2015 Western New York Flash season

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
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The 2015 season was 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.

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

Match results

Pre-season

March 14, Sat 1 Western New York Flash 4–0 West Virginia Mountaineers Elma, New York
10:30 EDT UTC-4 Mewis 44'
Edmonds 53'
Spencer 61'
Williams 69'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park
March 28, Sat 2 Western New York Flash 8–1 Syracuse Orange Elma, 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 Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park
April 4, Sat 3 Penn State Nittany Lions 0–5 Western New York Flash Altoona, Pennsylvania
11:00 EDT UTC-4 Report Kur Larsen 27'
Hamilton 60', 75'
Mewis 67', 87'		 Stadium: Spring Run Stadium

Regular season

April 12, Sun 1 Seattle Reign FC 5–1 Western New York Flash Seattle, Washington
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Fishlock 25'
Yanez 53'
Rapinoe 71', 74', 86'		 Boxscore
Report[1]		 Angeli Yellow card 57' 68' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Christina Unkel
April 18, Sat 2 Portland Thorns FC 1–0 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Long 22'
Wilkinson Yellow card 74'		 Report[2] Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,148
Referee: Karen Abt
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[3] Marlborough 15' (McCaffrey) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,837
May 8, Fri 4 Western New York Flash 0–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Report[4] Buczkowski Yellow card 33'
Bogus 73'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,802
May 14, Thu 5 FC Kansas City 0–0 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 BogusYellow card 15'
HagenYellow card 48+'
GroomYellow card 57'		 Report[5] TaylorYellow card 36'
EdwardsYellow card 69'
JonesYellow card 84'
WilliamsYellow card 86'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,847
May 23, Sat 6 Western New York Flash 3–2 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Williams 11' (Spencer)
Mewis 35' (Edwards)
Spencer 57' (Edmonds)
MewisYellow card 60'		 Report[6] Nairn 22' (penalty)
OysterYellow card 32'
Dunn 55' (Nairn)
NairnYellow card 63'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,110
June 6, Sat 7 Western New York Flash 3–1 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 S Mewis 51' (Eddy)
Eddy 72' (Williams)
Fields 75' (unassisted)
S MewisYellow card 85'		 Report[7] LomnickiYellow card 57'
Huerta 93+' (DiBernardo)		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,514
June 20, Sat 8 Houston Dash 2–0 Western New York Flash Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4 McDonald 39'
Ohai 63'
Masar Yellow card 74'		 WNY Report
NWSL Report[8]		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
June 28, Sun 9 Boston Breakers 0–2 Western New York Flash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Pathman Yellow card 29'
Evans Yellow card 31'		 WNY Report
NWSL Report[9]		 Williams 19'
Eddy 42'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 3, Fri 10 Western New York Flash 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, 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 11 Seattle Reign FC 4–2 Western New York Flash Seattle
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 Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,778
Referee: Brandon Artis
July 19, Sun 12 Western New York Flash 3–3 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
15:00 EDT UTC-4 Spencer 2'

Hinkle 25'

Heyman 50'		 Nadim 39'

Freels 60'

Pearce 62'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 25, Sat 13 Western New York Flash 0–1 Houston Dash Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Lloyd 49' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 29, Wed 14 Western New York Flash 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Sinclair 62' Long 80' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
August 1, Sat 15 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4 O'Hara 52' Andrade 35' Eddy 89' Stadium: Yurcak Field
August 8, Sat 16 FC Kansas City 4–0 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Robinson 39' (Laddish)
Averbuch 69' (unassisted)
O'Reilly 84' (Rodriguez)
Buczkowski 87' (Silva)		 Report DahlkemperYellow card 65' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,086 [12]
August 12, Wed 17 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Matheson 16' Williams 80' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
August 23, Sun 18 Chicago Red Stars 0–0 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
August 29, Sat 19 Western New York Flash 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Press 40' Hoy 65' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
September 4, Fri 20 Western New York Flash 3–2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Ayinde 5'

Spencer 8'

Mewis 24'		 Taylor 85' Long 90+2' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

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 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
StadiumAAHHAHHAAHAHHHAAAAHH
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

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
98 FW Lady Andrade 6 4 328 1 0 0 7 4 0 4 1 4 5 0 0
6 MF Jordan Angeli 3 0 63 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
99 MF Halimatu Ayinde 8 4 388 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0
4 MF Abby Dahlkemper 20 20 1784 0 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 10 5 1 0
20 MF Elizabeth Eddy 15 4 664 3 2 2 13 9 3 11 1 6 4 0 0
12 DF Kristen Edmonds 11 10 850 0 1 0 5 2 1 8 0 7 4 1 0
14 MF Becky Edwards 20 20 1800 2 3 1 13 7 8 68 1 20 12 2 0
3 DF Whitney Engen 12 12 1080 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
24 FW Jamia Fields 10 7 582 1 0 0 11 5 0 0 1 9 3 0 0
7 MF Amanda Frisbie 4 2 169 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0
17 FW Kristen Hamilton 11 3 313 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 7 1 0 0
23 MF Michelle Heyman 9 9 798 1 1 0 15 13 1 0 11 11 2 0 0
16 DF Jaelene Hinkle 20 20 1800 1 1 0 11 3 3 5 0 8 8 0 0
10 FW Camilla Kur Larsen 3 1 57 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Sydney Leroux 3 3 269 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
5 MF Samantha Mewis 20 20 1685 4 4 1 55 27 1 1 0 22 10 2 0
11 FW Ajara Nchout 7 1 128 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
8 MF Ashley Nick 13 7 610 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
[n 1]23 DF Toni Pressley 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
15 FW Jasmyne Spencer 20 19 1596 3 1 1 33 17 0 1 4 15 18 1 0
19 DF Chelsea Stewart 3 2 150 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
13 DF Brittany Taylor 18 18 1620 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 11 2 2 0
9 FW Lynn Williams 17 13 1176 4 4 1 26 16 1 1 6 8 5 1 0
  1. ^ Number 23 was later assigned to Michelle Heyman
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Sabrina D'Angelo 7 7 555 1 5 0 57 35 24 11 1.571 0 2 0
39 GK Robyn Horner 1 1 90 1 0 0 7 7 5 2 2 1 1 0
18 GK Chantel Jones 13 12 1155 4 4 5 150 81 60 21 1.615 1 2 2

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 May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  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 May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  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 May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  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 July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  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 July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  12. ^ "The Lowdown: NWSL playoff races tighten". August 12, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.