2015 Boston Breakers season
| 2015 season | |||
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| Owner | Boston Women's Soccer, LLC | ||
| Head coach | Tom Durkin | ||
| Stadium | Harvard Stadium Boston, MA | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kristie Mewis (6) All: Kristie Mewis (9) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 4,325 (August 1 vs. Seattle) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,861 (May 22 vs. Sky Blue) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 2,863 | ||
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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[edit]
Coaching staff[edit]
| 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[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions[edit]
Key[edit]
Win Tie Loss
Preseason[edit]
| 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  | 5–0 |  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 | 5–0 | 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[edit]
| 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  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)Evans 55'Lloyd 72' (o.g.) |
Report | Cross 44' McDonald 58' (Brian), 65' (Ohai)Roche 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)Edmonds 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 | Johnson 22' Huerta 56' (DiBernardo), 82' (Gilliland)Walls 70' (Huerta) |
Report | King 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] | Williamson 40' Betos 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) Nairn 58' |
Report | Evans 65' (unassisted) Kallman 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 38'Pires 44'Marlborough 76' |
BOS Report NWSL Report |
Little 42' Yanez 66'Foxhoven 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 29' Evans 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 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) Leon 75' |
BOS report NWSL report Box |
McCaffrey 62' (unassisted) Schoepfer 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 59'  82' |
BOS report NWSL report |
Yanez 24' Little 59' (pen.), 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 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 30', 38' (unassisted)Ezurike 79'McCaffrey 90' |
BOS report NWSL report |
Oyster 33' Matheson 49' (unassisted)Salem 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 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) Masar 35' |
NWSL Report | Schoepfer 89' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,842 Referee: Cedric Adams |
Standings[edit]
| 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 |
- Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics[edit]
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 |
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| 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2015 Standings - National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "BREAKERS WIN 1-0 THRILLER OVER THORNS FC; Kristie Mewis scores game-winner in 93rd minute". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".