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2015 Sky Blue FC season

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Sky Blue FC
2015 season
President and CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumYurcak Field
NWSL8th
Top goalscorerSam Kerr
Nadia Nadim (6)
Highest home attendance5,547
(Aug. 22 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance743
(Apr. 26 vs. Washington)
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The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's sixth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Team

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Roster

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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 United States USA Brittany Cameron
2 MF United States USA Shawna Gordon
4 DF Australia AUS Caitlin Foord
6 MF United States USA Taylor Lytle
8 FW Mexico MEX Mónica Ocampo
9 FW Denmark DEN Nadia Nadim
10 MF United States USA Katy Freels
11 FW United States USA Maya Hayes
13 DF United States USA Kristin Grubka
14 MF United States USA Sarah Killion
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Canada CAN Jonelle Filigno
17 DF United States USA Hayley Haagsma
18 DF United States USA Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19 DF United States USA Kelley O'Hara
20 FW Australia AUS Samantha Kerr
21 GK United States USA Aubrey Bledsoe
32 DF United States USA Meg Morris
33 DF United States USA Shade Pratt
42 MF United States USA Lo'eau LaBonta
44 MF United States USA Nikki Stanton

Match results

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Preseason

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March 14, Sat 1 Sky Blue FC 3–0 St. John's Red Storm Scotch Plains, New Jersey
EDT (UTC−04) Freels 50' (pen.)
Killion 56'
Hayes 77'
Report Stadium: Wexler Field

Regular season

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April 12, Sun 1 FC Kansas City 0–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 EDT (UTC−04) Report[1] Nadim 29' (Morris)
O'HaraYellow card 90'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 8,489
Referee: Chris Spivey
April 18, Sat 2 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Freels 14' (O'Hara), Yellow card 90' Report[2] McDonald 52' (Brian) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,742
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
April 26, Sun 3 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) Freels 62' (Nadim) Report[3] Dunn 6' (Ordega) 40'
Nairn 48' (Ordega)
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 743
May 9, Sat 5 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Nadim Yellow card 78', 90' (pen.)
Grubka Yellow card 82'
Report Barnes 76'
Fishlock Red card 90'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,562
May 22, Fri 7 Boston Breakers 1–1 Sky Blue FC Boston
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) McCaffrey 60' (unassisted) Report[5] Freels 8' (Nadim) Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,861
June 6, Sat 9 Seattle Reign FC 3–0 Sky Blue FC Seattle
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Winters 8' (Fishlock)
Fishlock 28' (Cox)
Little 77' (penalty)
Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,225
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 3, Fri 11 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Kyle Yellow card 54'
Long 70' (penalty)
Farrelly 79' (Kleiner)
Report Freels 27' (Lytle)
Stanton Yellow card 56'
Levin Red card 69'
Foord Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 12,223
Referee: Levi Rippy
July 25, Sat 14 Sky Blue FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) O'Hara 13' (Freels), 36' (Kerr)
Kerr 52' (Haagsma)
Report Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,067 [6]
Referee: Tori Penso
August 29, Sat 19 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 Sky Blue FC Seattle
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Winters Yellow card 68'
Fishlock 90' (Little)
Report Nadim 6'
Haagsma Yellow card 62'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,471
Referee: Greg Dopka
September 2, Wed 20 Sky Blue FC 2–3 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Kerr 39' (O'Hara), 72' (Killion) Report Hagen 5' (Rodriguez)
Rodriguez 42' (O'Reilly), 52' (Moros)
Becky Sauerbrunn Yellow card 92'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Referee: Levi Rippy

Standings

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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 22 5 8 7 22 28  −6 3 4 3 12 15  −3 2 4 4 10 13  −3

Last updated: September 26, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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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ResultWDLLDLDDLLLWDWLWDWDL
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

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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
18 DF Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall 18 18 1571 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 7 3 0 0
12 MF Kim DeCesare 9 4 395 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 1 8 3 1 0
[n 1]44 MF Theresa Diederich 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
16 FW Jonelle Filigno 5 1 98 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0
4 DF Caitlin Foord 10 10 895 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 9 11 1 0
10 MF Katy Freels 20 20 1754 5 2 0 33 14 1 26 2 15 25 1 0
25 DF CoCo Goodson 3 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 MF Shawna Gordon 13 10 768 0 0 0 7 3 1 10 3 4 10 0 0
13 DF Kristin Grubka 14 14 1214 0 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 6 4 1 0
17 DF Hayley Haagsma 16 15 1339 1 1 0 15 2 0 1 0 15 6 2 0
11 FW Maya Hayes 13 10 899 0 1 0 8 4 1 0 2 5 7 0 0
20 FW Samantha Kerr 9 9 766 6 2 1 38 15 1 0 8 4 5 0 0
14 MF Sarah Killion 17 13 1233 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 0 10 15 3 0
42 FW Lo'eau LaBonta 6 0 80 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 DF Cami Levin 19 18 1605 0 1 0 5 3 4 0 4 10 11 0 1
6 MF Taylor Lytle 15 11 962 0 1 0 18 6 3 1 3 4 2 1 0
32 MF Meg Morris 9 4 453 0 1 0 7 2 0 1 3 7 3 0 0
9 FW Nadia Nadim 18 18 1551 6 1 3 51 26 2 0 24 34 15 2 0
19 DF Kelley O'Hara 11 11 989 3 5 1 26 14 0 29 2 8 13 1 0
33 DF Shade Pratt 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Christie Rampone 11 11 962 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0
44 MF Nikki Stanton 9 3 352 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 4 1 0
34 MF Maruschka Waldus 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
21 GK Aubrey Bledsoe 1 0 8 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
1 GK Brittany Cameron 20 20 1792 5 8 7 263 114 87 27 1.35 2 3 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SKY BLUE FC BEAT FC KANSAS CITY, 1–0". nwslsoccer.com.
  2. ^ "SKY BLUE FC DRAWS WITH DASH, 1–1". nwslsoccer.com.
  3. ^ "SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO SPIRIT, 3–1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". nwslsoccer.com.
  4. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1–0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". nwslsoccer.com.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".
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