2015 Boston Breakers season
2015 season | |||
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Owner | Boston Women's Soccer, LLC | ||
Head coach | Tom Durkin | ||
Stadium | Harvard Stadium Boston, MA | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Kristie Mewis (6) All: Kristie Mewis (9) | ||
Highest home attendance | 4,325 (August 1 vs. Seattle) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,861 (May 22 vs. Sky Blue) | ||
Average home league attendance | 2,863 | ||
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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]
Club
Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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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.
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Competitions
Key
Win Tie Loss
Preseason
March 20, Fri 1 | Boston College Eagles | 0–4 | Boston Breakers | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
(EDT) UTC-4 | Report | Evans ![]() Pires ![]() Brinson ![]() | Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex Attendance: Closed-door | |
Note: Three 35-minute periods |
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
![Jamaica](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png)
March 24, Tue 2 | Boston Breakers ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | St. Augustine, Florida |
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 | McCaffrey ![]() Mewis ![]() Whitehill ![]() Marlborough ![]() Brinson ![]() | Report | Stadium: Saints Field Attendance: 1,100 |
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
![Jamaica](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png)
March 28, Sat 3 | Boston Breakers ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Winter Springs, Florida |
19:30 (EDT) UTC-4 | Pires ![]() Mewis ![]() Whitehill ![]() Ezurike ![]() Barczuk ![]() | Report | Stadium: Central Winds Park Attendance: 500 |
April 4, Sat 4 | Boston Breakers | 3–1 | Connecticut Huskies | Marlborough, Massachusetts |
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 | McCaffrey ![]() Mewis ![]() Wood ![]() | Report | Altrui ![]() | Stadium: ForeKicks Sports Complex |
Regular season
April 11, Sat 1 | Portland Thorns FC | 4–1 | Boston Breakers | Portland, Oregon |
22:00 (EDT) UTC-4 | Farrelly ![]() Shim ![]() Long ![]() ![]() | Report | Pathman ![]() McCaffrey ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,386 Referee: Margaret Domka |
April 26, Sun 2 | Boston Breakers | 3–2 | Houston Dash | Boston |
17:00 EDT UTC-4 | King![]() Ezurike ![]() Evans ![]() Lloyd ![]() | Report | Cross![]() McDonald ![]() ![]() Roche ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
May 2, Sat 3 | Western New York Flash | 3–1 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | Mewis![]() Edwards ![]() Edmonds ![]() Leroux ![]() | Report | Marlborough![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
May 9, Sat 4 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | Bridgeview, Illinois |
17:00 EDT UTC-4 | Johnson![]() Huerta ![]() ![]() Walls ![]() | Report | King![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Margaret Domka |
May 16, Sat 5 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Boston |
16:00 EDT UTC-4 | Mewis![]() | Report[2] | Williamson![]() Betos ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,669 Referee: Christopher Spivey |
May 22, Fri 6 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Boston |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | McCaffrey![]() | Report[3] | Freels![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,861 |
May 30, Sat 7 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Boston |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | K Mewis![]() | Report | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,176 Referee: Cedric Adams |
June 6, Sat 8 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | DaCosta![]() Nairn ![]() | Report | Evans![]() Kallman ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,081 |
June 21, Sun 9 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | Seattle Reign FC | Boston |
16:00 EDT UTC-4 | Mewis ![]() King ![]() Pires ![]() Marlborough ![]() | BOS Report NWSL Report | Little ![]() Yanez ![]() Foxhoven ![]() Fishlock ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
June 28, Sun 10 | Boston Breakers | 0–2 | Western New York Flash | Boston |
17:00 EDT UTC-4 | Pathman ![]() Evans ![]() | BOS Report NWSL Report | Williams ![]() Eddy ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Farhad Dadhko |
July 9, Thu 11 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Boston |
18:00 EDT UTC-4 | Marlborough ![]() Mewis ![]() | BOS report NWSL report Box | Tymrak ![]() ![]() Groom ![]() Silva ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,525 Referee: Margaret Domka |
July 18, Sat 12 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Lisle, Illinois |
20:00 EDT UTC-4 | Chalupny![]() Leon ![]() | BOS report NWSL report Box | McCaffrey![]() Schoepfer ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Farhad Dadhko |
July 22, Wed 13 | Boston Breakers | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Boston |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | Simon![]() | BOS report NWSL report Box | Tancredi![]() Press ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Cedric Adams |
July 25, Sat 14 | Sky Blue FC | 3–1 | Boston Breakers | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | O'Hara![]() ![]() Kerr ![]() | BOS report NWSL report | Lauren Lazo![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,067 [4] Referee: Tori Penso |
August 1, Sat 15 | Boston Breakers | 1–2 | Seattle Reign FC | Boston |
16:00 EDT UTC-4 | Mewis ![]() King ![]() ![]() | BOS report NWSL report | Yanez ![]() Little ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
August 5, Wed 16 | Portland Thorns FC | 5–2 | Boston Breakers | Portland, Oregon |
22:00 EDT UTC-4 | Taylor ![]() Zerboni ![]() ![]() Shim ![]() Long ![]() | BOS report NWSL report | Pires ![]() Williamson ![]() Mewis ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,624 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
August 8, Sat 17 | Boston Breakers | 2–1 | Washington Spirit | Boston |
19:00 EDT UTC-4 | King![]() Simon ![]() ![]() Ezurike ![]() McCaffrey ![]() | BOS report NWSL report | Oyster ![]() Matheson ![]() Salem ![]() | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,137 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
August 22, Sat 18 | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | Kansas City, Missouri |
20:00 EDT UTC-4 | Rodriguez ![]() ![]() Holiday ![]() | BOS report NWSL report | Marlborough ![]() | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Brandon Artis |
August 26, Wed 19 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–1 | Boston Breakers | Seattle |
22:00 EDT UTC-4 | Rapinoe ![]() Fletcher ![]() Little ![]() | BOS report NWSL report | Evans ![]() | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: David Mon |
August 30, Sun 20 | Houston Dash | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Houston |
20:30 EDT UTC-4 | Masar ![]() Masar ![]() | NWSL Report | Schoepfer![]() | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,842 Referee: Cedric Adams |
Standings
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
- 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 |
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
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
N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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11 | MF | Amy Barczuk | 20 | 18 | 1612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | Beatriz Vaz e Silva | 10 | 3 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18 | DF | Maddy Evans | 18 | 13 | 1150 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
22 | FW | Nkem Ezurike | 12 | 3 | 417 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
49 | MF | Riley Houle | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
58 | MF | Chanel Johnson | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | Kassey Kallman | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
7 | FW | Ketlen Wiggers | 1 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | DF | Julie King | 18 | 18 | 1580 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
3 | DF | Lauren Lazo | 14 | 11 | 1025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
15 | FW | Morgan Marlborough | 16 | 8 | 677 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | Stephanie McCaffrey | 19 | 17 | 1418 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
19 | MF | Kristie Mewis | 20 | 20 | 1785 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 32 | 16 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
20 | DF | Mollie Pathman | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
17 | MF | Suzane Pires | 12 | 6 | 447 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
10 | MF | Rafaela de Miranda Travalão | 13 | 8 | 790 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
88 | MF | Katie Schoepfer | 19 | 17 | 1421 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
17 | FW | Kyah Simon | 7 | 7 | 630 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
26 | MF | Stephanie Verdoia | 8 | 1 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | Cat Whitehill | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | Rachel Wood | 10 | 8 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
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2 | GK | Jami Kranich | 8 | 8 | 720 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 92 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1 | GK | Alyssa Naeher | 12 | 12 | 1080 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 209 | 95 | 65 | 30 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
See also
References
- ^ "2015 Standings - National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "BREAKERS WIN 1-0 THRILLER OVER THORNS FC; Kristie Mewis scores game-winner in 93rd minute". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "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 May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
- ^ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".