2013 FC Kansas City season

The 2013 season was FC Kansas City's first season of existence, in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

FC Kansas City
2013 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head CoachVlatko Andonovski
StadiumShawnee Mission District Stadium
National Women's Soccer League2nd
National Women's Soccer League ChampionshipSemifinals
Highest home attendance6,784 vs. Portland Thorns April 13
Lowest home attendance3,057 vs. Washington Spirit June 23
Average home league attendance4,604

Club

Roster

As of April 13, 2013.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Bianca Henninger  United States
2 Forward Melissa Henderson  United States
4 Defender Becky Sauerbrunn  United States
6 Midfielder Jen Buczkowski  United States
7 Forward Casey Loyd  United States
8 Defender Courtney Jones  United States
9 Midfielder Merritt Mathias  United States
10 Forward Renae Cuéllar  Mexico
11 Midfielder Desiree Scott  Canada
12 Forward Lauren Cheney  United States
13 Defender Leigh Ann Robinson  United States
14 Defender Lauren Sesselmann  Canada
15 Midfielder Erika Tymrak  United States
16 Defender Nia Williams  United States
17 Midfielder Sinead Farrelly  United States
18 Goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart  United States
19 Midfielder Kristen Mewis  United States
20 Defender Katie Kelly  United States

Team management

FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[2] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome.[3] Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season.[4]

Competitions

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 11 5 6 34 22  +12 38 6 2 3 16 7  +9 5 3 3 18 15  +3

Source: Match reports

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
GroundHHHAAHHAAAHHAHAHAHHAAAH
ResultDPWWLWLLWWLWDWDDDWWWWLL
Updated to match(es) played on August 4, 2013. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason
April 6, 2013 1FC Kansas City8–0Nebraska Cornhuskers' Women's SoccerParkville, Missouri
14:30 Cuéllar  16', 20', 44', 55', 67'
Jones  17'
Farrelly  51'		 Report Stadium: Julian Field
Attendance: 410
Referee: Brandon Marshall

NWSL

Regular Season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

April 13, 2013 1FC Kansas City1–1Portland ThornsOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 Cuéllar  3'
Mewis  43'		 KC Report
Portland Report		 Sinclair  66' (pen.)
Washington  70'
Williamson  82'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 20, 2013 2FC Kansas CityPostponed[5]Boston BreakersOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 Boston Marathon bombing Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
April 26, 2013 3FC Kansas City2–0Seattle Reign FCOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 Farrelly  21'
Cuéllar  71'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4064
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 4, 2013 4Seattle Reign FC0–1FC Kansas CityTukwila, Washington
22:00 Reed  29'
Fishlock  32'		 Report Sesselmann  58'
Cuéllar  69'		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 2,618
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 11, 2013 5Western New York Flash2–1FC Kansas CityRochester, New York
18:35 Wambach  34', 39'
Heyboer  95'		 Report Cheney  53'
Sesselmann  91'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 18, 2013 6FC Kansas City2–0Boston BreakersOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 Cuéllar  17'
Mathias  23'
Cheney  64'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,362
Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr.
May 25, 2013 7FC Kansas City0–1Sky Blue FCOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 Sesselmann  22' Report Schmidt  23' (pen.) Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4186
Referee: John McCloskey
June 6, 2013 8Portland Thorns4–3FC Kansas CityPortland, Oregon
21:30 Morgan  13', 66'  80'
Wetzel  20'
Foxhoven  48'		 Report Cheney  31' (pen.), 56'
Tymrak  81'
Jones  89'		 Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr
June 9, 2013 9Seattle Reign FC0–1FC Kansas CityTukwila, Washington
21:00 Kyle  92' Report Tymrak  63' Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Kara Honthumb
June 13, 2013 10Chicago Red Stars0–2FC Kansas CityLisle, Illinois
18:30 Vandenbergh  34' Report Loyd  27' (pen.)
Jones  66'		 Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 1,141
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 16, 2013 11FC Kansas City1–3Chicago Red StarsOverland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cuéllar  4'
Wiliams  79'		 Report Grings  29'  43'
Masar  58'
Fuss  91' (pen.)		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,421
Referee: Juliana Duncan
June 23, 2013 12FC Kansas City2–0Washington SpiritOverland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cheney  17', 65' Summary Pressley  29' Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Katja Koroleva
June 26, 2013 13Sky Blue FC2–2FC Kansas CityPiscataway, New Jersey
19:35 Ocampo  85', 90+2' Summary Tymrak  14'
Cheney  74'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 30, 2013 14FC Kansas City2–0Portland ThornsOverland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cheney  10'
Mathias  71'		 Summary Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Christina Unkel
July 3, 2013 15Washington Spirit1–1FC Kansas CityGermantown, Maryland
18:30 Matheson  86' (pen.) Report Tymrak  55' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,467
July 7, 2013 16FC Kansas City0–0Western New York FlashOverland Park, Kansas
15:10 Robinson  61' Report Reynolds  30' Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,031
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
July 14, 2013 17Chicago Red Stars3–3FC Kansas CityLisle, Illinois
15:00 Dominguez  41'
Masar  90'
Chalupny  96+'		 Report Holiday  17'
Hemmings  43' (o.g.)
Tymrak  87'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,549
Referee: Josh Wilkens
July 20, 2013 18FC Kansas City2–0Seattle Reign FCOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST) Holiday  39'
Tymrak 86'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Boris Senic
July 24, 2013 2RFC Kansas City3–0Boston BreakersOverland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST) McNeill  72' (o.g.)
Jones  85'
Mathias  90'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,024
July 28, 2013 19Sky Blue FC0–1FC Kansas CityPiscataway, New Jersey
17:00 Jones  76' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,302
August 4, 2013 20Portland Thorns2–3FC Kansas CityPortland, Oregon
16:00 Foxhoven  51'
Morgan  89'		 Holiday  23'  55'
Mewis  74'		 Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 17,619
August 10, 2013 21Boston Breakers1–0FC Kansas CitySomerville, Massachusetts
17:00 Leroux  65' Report Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Kara Honthumb
August 18, 2013 22FC Kansas City1–2Chicago Red StarsOverland Park, Kansas
15:10 Jones  20' Report Hoy  45', 92'
Grings  65'
Santacaterina  68'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,910
Referee: Elvid Mahmutovic
Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western New York Flash 22 10 8 4 36 20 +16 38 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City 22 11 5 6 34 22 +12 38 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC (C) 22 11 5 6 32 25 +7 38
4 Sky Blue FC 22 10 6 6 31 26 +5 36
5 Boston Breakers 22 8 6 8 35 34 +1 30
6 Chicago Red Stars 22 8 6 8 32 36 −4 30
7 Seattle Reign FC 22 5 3 14 22 36 −14 18
8 Washington Spirit 22 3 5 14 16 39 −23 14
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Team statistics
NPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCrosCKOffFoulFSYCRC
6Jen Buczkowski222219800201111001111400
3Tiffany Cameron104000000000000
10Renae Cuéllar118682502271600183800
17Sinead Farrelly1610896101930064700
16Jaime French1011000000000000
Missy Geha101000000000000
2Melissa Henderson17131030000129201611900
12Lauren Cheney18181620129363319273142800
8Courtney Jones226670411322160126700
20Katie Kelly72207000210002100
7Casey Loyd43275111942512400
9Merritt Mathias2219173823025171947221330
18Kristie Mewis20201784101341310431121920
Natalie Norris101000000000000
Teresa Noyola71155000301002100
13Leigh Ann Robinson2222190005010616025510
4Becky Sauerbrunn19191710010211002500
11Desiree Scott2020180000075200241200
14Lauren Sesselmann1919163300041300171031
15Erika Tymrak21161453641261463521800
16Nia Williams42182000000003110
NNameGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSaveGAGA/GPenPKFSO
18Nicole Barnhart2020180010551878667190.953310
1Bianca Henninger22180110178531.5111
Honors and awards

NWSL Championship Playoffs
August 24, 2013 SemifinalFC Kansas City2–3 (a.e.t.)Portland ThornsOverland Park, Kansas
13:00 CDT Tymrak  12'
Henderson  25'
Scott  73'
Buczkowski  86'		 Heath  33'
Dougherty  50'
Long  61'  103'
Weimer  66'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Christina Unkel

Notes
  1. "FC Kansas City Roster".
  2. "New Kansas City women's soccer team releases logo". Kansas City Business Journal. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. McDowell, Sam (July 30, 2013). "Joco's pro women's soccer team, FC Kansas City, seeks longevity where others have failed". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. "FC Kansas City Coaching Staff Announced". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. "June's Best: Lauren Cheney". NWSL. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  7. "Player of the Week: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  8. "July's Best: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
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