2011 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2011 season
OwnerGary Loveman
Head coach Tony DiCicco
Stadium Harvard Stadium
Women's Professional Soccer 5th
Playoffs TBD
Women's U.S. Open Cup Did not enter
  2010
2012  

The 2011 Boston Breakers season was the club's third season in Women's Professional Soccer and their third consecutive season in the top division of women's soccer in the American soccer pyramid. Including the WUSA franchise, it was the club's sixth year of existence.

Contents

Review and events

Match results

Key

  Win  Tie  Loss

Preseason

Regular season

Note: Results are given with Boston Breakers' score listed first.

GameDateLocationOpponentResultAttendanceBOS Goal Scorers
1April 9, 2011A Atlanta Beat 4–1 4,402 Angeli 18'
Winters 23'
O'Hara 72'
Moore 90'
2April 17, 2011H Western New York Flash 1–2 4,158 Smith 90'
3April 23, 2011A magicJack 0–1 1,224
4May 1, 2011H Sky Blue FC 1–0 2,789 Buehler 53'
5May 8, 2011A Philadelphia Independence 0–2 2,128
6May 13, 2011A Western New York Flash 2–3 1,738 Bogus 38'
Moore 80' (pen.)
7May 22, 2011H Philadelphia Independence 1–1 6,128 Cheney 48'
8May 28, 2011A Sky Blue FC 1–2 1,912 O'Hara 50'
9June 5, 2011H magicJack 2–1 3,126 Schoepfer 7'
Klingenberg 19'
10June 12, 2011A Sky Blue FC 0–0 994
11June 19, 2011A Atlanta Beat 0–0 3,654
12July 10, 2011H Atlanta Beat 2–0 2,749 Winters 4'
Schoepfer 81'
13July 24, 2011H Western New York Flash 2–2 6,222 O'Hara 20'
O'Hara 84'
14July 27, 2011H Philadelphia Independence 0–1 3,343
15July 30, 2011A magicJack 0–4 3,064
16August 3, 2011A Western New York Flash 1–2 4,463 Winters 47'
17August 6, 2011H magicJack 0–2 7,188
18August 14, 2011H Sky Blue FC 2–0 4,289 Cheney 1'
Cheney 18'

Playoffs

Note: Results are given with Boston Breakers' score listed first.

GameDateLocationOpponentResultAttendanceBOS Goal Scorers
19August 17, 2011A magicJack 1–3 2,075 Winters 31'

Club

Roster

As of 18 July 2011. [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alyssa Naeher
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Schoepfer
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Elli Reed
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jordan Angeli
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amy LePeilbet
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Liz Bogus
8 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Cheney
9 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Leah Blayney
10 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Kelly Smith
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Niki Cross
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Leslie Osborne (Captain)
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stephanie Cox
15 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rachel Buehler
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meghan Klingenberg
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kasey Moore
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelsey Davis
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelley O'Hara
20 DF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ifeoma Dieke
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Keelin Winters
22 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Alex Scott
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Claire Zimmeck
24 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Phillips
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taryn Hemmings
28 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Aya Sameshima
29 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kati Jo Spisak
32 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nikki Marshall

Management and staff

Front office
PositionStaff
General Manager Flag of the United States.svg Andy Crossley
Communications Manager Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Wood
Customer Service Manager Flag of the United States.svg Caitlin Pickul
Account Executive Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kubiak
Sales Coordinator Flag of England.svg Lee Billiard

Last updated: August 8, 2011
Source: Boston Breakers Official Website

Coaching staff
PositionStaff
Head Coach Flag of the United States.svg Tony DiCicco
Asst. Coach Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Cole
Goalkeeper Coach Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Kipp
Equipment Manager Flag of the United States.svg Hayley George
Team Doctor Flag of the United States.svg Rob Nicoletta, MD

Last updated: August 8, 2011
Source: Boston Breakers Official Website

Standings

Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
Green denotes team has spot in 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.
Red denotes team has been eliminated from playoff contention.

PlaceTeam Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Western New York Flash 1611323617+1936
2 Philadelphia Independence 1711333016+1436
3 magicJack 168262626025*
4 Sky Blue FC 175482427-319
5 Boston Breakers 174491724-716
6 Atlanta Beat 171412730-237

Source: WPS standings
*magicJack was docked one point on 12 May for various violations of league standards.
[2]

Statistics

Field players

NatNo.PlayerPosGPGSMin.GASHTSSOGFCFSYellow card.svgRed card.svg
Flag of the United States.svg 1 Katie Schoepfer MF 6433401111500
Flag of the United States.svg 2 Kiersten Dallstream DF 4436000002120
Flag of the United States.svg 3 Elli Reed DF 9757901004120
Flag of the United States.svg 4 Jordan Angeli DF 111199000614100
Flag of the United States.svg 5 Amy LePeilbet DF 5332510621100
Flag of the United States.svg 5 Liz Bogus MF 203200000000
Flag of the United States.svg 6 Lauren Cheney FW 5330030312300
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 7 Leah Blayney DF 111088001944500
Flag of England.svg 8 Kelly Smith MF 9554000312300
Flag of the United States.svg 9 Niki Cross MF 6325300425010
Flag of the United States.svg 10 Leslie Osborne MF 75540206315730
Flag of the United States.svg 11 Stephanie Cox DF 4216100111100
Flag of the United States.svg 12 Rachel Buehler DF 1212103520143151800
Flag of the United States.svg 14 Meghan Klingenberg MF 1212108000112110
Flag of the United States.svg 15 Kasey Moore MF 3218400004020
Flag of the United States.svg 16 Kelley O'Hara FW 7329340521200
Flag of Scotland.svg 20 Ifeoma Dieke FW 633310014103200
Flag of the United States.svg 21 Keelin Winters MF 117630211582300
Flag of England.svg 23 Alex Scott DF 1110823002113220
Flag of the United States.svg 24 Claire Zimmeck FW 7327600316030
Flag of the United States.svg 38 Taryn Hemmings MF 2211800000000
Flag of Japan.svg 40 Aya Sameshima DF 111194500116100

|} Updated to match played August 8, 2011
Source:  Boston Breakers

Awards

WPS Player of the Week

WeekPlayerWeek's Statline

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References

  1. "Boston Breakers Roster". Womens Pro Soccer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  2. "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. May 12, 2011.