2014 FC Kansas City season

The 2014 season was FC Kansas City's second season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

FC Kansas City
2014 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head CoachVlatko Andonovski
StadiumDurwood Soccer Stadium

Club

Roster

As of April 27, 2014.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Sara Keane  United States
3 Midfielder Maegan Kelly  United States
4 Defender Becky Sauerbrunn  United States
5 Forward Liz Bogus  United States
6 Midfielder Jen Buczkowski  United States
7 Midfielder Jenna Richmond  United States
8 Forward Amy Rodriguez  United States
9 Midfielder Merritt Mathias  United States
10 Forward Frances Silva  United States
11 Midfielder Morgan Marlborough  United States
12 Forward Lauren Holiday  United States
13 Defender Leigh Ann Robinson  United States
14 Defender Kassey Kallman  United States
15 Midfielder Erika Tymrak  United States
16 Defender Nia Williams  United States
17 Defender Amy LePeilbet  United States
18 Goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart  United States
19 Forward Katrina Gorry  Australia
22 Forward Sarah Hagen  United States
23 Defender Nikki Phillips  United States
24 Goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago  Mexico
25 Midfielder Mandy Laddish  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]

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason
March 22, 2014 1FC Kansas City1–1Chicago Red StarsFenton, Missouri
7:00PM CT Henderson  83' Report Mautz  51' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,300
March 29, 2014 2Kansas Jayhawks1–3FC Kansas CityLawrence, Kansas
Ashley Williams  31' Report Rodriguez  12'
Holiday  15', 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Jayhawk Soccer Complex
April 5, 2014 3Oklahoma State Cowgirls0–10FC Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri
4:00PM CT Report Williams  14'

Mathias  23', 25', 58'
Tymrak  30'

Liz Bogus  33' (pen.), 40'
Silva  48', 68'
Henderson  60' (pen.)		 Stadium: Swope Park

NWSL

Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

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 2Washington Spirit3–1FC Kansas CityBoyds, Maryland
Matheson  4', 38'
Nairn  45'		 Report Rodriguez  29'
Kallman  14'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 26, 2014 3Portland Thorns FC3–1FC Kansas CityPortland, Oregon
Long  44' (pen)
McDonald  84', 88'		 Report Holiday  56' (pen) Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) 4FC Kansas City1–0Chicago Red StarsKansas City, Missouri
21:00 CDT (UTC-05) Rodriguez  9' Summary Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,679
Referee: josh Wilkens
May 3, 2014 5Houston Dash0–4FC Kansas CityHouston, Texas
20:00 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
May 7, 2014 6Western New York Flash2–1FC Kansas CityRochester, New York
19:00 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 11, 2014 7FC Kansas City2–1Washington SpiritKansas City, Missouri
19:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 14, 2014 8Seattle Reign FC3–2FC Kansas CitySeattle, Washington
22:00 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
May 18, 2014 9FC Kansas City2–2Houston DashKansas City, Missouri
18:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 21, 2014 10FC Kansas City1–1Seattle Reign FCKansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 25, 2014 11Boston Breakers0–2FC Kansas CityBoston, Massachusetts
19:00 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Jun 4, 2014 12FC Kansas City1–0Western New York FlashKansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 7, 2014 13FC Kansas City2–0Boston BreakersKansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 14, 2014 14Houston Dash1–2FC Kansas CityHouston, Texas
21:00 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21) 15FC Kansas City1–0Chicago Red StarsKansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC-05) Buczkowski  76' Summary van Egmond  83' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1493
Referee: Christina Unkel
Jun 28, 2014 16FC Kansas City1–0Portland Thorns FCKansas City, Missouri
20:00 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jul 6, 2014 17Sky Blue FC0–5FC Kansas CityPiscataway, New Jersey
18:00 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Jul 13, 2014 18Portland Thorns FC7–1FC Kansas CityPortland, Oregon
19:00 Boquete  3'  74' (pen.)
Morgan  15'
Long  43'  62'
Heath  70'
Sinclair  80'
Brooks  88'		 Summary Gorry  30'
Jenna Richmond  40'
LePeilbet  42'
Buczkowski  87'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 9,672
Referee: Christina Unkel
Jul 18, 2014 19Western New York Flash1–1FC Kansas CityRochester, New York
19:30 Kerr  22'
Lloyd  41'		 Summary Hagen  17'  84'
Sauerbrunn  90'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
Jul 27, 2014 20FC Kansas City2–1Sky Blue FCKansas City, Missouri
18:00 Rodriguez  34'
Holiday  70'		 Summary Foord  69'
Nadim  87'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,852
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Jul 30, 2014 21Washington Spirit2–1FC Kansas CityBoyds, Maryland
19:00 Garefrekes  49'
Nairn  67'		 Sauerbrunn  18' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Aug 2, 2014 22FC Kansas City1–1Seattle Reign FCKansas City, Missouri
20:00 Amy Rodriguez  6'
Amy LePeilbet  46'		 Megan Rapinoe  68'
Mariah Nogueira  86'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Aug 6, 2014 23FC Kansas City2–1Boston BreakersKansas City, Missouri
20:00 Amy Rodriguez  8'
Sarah Hagen  26'		 Heather O'Reilly  16' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Aug 9, 2014 24Chicago Red Stars2–1FC Kansas CityLisle, Illinois
20:00 Melissa Tancredi  9'
Christen Press  40'		 Morgan Marlborough  43' Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

Regular season 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
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
24 12 5 7 39 32  +7 41 8 4 0 17 8  +9 4 1 7 22 24  −2

Last updated: July 19, 2014.
Source: Match reports

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Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Championship Playoffs

Semi-Final
Semifinal
FC Kansas City2–0Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez  65'
Phillips  84'
Holiday  87'		 Report Menges  22'
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey

Championship
Final
Seattle Reign FC1–2FC Kansas City
Rapinoe  86' Report
Report
Report		 Rodriguez  23', 56'
LePeilbet  79'
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: Margaret Domka

Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.

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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
5FWLiz Bogus1385981211270022500
6MFJen Buczkowski24242087131115101221520
20MFMolly Dreska1052000000000100
28MFMissy Geha1021000000000000
19FWKatrina Gorry933761001780315200
22FWSarah Hagen9752941116100053810
2FWMelissa Henderson53185000210030100
12MFLauren Holiday21211766873563559611143600
14DFKassey Kallman181814790104210112910
25MFMandy Laddish2015000000000000
17DFAmy LePeilbet114512000100005120
11FWMorgan Marlborough92247200650052200
9MFMerritt Mathias201614360202110124171510
23DFNikki Phillips232319701012200014210
7MFJenna Richmond22201754140147100171220
13MFLeigh Ann Robinson23232012020852025400
8FWAmy Rodriguez22211808133371381019151600
4DFBecky Sauerbrunn22221935100431205310
10FWFrances Silva18556821110502351400
15FWErika Tymrak21181540441432015273300
16DFNia Williams52260000200004300
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
18GKNicole Barnhart22221935116521010071291.318558
1GKSarah Keane221801101911931.500000

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.
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