2014 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2014 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coach Tom Durkin
Stadium Harvard Stadium
Boston, MA
NWSL 8th
Highest home attendance4,191 vs. Portland
(August 10, 2014)
Lowest home attendance1,263 vs. Sky Blue FC
(April 27, 2014)
Average home league attendance2,437
  2013
2015  

The 2014 Boston Breakers season, is the club's ninth overall year of existence, fifth consecutive year, and second year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

Contents

Club

Kits

TypeShirtShortsSocksInfo
Primary
Secondary

Executive staff

Ownership GroupBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Managing Partner Michael Stoller
General Manager Lee Billiard
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Harvard Stadium (30,323 / Unknown)

Updated to match played March 7, 2013
Source: 

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Head Coach Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach Cat Whitehill
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Roster

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 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jami Kranich
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Courtney Jones
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cat Whitehill
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jazmyne Avant
7 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jazmine Reeves
8 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julie King
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Heather O'Reilly
10 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Lianne Sanderson
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joanna Lohman
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Schoepfer
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lisa De Vanna
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bianca D’Agostino
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chelsea Stewart
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maddy Evans
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristie Mewis
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mollie Pathman
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Grove
22 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nkem Ezurike
23 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kaylyn Kyle

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Competitions

Key

  Win  Tie  Loss

Preseason

Regular season

April 13, 20141 Seattle Reign 3–0 Boston Breakers Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT) Little Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.), Soccerball shade.svg54'
Winters Yellow card.svg 59'
Rapinoe Yellow card.svg 82', Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report Avant Yellow card.svg 43'
Jones Yellow card.svg 56'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,021 [2]
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 20, 20142 Boston Breakers 2–3 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg1'Yellow card.svg 85'
Naeher Yellow card.svg 58'
Lohman Soccerball shade.svg70'
Jones Yellow card.svg 79'
Summary Masar Soccerball shade.svg50'
Noyola Soccerball shade.svg81'Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,018
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Josh Wilkens
April 27, 20143 Boston Breakers 3–2 Sky Blue FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) King Soccerball shade.svg14'
Ashley Grove Yellow card.svg 40'
Sanderson Soccerball shade.svg42'Soccerball shade.svg60'
Summary Ocampo Soccerball shade.svg30'
Nick Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Juliana Duncan
May 3, 20144 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 (PDT) Ocampo Soccerball shade.svg14' Summary De Vanna Red card.svg 89'Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,294
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Mark Allatin
May 15, 20145 Boston Breakers 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Jones Soccerball shade.svg19'Yellow card.svg 56'
Lohman Yellow card.svg 42'
Summary Chalupny Soccerball shade.svg44'
Leon Yellow card.svg 47'
Wenino Soccerball shade.svg52'
Hoy Soccerball shade.svg67'
Mautz Yellow card.svg 77'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Mark Allatin
May 18, 20146 Boston Breakers 1–4 Chicago Red Stars Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.) Summary Wenino Soccerball shade.svg23'
Hoy Soccerball shade.svg50'
Chalupny Soccerball shade.svg57'
Bywaters Soccerball shade.svg85'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,123
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Kristen Salazar
May 25, 20147 Boston Breakers 0–2 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Summary Phillips Soccerball shade.svg62'
Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg82'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,622
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Katja Koroleva
May 28, 20148 Boston Breakers 4–1 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 (PDT)Nkem Ezurike Soccerball shade.svg2'
Jazmine Reeves Soccerball shade.svg25'Soccerball shade.svg45'Soccerball shade.svg59'
Jones Yellow card.svg 38'
Whitehill Yellow card.svg 64'
D'Agostino Yellow card.svg 73'
Summary Tarr Red card.svg 42'
Shim Yellow card.svg 58'
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg62'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Boris Senic
June 1, 20149 Boston Breakers 2–3 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Sanderson Soccerball shade.svg29'Soccerball shade.svg37' Summary Nairn Soccerball shade.svg33'
Taylor Soccerball shade.svg49'Soccerball shade.svg74'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Karen Abt
June 7, 201410 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (PDT) Holiday Soccerball shade.svg13' (pen.)Soccerball shade.svg35' (pen.) Summary Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,457
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Greg Dopka
June 11, 201411 Boston Breakers 2–0 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Schoepfer Soccerball shade.svg42'
Jones Soccerball shade.svg43'
Summary Adams Yellow card.svg 60'Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,429
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Timon Berry
June 19, 201412 Boston Breakers 0–2 Seattle Reign FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Summary Goebel Soccerball shade.svg4'
Winters Soccerball shade.svg25'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,714
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg David Mon
June 22, 201413 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00 (PDT) O'Hara Soccerball shade.svg2'
Levin Yellow card.svg 48'
schmidt Yellow card.svg 51'
Nikki Stanton Yellow card.svg 65'
Summary Jazmine Reeves Soccerball shade.svg31'
Evans Yellow card.svg 85'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Greg Dopka
July 2, 201415 Washington Spirit 3–3 Boston Breakers Washington, D.C.
18:00 (PDT) Taylor Soccerball shade.svg28'Soccerball shade.svg56'
De Vanna Yellow card.svg 30'
Kreiger Yellow card.svg 87'
Matheson Soccerball shade.svg90+1' (pen.)
Report O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg4' (pen.)Soccerball shade.svg7' (pen.)Yellow card.svg 19'
Jazmine Reeves Soccerball shade.svg44'
Lohman Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Evans Red card.svg 70'
Sierra Yellow card.svg 90'
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Dimitar Chavdarov
July 6, 201416 Seattle Reign FC 3–2 Boston Breakers Seattle, Washington
21:00 (PDT) Kawasumi Soccerball shade.svg55'Soccerball shade.svg83'
Little Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report Jones Soccerball shade.svg19'
Schoepfer Soccerball shade.svg78'Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Seattle)
Attendance: 3,705
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Mark Allatin
July 11, 201417 Houston Dash 2–1 Boston Breakers Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Ohai Soccerball shade.svg56'Soccerball shade.svg60'
Edwards Yellow card.svg 73'
Summary Schoepfer Soccerball shade.svg5'
Jones Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,063
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Bernhard Hosu
July 20, 201418 Portland Thorns FC 6–3 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Long Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.)
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg35'Soccerball shade.svg42'Soccerball shade.svg46'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg52'
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg88'
Summary Schoepfer Soccerball shade.svg14'
Washington Soccerball shade.svg32'
O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg39' (pen.)
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,383
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Maraget Domka
July 25, 201419 Western New York Flash 2–4 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
18:30 (PDT) Spencer Soccerball shade.svg14'
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg54'
Kerr Yellow card.svg 89'
Summary Sanderson Soccerball shade.svg27'Yellow card.svg 51'
O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)Soccerball shade.svg86'
Reeves Soccerball shade.svg39'
Jones Yellow card.svg 89'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Timon Berry
August 3, 201420 Boston Breakers 3–4 Western New York Flash Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Mewis Soccerball shade.svg28', 76'
Reeves Soccerball shade.svg74'
Summary Wambach Soccerball shade.svg8'Soccerball shade.svg48'
Kerr Soccerball shade.svg66'
Allen Yellow card.svg 70'
Bermúdez Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Hernan Aguilar
August 6, 201421 FC Kansas City 2–1 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 (PDT) Rodriquez Soccerball shade.svg7'
Hagen Soccerball shade.svg26'
Summary O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg16' (pen.)Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg David Mon
August 10, 201422 Boston Breakers 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)Rachel Wood Soccerball shade.svg14'
O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg28'
King Yellow card.svg 53'
Summary Sinclair Yellow card.svg 29'Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 4,191
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Karen Abt
August 17, 201424 Boston Breakers 1–0 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Mewis Soccerball shade.svg77' Summary Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Karen Abt

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 2416625020+3054 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C)2412573932+741 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 2410683935+436
4 Washington Spirit 2410593643735
5 Chicago Red Stars 249873226+635
6 Sky Blue FC 249783037734
7 Western New York Flash 2484124238+428
8 Boston Breakers 24621637531620
9 Houston Dash 24531623442118
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
242061623753 −165702124 −31921629 −13

Last updated: August 3, 2015
Source: [ citation needed ]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Squad statistics

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
5DF Jazmyne Avant 12977800000101111120
15MF Bianca D'Agostino 1666790007603013210
14FW Lisa De Vanna 6544801012310143601
27MF Kim DeCesare 109000000000000
18MF Maddy Evans 1787300308220311311
22FW Nkem Ezurike 116503200751016900
21DF Ashley Grove 97586000331002110
3DF Courtney Jones 181312963102210727523960
8DF Julie King 171715301107520010910
23MF Kaylyn Kyle 22155000000012100
11MF Joanna Lohman 171412311006200017820
19MF Kristie Mewis 1715119132120921191000
9MF Heather O'Reilly 22211874950533493710141030
20MF Mollie Pathman 211815190104211517600
7FW Jazmine Reeves 17131151712231211013131010
10MF Lianne Sanderson 1917152453127135116131421
12FW Katie Schoepfer 17129894012682319900
23DF Bianca Sierra 1197980101000011110
17DF Chelsea Stewart 107512000200002100
26DF Nikki Washington 1510939100546127510
4DF Cat Whitehill 2424210101011320115610
24DF Rachel Wood 77585111620006100
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
1GK Alyssa Naeher 242421156162326159106532.208693

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