2014 National Women's Soccer League season

National Women's Soccer League

Season	2014
Champions	FC Kansas City
NWSL Shield	Seattle Reign FC
Matches played	108
Goals scored	328 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kim Little (16 goals)
Biggest home win	POR 7–1 KC (July 13)
Biggest away win	POR 0–5 WNY (June 7) WAS 1–6 POR (June 21) NJ 0–5 KC (July 6)
Highest scoring	POR 6–3 BOS (July 20)
Highest attendance	19,123 – POR 1–0 HOU (August 3) [1]
Lowest attendance	582 – NJ 0–2 SEA (April 30) [2]
Total attendance	446,820 (August 20)
Average attendance	4,137
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 National Women's Soccer League season was the second season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), this was the eighth overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league was operated by the United States Soccer Federation and received major financial backing from that body. Further financial backing was provided by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation. All three national federations paid the league salaries of many of their respective national team members in an effort to nurture talent in those nations.

The regular season began the weekend of April 12–13 and ended August 20, with the championship game played on August 30. ^[3] FC Kansas City defeated the NWSL Shield winners Seattle Reign FC 2–1 to win the NWSL title. ^[4]

The league had announced it would not expand for the 2014 season ^[5] and was not expected to contract. ^[6] However, after a push from the Houston Dynamo, the league approved the expansion of the Houston Dash. ^[7]

Teams, stadia, and personnel

Stadia and locations

See also List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

Two teams, the Dash and Reign, do not make their stadia's entire capacity available for home games, instead restricting ticket sales at a lower level. The full capacities of their venues are included in parentheses and italics. The Boston Breakers, ^[8] FC Kansas City, ^[9] and Seattle Reign FC ^[10] moved to new stadia for 2014, while the Houston Dash was an expansion franchise. ^[11]

Team Stadium Capacity Boston Breakers Harvard Stadium 30,323 [8] Chicago Red Stars Village Sports Complex 3,600 [12] Houston Dash BBVA Compass Stadium 7,000 (22,039) [11] FC Kansas City Verizon Field 3,200 [9] Portland Thorns Providence Park 20,438 Seattle Reign FC Memorial Stadium 6,000 (12,000) [10] Sky Blue FC Yurcak Field 5,000 Washington Spirit Maryland SoccerPlex 5,126 Western New York Flash Sahlen's Stadium 13,768

Breakers Red Stars Dash Kansas City Thorns Reign Sky Blue Spirit Flash class=notpageimage| Locations of teams for the 2014 National Women's Soccer League season.

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Nike as kit manufacturer.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Boston Breakers	Tom Durkin [13]	Cat Whitehill	Steward Health Care [14]
Chicago Red Stars	Rory Dames	Lori Chalupny	CJ Wilson Mazda [15]
Houston Dash	Randy Waldrum [16]	Erin McLeod	BBVA Compass [17]
FC Kansas City	Vlatko Andonovski	Becky Sauerbrunn	Research Medical Center [18]
Portland Thorns	Paul Riley [19] [20]	Christine Sinclair	Providence Health & Services
Seattle Reign FC	Laura Harvey [21]	Keelin Winters	Moda Health
Sky Blue FC	Jim Gabarra	Christie Rampone	Meridian Health
Washington Spirit	Mark Parsons	Ali Krieger	ProChain Solutions, Inc.
Western New York Flash	Aaran Lines	Abby Wambach	Sahlen's

Player Acquisition

Players were acquired through the 2014 Allocation of national team players announced on January 3, the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft (for expansion team Houston) on January 10, and the 2014 NWSL College Draft on January 17, as well as free agency, trading, and loans.

Notable acquisitions

• Christen Press, top scorer of the 2013 Damallsvenskan in Sweden, was allocated to Chicago.
• Nahomi Kawasumi, named Best Player of the 2013 L. League in Japan, was loaned to Seattle from INAC Kobe Leonessa. ^[22]
• Beverly Goebel, top scorer of the 2013 L. League in Japan, was loaned to Seattle from INAC Kobe Leonessa. ^[23]
• Kim Little, PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year for 2012–13 and top scorer of the 2012 FA WSL in England, was signed as a free agent by Seattle.
• Verónica Boquete, Player of the Year of the 2011 WPS in the U.S., was signed as a free agent by Portland, arriving June 7. ^[24]

Competition format

• Each team will play a total of 24 games, ^[3] 12 home and 12 away. Each teams will play four opponents twice at home and once away, and will play the other four opponents once at home and twice away.
• The four teams at the end of the season with the most points will qualify for the playoffs. The two semi-final games will be played on the weekend of August 23–24, and the final will be played on August 30.

Results table

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Abbreviation and Color Key: Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • Houston Dash – HOU • FC Kansas City – KC • Portland Thorns FC – POR Seattle Reign FC – SEA • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Spirit – WAS • Western New York Flash – WNY Win •Loss •Tie •Home Game
Club	Match
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Boston Breakers	SEA	HOU	NJ	NJ	CHI	CHI	KC	POR	WAS	KC	WAS	SEA	NJ	WNY	WAS	SEA	HOU	POR	WNY	WNY	KC	POR	CHI	HOU
	3–0	2–3	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–4	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–3	3–2	2–1	6–3	2–4	3–4	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–0
Chicago Red Stars	WNY	WAS	KC	NJ	HOU	BOS	BOS	HOU	NJ	WAS	SEA	NJ	WNY	KC	POR	POR	SEA	POR	SEA	HOU	WAS	KC	BOS	WNY
	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–3
Houston Dash	POR	BOS	SEA	KC	CHI	POR	KC	CHI	WAS	WNY	NJ	WNY	KC	WAS	WNY	BOS	WAS	CHI	SEA	POR	SEA	NJ	BOS	NJ
	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–4	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	1–0
FC Kansas City	NJ	WAS	POR	CHI	HOU	WNY	WAS	SEA	HOU	SEA	BOS	WNY	BOS	HOU	CHI	POR	NJ	POR	WNY	NJ	WAS	SEA	BOS	CHI
	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–5	7–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1
Portland Thorns FC	HOU	NJ	KC	WNY	SEA	HOU	WNY	NJ	BOS	WNY	WAS	WAS	NJ	KC	CHI	CHI	KC	CHI	BOS	WAS	SEA	HOU	BOS	SEA
	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–5	2–0	1–6	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	7–1	1–1	6–3	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Seattle Reign FC	BOS	WAS	HOU	NJ	WAS	POR	KC	KC	WNY	NJ	CHI	BOS	WNY	NJ	WNY	BOS	CHI	CHI	POR	HOU	KC	HOU	WAS	POR
	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–4	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0
Sky Blue FC	KC	POR	BOS	SEA	BOS	CHI	WNY	WAS	POR	CHI	SEA	HOU	CHI	BOS	POR	SEA	KC	WAS	KC	WNY	HOU	WNY	WAS	HOU
	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–5	4–2	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	1–0
Washington Spirit	WNY	KC	SEA	CHI	SEA	KC	WNY	NJ	HOU	BOS	CHI	BOS	POR	POR	HOU	BOS	WNY	HOU	NJ	POR	KC	CHI	SEA	NJ
	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–3	3–2	2–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–6	0–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1
Western New York Flash	WAS	CHI	POR	KC	NJ	WAS	POR	SEA	HOU	KC	POR	HOU	CHI	SEA	BOS	SEA	HOU	WAS	KC	BOS	NJ	BOS	NJ	CHI
	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–5	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	3–4	2–3	3–3

Scores listed as home-away

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Reign FC	24	16	6	2	50	20	+30	54	NWSL Shield
2	FC Kansas City (C)	24	12	5	7	39	32	+7	41	NWSL Playoffs
3	Portland Thorns FC	24	10	6	8	39	35	+4	36
4	Washington Spirit	24	10	5	9	36	43	−7	35
5	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	8	7	32	26	+6	35
6	Sky Blue FC	24	9	7	8	30	37	−7	34
7	Western New York Flash	24	8	4	12	42	38	+4	28
8	Boston Breakers	24	6	2	16	37	53	−16	20
9	Houston Dash	24	5	3	16	23	44	−21	18

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Tiebreakers

The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in point total, when determining rank and playoff qualification and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker rules, going down the list until all teams are ranked.

If two teams tie:

1. Head-to-head win–loss record between the two teams.
2. Greater goal difference across the entire season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
3. Greatest total number of goals scored (against all teams).
4. Apply #1–3 to games played on the road.
5. Apply #1–3 to games played at home.
6. If teams are still equal, ranking will be determined by a coin toss.

If three or more teams tie, the following rules apply until only two teams remain tied, at which point the two-team tiebreakers listed above are used:

1. Points per game against all other tied teams (total all points earned in games against tied teams and divide by games played against tied teams).
2. Greater goal difference across the entire season (against all teams, not just tied teams).

Positions by gameweek

Considering each week to end on a Sunday

Team \ Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Seattle Reign FC	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FC Kansas City	4	8	9	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Portland Thorns FC	3	1	2	2	4	3	4	5	6	5	4	6	6	4	3	3	4	4	3
Washington Spirit	8	5	3	4	6	6	6	3	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Chicago Red Stars	6	4	5	7	5	2	2	2	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sky Blue FC	4	7	8	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6
Western New York Flash	2	3	4	6	2	5	5	6	5	6	6	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	7
Houston Dash	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Boston Breakers	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

Positions by games played

Team \ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Seattle Reign FC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FC Kansas City	5	8	9	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Portland Thorns FC	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	3
Washington Spirit	8	4	4	4	6	7	6	5	4	3	2	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Chicago Red Stars	3	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Sky Blue FC	5	7	8	9	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Western New York Flash	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Houston Dash	7	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Boston Breakers	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

NWSL Playoffs

The top four teams from the regular season qualified for the championship playoffs. The highest-seeded semi-final winner then hosted the championship final.

	Semi-finals					Championship
	1	Seattle Reign FC	2
	4	Washington Spirit	1
						1	Seattle Reign FC	1
						2	FC Kansas City	2
	2	FC Kansas City	2
	3	Portland Thorns FC	0

Semi-finals

August 23, 2014

12:00 pm CDT

FC Kansas City	2–0	Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez 65' Phillips  84' Holiday 87'	Report	Menges  22'

Durwood Soccer Stadium , Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 2,997

Referee: Chris Spivey

August 24, 2014

8:00 pm PDT

Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Washington Spirit
Little 72' (pen.) Rapinoe 82' Fletcher  90+5'	Report	Averbuch  31' Pérez 65' Nairn  90+2'

Memorial Stadium , Seattle

Attendance: 4,540

Referee: Timon Berry

Championship

August 31, 2014

12:00 pm PDT

Seattle Reign FC	1–2	FC Kansas City
Rapinoe 86' Solo  90+3'	Report Report Report	Rodriguez 23', 56' LePeilbet  79'

Starfire Sports Stadium , Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 4,252

Referee: Margaret Domka

Attendance

See also: National Women's Soccer League attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team	Average	Total	No. of games	High	Low
Portland Thorns FC	13,362 [26]	160,341	12	19,123 [1]	9,672
Houston Dash	4,650 [26]	55,801	12	8,097 [27]	3,561
Seattle Reign FC	3,666 [26]	43,996	12	5,957 [28]	1,754
Washington Spirit	3,335 [26]	40,019	12	4,667 [29]	2,306
Western New York Flash	3,177 [26]	38,125	12	4,339 [30]	1,786
Chicago Red Stars	2,949 [26]	35,393	1 (Toyota Park)	15,743 [31]	1,039 [32]
			11 (Benedictine Stadium)	3,032 [33]
Boston Breakers	2,437 [26]	29,248	12	4,191 [34]	1,263 [35]
FC Kansas City	2,018 [26]	24,215	12	3,107 [36]	1,212
Sky Blue FC	1,640 [37]	19,682	12	3,471 [38]	582 [2]

A new NWSL attendance record of 19,123 was set on August 3 in a game between Portland and Houston at Providence Park in Portland, breaking the previous record of 17,619 set in 2013. ^[1]

Playoff Attendance

Semi-final No. 1, August 23, Portland at Kansas City: 2,997 ^[39]

Semi-final No. 2, August 24, Washington at Seattle: 4,540 ^[40]

Final, August 31, Kansas City at Seattle: 4,252 ^[41]

Statistical leaders

Top scorers Rank Player Nation Club Goals 1 Kim Little   SCO Seattle Reign FC 16 2 Amy Rodriguez  USA FC Kansas City 13 3 Jessica McDonald  USA Portland Thorns FC 11 Jodie Taylor   ENG Washington Spirit 11 5 Nahomi Kawasumi   JPN Seattle Reign FC 9 Samantha Kerr   AUS Western New York Flash 9 Heather O'Reilly  USA Boston Breakers 9 Allie Long  USA Portland Thorns FC 9 9 Lauren Holiday  USA FC Kansas City 8 Carli Lloyd  USA Western New York Flash 8 Diana Matheson   CAN Washington Spirit 8 Source: [42]

Top assists Rank Player Nation Club Assists 1 Jessica Fishlock   WAL Seattle Reign FC 8 2 Lauren Holiday  USA FC Kansas City 7 Kim Little   SCO Seattle Reign FC 7 4 Verónica Boquete   SPA Portland Thorns FC 6 Vicky Losada   SPA Western New York Flash 6 Diana Matheson   CAN Washington Spirit 6 7 Carli Lloyd  USA Western New York Flash 5 Nahomi Kawasumi   JPN Seattle Reign FC 5 Kelley O'Hara  USA Sky Blue FC 5 Heather O'Reilly  USA Boston Breakers 5 Source: [42]

Goalkeeping

(Minimum of 1,080 Minutes Played)

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	GP	MINS	SOG	SVS	GA	GAA	W-L-T	SHO
1	Hope Solo	Seattle Reign FC	20	1800	83	65	18	0.900	13–2–5	5
2	Karina LeBlanc	Chicago Red Stars	21	1890	97	76	21	1.000	9–6–6	6
3	Lydia Williams	Western New York Flash	14	1183	65	49	15	1.141	6–6–1	2
4	Nicole Barnhart	FC Kansas City	22	1935	100	71	29	1.349	11–6–5	8
5	Nadine Angerer	Portland Thorns FC	22	1917	104	74	30	1.408	8–8–6	4
6	Jillian Loyden	Sky Blue FC	17	1530	94	69	25	1.471	7–5–5	4
7	Ashlyn Harris	Washington Spirit	19	1710	97	66	31	1.632	10–5–4	4
8	Erin McLeod	Houston Dash	19	1755	120	83	35	1.750	4–12–3	2
9	Alyssa Naeher	Boston Breakers	24	2115	159	106	53	2.208	6–16–2	3

Source: ^[42]

Individual awards

Weekly awards

See also: NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week		Club	Week's Statline
Week 1		Vicky Losada [43]	Western New York Flash	2G, 1A, GWA
Week 2		Teresa Noyola [44]	Houston Dash	2G, GWG
Week 3		Lianne Sanderson [45]	Boston Breakers	2G, 1A, GWG
Week 4		Sydney Leroux [46]	Seattle Reign FC	1G, GWG
Week 5		Amy Rodriguez [47]	FC Kansas City	2G, GWG
Week 6		Jodie Taylor [48]	Washington Spirit	2G, GWG
Week 7		Kelley O'Hara [49]	Sky Blue FC	1G, 1A 1G, GWG
Week 8		Jazmine Reeves [50]	Boston Breakers	3G, 1A
Week 9		Samantha Kerr [51]	Western New York Flash	2G, 1A, GWA
Week 10		Verónica Boquete [52]	Portland Thorns FC	1G, GWG
Week 11		Alex Morgan [53]	Portland Thorns FC	1A, 2G
Week 12		Carli Lloyd [54]	Western New York Flash	2G, GWG
Week 13		Nahomi Kawasumi [55]	Seattle Reign FC	2G, GWG
Week 14		Verónica Boquete [56]	Portland Thorns FC	2G, 2A
Week 15		Christine Sinclair [57]	Portland Thorns FC	3G
Week 16		Nahomi Kawasumi [58]	Seattle Reign FC	2G, 1A
Week 17		Verónica Boquete [59]	Portland Thorns FC	1G
Week 18		Alyssa Naeher [60]	Boston Breakers	10 saves
Week 19		Nadia Nadim [61]	Sky Blue FC	2G, GWG, 1A

Monthly awards

See also: NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month		Club	Month's Statline
April		Kim Little [62]	Seattle Reign FC	4G in 4 games; Reign 4-0-0 in April
May		Kim Little [63]	Seattle Reign FC	4G in 5 games; Reign 3-0-2 in May
June		Nicole Barnhart [64]	FC Kansas City	1.1 GAA, 4SHO in 4 games; FCKC 5-0-0 in June
July		Kim Little [65]	Seattle Reign FC	3G, 4A in 6 games; Reign 4-1-1 in July
August		Nadia Nadim [66]	Sky Blue FC	5G, 1A in 2 games; Sky Blue 4-0-0 in August

Annual awards

Award	Winner			Runner-up		Third place
Golden Boot [67]	Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC	16 Goals	Amy Rodriguez	FC Kansas City	Jessica McDonald Jodie Taylor	Portland Thorns FC Washington Spirit
Rookie of the Year [68]	Julie Johnston	Chicago Red Stars	2 goals, 2 assists	Kealia Ohai	Houston Dash	Crystal Dunn	Washington Spirit
Goalkeeper of the Year [69]	Alyssa Naeher	Boston Breakers	106 saves	Hope Solo	Seattle Reign FC	Ashlyn Harris	Washington Spirit
Defender of the Year [70]	Becky Sauerbrunn	FC Kansas City	1935 minutes, 1.33 GAA	Ali Krieger Julie Johnston	Washington Spirit Chicago Red Stars
Coach of the Year [71]	Laura Harvey	Seattle Reign FC	16–2–6 regular season	Mark Parsons	Washington Spirit	Vlatko Andonovski	FC Kansas City
Most Valuable Player [72]	Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC	16 goals, 7 assists	Veronica Boquete	Portland Thorns	Amy Rodriguez	FC Kansas City

NWSL Best XI [73]
Position	First team			Second team
Goalkeeper	Alyssa Naeher	Boston Breakers	106 saves	Hope Solo	Seattle Reign FC	5 shutouts
Defender	Kendall Fletcher	Seattle Reign FC	.83 team GAA	Lauren Barnes	Seattle Reign FC	.83 team GAA
Defender	Ali Krieger	Washington Spirit	1 goal	Stephanie Catley	Portland Thorns FC	5 assists
Defender	Christie Rampone	Sky Blue FC	1 goal, 2 assists	Stephanie Cox	Seattle Reign FC	.83 team GAA
Defender	Becky Sauerbrunn	FC Kansas City	8 shutouts	Julie Johnston	Chicago Red Stars	Rookie of the Year
Midfielder	Verónica Boquete	Portland Thorns FC	4 goals, 6 assists	Carli Lloyd	Western New York Flash	8 goals, 5 assists
Midfielder	Jess Fishlock	Seattle Reign FC	4 goals, 8 assists	Allie Long	Portland Thorns FC	9 goals, 3 assists
Midfielder	Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC	16 goals, 7 assists	Heather O'Reilly	Boston Breakers	9 goals, 5 assists
Forward	Lauren Holiday	FC Kansas City	8 goals, 7 assists	Jessica McDonald	Portland Thorns FC	11 goals, 1 assist
Forward	Nahomi Kawasumi	Seattle Reign FC	9 goals, 5 assists	Christen Press	Chicago Red Stars	6 goals
Forward	Amy Rodriguez	FC Kansas City	13 goals, 3 assists	Jodie Taylor	Washington Spirit	11 goals, 2 assist

NWSL Championship Game MVP [4]
Player	Club	Record
Lauren Holiday	FC Kansas City	Two assists including for the game-winning goal

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Amy Rodriguez for FC Kansas City against Sky Blue FC (April 12)
• Earliest goal in a match: 33 seconds
  • Jessica McDonald for Portland Thorns against Chicago Red Stars (July 17)
• Latest goal in a match: 90+4 minutes
  • Yael Averbuch for Washington Spirit against Chicago Red Stars (August 2)
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • FC Kansas City 1–7 Portland Thorns FC (July 13)
• Most goals scored in a match: 9
  • Portland Thorns FC 6–3 Boston Breakers (July 20)
• First Own Goal: Amy Barczuk of Western New York Flash for Washington Spirit (April 13) ^[74]
• Average goals per match: 2.98

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jazmine Reeves [75]	Boston Breakers	Portland Thorns FC	4–1	5/28
Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC	Boston Breakers	6–3	7/20
Nadia Nadim [76]	Sky Blue FC	Houston Dash	3–1	8/09

Discipline

• First yellow card: Allie Long for Portland Thorns FC against Houston Dash (April 12) ^[77]
• First red card: Lisa de Vanna for Boston Breakers against Sky Blue FC ^[78]
• Most yellow cards in a match: 9
  • Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Chicago Red Stars – 4 for Seattle and 5 for Chicago
• Most yellow cards: 6 ^[79]
  • Courtney Jones (Boston Breakers)

Streaks

• Longest winning streak: 7 games
  • Seattle Reign FC, games 1–7
  • FC Kansas City, games 11–17
• Longest unbeaten streak: 16 games
  • Seattle Reign FC, games 1–16
• Longest winless streak: 8 games
  • Houston Dash, games 17–24
• Longest losing streak: 6 games
  • Houston Dash, games 19–24
• Longest shutout: 587 minutes by Nicole Barnhart for FC Kansas City ^[80]
• Longest drought: 379 minutes for Houston Dash

See also

• Women's association football portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal

• List of top-division football clubs in CONCACAF countries
• List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada

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