2014 National Women's Soccer League season

National Women's Soccer League
Season2014
ChampionsFC Kansas City
NWSL ShieldSeattle Reign FC
Matches played108
Goals scored328 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerKim Little (16 goals)
Biggest home winPOR 7–1 KC (July 13)
Biggest away winPOR 0–5 WNY (June 7)
WAS 1–6 POR (June 21)
NJ 0–5 KC (July 6)
Highest scoringPOR 6–3 BOS (July 20)
Highest attendance19,123 – POR 1–0 HOU (August 3)[1]
Lowest attendance582 – NJ 0–2 SEA (April 30)[2]
Total attendance446,820 (August 20)
Average attendance4,137
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2015 →

The 2014 National Women's Soccer League season was the second season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), this was the eighth overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league was operated by the United States Soccer Federation and received major financial backing from that body. Further financial backing was provided by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation. All three national federations paid the league salaries of many of their respective national team members in an effort to nurture talent in those nations.

The regular season began the weekend of April 12–13 and ended August 20, with the championship game played on August 30.[3] FC Kansas City defeated the NWSL Shield winners Seattle Reign FC 2–1 to win the NWSL title.[4]

The league had announced it would not expand for the 2014 season[5] and was not expected to contract.[6] However, after a push from the Houston Dynamo, the league approved the expansion of the Houston Dash.[7]

Teams, stadia, and personnel

Stadia and locations

See also List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

Two teams, the Dash and Reign, do not make their stadia's entire capacity available for home games, instead restricting ticket sales at a lower level. The full capacities of their venues are included in parentheses and italics. The Boston Breakers, [8] FC Kansas City, [9] and Seattle Reign FC [10] moved to new stadia for 2014, while the Houston Dash was an expansion franchise. [11]

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Nike as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Boston Breakers United States Tom Durkin[13] United States Cat Whitehill Steward Health Care[14]
Chicago Red Stars United States Rory Dames United States Lori Chalupny CJ Wilson Mazda[15]
Houston Dash United States Randy Waldrum[16] Canada Erin McLeod BBVA Compass[17]
FC Kansas City North Macedonia Vlatko Andonovski United States Becky Sauerbrunn Research Medical Center[18]
Portland Thorns England Paul Riley[19][20] Canada Christine Sinclair Providence Health & Services
Seattle Reign FC England Laura Harvey[21] United States Keelin Winters Moda Health
Sky Blue FC United States Jim Gabarra United States Christie Rampone Meridian Health
Washington Spirit England Mark Parsons United States Ali Krieger ProChain Solutions, Inc.
Western New York Flash New Zealand Aaran Lines United States Abby Wambach Sahlen's

Player Acquisition

Players were acquired through the 2014 Allocation of national team players announced on January 3, the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft (for expansion team Houston) on January 10, and the 2014 NWSL College Draft on January 17, as well as free agency, trading, and loans.

Notable acquisitions

Competition format

  • Each team will play a total of 24 games,[3] 12 home and 12 away. Each teams will play four opponents twice at home and once away, and will play the other four opponents once at home and twice away.
  • The four teams at the end of the season with the most points will qualify for the playoffs. The two semi-final games will be played on the weekend of August 23–24, and the final will be played on August 30.

Results table

[25]

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • Houston Dash – HOU • FC Kansas City – KC • Portland Thorns FC – POR
Seattle Reign FC – SEA • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Spirit – WAS • Western New York Flash – WNY
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home Game
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Boston Breakers SEA HOU NJ NJ CHI CHI KC POR WAS KC WAS SEA NJ WNY WAS SEA HOU POR WNY WNY KC POR CHI HOU
3–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 3–2 2–1 6–3 2–4 3–4 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
Chicago Red Stars WNY WAS KC NJ HOU BOS BOS HOU NJ WAS SEA NJ WNY KC POR POR SEA POR SEA HOU WAS KC BOS WNY
1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–3
Houston Dash POR BOS SEA KC CHI POR KC CHI WAS WNY NJ WNY KC WAS WNY BOS WAS CHI SEA POR SEA NJ BOS NJ
0–1 2–3 2–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–0
FC Kansas City NJ WAS POR CHI HOU WNY WAS SEA HOU SEA BOS WNY BOS HOU CHI POR NJ POR WNY NJ WAS SEA BOS CHI
1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 7–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Portland Thorns FC HOU NJ KC WNY SEA HOU WNY NJ BOS WNY WAS WAS NJ KC CHI CHI KC CHI BOS WAS SEA HOU BOS SEA
0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–5 2–0 1–6 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 7–1 1–1 6–3 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Seattle Reign FC BOS WAS HOU NJ WAS POR KC KC WNY NJ CHI BOS WNY NJ WNY BOS CHI CHI POR HOU KC HOU WAS POR
3–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–4 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0
Sky Blue FC KC POR BOS SEA BOS CHI WNY WAS POR CHI SEA HOU CHI BOS POR SEA KC WAS KC WNY HOU WNY WAS HOU
1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–5 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–1 1–0
Washington Spirit WNY KC SEA CHI SEA KC WNY NJ HOU BOS CHI BOS POR POR HOU BOS WNY HOU NJ POR KC CHI SEA NJ
1–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–3 3–2 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–6 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Western New York Flash WAS CHI POR KC NJ WAS POR SEA HOU KC POR HOU CHI SEA BOS SEA HOU WAS KC BOS NJ BOS NJ CHI
1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–5 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 3–4 2–3 3–3

Scores listed as home-away

League 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) Champions

Tiebreakers

The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in point total, when determining rank and playoff qualification and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker rules, going down the list until all teams are ranked.

If two teams tie:

  1. Head-to-head win–loss record between the two teams.
  2. Greater goal difference across the entire season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
  3. Greatest total number of goals scored (against all teams).
  4. Apply #1–3 to games played on the road.
  5. Apply #1–3 to games played at home.
  6. If teams are still equal, ranking will be determined by a coin toss.

If three or more teams tie, the following rules apply until only two teams remain tied, at which point the two-team tiebreakers listed above are used:

  1. Points per game against all other tied teams (total all points earned in games against tied teams and divide by games played against tied teams).
  2. Greater goal difference across the entire season (against all teams, not just tied teams).

Positions by gameweek

Considering each week to end on a Sunday

Team \ Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Seattle Reign FC 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FC Kansas City 4 8 9 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Portland Thorns FC 3 1 2 2 4 3 4 5 6 5 4 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 3
Washington Spirit 8 5 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4
Chicago Red Stars 6 4 5 7 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Sky Blue FC 4 7 8 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6
Western New York Flash 2 3 4 6 2 5 5 6 5 6 6 4 3 6 6 6 6 6 7
Houston Dash 7 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 9
Boston Breakers 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

Positions by games played

Team \ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Seattle Reign FC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FC Kansas City 5 8 9 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Portland Thorns FC 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 3
Washington Spirit 8 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 4 3 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4
Chicago Red Stars 3 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
Sky Blue FC 5 7 8 9 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
Western New York Flash 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
Houston Dash 7 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
Boston Breakers 9 9 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

NWSL Playoffs

The top four teams from the regular season qualified for the championship playoffs. The highest-seeded semi-final winner then hosted the championship final.

Semi-finals Championship
      
1 Seattle Reign FC 2
4 Washington Spirit 1
1 Seattle Reign FC 1
2 FC Kansas City 2
2 FC Kansas City 2
3 Portland Thorns FC 0

Semi-finals

FC Kansas City2–0Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez 65'
Phillips Yellow card 84'
Holiday 87'		 Report Menges Yellow card 22'
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey
Seattle Reign FC2–1Washington Spirit
Little 72' (pen.)
Rapinoe 82'
Fletcher Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Averbuch Yellow card 31'
Pérez 65'
Nairn Yellow card 90+2'
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Timon Berry

Championship

Seattle Reign FC1–2FC Kansas City
Rapinoe 86'
Solo Yellow card 90+3'		 Report
Report
Report		 Rodriguez 23', 56'
LePeilbet Yellow card 79'
Attendance: 4,252

Attendance

See also: National Women's Soccer League attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team Average Total No. of games High Low
Portland Thorns FC 13,362[26] 160,341 12 19,123[1] 9,672
Houston Dash 4,650[26] 55,801 12 8,097[27] 3,561
Seattle Reign FC 3,666[26] 43,996 12 5,957[28] 1,754
Washington Spirit 3,335[26] 40,019 12 4,667[29] 2,306
Western New York Flash 3,177[26] 38,125 12 4,339[30] 1,786
Chicago Red Stars 2,949[26] 35,393 1 (Toyota Park) 15,743[31] 1,039[32]
11 (Benedictine Stadium) 3,032[33]
Boston Breakers 2,437[26] 29,248 12 4,191[34] 1,263[35]
FC Kansas City 2,018[26] 24,215 12 3,107[36] 1,212
Sky Blue FC 1,640[37] 19,682 12 3,471[38] 582[2]

A new NWSL attendance record of 19,123 was set on August 3 in a game between Portland and Houston at Providence Park in Portland, breaking the previous record of 17,619 set in 2013.[1]

Playoff Attendance

Semi-final No. 1, August 23, Portland at Kansas City: 2,997[39]

Semi-final No. 2, August 24, Washington at Seattle: 4,540[40]

Final, August 31, Kansas City at Seattle: 4,252[41]

Statistical leaders

Goalkeeping

(Minimum of 1,080 Minutes Played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club GP MINS SOG SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO
1 United States Hope Solo Seattle Reign FC 20 1800 83 65 18 0.900 13–2–5 5
2 Canada Karina LeBlanc Chicago Red Stars 21 1890 97 76 21 1.000 9–6–6 6
3 Australia Lydia Williams Western New York Flash 14 1183 65 49 15 1.141 6–6–1 2
4 United States Nicole Barnhart FC Kansas City 22 1935 100 71 29 1.349 11–6–5 8
5 Germany Nadine Angerer Portland Thorns FC 22 1917 104 74 30 1.408 8–8–6 4
6 United States Jillian Loyden Sky Blue FC 17 1530 94 69 25 1.471 7–5–5 4
7 United States Ashlyn Harris Washington Spirit 19 1710 97 66 31 1.632 10–5–4 4
8 Canada Erin McLeod Houston Dash 19 1755 120 83 35 1.750 4–12–3 2
9 United States Alyssa Naeher Boston Breakers 24 2115 159 106 53 2.208 6–16–2 3

Source:[42]

Individual awards

Weekly awards

See also: NWSL Player of the Week
Week Player of the Week Club Week's Statline
Week 1 Spain Vicky Losada[43] Western New York Flash 2G, 1A, GWA
Week 2 Mexico Teresa Noyola[44] Houston Dash 2G, GWG
Week 3 England Lianne Sanderson[45] Boston Breakers 2G, 1A, GWG
Week 4 United States Sydney Leroux[46] Seattle Reign FC 1G, GWG
Week 5 United States Amy Rodriguez[47] FC Kansas City 2G, GWG
Week 6 England Jodie Taylor[48] Washington Spirit 2G, GWG
Week 7 United States Kelley O'Hara[49] Sky Blue FC 1G, 1A
1G, GWG
Week 8 United States Jazmine Reeves[50] Boston Breakers 3G, 1A
Week 9 Australia Samantha Kerr[51] Western New York Flash 2G, 1A, GWA
Week 10 Spain Verónica Boquete[52] Portland Thorns FC 1G, GWG
Week 11 United States Alex Morgan[53] Portland Thorns FC 1A, 2G
Week 12 United States Carli Lloyd[54] Western New York Flash 2G, GWG
Week 13 Japan Nahomi Kawasumi[55] Seattle Reign FC 2G, GWG
Week 14 Spain Verónica Boquete[56] Portland Thorns FC 2G, 2A
Week 15 Canada Christine Sinclair[57] Portland Thorns FC 3G
Week 16 Japan Nahomi Kawasumi[58] Seattle Reign FC 2G, 1A
Week 17 Spain Verónica Boquete[59] Portland Thorns FC 1G
Week 18 United States Alyssa Naeher[60] Boston Breakers 10 saves
Week 19 Denmark Nadia Nadim[61] Sky Blue FC 2G, GWG, 1A

Monthly awards

See also: NWSL Player of the Month
Month Player of the Month Club Month's Statline
April Scotland Kim Little[62] Seattle Reign FC 4G in 4 games; Reign 4-0-0 in April
May Scotland Kim Little[63] Seattle Reign FC 4G in 5 games; Reign 3-0-2 in May
June United States Nicole Barnhart[64] FC Kansas City 1.1 GAA, 4SHO in 4 games; FCKC 5-0-0 in June
July Scotland Kim Little[65] Seattle Reign FC 3G, 4A in 6 games; Reign 4-1-1 in July
August Denmark Nadia Nadim[66] Sky Blue FC 5G, 1A in 2 games; Sky Blue 4-0-0 in August

Annual awards

Award Winner Runner-up Third place
Golden Boot[67] Scotland Kim Little Seattle Reign FC 16 Goals United States Amy Rodriguez FC Kansas City United States Jessica McDonald
England Jodie Taylor 		Portland Thorns FC
Washington Spirit
Rookie of the Year[68] United States Julie Johnston Chicago Red Stars 2 goals, 2 assists United States Kealia Ohai Houston Dash United States Crystal Dunn Washington Spirit
Goalkeeper of the Year[69] United States Alyssa Naeher Boston Breakers 106 saves United States Hope Solo Seattle Reign FC United States Ashlyn Harris Washington Spirit
Defender of the Year[70] United States Becky Sauerbrunn FC Kansas City 1935 minutes, 1.33 GAA United States Ali Krieger
United States Julie Johnston 		Washington Spirit
Chicago Red Stars
Coach of the Year[71] England Laura Harvey Seattle Reign FC 16–2–6 regular season England Mark Parsons Washington Spirit North Macedonia Vlatko Andonovski FC Kansas City
Most Valuable Player[72] Scotland Kim Little Seattle Reign FC 16 goals, 7 assists Spain Veronica Boquete Portland Thorns United States Amy Rodriguez FC Kansas City
NWSL Best XI[73]
Position First team Second team
Goalkeeper United States Alyssa Naeher Boston Breakers 106 saves United States Hope Solo Seattle Reign FC 5 shutouts
Defender United States Kendall Fletcher Seattle Reign FC .83 team GAA United States Lauren Barnes Seattle Reign FC .83 team GAA
Defender United States Ali Krieger Washington Spirit 1 goal Australia Stephanie Catley Portland Thorns FC 5 assists
Defender United States Christie Rampone Sky Blue FC 1 goal, 2 assists United States Stephanie Cox Seattle Reign FC .83 team GAA
Defender United States Becky Sauerbrunn FC Kansas City 8 shutouts United States Julie Johnston Chicago Red Stars Rookie of the Year
Midfielder Spain Verónica Boquete Portland Thorns FC 4 goals, 6 assists United States Carli Lloyd Western New York Flash 8 goals, 5 assists
Midfielder Wales Jess Fishlock Seattle Reign FC 4 goals, 8 assists United States Allie Long Portland Thorns FC 9 goals, 3 assists
Midfielder Scotland Kim Little Seattle Reign FC 16 goals, 7 assists United States Heather O'Reilly Boston Breakers 9 goals, 5 assists
Forward United States Lauren Holiday FC Kansas City 8 goals, 7 assists United States Jessica McDonald Portland Thorns FC 11 goals, 1 assist
Forward Japan Nahomi Kawasumi Seattle Reign FC 9 goals, 5 assists United States Christen Press Chicago Red Stars 6 goals
Forward United States Amy Rodriguez FC Kansas City 13 goals, 3 assists England Jodie Taylor Washington Spirit 11 goals, 2 assist
NWSL Championship Game MVP[4]
Player Club Record
United States Lauren Holiday FC Kansas City Two assists including for the game-winning goal

Statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Jazmine Reeves[75] Boston Breakers Portland Thorns FC 4–1 5/28
Christine Sinclair Portland Thorns FC Boston Breakers 6–3 7/20
Nadia Nadim[76] Sky Blue FC Houston Dash 3–1 8/09

Discipline

Streaks

See also

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