2014 FC Kansas City season

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FC Kansas City
2014 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coach Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium Durwood Soccer Stadium
  2013
2015  

The 2014 season was FC Kansas City's second season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Contents

Club

Roster

As of April 27, 2014. [1]

No.PositionPlayerNation
1 GK Sara Keane Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 MF Maegan Kelly Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 FW Liz Bogus Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 MF Jen Buczkowski Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 MF Jenna Richmond Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 FW Amy Rodriguez Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 MF Merritt Mathias Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 FW Frances Silva Flag of the United States.svg  United States
11 MF Morgan Marlborough Flag of the United States.svg  United States
12 FW Lauren Holiday Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 DF Leigh Ann Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 DF Kassey Kallman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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 DF Amy LePeilbet Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 GK Nicole Barnhart Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 FW Katrina Gorry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
22 FW Sarah Hagen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
23 DF Nikki Phillips Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24 GK Cecilia Santiago Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
25 MF Mandy Laddish Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Team management

FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. [2] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome. [3] Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season. [4]

Match results

  Win  Draw  Loss

Preseason

March 22, 20141 FC Kansas City 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Fenton, Missouri
7:00PM CT Henderson Soccerball shade.svg83' Report Mautz Soccerball shade.svg51'Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,300
March 29, 20142 Kansas Jayhawks 1–3 FC Kansas City Lawrence, Kansas
Ashley Williams Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg12'
Holiday Soccerball shade.svg15', 51' (pen.)
Stadium: Jayhawk Soccer Complex

NWSL

Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

April 12, 20141 FC Kansas City 1–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg42' Report Freels Soccerball shade.svg48'Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,107
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
April 19, 20142 Washington Spirit 3–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
Matheson Soccerball shade.svg4', 38'
Nairn Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg29'
Kallman Yellow card.svg 14'
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 26, 20143 Portland Thorns FC 3–1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
Long Soccerball shade.svg44' (pen)
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg84', 88'
Report Holiday Soccerball shade.svg56' (pen)Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)4 FC Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
21:00 CDT (UTC-05) Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg9' Summary Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,679
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg josh Wilkens
May 3, 20145 Houston Dash 0–4 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
20:00Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
May 7, 20146 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:00Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 11, 20147 FC Kansas City 2–1 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
19:00Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 14, 20148 Seattle Reign FC 3–2 FC Kansas City Seattle, Washington
22:00Stadium: Memorial Stadium
May 18, 20149 FC Kansas City 2–2 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
18:00Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 21, 201410 FC Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
May 25, 201411 Boston Breakers 0–2 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
19:00Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Jun 4, 201412 FC Kansas City 1–0 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
20:00Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 7, 201413 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 14, 201414 Houston Dash 1–2 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
21:00Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21)15 FC Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC-05) Buczkowski Soccerball shade.svg76' Summary van Egmond Yellow card.svg 83'Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1493
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Christina Unkel
Jun 28, 201416 FC Kansas City 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jul 6, 201417 Sky Blue FC 0–5 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00Stadium: Yurcak Field
Jul 13, 201418 Portland Thorns FC 7–1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:00 Boquete Soccerball shade.svg3'Soccerball shade.svg74' (pen.)
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg15'
Long Soccerball shade.svg43'Soccerball shade.svg62'
Heath Yellow card.svg 70'
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg80'
Brooks Soccerball shade.svg88'
Summary Gorry Soccerball shade.svg30'
Jenna Richmond Yellow card.svg 40'
LePeilbet Yellow card.svg 42'
Buczkowski Yellow card.svg 87'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 9,672
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Christina Unkel
Jul 18, 201419 Western New York Flash 1–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:30 Kerr Soccerball shade.svg22'
Lloyd Yellow card.svg 41'
Summary Hagen Soccerball shade.svg17'Yellow card.svg 84'
Sauerbrunn Yellow card.svg 90'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,916
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Elvis Mahmutovic
Jul 27, 201420 FC Kansas City 2–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
18:00 Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg34'
Holiday Soccerball shade.svg70'
Summary Foord Yellow card.svg 69'
Nadim Soccerball shade.svg87'
Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,852
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Josh Wilkens
Jul 30, 201421 Washington Spirit 2–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Garefrekes Soccerball shade.svg49'
Nairn Soccerball shade.svg67'
Sauerbrunn Soccerball shade.svg18'Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Aug 9, 201424 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 FC Kansas City Lisle, Illinois
20:00 Melissa Tancredi Soccerball shade.svg9'
Christen Press Soccerball shade.svg40'
Morgan Marlborough Soccerball shade.svg43'Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

Regular-season 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) Champion

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2412573932 +741840178 +94172224 −2

Last updated: July 19, 2014.
Source: Match reports

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
StadiumHAAHAAHAHHAHHAHHAAAHAHHA
ResultDLLWWLWLDDWWWWWWWLDWLDWL
Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Championship Playoffs

Semi-final

Semifinal
FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg65'
Phillips Yellow card.svg 84'
Holiday Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report Menges Yellow card.svg 22'
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey

Championship

Final
Seattle Reign FC 1–2 FC Kansas City
Rapinoe Soccerball shade.svg86' Report
Report
Report
Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg23', 56'
LePeilbet Yellow card.svg 79'
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: Margaret Domka

Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.

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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
5FW Liz Bogus 1385981211270022500
6MF Jen Buczkowski 24242087131115101221520
20MF Molly Dreska 1052000000000100
28MF Missy Geha 1021000000000000
19FW Katrina Gorry 933761001780315200
22FW Sarah Hagen 9752941116100053810
2FW Melissa Henderson 53185000210030100
12MF Lauren Holiday 21211766873563559611143600
14DF Kassey Kallman 181814790104210112910
25MF Mandy Laddish 2015000000000000
17DF Amy LePeilbet 114512000100005120
11FW Morgan Marlborough 92247200650052200
9MF Merritt Mathias 201614360202110124171510
23DF Nikki Phillips 232319701012200014210
7MF Jenna Richmond 22201754140147100171220
13MF Leigh Ann Robinson 23232012020852025400
8FW Amy Rodriguez 22211808133371381019151600
4DF Becky Sauerbrunn 22221935100431205310
10FW Frances Silva 18556821110502351400
15FW Erika Tymrak 21181540441432015273300
16DF Nia Williams 52260000200004300
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
18GK Nicole Barnhart 22221935116521010071291.318558
1GK Sarah Keane 221801101911931.500000

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