2015 Sky Blue FC season

The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's sixth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Sky Blue FC
2015 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumYurcak Field
NWSL8th
Top goalscorerSam Kerr
Nadia Nadim (6)
Highest home attendance5,547
(Aug. 22 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance743
(Apr. 26 vs. Washington)

Team

Roster

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Brittany Cameron
4 DF Caitlin Foord
6 MF Taylor Lytle
8 FW Monica Ocampo
10 MF Katy Freels
11 FW Maya Hayes
16 FW Jonelle Filigno
17 DF Hayley Haagsma
18 DF Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19 DF Kelley O'Hara
32 DF Meg Morris
No. Position Player
44 MF Nikki Stanton
FW Nadia Nadim
MF Shawna Gordon
GK Aubrey Bledsoe
FW Samantha Kerr
MF Sarah Killion
DF Kristin Grubka
DF Shade Pratt
MF Lo'eau LaBonta
DF Jennifer Grubb

Match results

Preseason
March 14, Sat 1Sky Blue FC3–0St. John's Red StormScotch Plains, New Jersey
EDT (UTC-04) Freels  50' (pen.)
Killion  56'
Hayes  77'		 Report Stadium: Wexler Field
March 21, Sat 2Sky Blue FC1–0North Carolina Tar HeelsWest Windsor, New Jersey
EDT (UTC-04) Freels  6' Report Nielson  61' Stadium: Mercer County Community College
March 26, Thu 3Penn State Nittany Lions0–2Sky Blue FCPalmyra, Pennsylvania
EDT (UTC-04) Report Hayes  13'
Nadim  46'		 Stadium: In the Net Sports Complex
March 29, Sun 4Sky Blue FC2–0Rutgers Scarlet KnightsToms River, New Jersey
EDT (UTC-04) Freels  14'
Diederich  79'		 Report Stadium: Toms River High School North

Regular season
April 12, Sun 1FC Kansas City0–1Sky Blue FCKansas City, Kansas
16:00 EDT (UTC-04) Report[1] Nadim 29' (Morris)
O'Hara 90'		 Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 8,489
Referee: Chris Spivey
April 18, Sat 2Sky Blue FC1–1Houston DashPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Freels 14' (O'Hara),  90' Report[2] McDonald 52' (Brian) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,742
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
April 26, Sun 3Sky Blue FC1–3Washington SpiritPiscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Freels 62' (Nadim) Report[3] Dunn 6' (Ordega) 40'
Nairn 48' (Ordega)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 743
May 2, Sat 3Chicago Red Stars1–0Sky Blue FCLisle, Illinois
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Colaprico 55' (unassisted) Report Nadim 86' Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,402
May 9, Sat 5Sky Blue FC1–1Seattle Reign FCPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Nadim  78',  90' (pen.)
Grubka  82'		 Report Barnes  76'
Fishlock  90'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,562
May 16, Sat 6Washington Spirit1–0Sky Blue FCGermantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Ordega 92+' (Dunn) Report[4] Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
May 22, Fri 7Boston Breakers1–1Sky Blue FCBoston
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) McCaffrey 60' (unassisted) Report[5] Freels 8' (Nadim) Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,861
May 31, Sun 8Sky Blue FC1–1Houston DashPiscataway, New Jersey
3:00 EDT (UTC-04) Haagsma 11' (Grubka)
DeCesare 86'		 Report Bailey 86' (unassisted) Stadium: Yurcak Field
June 6, Sat 9Seattle Reign FC3–0Sky Blue FCSeattle
22:00 EDT (UTC-04) Winters 8' (Fishlock)
Fishlock 28' (Cox)
Little 77' (penalty)		 Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,225
Referee: Greg Dopka
June 28, Sun 10Sky Blue FC0–3Chicago Red StarsPiscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Report DiBernardo  6' (Huerta)
Hoy  34' (Huerta)
Mautz  62' (Hoy)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
July 3, Fri 11Portland Thorns FC2–1Sky Blue FCPortland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC-04) Kyle  54'
Long  70' (penalty)
Farrelly  79' (Kleiner)		 Report Freels  27' (Lytle)
Stanton  56'
Levin  69'
Foord  80'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 12,223
Referee: Levi Rippy
July 11, Sat 12Sky Blue FC1–0Portland Thorns FCPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Kerr  54' (Hayes) Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
July 19, Sun 13Western New York Flash3–3Sky Blue FCRochester, New York
3:00 EDT (UTC-04) Spencer  2'
Hinkle  25'
Heyman  50'		 Report Nadim  39' (O'Hara)
Katy Freels  60' (O'Hara)
Christie Rampone  62' (Freels)
Taylor Lytle  94'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,161
July 25, Sat 14Sky Blue FC3–1Boston BreakersPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) O'Hara 13' (Freels),  36' (Kerr)
Kerr 52' (Haagsma)		 Report Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,067 [6]
Referee: Tori Penso
August 1, Sat 15Sky Blue FC1–2Western New York FlashPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Stadium: Yurcak Field
August 7, Fri 16Houston Dash0–2Sky Blue FCHouston
8:30 EDT (UTC-04) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
August 12, Wed 17Chicago Red Stars1–1Sky Blue FCLisle, Illinois
14:00 EDT (UTC-04) Leon 15' (Gilliland)
Chalupny 64'		 Report Kerr 36' (unassisted)
Filigno 86'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
August 22, Sat 18Sky Blue FC1–0Portland Thorns FCPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Nadim  19' (O'Hara) Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 5,547
August 29, Sat 19Seattle Reign FC1–1Sky Blue FCSeattle
22:00 EDT (UTC-04) Winters  68'
Fishlock  90' (Little)		 Report Nadim  6'
Haagsma  62'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,471
Referee: Greg Dopka
September 2, Wed 20Sky Blue FC2–3FC Kansas CityPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Kerr  39' (O'Hara),  72' (Killion) Report Hagen  5' (Rodriguez)
Rodriguez  42' (O'Reilly),  52' (Moros)
Becky Sauerbrunn  92'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Referee: Levi Rippy

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
20 22 5 8 7 22 28  −6 3 4 3 12 15  −3 2 4 4 10 13  −3

Last updated: September 26, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultWDLLDLDDLLLWDWLWDWDL
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: nwslsoccer.com
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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
18DFLindsi Lisonbee Cutshall18181571000411017300
12MFKim DeCesare94395000630118310
[n 1]44MFTheresa Diederich3018000000011000
16FWJonelle Filigno5198000210014200
4DFCaitlin Foord10108950005110191110
10MFKaty Freels2020175452033141262152510
25DFCoCo Goodson3047000000000000
2MFShawna Gordon131076800073110341000
13DFKristin Grubka14141214010530106410
17DFHayley Haagsma1615133911015201015620
11FWMaya Hayes1310899010841025700
20FWSamantha Kerr9976662138151084500
14MFSarah Killion1713123301031240101530
42FWLo'eau LaBonta6080000200010100
22DFCami Levin1918160501053404101101
6MFTaylor Lytle15119620101863134210
32MFMeg Morris94453010720137300
9FWNadia Nadim1818155161351262024341520
19DFKelley O'Hara11119893512614029281310
33DFShade Pratt1020000000001000
3DFChristie Rampone1111962100320002400
44MFNikki Stanton933520002100010410
34MFMaruschka Waldus108000000000000
  1. Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
21GKAubrey Bledsoe10800022111000
1GKBrittany Cameron2020179258726311487271.35234
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See also

References
  1. "SKY BLUE FC BEAT FC KANSAS CITY, 1–0". nwslsoccer.com.
  2. "SKY BLUE FC DRAWS WITH DASH, 1–1". nwslsoccer.com.
  3. "SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO SPIRIT, 3–1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". nwslsoccer.com.
  4. "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1–0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". nwslsoccer.com.
  5. "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 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  6. http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/07/28/the-lowdown-nwsl-playoff-picture-six-weeks-out/
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