2014 Sky Blue FC season

The 2014 Sky Blue FC season was the team's fifth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2014 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Sky Blue FC
2014 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumYurcak Field
NWSL6th
Top goalscorerKelley O'Hara
Nadia Nadim (7)

Background

The foundation of the National Women's Soccer League was announced on November 21, 2012, with Sky Blue FC selected as a host for one of the eight teams.[1][2][3]

Match results

Regular season
April 12, 2014 1FC Kansas City1–1Sky Blue FCKansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez  42' Report Freels  48' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 2Sky Blue FC1–1Portland Thorns FCPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Rampone  26' Report Long  75' (pen) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,983
Referee: Miguel Panduro
April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) 3Boston Breakers3–2Sky Blue FCBoston, Massachusetts
19:00 EST King  14'
Ashley Grove  40'
Sanderson  42'  60'		 Summary Ocampo  30'
Nick  90+3'		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Juliana Duncan
April 30, 2014 4Sky Blue FC0–2Seattle Reign FCPiscataway, New Jersey
16:00 (PDT) Levin  64' Report Kawasumi  24'
Goebel  50'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 582
Referee: Matthew Franz
May 3, 2014 5Sky Blue FC1–0Boston BreakersPiscataway, New Jersey
18:00 (PDT) Ocampo  14' Summary De Vanna  89' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,294
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 7, 2014 6Sky Blue FC1–1Chicago Red StarsPiscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Goodson  13'
Freels  27' (pen.)		 Summary Mautz  25'
Brock  58'
Hoy  88'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 604
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
May 11, 2014 7Western New York Flash2–0Sky Blue FCRochester, New York
15:00 EDT (UTC-04) Wambach  48', 90+2'
Williamson  52'		 Summary Morris  90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3107
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 28, 2014 10Sky Blue FC0–2Chicago Red StarsPiscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Foord  84' Summary Leon  26'
Chalupny  35'
Johnson  77'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 786
Referee: Matt Mercier
June 1, 2014 11Sky Blue FC1–3Seattle Reign FCPiscataway, New Jersey
15:00 (PDT) Freels  42' Report Leroux  35'
Kawasumi  50', 74'
Little  53'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Christina Unkel
June 15, 2014 13Chicago Red Stars2–2Sky Blue FCLisle, Illinois
13:00 CDT (UTC-05) Mautz  21'
Bywaters  31'		 Summary Lisonbee-Cutshall  60'
Hayes  63'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1211
Referee: Juliana Duncan
June 22, 2014 14Sky Blue FC1–1Boston BreakersPiscataway, New Jersey
13:00 EDT (UTC-04) O'Hara  2'
Levin  48'
Schmidt 51'
Stanton 65'		 Summary Reeves  31'
Evans  85'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1212
Referee: Greg Dopka
June 25, 2014 15Portland Thorns FC1–2Sky Blue FCPortland, Oregon
22:00 PDT (UTC-06) Sinclair  54'
Van Hollebeke  76'		 Summary Freels  8'  75'
Foord  46'
Lisonbee-Cutshall  64'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10477
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
June 28, 2014 16Seattle Reign0–0Sky Blue FCSeattle, Washington
21:00 PDT (UTC-06) Summary Foord  54' Stadium: Seattle High School Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5770
Referee: Chris Spivey
July 6, 2014 17Sky Blue FC0–5FC Kansas CityPiscataway, New Jersey
Nadim  78' Summary Tymrak  2'
Cheney  9'
Hagen  20', 42'
Rodriguez  90+1'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1349
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 20, 2014 18Sky Blue FC4–2Washington SpiritPiscataway, New Jersey
O'Hara  22', 85'
Schmidt  36'
Nadim  81'		 Summary Gayle  57'  89'
Taylor  88'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1740
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
July 27, 2014 19FC Kansas City2–1Sky Blue FCKansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez  34'
Cheney  70'		 Summary Foord  69'
Nadim  87'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1852
Referee: Josh Wilkens
July 31, 2014 20Sky Blue FC1–0Western New York FlashPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 Nadim  22'
Levin  39'
O'Hara  50'		 Summary Lloyd  26'
Bermúdez  55'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3471
Referee: Josh Wilkens
August 9, 2014 21Houston Dash1–3Sky Blue FCHouston, Texas
Edwards  38'
Romero  73'
Burger  86'		 Summary Nadim  23'  39', 74', 90+2'
Nick  62'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5143
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 13, 2014 22Western New York Flash2–3Sky Blue FCRochester, New York
19:00 Martín  23'
Bermúdez  79'		 Summary O'Hara  24'
Nadim  48', 89'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4339
Referee: Chris Spivey
August 16, 2014 23Washington Spirit0–1Sky Blue FCGermantown, Maryland
18:30 Summary Ocampo  27' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,282
Referee: David Mon
August 20, 2014 24Sky Blue FC1–0Houston DashPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 Lisonbee Cutshall  18'
Nick  72'		 Summary Rafaelle Souza  85' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: Bernhard Hosu

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
24 34 9 8 7 30 37  −7 4 5 3 11 20  −9 5 3 4 19 17  +2

Last updated: April 27, 2014
Source: Soccerway, Sky Blue FC
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
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundAHAHHHAAAHHHAHAAHHHAHAAA
ResultDDLLWDLDWLLLDDWDLWLWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on August 20, 2014. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Team

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Brittany Cameron
2 DF  USA CoCo Goodson
3 DF  USA Christie Rampone
4 DF  AUS Caitlin Foord
5 DF  USA Kendall Johnson
6 MF  USA Taylor Lytle
7 FW  JPN Nanase Kiryu
8 FW  MEX Mónica Ocampo
10 MF  USA Katy Freels
11 FW  USA Maya Hayes
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  USA Ashley Nick
13 MF  CAN Sophie Schmidt
16 MF  CAN Jonelle Filigno
17 DF  USA Hayley Haagsma
18 DF  USA Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19 FW  USA Kelley O'Hara
21 GK  USA Jillian Loyden
24 MF  USA Maddie Thompson
22 DF  USA Camille Levin
32 MF  USA Meg Morris

Squad statistics

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
18DFLindsi Cutshall1411943302530024400
16FWJonelle Filigno176697110830011151110
4DFCaitlin Foord2120182502063011201940
10MFKaty Freels2323202154045251791272520
2DFCoCo Goodson211816520008100081110
11FWMaya Hayes23131146110229006142100
5DFKendall Johnson151211230006300071000
7MFNanase Kiryu1612909010116017010600
22DFCami Levin2321188400094011131430
6MFTaylor Lytle75481010940012600
32MFMeg Morris3196000000001010
9FWNadia Nadim654957332312001213330
12MFAshley Nick22171612100157001161030
8FWMónica Ocampo18139963024415001714600
19DFKelley O'Hara2222191775261270325101600
3DFChristie Rampone19181665120632017800
13MFSophie Schmidt222219641004013051222110
44MFNikki Stanton4078000200002310
25DFMaddie Thompson2196000000100000
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
1GKBrittany Cameron77630232914028121.714002
21GKJillian Loyden171715307552109469251.471234

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Yearly Awards
Player Award Ref.
Christie Rampone Best X1 [4]
gollark: I expect lots of bots will end up unverified, but they won't care and will just plow on with their triangularity.
gollark: Their suggested solution is to have a parent join your "team" and verify your bot, which sounds problematic.
gollark: You die.
gollark: "tHiS iS OuR poLiCy"
gollark: And they'll probably say "no give us ID".

See also

References
  1. "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. "Paint the town blue: Sky Blue FC season preview". SB Nation. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. "Sky Blue FC Set To Join National Women's Soccer League". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. "NWSL Announces best x1". Retrieved April 30, 2019.
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