2013 FC Kansas City season

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FC Kansas City
2013 season
Owner
  • Brian Budzinski
  • Chris Likens
  • Brad Likens
  • Greg Likens
Head coach Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium Shawnee Mission District Stadium
NWSL 2nd
NWSL Playoffs Semifinals
Top goalscorer Lauren Cheney (12)
Highest home attendance6,784 (Apr 13 vs. POR)
Lowest home attendance3,057 (Jun 23 vs. WAS)
Average home league attendance4,604
Biggest win3–0 (Jul 24 vs. BOS)
Biggest defeat1–3 (Jun 16 vs. CHI)
2014  →

The 2013 season was FC Kansas City's first season of existence, in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

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Background

On January 11, 2013, FC Kansas City announced a new logo, [1] which would remain the club's logo until its dissolution in 2017. The team was the league's first to unveil its kits in March, using the same standard templates as the rest of the league in blue, white, and black colors. Overland Park-based Title Boxing Club sponsored the fronts of the shirts. [2]

Summary

Founding

In November 2012, it was confirmed that a Kansas City-based women's professional soccer team had been accepted into a new women's professional soccer league, later named National Women's Soccer League. [3] The KC ownership group was composed of Chris Likens, his two sons Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski, the same owners of the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. [4] [5]

Preseason transactions

On January 14, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Nicole Barnhart (USA), Lauren Cheney (USA), Renae Cuéllar (MEX), Marylin Diaz (MEX), Becky Sauerbrunn (USA), Desiree Scott (CAN), and Lauren Sesselmann (CAN) were named to the team. [6] [7] [8] [9]

On January 18, the team selected Kristie Mewis, Erika Tymrak, Whitney Berry, and Nia Williams in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. [10] [11] The team signed Sinead Farrelly, Jen Buczkowski, and Leigh Ann Robinson as free agents. [12]

During the February 7 Supplemental Draft, the Blues selected Courtney Jones, Bianca Henninger, Merritt Mathias, Casey Nogueira, Tina DiMartino, and Casey Berrier. [13]

FC Kansas City held open tryouts in February, calling back nine players to be amateur reserves of the 65 who attended: forward Gisela Arrieta, goalkeeper Colleen Boyd, forward Ariana Calderon, defender Natalie Carter, midfielder Molly Dreska, midfielder Jaime French, defender Natalie Norris, forward Andrea Rodriguez, and midfielder Vendula Strnadova. [14]

Regular season

On April 13, 2013, FC Kansas City hosted Portland Thorns FC in the first regular-season match in NWSL history. In the 3rd minute of the match, Renae Cuéllar scored the first goal in the histories of both FC Kansas City and the NWSL. The match drew a sellout crowd of 6,784 and ended in a 1–1 draw. [15] [16]

Due to the search for suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Boston Breakers were unable to travel to Kansas City for their scheduled match against Kansas City on April 19, resulting in a postponement. [17] Kansas City won its first game in its second match, defeating Seattle Reign FC 2–0 at home on April 26. [18]

On July 1, head coach Vlatko Andonovski traded Cuéllar to Seattle Reign FC for Teresa Noyola. [19]

FC Kansas City clinched its first playoff qualification after defeating Portland Thorns FC 3–2 on August 4, with Lauren Holiday scoring a brace and Kristie Mewis scoring the match-winning goal in the 74th minute. The road match set a league attendance record of 17,619. [20]

However, despite opportunities to clinch the NWSL Shield, Kansas City lost to the Boston Breakers on August 10 [21] and the Chicago Red Stars on August 18, [22] resulting in a three-way tie atop the table for points. With the league's first tiebreaker being head-to-head record, the Western New York Flash won the 2013 Shield, Kansas City finished second, and Portland finished third. [23]

The loss to the Breakers snapped a 10-match unbeaten streak, the season's longest, and was the last time an opponent would shutout Kansas City in any competition until Sky Blue FC in the opening match of the 2015 season, a streak of 25 regular-season matches and 28 including playoffs. [24] : 369  The team's 11 shutouts on the season set a league record that stood until North Carolina Courage recorded 12 in the 2017 season, which was two matches longer. [24] : 371 

Postseason

On August 24, Kansas City hosted Portland in the first-ever NWSL Playoffs match in the league's history. After taking a 2–0 lead at halftime on goals by Erika Tymrak and Melissa Henderson, Portland scored twice in the second half to draw in regulation and force extra time. [25] Thorns midfielder Allie Long scored the match-winning goal in the 103rd minute and Kansas City were unable to equalize, eliminating Kansas City from the postseason. The loss was the seventh time in all of the season's competitions that Kansas City had led by two or more goals during a match but failed to win. [26]

Honors

FC Kansas City swept the league's postseason individual awards, led by Holiday winning the golden boot and most valuable player awards. Her 12 goals and 9 assists led the league in both categories, and she scored a goal or assist in 10 consecutive appearances, interrupted only by international duty and her wedding to Jrue Holiday. [27]

Stadium

On February 6, the club announced its home matches would be played at Shawnee Mission District Stadium in Overland Park, Kansas, a 6,150-capacity high-school gridiron football and track and field stadium with artificial turf. Season tickets were initially priced from $135 to $255. [28]

Club

Roster

As of August 1,2013. [29]

No.Pos.PlayerNation
1 GK Bianca Henninger Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 FW Melissa Henderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 FW Tiffany Cameron Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 MF Jen Buczkowski Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 FW Casey Loyd Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 DF Courtney Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 DF Merritt Mathias Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 MF Teresa Noyola Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
11 MF Desiree Scott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
12 FW Lauren Cheney Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 DF Leigh Ann Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 DF Lauren Sesselmann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
15 MF Erika Tymrak Flag of the United States.svg  United States
16 DF Nia Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 MF Sinead Farrelly Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 GK Nicole Barnhart Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 MF Kristie Mewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States
20 DF Katie Kelly Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 DF Natalie Norris (reserve)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
23 MF Missy Geha (reserve)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26 FW Jaime French Flag of the United States.svg  United States
— MF Vendula Strnadová (reserve)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

Transactions

Team management

FC Kansas City's ownership group was composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. [31] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome. [32] On December 12, 2012, the team announced the hiring of Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), as head coach for the season. [33]

Competitions

Key

  Win   Draw  Loss

Preseason

April 6, 20131 FC Kansas City 8–0 Nebraska Cornhuskers' Women's Soccer Parkville, Missouri
14:30 Cuéllar Soccerball shade.svg16', 20', 44', 55', 67'
Jones Soccerball shade.svg17'
Farrelly Soccerball shade.svg51'		 Report Stadium: Julian Field
Attendance: 410
Referee: Brandon Marshall

NWSL regular season

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2211563422 +1238623167 +95331815 +3

Last updated: August 18, 2013.
Source: Match reports

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
StadiumHHHAAHHAAAHHAHAHAHHAAAH
ResultDPWWLWLLWWLWDWDDDWWWWLL
Updated to match(es) played on August 18, 2013. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

April 26, 20133 FC Kansas City 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Farrelly Soccerball shade.svg21'
Cuéllar Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4064
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 4, 20134 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Tukwila, Washington
22:00 Reed Yellow card.svg 29'
Fishlock Yellow card.svg 32'		 Report Sesselmann Yellow card.svg 58'
Cuéllar Soccerball shade.svg69'		Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 2,618
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 11, 20135 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
18:35 Wambach Soccerball shade.svg34', 39'
Heyboer Yellow card.svg 95'		 Report Cheney Soccerball shade.svg53'
Sesselmann Yellow card.svg 91'		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 18, 20136 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Cuéllar Soccerball shade.svg17'
Mathias Yellow card.svg 23'
Cheney Soccerball shade.svg64'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,362
Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr.
May 25, 20137 FC Kansas City 0–1 Sky Blue FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 Sesselmann Red card.svg 22' Report Schmidt Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.)Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4186
Referee: John McCloskey
June 6, 20138 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
21:30 Morgan Soccerball shade.svg13', 66'Yellow card.svg 80'
Wetzel Soccerball shade.svg20'
Foxhoven Soccerball shade.svg48'		 Report Cheney Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.), 56'
Tymrak Soccerball shade.svg81'
Jones Yellow card.svg 89'		Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr
June 9, 20139 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Tukwila, Washington
21:00 Kyle Yellow card.svg 92' Report Tymrak Soccerball shade.svg63'Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Kara Honthumb
June 13, 201310 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 FC Kansas City Lisle, Illinois
18:30 Vandenbergh Yellow card.svg 34' Report Loyd Soccerball shade.svg27' (pen.)
Jones Soccerball shade.svg66'		Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 1,141
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 16, 201311 FC Kansas City 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cuéllar Soccerball shade.svg4'
Wiliams Yellow card.svg 79'		 Report Grings Soccerball shade.svg29'Yellow card.svg 43'
Masar Soccerball shade.svg58'
Fuss Soccerball shade.svg91' (pen.)		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,421
Referee: Juliana Duncan
June 23, 201312 FC Kansas City 2–0 Washington Spirit Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cheney Soccerball shade.svg17', 65' Summary Pressley Yellow card.svg 29'Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Katja Koroleva
June 26, 201313 Sky Blue FC 2–2 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
19:35 Ocampo Soccerball shade.svg85', 90+2' Summary Tymrak Soccerball shade.svg14'
Cheney Soccerball shade.svg74'		Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Robert Sibiga
June 30, 201314 FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Cheney Soccerball shade.svg10'
Mathias Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Summary Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Christina Unkel
July 7, 201316 FC Kansas City 0–0 Western New York Flash Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Robinson Yellow card.svg 61' Report Reynolds Yellow card.svg 30'Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,031
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
July 20, 201318 FC Kansas City 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST) Holiday Soccerball shade.svg39'
Tymrak Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Boris Senic
July 28, 201319 Sky Blue FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
17:00 Jones Soccerball shade.svg76'Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,302
August 4, 201320 Portland Thorns FC 2–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
16:00 Foxhoven Soccerball shade.svg51'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Holiday Soccerball shade.svg23'Soccerball shade.svg55'
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg74'		Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 17,619
August 10, 201321 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Somerville, Massachusetts
17:00 Leroux Soccerball shade.svg65' Report Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Kara Honthumb
August 18, 201322 FC Kansas City 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Overland Park, Kansas
15:10 Jones Soccerball shade.svg20' Report Hoy Soccerball shade.svg45', 92'
Grings Yellow card.svg 65'
Santacaterina Yellow card.svg 68'		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,910
Referee: Elvid Mahmutovic

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Western New York Flash 2210843620+1638 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City 2211563422+1238 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC (C)2211563225+738
4 Sky Blue FC 2210663126+536
5 Boston Breakers 228683534+130
6 Chicago Red Stars 228683236−430
7 Seattle Reign FC 2253142236−1418
8 Washington Spirit 2235141639−2314
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Statistics

Field player regular-season statistics [35]
NPNationNameGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCrosCKOffFoulFSYCRC
6MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Jen Buczkowski 22221,980 [lower-alpha 1] 0201111001111400
13DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Leigh Ann Robinson 22221,90005010616025510
11MFFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Desiree Scott 20201,80000075200241200
19MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Kristie Mewis 20201,784101341310431121920
9DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Merritt Mathias 22191,73823025171947221330
4DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Becky Sauerbrunn 19191,710010211002500
14DFFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Lauren Sesselmann 19191,63300041300171031
12MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Cheney 18181,620129363319273142800
15MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Erika Tymrak 21161,453641261463521800
2MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Melissa Henderson 17131,030000129201611900
17MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Sinead Farrelly 1610896101930064700
10FWFlag of Mexico.svg  MEX Renae Cuéllar 118682502271600183800
8DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Courtney Jones 226670411322160126700
7MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Casey Loyd 43275111942512400
20DFFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Katie Kelly 72207000210002100
16DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Nia Williams 42182000000003110
10MFFlag of Mexico.svg  MEX Teresa Noyola 71155000301002100
16FWFlag of the United States.svg  USA Jaime French 1011000000000000
3FWFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Tiffany Cameron 104000000000000
22MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Missy Geha 101000000000000
23DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Natalie Norris 101000000000000
Goalkeeper regular-season statistics [35]
NPNationNameGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSaveGAGA/GPenPKFSO
18GKFlag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Barnhart 20201,80010551878667190.953310
1GKFlag of the United States.svg  USA Bianca Henninger 22180110178531.50111
  1. ↑ Played every available minute of the season. [24] : 375 

NWSL Championship Playoffs

August 24, 2013Semifinal FC Kansas City 2–3 (a.e.t.) Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
13:00 CDT Tymrak Soccerball shade.svg12'
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg25'
Scott Yellow card.svg 73'
Buczkowski Yellow card.svg 86'		 Heath Soccerball shade.svg33'
Dougherty Yellow card.svg 50'
Long Yellow card.svg 61'Soccerball shade.svg103'
Weimer Soccerball shade.svg66'		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Christina Unkel

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