2014 Sky Blue FC season

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Sky Blue FC
2014 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumYurcak Field
NWSL6th
Top goalscorerKelley O'Hara
Nadia Nadim (7)
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The 2014 Sky Blue FC season was the team's fifth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2014 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Background

The foundation of the National Women's Soccer League was announced on November 21, 2012, with Sky Blue FC selected as a host for one of the eight teams.[1][2][3]

Match results

Regular season

April 12, 2014 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez 42' Report Freels 48' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 2 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Rampone 26' Report Long 75' (pen.) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,983
Referee: Miguel Panduro
April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) 3 Boston Breakers 3–2 Sky Blue FC Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 EST King 14'
Ashley Grove Yellow card 40'
Sanderson 42' 60'		 Summary Ocampo 30'
Nick 90+3'		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: United States Juliana Duncan
April 30, 2014 4 Sky Blue FC 0–2 Seattle Reign FC Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00 (PDT) Levin Yellow card 64' Report Kawasumi 24'
Goebel 50'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 582
Referee: Matthew Franz
May 3, 2014 5 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 (PDT) Ocampo 14' Summary De Vanna Red card 89' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,294
Referee: United States Mark Allatin
May 7, 2014 6 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Goodson Yellow card 13'
Freels 27' (pen.)		 Summary Mautz Yellow card 25'
Brock 58'
Hoy Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 604
Referee: United States Dimitar Chavdarov
May 11, 2014 7 Western New York Flash 2–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
15:00 EDT (UTC-04) Wambach 48', 90+2'
Williamson Yellow card 52'		 Summary Morris Yellow card 90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3107
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 28, 2014 10 Sky Blue FC 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Foord Yellow card 84' Summary Leon 26'
Chalupny 35'
Johnson Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 786
Referee: United States Matt Mercier
June 1, 2014 11 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Seattle Reign FC Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 (PDT) Freels 42' Report Leroux Yellow card 35'
Kawasumi 50', 74'
Little 53'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Christina Unkel
June 15, 2014 13 Chicago Red Stars 2–2 Sky Blue FC Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CDT (UTC-05) Mautz 21'
Bywaters 31'		 Summary Lisonbee-Cutshall 60'
Hayes 63'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1211
Referee: Juliana Duncan
June 22, 2014 14 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
13:00 EDT (UTC-04) O'Hara 2'
Levin Yellow card 48'
SchmidtYellow card 51'
StantonYellow card 65'		 Summary Reeves 31'
Evans Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1212
Referee: Greg Dopka
June 25, 2014 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–2 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 PDT (UTC-06) Sinclair 54'
Van Hollebeke Yellow card 76'		 Summary Freels 8' Yellow card 75'
Foord Yellow card 46'
Lisonbee-Cutshall 64'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10477
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
June 28, 2014 16 Seattle Reign 0–0 Sky Blue FC Seattle, Washington
21:00 PDT (UTC-06) Summary Foord Yellow card 54' Stadium: Seattle High School Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5770
Referee: Chris Spivey
July 6, 2014 17 Sky Blue FC 0–5 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
Nadim Yellow card 78' Summary Tymrak 2'
Cheney 9'
Hagen 20', 42'
Rodriguez 90+1'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1349
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 20, 2014 18 Sky Blue FC 4–2 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
O'Hara 22', 85'
Schmidt 36'
Nadim 81'		 Summary Gayle Yellow card 57' 89'
Taylor 88'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1740
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
July 27, 2014 19 FC Kansas City 2–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez 34'
Cheney 70'		 Summary Foord Yellow card 69'
Nadim 87'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1852
Referee: Josh Wilkens
July 31, 2014 20 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 Nadim Yellow card 22'
Levin Yellow card 39'
O'Hara 50'		 Summary Lloyd Yellow card 26'
Bermúdez Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3471
Referee: Josh Wilkens
August 9, 2014 21 Houston Dash 1–3 Sky Blue FC Houston, Texas
Edwards Yellow card 38'
Romero Yellow card 73'
Burger 86'		 Summary Nadim Yellow card 23' 39', 74', 90+2'
Nick Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5143
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 13, 2014 22 Western New York Flash 2–3 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
19:00 Martín 23'
Bermúdez 79'		 Summary O'Hara 24'
Nadim 48', 89'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4339
Referee: Chris Spivey
August 16, 2014 23 Washington Spirit 0–1 Sky Blue FC Germantown, Maryland
18:30 Summary Ocampo 27' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,282
Referee: United States David Mon
August 20, 2014 24 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 Lisonbee Cutshall 18'
Nick Yellow card 72'		 Summary Rafaelle Souza Yellow card 85' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,328
Referee: United States Bernhard Hosu

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

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
24 34 9 8 7 30 37  −7 4 5 3 11 20  −9 5 3 4 19 17  +2

Last updated: April 27, 2014
Source: Soccerway, Sky Blue FC
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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StadiumAHAHHHAAAHHHAHAAHHHAHAAA
ResultDDLLWDLDWLLLDDWDLWLWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on August 20, 2014. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Team

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 United States USA Brittany Cameron
2 DF United States USA CoCo Goodson
3 DF United States USA Christie Rampone
4 DF Australia AUS Caitlin Foord
5 DF United States USA Kendall Johnson
6 MF United States USA Taylor Lytle
7 FW Japan JPN Nanase Kiryu
8 FW Mexico MEX Mónica Ocampo
10 MF United States USA Katy Freels
11 FW United States USA Maya Hayes
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF United States USA Ashley Nick
13 MF Canada CAN Sophie Schmidt
16 MF Canada CAN Jonelle Filigno
17 DF United States USA Hayley Haagsma
18 DF United States USA Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19 FW United States USA Kelley O'Hara
21 GK United States USA Jillian Loyden
24 MF United States USA Maddie Thompson
22 DF United States USA Camille Levin
32 MF United States USA Meg Morris

Squad statistics

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
18 DF Lindsi Cutshall 14 11 943 3 0 2 5 3 0 0 2 4 4 0 0
16 FW Jonelle Filigno 17 6 697 1 1 0 8 3 0 0 11 15 11 1 0
4 DF Caitlin Foord 21 20 1825 0 2 0 6 3 0 1 1 20 19 4 0
10 MF Katy Freels 23 23 2021 5 4 0 45 25 1 79 1 27 25 2 0
2 DF CoCo Goodson 21 18 1652 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 8 11 1 0
11 FW Maya Hayes 23 13 1146 1 1 0 22 9 0 0 6 14 21 0 0
5 DF Kendall Johnson 15 12 1123 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 7 10 0 0
7 MF Nanase Kiryu 16 12 909 0 1 0 11 6 0 17 0 10 6 0 0
22 DF Cami Levin 23 21 1884 0 0 0 9 4 0 1 1 13 14 3 0
6 MF Taylor Lytle 7 5 481 0 1 0 9 4 0 0 1 2 6 0 0
32 MF Meg Morris 3 1 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
9 FW Nadia Nadim 6 5 495 7 3 3 23 12 0 0 12 13 3 3 0
12 MF Ashley Nick 22 17 1612 1 0 0 15 7 0 0 1 16 10 3 0
8 FW Mónica Ocampo 18 13 996 3 0 2 44 15 0 0 17 14 6 0 0
19 DF Kelley O'Hara 22 22 1917 7 5 2 61 27 0 3 25 10 16 0 0
3 DF Christie Rampone 19 18 1665 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 7 8 0 0
13 MF Sophie Schmidt 22 22 1964 1 0 0 40 13 0 5 1 22 21 1 0
44 MF Nikki Stanton 4 0 78 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
25 DF Maddie Thompson 2 1 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Brittany Cameron 7 7 630 2 3 2 91 40 28 12 1.714 0 0 2
21 GK Jillian Loyden 17 17 1530 7 5 5 210 94 69 25 1.471 2 3 4

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

Player Award Ref.
United States Christie Rampone Best X1 [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Paint the town blue: Sky Blue FC season preview". SB Nation. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Sky Blue FC Set To Join National Women's Soccer League". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "NWSL Announces best x1". Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2019.