2015 Western New York Flash season

The 2015 season is Western New York Flash's eighth season of existence, and the third in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Western New York Flash
2015 Western New York Flash season
PresidentAlexandra Sahlen
Head coachAaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
Top goalscorerLeague: Sam Mewis (3)
Lynn Williams (3)

All: Sam Mewis (8)
Highest home attendance2,514
(June 6 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendance1,802
(May 8 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance2,128

First-team squad

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  CAN Sabrina D'Angelo
3 DF  USA Whitney Engen
4 MF  USA Abby Dahlkemper
5 MF  USA Samantha Mewis
6 MF  USA Jordan Angeli
7 MF  USA Amanda Frisbie
9 FW  USA Lynn Williams
10 FW  DEN Camilla Kur Larsen
11 FW  CMR Ajara Nchout Njoya
12 DF  USA Kristen Edmonds
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  USA Brittany Taylor
14 MF  USA Becky Edwards
15 FW  USA Jasmyne Spencer
16 DF  USA Jaelene Hinkle
17 FW  USA Kristen Hamilton
18 GK  USA Chantel Jones
19 DF  USA Chelsea Stewart
22 FW  USA Sydney Leroux
23 DF  USA Toni Pressley

Match results

Pre-season

March 28, Sat 2Western New York Flash8–1Syracuse OrangeElma, New York
10:30 EDT UTC-4 Pressley  10'
 34' (o.g.)
Spencer  40'
Angeli  45+'
Edmonds  50'
Mewis  52', 74'
Nchout  90'
Report Street  62'
Pitts  70'
Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park

Regular season

April 12, Sun 1Seattle Reign FC5–1Western New York FlashSeattle, Washington
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Fishlock  25'
Yanez  53'
Rapinoe  71', 74', 86'
Boxscore
Report[1]
Angeli  57'  68' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Christina Unkel
April 18, Sat 2Portland Thorns FC1–0Western New York FlashPortland, Oregon
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Long  22'
Wilkinson  74'
Report[2] Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,148
Referee: Karen Abt
May 14, Thu 5FC Kansas City0–0Western New York FlashKansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Bogus 15'
Hagen 48+'
Groom 57'
Report[5] Taylor 36'
Edwards 69'
Jones 84'
Williams 86'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,847
May 23, Sat 6Western New York Flash3–2Washington SpiritRochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Williams 11' (Spencer)
Mewis 35' (Edwards)
Spencer 57' (Edmonds)
Mewis 60'
Report[6] Nairn 22' (penalty)
Oyster 32'
Dunn 55' (Nairn)
Nairn 63'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,110
June 6, Sat 7Western New York Flash3–1Chicago Red StarsRochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 S Mewis 51' (Eddy)
Eddy 72' (Williams)
Fields 75' (unassisted)
S Mewis 85'
Report[7] Lomnicki 57'
Huerta 93+' (DiBernardo)
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,514
June 20, Sat 8Houston Dash2–0Western New York FlashHouston
20:30 EDT UTC-4 McDonald  39'
Ohai  63'
Masar  74'
WNY Report
NWSL Report[8]
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
June 28, Sun 9Boston Breakers0–2Western New York FlashBoston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Pathman  29'
Evans  31'
WNY Report
NWSL Report[9]
Williams  19'
Eddy  42'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 3, Fri 10Western New York Flash1–1Seattle Reign FCRochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Williams  81' NWSL Report[10] Little  55' (pen.) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,377
July 11, Sat 11Seattle Reign FC4–2Western New York FlashSeattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Yanez  49' (Barnes)
Corsie  52' (unassisted)
Brooks  55' (Fletcher)
Fishlock  73' (Yanez)
Report[11] Frisbie  34' (Mewis)
Edwards  67' (Hinkle)
Edwards  89'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,778
Referee: Brandon Artis
July 19, Sun 12Western New York Flash3–3Sky Blue FCRochester, New York
15:00 EDT UTC-4 Spencer  2'

Hinkle  25'

Heyman  50'
Nadim  39'

Freels  60'

Pearce  62'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
August 8, Sat 16FC Kansas City4–0Western New York FlashKansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Robinson 39' (Laddish)
Averbuch 69' (unassisted)
O'Reilly 84' (Rodriguez)
Buczkowski 87' (Silva)
Report Dahlkemper 65' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,086 [12]

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 23 6 9 5 24 34  −10 4 4 2 16 16  0 2 5 3 8 18  −10

Last updated: September 26, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
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
GroundAAHHAHHAAHAHHHAAAAHH
ResultLLWLDWWLWDLDLLWLDDLW
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: National Women's Soccer League
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
98FWLady Andrade64328100740414500
6MFJordan Angeli3063100220002010
99MFHalimatu Ayinde84388100510023300
4MFAbby Dahlkemper202017840108110010510
20MFElizabeth Eddy15466432213931116400
12DFKristen Edmonds1110850010521807410
14MFBecky Edwards202018002311378681201220
3DFWhitney Engen12121080000000000300
24FWJamia Fields1075821001150019300
7MFAmanda Frisbie42169100211003200
17FWKristen Hamilton113313000530017100
23MFMichelle Heyman997981101513101111200
16DFJaelene Hinkle202018001101133508800
10FWCamilla Kur Larsen3157000210000000
22FWSydney Leroux33269100610003100
5MFSamantha Mewis202016854415527110221020
11FWAjara Nchout71128000310001100
8MFAshley Nick137610010200004200
[n 1]23DFToni Pressley1190000000001100
15FWJasmyne Spencer201915963113317014151810
19DFChelsea Stewart32150000300001000
13DFBrittany Taylor181816200002210011220
9FWLynn Williams1713117644126161168510
  1. Number 23 was later assigned to Michelle Heyman
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
1GKSabrina D'Angelo77555150573524111.571020
39GKRobyn Horner119010077522110
18GKChantel Jones131211554451508160211.615122
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See also

References

  1. "RAPINOE TALLIES FIRST-EVER CAREER HAT-TRICK IN REIGN FC'S 5–1 VICTORY OVER THE FLASH".
  2. "NWSL MATCH RECAP:: Portland Thorns FC 1, Western New York Flash 0".
  3. "FLASH OPEN AT HOME WITH 3–1 WIN OVER BREAKERS; WNY score three unanswered goals to pick up first three points of the year". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  4. "FLASH SHUTOUT BY KANSAS CITY, 1–0; FCKC's Liz Bogus scores game-winning goal in the 73rd minute". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  5. "KANSAS CITY AND WNY SETTLE FOR 0–0 DRAW; Rookie Katelyn Rowland made her professional debut and recorded her first clean sheet". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  6. "FLASH BEAT SPIRIT, 3–2; Lynn Williams scores first professional goal in the victory".
  7. "FLASH DEFEAT RED STARS, 3–1; WNY snaps Chicago's undefeated streak".
  8. "DASH SHUTOUT FLASH, 2–0; Jessica McDonald scored her fifth goal of the season".
  9. "FLASH EARN ROAD WIN OVER BREAKERS, 2–0; Chantel Jones earns first shutout in a Flash uniform with seven saves". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  10. "FLASH EARN POINT IN 1–1 DRAW WITH REIGN FC; Western New York rookies continue to make big contributions on the field".
  11. "REIGN FC COME BACK TO DEFEAT FLASH, 4–2; Seattle breaks record for fastest three goals by a team in NWSL history". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  12. "The Lowdown: NWSL playoff races tighten". 12 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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