2015 Boston Breakers season

The 2015 Boston Breakers season, is the club's tenth overall year of existence, sixth consecutive year, and third year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. They played 20 games, finishing with 4 wins, 3 draws, and 13 losses. They did not qualify for the post-season playoffs, and finished the season at ninth place in a nine team league.[1]

Boston Breakers
2015 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head CoachTom Durkin
StadiumHarvard Stadium
Boston, MA
Top goalscorerLeague: Kristie Mewis (4)
All: Kristie Mewis (7)
Highest home attendance4,137
(August 8 vs. Washington Spirit)
Lowest home attendance1,861
(May 22 vs. Sky Blue)
Average home league attendance2861

Club

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head Coach Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach Dushawne Simpson
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Last updated: April 19, 2015
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Alyssa Naeher
2 GK Jami Kranich
4 DF Cat Whitehill
5 DF Kassey Kallman
7 FW Ketlen Wiggers
8 DF Julie King
9 FW Stephanie McCaffrey
10 MF Rafinha
11 MF Amy Barczuk
15 FW Morgan Marlborough
No. Position Player
17 MF Suzane Pires
18 DF Maddy Evans
19 MF Kristie Mewis
20 DF Mollie Pathman
21 MF Bia
22 FW Nkem Ezurike
23 DF Bianca Sierra
24 DF Rachel Wood
26 MF Stephanie Verdoia
88 MF Katie Schoepfer

Competitions

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason
March 20, Fri 1Boston College Eagles0–4Boston BreakersChestnut Hill, Massachusetts
(EDT) UTC-4 Report Evans  36', 57'
Pires  69'
Brinson  89'		 Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Three 35-minute periods
March 24, Tue 2Boston Breakers 5–0 Jamaican national teamSt. Augustine, Florida
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 McCaffrey  9'
Mewis  12'
Whitehill  27'
Marlborough  54'
Brinson  69'		 Report Stadium: Saints Field
Attendance: 1,100
March 28, Sat 3Boston Breakers 5–0 Jamaican national teamWinter Springs, Florida
19:30 (EDT) UTC-4 Pires  35'
Mewis  37'
Whitehill  50'
Ezurike  61'
Barczuk  80'		 Report Stadium: Central Winds Park
Attendance: 500
April 4, Sat 4Boston Breakers3–1Connecticut HuskiesMarlborough, Massachusetts
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 McCaffrey  17'
Mewis  29'
Wood  71'		 Report Altrui  27' Stadium: ForeKicks Sports Complex

Regular Season
April 11, Sat 1Portland Thorns FC4–1Boston BreakersPortland, Oregon
22:00 (EDT) UTC-4 Farrelly  21'
Shim  38'
Long  71',  72'		 Report Pathman  33'
McCaffrey  63'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,386
Referee: Margaret Domka
April 26, Sun 2Boston Breakers3–2Houston DashBoston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 King 8'
Ezurike 31' (McCaffrey)
Evans 55'
Lloyd 72' (o.g.)		 Report Cross 44'
McDonald 58' (Brian),  65' (Ohai)
Roche 90'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,376
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 2, Sat 3Western New York Flash3–1Boston BreakersRochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 23' (Edwards)
Edwards 62' (Williams)
Edmonds 74'
Leroux 88' (Dahlkemper)		 Report Marlborough 15' (McCaffrey) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 9, Sat 4Chicago Red Stars3–0Boston BreakersBridgeview, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Johnson 22'
Huerta 56' (DiBernardo),  82' (Gilliland)
Walls 70' (Huerta)		 Report King 39' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 16, Sat 5Boston Breakers1–0Portland Thorns FCBoston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 93+' Report[2] Williamson 40'
Betos 92'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: Christopher Spivey
May 22, Fri 6Boston Breakers1–1Sky Blue FCBoston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 McCaffrey 60' (unassisted) Report[3] Freels 8' (Nadim) Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,861
May 30, Sat 7Boston Breakers1–0FC Kansas CityBoston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 K Mewis 51' (Schoepfer) Report Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Cedric Adams
June 6, Sat 8Washington Spirit1–1Boston BreakersGermantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4 DaCosta 64' (unassisted)
Nairn 58'		 Report Evans 65' (unassisted)
Kallman 91+'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,081
June 21, Sun 9Boston Breakers2–3Seattle Reign FCBoston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis  14'
King  38'
Pires  44'
Marlborough  76'		 BOS Report
NWSL Report		 Little  42'
Yanez  66'
Foxhoven  85'
Fishlock  86'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
June 28, Sun 10Boston Breakers0–2Western New York FlashBoston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Pathman  29'
Evans  31'		 BOS Report
NWSL Report		 Williams  19'
Eddy  42'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 9, Thu 11Boston Breakers2–3FC Kansas CityBoston
18:00 EDT UTC-4 Marlborough  3'
Mewis  60'		 BOS report
NWSL report
Box		 Tymrak  1',  45'
Groom  79'
Silva  90+3'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 18, Sat 12Chicago Red Stars1–1Boston BreakersLisle, Illinois
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Chalupny 54' (Hemmings)
Leon 75'		 BOS report
NWSL report
Box		 McCaffrey 62' (unassisted)
Schoepfer 63'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 22, Wed 13Boston Breakers1–2Chicago Red StarsBoston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Simon 69' (McCaffrey) BOS report
NWSL report
Box		 Tancredi 41' (Mautz)
Press 90' (Hoy)		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Cedric Adams
July 25, Sat 14Sky Blue FC3–1Boston BreakersPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4 O'Hara 13' (Freels),  36' (Kerr)
Kerr 52' (Haagsma)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,067 [4]
Referee: Tori Penso
August 1, Sat 15Boston Breakers1–2Seattle Reign FCBoston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis  34'
King  59'  82'		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Yanez  24'
Little  59' (pen.),  65'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
August 5, Wed 16Portland Thorns FC5–2Boston BreakersPortland, Oregon
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Taylor  16' (Heath)
Zerboni  49' (Long),  53' (unassisted)
Shim  54' (Sinclair)
Long  66' (unassisted)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Pires  30'
Williamson  36' (o.g.)
Mewis  87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,624
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
August 8, Sat 17Boston Breakers2–1Washington SpiritBoston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 King 12' (Mewis)
Simon  30',  38' (unassisted)
Ezurike  79'
McCaffrey  90'		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Oyster  33'
Matheson 49' (unassisted)
Salem  85'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 22, Sat 18FC Kansas City3–0Boston BreakersKansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Rodriguez  29' (Robinson),  52' (Holiday)
Holiday  50' (Rodriguez)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Marlborough  81' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Brandon Artis
August 26, Wed 19Seattle Reign FC3–1Boston BreakersSeattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Rapinoe  21' (Cox)
Fletcher  34'
Little  56' (Rapinoe)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Evans  88' (Mewis) Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,484
Referee: David Mon
August 30, Sun 20Houston Dash1–0Boston BreakersHouston
20:30 EDT UTC-4 Masar  34' (McDonald)
Masar 35'		 NWSL Report Schoepfer 89' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,842
Referee: Cedric Adams

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
20 15 4 13 3 22 43  −21 4 5 1 14 16  −2 0 8 2 8 27  −19

Last updated: September 5, 2015
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHAAHHHAHHHAHAHAHAAA
ResultLWLLWDWDLLLDLLLLWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2015. Source: Match reports
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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
11MFAmy Barczuk201816120002001018600
21MFBeatriz Vaz e Silva103369000310004100
18DFMaddy Evans1813115020093702151120
22FWNkem Ezurike12341711011300615810
49MFRiley Houle1019000100003000
58MFChanel Johnson1014000000010000
5DFKassey Kallman2020180000042100131510
7FWKetlen Wiggers1161000000000000
8DFJulie King1818158020013720018631
3DFLauren Lazo141110251008590213300
15FWMorgan Marlborough1686773001073006110
9FWStephanie McCaffrey1917141833032161401751310
19MFKristie Mewis20201785622813216555152300
20DFMollie Pathman2020180000021230081120
17MFSuzane Pires126447010313007220
10MFRafaela de Miranda Travalão138790010147523113900
88MFKatie Schoepfer1917142102012600116620
17FWKyah Simon776302011150039510
26MFStephanie Verdoia81186000310002200
4DFCat Whitehill1190000000000000
24DFRachel Wood1087010004110110600
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
2GKJami Kranich88720242924229131.625002
1GKAlyssa Naeher121210802912099565302.5110

See also

References
  1. "2015 Standings - National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  2. "BREAKERS WIN 1-0 THRILLER OVER THORNS FC; Kristie Mewis scores game-winner in 93rd minute". nwslsoccer.com.
  3. "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.
  4. http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/07/28/the-lowdown-nwsl-playoff-picture-six-weeks-out/
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