lohman |
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 Lauren Cheney |
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 Katie Schoepfer Kyah Simon |
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 Lisa De Vanna Taylor Lytle |
Box score | Adriana Leon |
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 Sydney Leroux |
Box score | Abby Wambach Jodi-Ann Robinson |
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 |
Report | Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium |
| June 16, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | Sky Blue FC | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 18:30 (EST) | Joanna Lohman Kyah Simon |
Report | Lisa De Vanna Monica Ocampo Katy Freels-Frierson |
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 |
Report | Fishlock Nairn |
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 Nogueira |
Summary | Schmidt  Ocampo |
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 1,876 Referee: |
July
| July 3, 2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (EST) | McDonald |
Report | Sydney Leroux |
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 |
Report | Morgan Shim |
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 Jones |
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 Pohlers |
Report | Nogueira Sanderson |
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 Lohman  Sanderson |
Summary | Lloyd Wambach DiMartino |
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,899 Referee: |
| August 7, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 2–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 19:00 (EST) | Sanderson O'Reilly |
Summary | Weimer |
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 3,012 Referee: |
| August 10, 2013 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 16:35 (EST) | Leroux |
Summary | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,116 Referee: |
| August 17, 2013 | Western New York Flash | 2–1 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
| 19:35 (EST) | Kerr Wambach |
Summary | Wilkinson |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,311 Referee: |
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:
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
Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes: match 18 was a rescheduled match 2
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 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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