2016 Boston Breakers season

The 2016 Boston Breakers season, is the club's eleventh season overall, its seventh consecutive season, and fourth year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

Boston Breakers
2016 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head CoachMatt Beard
StadiumJordan Field
Boston, Massachusetts
Highest home attendance4,007
(June 10 vs. Washington)
Lowest home attendance3,288
(May 22 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance3570

Club

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head Coach Matt Beard
Assistant Coach Dushawne Simpson
Assistant Coach Cat Whitehill
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Last updated: May 5, 2016
Source: [1]

First-team squad

As of July 12, 2016

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

No. Position Player
0 MF Ghoutia Karchouni
1 GK Libby Stout
2 GK Jami Kranich
3 FW Elisa Krieghoff
4 DF Whitney Engen
5 DF Kassey Kallman
7 MF Sinead Farrelly
8 DF Julie King
9 FW Natasha Dowie
10 MF Louise Schillgard
11 FW Brittany Ratcliffe
No. Position Player
14 GK Abby Smith
17 FW Kyah Simon
19 MF Kristie Mewis
20 DF Mollie Pathman
21 DF Christen Westphal
22 MF Stephanie Verdoia
23 DF Brooke Elby
24 DF Rachel Wood
26 MF Angela Salem
88 MF Katie Schoepfer
99 FW Eunice Beckmann

Competitions
Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

As in previous seasons, Breakers spent time in Florida during preseason.[2]

Sun Mar 20 Northeastern Huskies0–7Boston BreakersBrookline, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m. EST Report Mewis  12'
Schoepfer  30'
Marlborough  38'
King  42'
Ratcliffe  52'
Wood  67'
Krieghoff  78'		 Stadium: Parsons Field
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods
Fri Mar 25 Florida State Seminoles1–0Boston BreakersTallahassee, Florida
7:00 p.m. EST Connolly  80' Report Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods
Sun Apr 3 Boston BreakersCancelledConnecticut HuskiesMassachusetts
Summary
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.
Sun Apr 3 Boston BreakersCancelledBoston College EaglesMassachusetts
Summary
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.

Regular Season
Sat Apr 16 1Washington Spirit1–0Boston BreakersBoyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. Lohman  3'
Megan Oyster  86'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sun Apr 24 2Boston Breakers0–3Seattle Reign FCBoston, Massachusetts
Brittany Ratcliffe  60'
McCall Zerboni  81'		 Report Manon Melis  10' (Kim Little)
Rachel Corsie  39' (Kim Little)
Hope Solo  50'
Kim Little  79' (Beverly Yanez)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,743
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sun May 1 3Boston Breakers0–1Portland Thorns FCBoston, Massachusetts
Schillgard  38'
King  78'
Ratcliffe  90'		 Report Dagný Brynjarsdóttir  79' (Heath) Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,698
Referee: Brandon Artis
Sat May 7 4Boston Breakers0–1Chicago Red StarsBoston, Massachusetts
Report
Report		 Jen Hoy  7'
Christen Press  60' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Margaret Domka
Fri May 13 5Sky Blue FC1–0Boston BreakersPiscataway, New Jersey
Kassey Kallman  41' (own goal)
Tasha Kai  60'
Nikki Stanton  75'		 Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
Sun May 22 6Boston Breakers1–0FC Kansas CityBoston, Massachusetts
Whitney Engen  19' (Kristie Mewis)
Whitney Engen  91+'		 Report Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,288
Referee: Chris Spivey
Fri May 27 7Western New York Flash4–0Boston BreakersRochester, New York
Taylor Smith  15'
Lynn Williams  64' (Michaela Hahn)
Lynn Williams  65' (Meredith Speck)
Abby Dahlkemper  78' (pen.)		 Report Eunice Beckmann  90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,940
Referee: Andrew Musashe
Fri Jun 10 8Boston Breakers1–1Washington SpiritBoston, Massachusetts
Louise Schillgard  15' (pen.) Report Katie Stengel  13' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sat Jun 18 9Chicago Red Stars3–0Boston BreakersBridgeview, Illinois
Sofia Huerta  3' (Vanessa DiBernardo), 57' (Alyssa Mautz)
Sofia Huerta  56'
Casey Short  62' (Vanessa DiBernardo)		 Report
Report
Stats		 Louise Schillgard  55'
Eunice Beckmann  61'
Kyah Simon  94+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,553
Referee: Danielle Brzezesinski-Chesky
Fri Jun 24 10Western New York Flash7–1Boston BreakersRochester, New York
7:00 p.m. ET Lynn Williams  19' (Makenzy Doniak), 39' (Jessica McDonald)
Jessica McDonald  28' (Samantha Mewis), 43' (Liz Eddy), 49' (Lynn Williams)
Alanna Kennedy  35'
Makenzy Doniak  45+2' (Samantha Mewis)
McCall Zerboni  60'
Taylor Smith  63' (Jaelene Hinkle)		 Report Christen Westphal  38' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Sat Jul 2 11Seattle Reign FC2–0Boston BreakersSeattle
Nahomi Kawasumi  14' (Manon Melis), 62' (Keelin Winters) Report Julie King  40'
Brittany Ratcliffe  72'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sun Jul 10 12Orlando Pride2–1Boston BreakersOrlando, Florida
Jasmyne Spencer  21'
Kristen Edmonds  90', 93+' (Leah Fortune)		 Report Mollie Pathman  5'
Brooke Elby  34'  89'
Louise Schillgard  49'
Jami Kranich  93+'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: 5,842
Sun Jul 17 13Boston Breakers2–3Sky Blue FCBoston, Massachusetts
Angela Salem  3' (unassisted)
Julie King  85' (Louise Schillgard)		 Report Sarah Killion  28' (penalty)
Leah Galton  37' (Tasha Kai)
Erica Skroski  74' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,743
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sun Jul 31 14Boston Breakers1–0Orlando PrideBoston, Massachusetts
Natasha Dowie  10' (unassisted)
Louise Schillgard  29'		 Report Toni Pressley  90' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,379
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
Sun Aug 28 15FC Kansas City0–2Boston BreakersKansas City, Missouri
Report Katie Schoepfer  38' (Brooke Elby)
Kristie Mewis  81' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,206
Referee: Christina Unkel
Wed Aug 31 16Boston Breakers1–3Houston DashBoston, Massachusetts
Natasha Dowie  91+' Report Kealia Ohai  3' (C Lloyd), 33' (unassisted)
Carli Lloyd  62'		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,762
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Sun Sep 4 17Portland Thorns FC5–1Boston BreakersPortland, Oregon
Christine Sinclair  14' (N Nadim)
Allie Long  48' (C Sinclair)
Nadia Nadim  41' (pk), 79' (A Long)  90'		 Report Julie King  84' (Eunice Beckmann) Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,152
Referee: Jon Freemon
Thu Sep 8 18Boston Breakers2–2Western New York FlashBoston, Massachusetts
Kyah Simon  4' (J King)
Natasha Dowie  9';  51' (Louise Schillgard)
Julie King  61'
Eunice Beckmann  68'		 Report Jessica McDonald  38' (Samantha Mewis)
Lynn Williams  76' (Makenzy Doniak)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 1,435
Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo
Sun Sep 11 19Houston Dash4–1Boston BreakersHouston
Janine Beckie  26' (Carli Lloyd)
Kealia Ohai  35' (Janine Beckie)
Andressa Machry  55'
Carli Lloyd  78' (Kealia Ohai)
Carli Lloyd  81' (penalty)		 Report Elise Krieghoff  76' (unassisted) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,107
Referee: Levi Rippy
Sat Sep 24 20Boston Breakers0–4Western New York FlashBoston, Massachusetts
Angela Salem  45'+3
Katie Schoepfer  70'
Whitney Engen  71'		 Report Jessica McDonald  2' (Makenzy Doniak)
Lynn Williams  24' (unassisted)
Samantha Mewis  45' (McCall Zerboni)
Alanna Kennedy  61'
Abby Dahlkemper  68' (penalty)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Karen Abt

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portland Thorns FC 20 12 5 3 35 19 +16 41 NWSL Shield
2 Washington Spirit 20 12 3 5 30 21 +9 39 NWSL Playoffs
3 Chicago Red Stars 20 9 6 5 24 20 +4 33
4 Western New York Flash (C) 20 9 5 6 40 26 +14 32
5 Seattle Reign FC 20 8 6 6 29 21 +8 30
6 FC Kansas City 20 7 5 8 18 20 −2 26
7 Sky Blue FC 20 7 5 8 24 30 −6 26
8 Houston Dash 20 6 4 10 29 29 0 22
9 Orlando Pride 20 6 1 13 20 30 −10 19
10 Boston Breakers 20 3 2 15 14 47 −33 11
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
20 11 3 15 2 14 47  −33 3 5 2 9 15  −6 0 10 0 5 32  −27

Last updated: September 11, 2016
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
GroundAHHHAHAHAAAAHHAHAHAH
ResultLLLLLWLDLLLLLWWLLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: May 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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAPKShotSOGSOG%CroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
99FWEunice Beckmann11865801016531%50318830
9FWNatasha Dowie77605300211048%0078510
23DFBrooke Elby13119190003267%3006611
4DFWhitney Engen1414126011011100%2000920
5DFKassey Kallman20201800000100%000101500
29MFGhoutia Karchouni31100000100%0100400
8DFJulie King1817152321011545%60116650
2GKJami Kranich9981000000—0001310
3FWElisa Krieghoff601431003267%0011100
15FWMorgan Marlborough10240002150%1111100
9FWStephanie McCaffrey121092100015853%4077500
19MFKristie Mewis1413112211027726%4262142000
20DFMollie Pathman131210551003267%9101900
11FWBrittany Ratcliffe1555450007229%4014430
26MFAngela Salem1919169910014643%450171910
10MFLouise Schillgard181614291219667%931227540
88MFKatie Schoepfer12859710014536%0016210
17FWKyah Simon1714129311029724%809191210
14GKAbby Smith2212200000—0000000
1GKLibby Stout10986800000—0000700
30DFKylie Strom7334400000—2013300
22MFStephanie Verdoia1054530006350%0011800
21DFChristen Westphal1375791002150%3002100
24DFRachel Wood72260000200%0014400
77MFMcCall Zerboni886700004125%100151210
Team Total20—1979914711917439%656538181169241
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinGAGA/GPKAPKFShotSOGSavSav%YCRC
2GKJami Kranich99810252.7833130643961%10
14GKAbby Smith2212210.5000198788%00
1GKLibby Stout109868212.1022139624268%00
Team Total20—1800472.35552881348866%10

References
  1. "Coaching Staff". bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. "BREAKERS HEADING TO FLORIDA FOR 2016 PRESEASON; The club will spend eight days in Florida, departing Boston on March 23 and returning March 31". nwslsoccer.com. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

See also
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