2010 Sky Blue FC season

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Sky Blue FC
2010 season
Owner Phil and Tammy Murphy [1]
Thomas Hofstetter
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter [2]
Head coach Pauliina Miettinen (until July 20)
Rick Stainton(after July 20) [3]
Stadium Yurcak Field
WPS 5th
WPS Playoffs DNQ
Top goalscorer Laura Kalmari (5)
Natasha Kai (5)
Highest home attendance4,440
(April 10 vs. CHI)
Lowest home attendance2,491
(Aug. 11 vs. WAS)
Average home league attendance3,320
Biggest win2–0
(June 27 vs. BAY)
Biggest defeat0–4
(Aug. 15 vs. BOS)
←  2009
2011  →

The 2010 Sky Blue FC season was the team's second season as a professional women's soccer team, competing in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), then the top-division tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Contents

Background

Following its inaugural season championship victory, Sky Blue FC hired Finnish manager Pauliina Miettinen as head coach on September 30, 2009. [4] [5] She retained Mike Lyons from the 2009 staff as an assistant and brought in Anne Parnila and Rick Stainton as additional assistants. [6]

Expectations for Sky Blue FC were high, with Soccer America favoring the team to repeat as champions. [7]

Team captain and 2009 player-manager Christie Rampone was expected to miss part of the season while pregnant with her second child. [8] [9] Defender Anita Asante also missed the beginning of the season while recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury [9] and 2009 starting goalkeeper Jenni Branam missed the first two months of the season with a broken patella suffered during a preseason match. [10] [11] [12]

Facilities

Sky Blue FC played its home matches at Yurcak Field, part of Rutgers University, and trained at Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey. [13]

Squad

As of August 8, 2010 [14] [15] [10]
No.Pos.NameNtn.
13 MF Yael Averbuch Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1 GK Karen Bardsley Flag of England.svg  England
23 GK Jenni Branam Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 DF Keeley Dowling Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 FW Natasha Kai Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 MF Heather O'Reilly Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 DF Christie Rampone Flag of the United States.svg  United States
11 DF Rosana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
7 DF Meghan Schnur Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 MF Kacey White Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 FW Laura Kalmari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
20FW/MF India Trotter Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Daphne Koster Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
10 MF Carli Lloyd Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 DF Brittany Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 FW Katie Schoepfer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26 MF Angela Salem Flag of the United States.svg  United States
15 DF Danielle Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2DF/MF Kiersten Dallstream Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5DF/MF Kendall Fletcher Flag of the United States.svg  United States
0 GK Shannon MyersFlag of the United States.svg  United States
96 FW Patrizia Panico Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
— GK Meghann Burke Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Players exiting mid-season
5 DF Anita Asante Flag of England.svg  England
— FW Jessica Landström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
—Ashley ThompsonFlag of the United States.svg  United States
—Meagan SnellFlag of the United States.svg  United States
18 GK Kristin Luckenbill Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Technical staff

As of July 20, 2010 [6] [3]
PositionName
General manager Flag of the United States.svg Gerry Marrone
Head coach Flag of Finland.svg Pauliina Miettinen (until July 20)
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Stainton (after July 20)
Assistant coaches Flag of the United States.svg Mike Lyons
Flag of Finland.svg Anne Parnila (until July 20)
Goalkeeping coach Flag of the United States.svg Rick Stainton (until July 20)

Transactions

WPS Draft

Sky Blue FC entered the 2010 WPS Draft with the 6th, 26th, 29th, 35th, 44th, 53rd, and 62nd picks. [9] [16] [17] [18] Sky Blue FC traded the 62nd pick to Philadelphia Independence in exchange for the rights to Jen Anzivino, which Philadelphia had picked with the 49th-overall selection. [18] Melissa Clarke, selected by Sky Blue 29th overall, would instead sign with NiceFutis in Finland's Kansallinen Liiga. [19]

RoundPickPos.PlayerCollegeRef.
16DF Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Taylor University of Connecticut [18]
326FW Flag of the United States.svg Katie Schoepfer Pennsylvania State University
329MF Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Clarke Louisiana State University
435DF Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Johnson University of Mississippi
544FW Flag of the United States.svg Meagan Snell Santa Clara University
549DF Flag of the United States.svg Jen Anzivino Rutgers University
653MF Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Isleib University of Utah

Los Angeles Sol dispersal draft

On January 28, 2010, the Los Angeles Sol disbanded. The league scheduled a dispersal draft for the Sol's players on February 4, 2010. [20] Sky Blue FC had the 6th, 11th, and 22nd picks in the dispersal draft. [21]

RoundPickPos.PlayerRef.
16FW Flag of the United States.svg Nikki Washington [22]
211DF Flag of the United States.svg Kiersten Dallstream [22]
322Pass

Transfers in

DatePos.PlayerFormer teamFee/notesRef.
October 21, 2009MF Flag of the United States.svg Carli Lloyd Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars Free-agent signing. [23] [24]
May 6, 2010FW/MF Flag of the United States.svg India Trotter Flag of the United States.svg Saint Louis Athletica Acquired with St. Louis's first-round pick in the 2011 WPS Draft, in exchange for Anita Asante and the rights to Nikki Washington. [25] [26]
August 2010GK Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Burke Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars Free-agent signing. [27]

Transfers out

DatePos.PlayerDestination teamFee/notesRef.
May 6, 2010DF Flag of England.svg Anita Asante Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Athletica Traded with the rights to Nikki Washington in exchange for India Trotter and St. Louis's first-round pick in the 2011 WPS Draft, which had been held by Los Angeles Sol prior to its dissolution. [25]

Regular season

April–May: Injuries, absences, Bardsley's excellence

Sky Blue FC opened the season with two victories in April, both against Chicago Red Stars, and a loss against FC Gold Pride. [28] Newly acquired midfielder Carli Lloyd broke her ankle, [29] and Sky Blue placed Lloyd on the team's 30-day injured reserve. [23] [30] The team also struggled with absences from defender Meghan Schnur with a knee injury, and from Natasha Kai with a hamstring strain. [31] [32]

Goalkeeper Karen Bardsley was named Player of the Week for week 5 and Player of the Month for May, amassing 31 saves and two shutouts over four matches in the month. [33]

June–July: Firing the coach

Sky Blue FC players presented United States President Barack Obama with a jersey during a July 1 visit to the White House. Sky Blue FC at the White House 2010-07-01 8.jpg
Sky Blue FC players presented United States President Barack Obama with a jersey during a July 1 visit to the White House.

On June 27, Sky Blue recorded its largest win of the season by defeating first-place FC Gold Pride on the road 2–0. [34] However, the win was a rare bright spot in the mid-season months. Sky Blue fell three times to the expansion Philadelphia Independence, conceding 10 goals against three goals scored in three matches. [35]

Goalkeeper Karen Bardsley was named to the starting WPS All-Star team, [10] and three Sky Blue FC players — Natasha Kai, Laura Kalmari, and Christie Rampone — were named to the 2010 WPS All-Star Game reserves from which the two all-star teams would be selected. Kai and Kalmari were selected by the Abby Wambach-captained team, and Rampone was selected by the Marta-captained team. [36]

However, Sky Blue's misfortunes with injuries continued. During an All-Star training session in July, Bardsley injured her clavicle while leading the league with five shutouts and a 0.90 goals-against average. [10] [37] Third keeper Kristin Luckenbill took over duties until Jenni Branam recovered from injury, then retired from soccer. [10]

Sky Blue FC were invited to the White House to celebrate their 2009 championship with President Barack Obama on July 1. [36]

Sky Blue struggled to score goals, and by July 19, general manager Gerry Marrone fired head coach Pauliina Miettinen and assistant coach Anne Parnila, and appointed goalkeeping coach Rick Stainton as head coach. [3] [10] [38]

August–September: Stoppage-time collapse

Staring goalkeeper Jenni Branam returned from injury on August 1 to make four saves in a loss to Chicago Red Stars. [39] However, she soon suffered another injury, forcing Sky Blue to play its fourth keeper Meghann Burke, signed in August as a free-agent. [10] [27] Burke would hold the job until the end of the season. [10]

Needing a win against first-place FC Gold Pride on September 1 to secure the final playoff bid, Sky Blue FC took the lead on a 72nd-minute goal by Natasha Kai. However, a misplayed free kick by Sky Blue's defense in second-half stoppage time resulted in an equalizer by Gold Pride's Becky Edwards. [40] Sky Blue would not score another goal in its final two matches, ended the season with three draws, and finished three points out of fourth place to miss the playoffs.

Playoffs

Sky Blue FC did not qualify for the playoffs and were unable to defend their 2009 title. [41]

Matches

Match details from the WPS schedule or match reports, unless otherwise noted.

Regular season

April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)1 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
  • Kai Soccerball shade.svg6' (O'Reilly)
 Box score
Report 		Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 4,440
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: John Schmitz, Brian Dunn
Fourth official: Richard Sanchez
Note: Broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel [12]
April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17)2 FC Gold Pride 3–1 Sky Blue FC Castro Valley, California
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
 Box score
Report
Stadium: Castro Valley Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,757
Referee: Felisha Marsical
Assistant referees: Marlene Duffy, Colin Arblaster
Fourth official: Maurizio Laudani
April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25)3 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Box score
Report
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,136
Referee: Margaret Domka
Assistant referees: Kristen Schiereck, Ian Gut
Fourth official: Jorge Cuate
May 1, 2010 (2010-05-01)4 Sky Blue FC 0–1 FC Gold Pride Piscataway, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Box score
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,798
Referee: Stephanie Toth
Assistant referees: Bryan Roslund, Michael Donovan
Fourth official: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel [31]
May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)5 Atlanta Beat 0–1 Sky Blue FC Kennesaw, Georgia
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Box score
Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,248
Referee: Moo Hackett
Assistant referees: Melanie Johnson, Patrick Baker
Fourth official: Tony Russo
Note: Broadcast on Fox Soccer Channel
May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)6 Saint Louis Athletica 2–2 Sky Blue FC Fenton, Missouri
4:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)
 Box score
Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,346
Referee: Margaret Domka
Assistant referees: Mandy Love, Ann Mayberry
Fourth official: Mark Boyko
May 29, 2010 (2010-05-29)7 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Box score Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,418
Referee: Donald Dellavia
Assistant referees: Debbie Coleman, Mark Allatin
Fourth official: Mark Boyko
June 6, 2010 (2010-06-06)8 Philadelphia Independence 2–1 Sky Blue FC West Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium
Attendance: 2,585
Referee: Dallas Malhiwsky
Assistant referees: Amy Willing, Stanford Nagle III
Fourth official: Ross Kleinstuber
June 13, 2010 (2010-06-13)9 Boston Breakers 1–2 Sky Blue FC Boston, Massachusetts
4:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 4,687
Referee: Michael Donoval
Assistant referees: Marlene Duffy, Russell Wolf
Fourth official: Kellee Walsh
June 19, 2010 (2010-06-19)10 Sky Blue FC 1–4 Philadelphia Independence Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,362
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
Assistant referees: Amy Mahan, Emilie Buse
June 27, 2010 (2010-06-27)11 FC Gold Pride 0–2 Sky Blue FC Hayward, California
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Report
Stadium: Pioneer Stadium
Attendance: 2,478
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
Assistant referees: Veronica Perez, Marlene Duffy
Fourth official: Vicente Cortes
July 7, 2010 (2010-07-07)12 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Washington Freedom Boyds, Maryland
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,871
Referee: Daniel Radford
Assistant referees: Mike Kampmeinert, Juan Guzman
Fourth official: Hakan Baydere
July 10, 2010 (2010-07-10)13 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
Box score
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
Assistant referees: Kristen Schiereck, George Ghawi
Fourth official: Jorge Cuate
July 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)14 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Atlanta Beat Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. Box score
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,808
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 24, 2010 (2010-07-24)15 Philadelphia Independence 4–1 Sky Blue FC West Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium
Attendance: 2,415
Referee: Tony Crush
Assistant referees: Stanford Nagle III, Adam Brugman
Fourth official: Darth Newman
Note: Broadcast on Comcast Sports Net Philadelphia
August 1, 2010 (2010-08-01)16 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Report
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Daniel Radford
Assistant referees: Mike Kampmeinert, Ryan Dos Reis
Fourth official: Hakan Baydere
August 7, 2010 (2010-08-07)17 Atlanta Beat 1–2 Sky Blue FC Kennesaw, Georgia
Box score
Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,489
Referee: Michael Donovan
Assistant referees: Juan Guzman, Mark Cleland
August 11, 2010 (2010-08-11)18 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Washington Freedom Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,491
Referee: Allan Chapman
Assistant referees: Amy Willing, Ayodeji Obisesan
Fourth official: Albert Calise
August 15, 2010 (2010-08-15)19 Boston Breakers 4–0 Sky Blue FC Boston, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
BOS report
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 6,108
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
Assistant referees: Debbie Coleman, Scott Kachmarik
Fourth official: Kellee Walsh
Note: Broadcast on Fox Sports Channel
August 22, 2010 (2010-08-22)20 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Philadelphia Independence Piscataway, New Jersey
4:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,572
Referee: Bryan Roslund
Assistant referees: Amy Willing, Ian O'Neil
Fourth official: Tim Snyder
Note: Broadcast on The Comcast Network
August 28, 2010 (2010-08-28)21 Washington Freedom 2–1 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,143
Referee: Donald Dellavia
Assistant referees: Ashley Cedro, John Schmitz
Fourth official: Moo Hackett
September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)22 Sky Blue FC 1–1 FC Gold Pride Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
 Box score
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,412
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Assistant referees: Debbie Coleman, Albert Calise
Fourth official: Emilie Buse
September 5, 2010 (2010-09-05)23 Atlanta Beat 0–0 Sky Blue FC Kennesaw, Georgia
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Box score
Stadium: KSU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,752
Referee: Allan Chapman
Assistant referees: Melanie Johnson, Mark Cleland
Fourth official: Justin Nelson
September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11)24 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) Box score Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,810
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
Assistant referees: Shelley Finger, John Schmitz
Fourth official: Brian Dunn

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
3 Philadelphia Independence 24104103736+134Advance to First Round
4 Washington Freedom 248793333031
5 Sky Blue FC 2477102031−1128
6 Chicago Red Stars 2476112127−627
7 Atlanta Beat 2456132040−2021
Source: WPS Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head-to-head result.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2477102031 −1128254610 −45261421 −7

Last updated: September 11, 2010.
Source: WPS Soccerway

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324
StadiumHAAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWLWDDLWLWDLLLLWDLWLDDD
Position55 [27] 5
Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2010. Source: WPS standings
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistical summary

Sky Blue FC scored 20 goals, tied with the Atlanta Beat for the fewest goals scored on the season, [42] and conceded 31. [43] Forwards Laura Kalmari and Natasha Kai led the team in goals with five each. Heather O'Reilly led the team in assists with five. In goal, Karen Bardsley led all of Sky Blue FC's keepers with 10 starts, five shutouts, and a 0.90 goals-against average. [44]

Rookie defender Brittany Taylor played every minute of the season. [10]

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