2017 Western New York Flash season

The 2017 season is Western New York Flash's tenth season, and the first in which they competed in the United Women's Soccer league in the second division of women's soccer in the United States. It is an almost entirely different team from the prior season's, which competed in the top-division National Women's Soccer League before being sold and moved to North Carolina.

Western New York Flash
2017 Western New York Flash season
Head coachGary Bruce[1]
StadiumNiagara Field

First-team squad

Florida State University forward Maddie Pezzino was the newly reformed club's first signing.[2]

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

No. Position Player
00 Template:Country data GK Ashlee Schumacher
0 Template:Country data Alana Rossi
1 Template:Country data GK Megan Tock
2 Template:Country data Kelsey Ferguson
3 Template:Country data Sarah Karlik
4 Template:Country data Paige Buscaglia
5 Template:Country data Kara Daly
6 Template:Country data Margretta Dry
7 Template:Country data Carissima Cutrona
8 Template:Country data Brittany Heist
9 Template:Country data Kaelyn Gamel
10 Template:Country data Rachel Fiore
11 Template:Country data Meghan Simmons
12 Template:Country data Danielle Braun
No. Position Player
13 Template:Country data Hope Balling
14 Template:Country data Madison Good
15 Template:Country data Jenna Raepple
16 Template:Country data Madisyn Pezzino
17 Template:Country data Christiana Davies
18 Template:Country data Sydney Cerza
19 Template:Country data Rebecca Sanzsole
20 Template:Country data Gloria Okoro Chinasa
21 Template:Country data Marcy Barberic
21 Template:Country data Tess Ford
22 Template:Country data Taylor Requa
23 Template:Country data Shannon Carr
25 Template:Country data Kenna Kosinski

Source: UWS

Match results

Regular season

The Flash announced their schedule on March 11, 2016.[3]

May 13 1Long Island Rough Riders1-1Western New York FlashSouth Huntington, New York
5:00 p.m. Quinonez  31' Report Gamel  86' (Heist) Stadium: Cy Donnelly Stadium
May 14 2New York Surf1-0Western New York FlashBronx, New York
2 p.m. O'Connor  14' Report Stadium: SUNY Maritime
May 20 3Western New York Flash2-2New York SurfBuffalo, New York
4 p.m. Cutrona  61' (Pezzino)
Pezzino  87' (Dry)		 Report Gamby  43' (Doyle)
Velaj  57' (Doyle)		 Stadium: All-High Stadium
June 3 4Western New York Flash0-7Long Island Rough RidersLewiston, New York
7 p.m. Report Vasquez  5' (Loughren)
Dutcher  14' (Vasquez)
Groth  38' (Dutcher)
Venezia  43' (Dutcher)
Dutcher  51'
Neville  57'
Neville  83' (Vasquez)		 Stadium: Niagara Stadium
June 10 5Western New York Flash1-0New England MutinyLewiston, New York
7 p.m. Cutrona  33' (Heist) Report Stadium: Niagara Stadium
June 11 6Western New York Flash1-3New Jersey Copa FCLewiston, New York
3 p.m.
  • Cutrona  37' (Heist)
 Report
  • Freda  11' (Bruno)
  • Nuñez  76' (Raber), 81' (Smith)
 Stadium: Niagara Stadium
June 17 7Western New York Flash4-1Rochester LancersLewiston, New York
7 p.m.
  • Pezzino  2' (Cutrona), 29' (Cutrona)
  • Cutrona  51' (Pezzino), 76' (Pezzino)
 Report
  • VanCuyck  7'
 Stadium: Niagara Stadium
June 24 8Rochester Lancers2-3Western New York FlashRochester, New York
1 p.m.
  • Wingerden  32'
  • Arieno  87'
 Report
  • Cutrona  9', 76'
  • Pezzino  66' (Cutrona)
 Stadium: Wegmans Sports Complex
July 8 9New York MagicvWestern New York FlashBrooklyn, New York
3 p.m. Stadium: Poly Prep Country Day School
July 9 10New England MutinyvWestern New York FlashEast Longmeadow, Massachusetts
3 p.m. Stadium: East Longmeadow High School

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Jersey Copa FC 10 8 1 1 23 7 +16 25 2017 East Conference playoffs
2 Long Island Rough Riders 10 7 2 1 35 10 +25 22
3 New England Mutiny 10 7 3 0 23 10 +13 21
4 New York Surf 10 6 2 2 25 12 +13 20
5 Western New York Flash 10 4 4 2 18 21 −3 14
6 Lancaster Inferno 10 4 6 0 18 23 −5 12
7 Rochester Lady Lancers 10 0 9 1 10 35 −25 1
8 New York Magic 10 0 9 1 4 38 −34 1
Source: UWS standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head (if only 2 teams) 3) wins; 4) goal difference (maximum +5 goal difference in a game); 5) goals scored; 6) total points in smallest group; 7) points earned against top 4 finishers; 8) points outside smallest group; 9) lottery

Squad statistics

References
  1. Tsujimoto, Ben (March 30, 2017). "WNY Flash tab Bruce to coach United Women's Soccer team". Buffalo News. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. Tsujimoto, Ben (April 9, 2017). "Flash ink Pezzino as first player for United Women's Soccer squad". Buffalo News. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "2017 WNY Flash UWS Schedule Release". WNYFlash.com. May 8, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

See also
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