2015 Boston Breakers season

Boston Breakers
2015 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coachTom Durkin
StadiumHarvard Stadium
Boston, MA
Top goalscorerLeague: Kristie Mewis (6)
All: Kristie Mewis (9)
Highest home attendance4,325
(August 1 vs. Seattle)
Lowest home attendance1,861
(May 22 vs. Sky Blue)
Average home league attendance2,863
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The 2015 Boston Breakers season, is the club's tenth overall year of existence, sixth consecutive year, and third year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. They played 20 games, finishing with 4 wins, 3 draws, and 13 losses. They did not qualify for the post-season playoffs, and finished the season at ninth place in a nine team league.[1]

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach Dushawne Simpson
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Last updated: April 19, 2015
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html

First-team squad

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 United States USA Alyssa Naeher
2 GK United States USA Jami Kranich
4 DF United States USA Cat Whitehill
5 DF United States USA Kassey Kallman
7 FW Brazil BRA Ketlen Wiggers
8 DF United States USA Julie King
9 FW United States USA Stephanie McCaffrey
10 MF Brazil BRA Rafinha
11 MF United States USA Amy Barczuk
15 FW United States USA Morgan Marlborough
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Brazil BRA Suzane Pires
18 DF United States USA Maddy Evans
19 MF United States USA Kristie Mewis
20 DF United States USA Mollie Pathman
21 MF Brazil BRA Bia
22 FW Canada CAN Nkem Ezurike
23 DF Mexico MEX Bianca Sierra
24 DF United States USA Rachel Wood
26 MF United States USA Stephanie Verdoia
88 MF United States USA Katie Schoepfer

Competitions

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

March 20, Fri 1 Boston College Eagles 0–4 Boston Breakers Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
(EDT) UTC-4 Report Evans 36', 57'
Pires 69'
Brinson 89'		 Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Three 35-minute periods
March 24, Tue 2 Boston Breakers United States 5–0 Jamaica Jamaica national team St. Augustine, Florida
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 McCaffrey 9'
Mewis 12'
Whitehill 27'
Marlborough 54'
Brinson 69'		 Report Stadium: Saints Field
Attendance: 1,100
March 28, Sat 3 Boston Breakers United States 5–0 Jamaica Jamaica national team Winter Springs, Florida
19:30 (EDT) UTC-4 Pires 35'
Mewis 37'
Whitehill 50'
Ezurike 61'
Barczuk 80'		 Report Stadium: Central Winds Park
Attendance: 500
April 4, Sat 4 Boston Breakers 3–1 Connecticut Huskies Marlborough, Massachusetts
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 McCaffrey 17'
Mewis 29'
Wood 71'		 Report Altrui 27' Stadium: ForeKicks Sports Complex

Regular season

April 11, Sat 1 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 (EDT) UTC-4 Farrelly 21'
Shim 38'
Long 71', 72'		 Report Pathman Yellow card 33'
McCaffrey 63'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,386
Referee: Margaret Domka
April 26, Sun 2 Boston Breakers 3–2 Houston Dash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 King 8'
Ezurike 31' (McCaffrey)
EvansYellow card 55'
Lloyd 72' (o.g.)		 Report CrossYellow card 44'
McDonald 58' (Brian), 65' (Ohai)
RocheYellow card 90'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,376
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 2, Sat 3 Western New York Flash 3–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 23' (Edwards)
Edwards 62' (Williams)
EdmondsYellow card 74'
Leroux 88' (Dahlkemper)		 Report Marlborough 15' (McCaffrey) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 9, Sat 4 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4 JohnsonYellow card 22'
Huerta 56' (DiBernardo), 82' (Gilliland)
Walls 70' (Huerta)		 Report KingYellow card 39' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 16, Sat 5 Boston Breakers 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 93+' Report[2] WilliamsonYellow card 40'
BetosYellow card 92'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: Christopher Spivey
May 22, Fri 6 Boston Breakers 1–1 Sky Blue FC Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 McCaffrey 60' (unassisted) Report[3] Freels 8' (Nadim) Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,861
May 30, Sat 7 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 K Mewis 51' (Schoepfer) Report Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Cedric Adams
June 6, Sat 8 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4 DaCosta 64' (unassisted)
NairnYellow card 58'		 Report Evans 65' (unassisted)
KallmanYellow card 91+'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,081
June 21, Sun 9 Boston Breakers 2–3 Seattle Reign FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 14'
King Yellow card 38'
Pires Yellow card 44'
Marlborough 76'		 BOS Report
NWSL Report		 Little 42'
Yanez 66'
Foxhoven Yellow card 85'
Fishlock 86'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
June 28, Sun 10 Boston Breakers 0–2 Western New York Flash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Pathman Yellow card 29'
Evans Yellow card 31'		 BOS Report
NWSL Report		 Williams 19'
Eddy 42'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 9, Thu 11 Boston Breakers 2–3 FC Kansas City Boston
18:00 EDT UTC-4 Marlborough 3'
Mewis 60'		 BOS report
NWSL report
Box		 Tymrak 1', 45'
Groom 79'
Silva Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 18, Sat 12 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Boston Breakers Lisle, Illinois
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Chalupny 54' (Hemmings)
LeonYellow card 75'		 BOS report
NWSL report
Box		 McCaffrey 62' (unassisted)
SchoepferYellow card 63'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 22, Wed 13 Boston Breakers 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Simon 69' (McCaffrey) BOS report
NWSL report
Box		 Tancredi 41' (Mautz)
Press 90' (Hoy)		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Cedric Adams
July 25, Sat 14 Sky Blue FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4 O'Hara 13' (Freels), 36' (Kerr)
Kerr 52' (Haagsma)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,067 [4]
Referee: Tori Penso
August 1, Sat 15 Boston Breakers 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 34'
King Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 82'		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Yanez 24'
Little 59' (pen.), Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
August 5, Wed 16 Portland Thorns FC 5–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Taylor 16' (Heath)
Zerboni 49' (Long), 53' (unassisted)
Shim 54' (Sinclair)
Long 66' (unassisted)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Pires Yellow card 30'
Williamson 36' (o.g.)
Mewis 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,624
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
August 8, Sat 17 Boston Breakers 2–1 Washington Spirit Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 King 12' (Mewis)
Simon Yellow card 30', 38' (unassisted)
Ezurike Yellow card 79'
McCaffrey Yellow card 90'		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Oyster Yellow card 33'
Matheson 49' (unassisted)
Salem Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 22, Sat 18 FC Kansas City 3–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Rodriguez 29' (Robinson), 52' (Holiday)
Holiday 50' (Rodriguez)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Marlborough Yellow card 81' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Brandon Artis
August 26, Wed 19 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Seattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Rapinoe 21' (Cox)
Fletcher 34'
Little 56' (Rapinoe)		 BOS report
NWSL report		 Evans 88' (Mewis) Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,484
Referee: David Mon
August 30, Sun 20 Houston Dash 1–0 Boston Breakers Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4 Masar 34' (McDonald)
MasarYellow card 35'		 NWSL Report SchoepferYellow card 89' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,842
Referee: Cedric Adams

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) 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
20 15 4 13 3 22 43  −21 4 5 1 14 16  −2 0 8 2 8 27  −19

Last updated: September 5, 2015
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
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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Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2015. Source: Match reports
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

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
11 MF Amy Barczuk 20 18 1612 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 18 6 0 0
21 MF Beatriz Vaz e Silva 10 3 369 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
18 DF Maddy Evans 18 13 1150 2 0 0 9 3 7 0 2 15 11 2 0
22 FW Nkem Ezurike 12 3 417 1 1 0 11 3 0 0 6 15 8 1 0
49 MF Riley Houle 1 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
58 MF Chanel Johnson 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF Kassey Kallman 20 20 1800 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 13 15 1 0
7 FW Ketlen Wiggers 1 1 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 DF Julie King 18 18 1580 2 0 0 13 7 2 0 0 18 6 3 1
3 DF Lauren Lazo 14 11 1025 1 0 0 8 5 9 0 2 13 3 0 0
15 FW Morgan Marlborough 16 8 677 3 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 6 1 1 0
9 FW Stephanie McCaffrey 19 17 1418 3 3 0 32 16 14 0 17 5 13 1 0
19 MF Kristie Mewis 20 20 1785 6 2 2 81 32 16 55 5 15 23 0 0
20 DF Mollie Pathman 20 20 1800 0 0 0 2 1 23 0 0 8 11 2 0
17 MF Suzane Pires 12 6 447 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 7 2 2 0
10 MF Rafaela de Miranda Travalão 13 8 790 0 1 0 14 7 5 23 1 13 9 0 0
88 MF Katie Schoepfer 19 17 1421 0 2 0 12 6 0 0 1 16 6 2 0
17 FW Kyah Simon 7 7 630 2 0 1 11 5 0 0 3 9 5 1 0
26 MF Stephanie Verdoia 8 1 186 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
4 DF Cat Whitehill 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Rachel Wood 10 8 701 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 10 6 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
2 GK Jami Kranich 8 8 720 2 4 2 92 42 29 13 1.625 0 0 2
1 GK Alyssa Naeher 12 12 1080 2 9 1 209 95 65 30 2.5 1 1 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "2015 Standings - National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "BREAKERS WIN 1-0 THRILLER OVER THORNS FC; Kristie Mewis scores game-winner in 93rd minute". nwslsoccer.com.
  3. ^ "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 May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".