2013 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash
2013 Western New York Flash season
PresidentAlexandra Sahlen
Head coachAaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
NWSL1st
NWSL PlayoffsNWSL Championship Runner-up
Highest home attendance9,129 vs Portland Thorns FC
(August 31, 2013 – NWSL Championship)
Lowest home attendance2,127 vs Sky Blue FC
(May 1, 2013)
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The 2013 season was Western New York Flash's sixth season of existence, and the first in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the new top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Flash began play in 2009 in the USL W-League and moved to the top-division league, Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), in 2011. After WPS folded in 2012, the team played for one season in Women's Premier Soccer League Elite before their acceptance into NWSL for the league's inaugural season.[1]

The Flash played their home matches at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York. The team won the NWSL Shield with the best record in the league during the regular season.[2] It was their fourth consecutive year with a league title, across four different leagues.[1] The Flash advanced to the 2013 NWSL Championship, which they hosted against Portland Thorns FC; the Thorns won the inaugural championship in front of 9,129 spectators at Sahlen's Stadium.[1][3]

Club

July 4, 2013; Chicago Red Stars vs Western New York Flash. Playing at midfield, left to right: Pérez-17, Sitch-19, Quon-11, Leon-16, Zerboni-7, Grings-21, Johnson-12, Huffman-14, Reynolds-16

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Pamela Tajonar
2 DF United States USA Alexandra Sahlen
3 DF Canada CAN Bryanna McCarthy
4 FW Australia AUS Samantha Kerr
6 DF United States USA Angela Salem
7 MF United States USA McCall Zerboni
8 FW Spain ESP Adriana Martín
9 MF United States USA Ingrid Wells
10 MF United States USA Carli Lloyd
11 FW United States USA Laura Heyboer
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Cameroon CMR Estelle Johnson
13 DF United States USA Brittany Taylor
14 MF United States USA Sarah Huffman
15 MF United States USA Vicki DiMartino
16 DF United States USA Katherine Reynolds
17 MF Mexico MEX Verónica Pérez
20 FW United States USA Abby Wambach
22 DF United States USA Amy Barczuk
23 MF Canada CAN Jodi-Ann Robinson
24 GK United States USA Adrianna Franch

Team management

Match results

Pre-season

Regular season

April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) 1 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EST Zerboni 42' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,611
April 20, 2013 (2013-04-20) 2 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Huster Yellow card 84'
Matheson 87'		 Report Kerr 85' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) 3 Western New York Flash 1–2 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
19:35 EST Kerr 7' Report O'Reilly 16', 83'
Whitehill Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Eugene Mednikov
May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) 4 Western New York Flash 2–1 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
19:00 EST Martín 6'
Wambach 20'
Kerr Yellow card 45'		 Report Schmidt 44'
O'Hara Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Miguel Panduro
May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) 5 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:35 EST Wambach 34', 39'
Heyboer Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Cheney 53'
Sesselmann Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24) 6 Western New York Flash 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Wambach 54'
Zerboni 65'
Lloyd Yellow card 74'		 Report Chalupny Yellow card 43' 52' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) 7 Boston Breakers 2–2 Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 EST Sanderson 44'
Nogueira Yellow card 58'
Leroux 64'		 Report Wambach 28'
Taylor Yellow card 75'
Robinson 90+4'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,124
Referee: John McCloskey
June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) 8 Sky Blue FC 0–3 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Report Kerr 4'
Lloyd 45'
Reynolds Yellow card 50'
Wambach 82'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,056
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) 9 Washington Spirit 0–2 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Report Perez 10'
DiMartino 31' Yellow card 36'
Martín Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Boris Senic
June 19, 2013 (2013-06-19) 10 Chicago Red Stars 2–2 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
18:30 EST Mautz 1'
Osborne 40'		 Report Martín 12'
Zerboni Yellow card 72'
Taylor 89'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 790
Referee: Kara Honthumb
June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) 11 Western New York Flash 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Wambach 56' (pen.)
Robinson Yellow card 73'		 Report Winters 28'
Dallstream Red card 56'
Fishlock Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,347
Referee: Miguel Panduro
June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) 12 Western New York Flash 4–0 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Lloyd 3', 22', 56'
Taylor 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,364
Referee: Miguel Panduro
July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) 13 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CST Quon Yellow card 14'
Chalupny 58'		 Report Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,064
Referee: Juliana Duncan
July 7, 2013 14 FC Kansas City 0–0 Western New York Flash Overland Park, Kansas
Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,031
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
July 11, 2013 15 Seattle Reign FC 3–2 Western New York Flash Tukwila, Washington
14:00 (PST) Fishlock 14'
Rapinoe 44'
Nairn 82'		 Report Wambach 10, 47' Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 2,514
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 14, 2013 16 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
18:00 (PST) Shim 38'
Heath Yellow card 85'		 Summary Wambach Yellow card 23' 37'
Salem Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,021
Referee: United States Ted Unkel
July 21, 2013 17 Western New York Flash 3–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
14:30 (PST) Lloyd 13'
Taylor 35'
Kerr 56'		 Summary Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,664
Referee: United States Kara Honthumb
July 31, 2013 18 Western New York Flash 3–0 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
20:05 (PST) Martin 35'

Kerr 60'

Lloyd 68'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,967
Referee: Miguel Panduro
August 3, 2013 19 Boston Breakers 2–2 Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
Simon 17'
Sanderson 65'		 Report DiMartino 77'
Lloyd 85'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,899
Referee: Christina Unkel
August 7, 2013 20 Western New York Flash 1–0 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
19:05 (PST) Lloyd 54' Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Robert Sibiga
August 10, 2013 21 Western New York Flash 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
20:35 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,606
Referee: Margaret Domka
August 17, 2013 22 Western New York Flash 2–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
20:35 Kerr 23' Wambach 28' Wilkinson 55' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6311

Playoffs

August 24, 2013 Semifinal Western New York Flash 2–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
20:00 ET Lloyd 33' Lloyd 90+3' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,316
Referee: Katja Koroleva
August 31, 2013 Final Western New York Flash 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
20:00 ET Heath 40' Sinclair 92+' Attendance: 9,129
Referee: Kari Seitz

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) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
22 38 10 4 8 36 20  +16 8 1 2 21 7  +14 2 3 6 15 13  +2

Last updated: August 3, 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

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ResultLDLWWWDWWDDWLDLDWWDWDW
Updated to match(es) played on August 13, 2013. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c DiVeronica, Jeff (January 9, 2017). "Flash say WNY market 'not right fit' for NWSL". Democrat & Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. ^ Kassouf, Jeff (August 18, 2013). "WNY Flash win inaugural NWSL regular season title". The Equalizer. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  3. ^ DiVeronica, Jeff (September 1, 2013). "Portland Thorns win inaugural NWSL title against Western New York Flash". USA Today. Retrieved January 1, 2025.