2015 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2015 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coach Tom Durkin
Stadium Harvard Stadium
Boston, MA
Top goalscorerLeague: Kristie Mewis (6)
All: Kristie Mewis (9)
Highest home attendance4,325
(August 1 vs. Seattle)
Lowest home attendance1,861
(May 22 vs. Sky Blue)
Average home league attendance2,863
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The 2015 Boston Breakers season, is the club's tenth overall year of existence, sixth consecutive year, and third year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. They played 20 games, finishing with 4 wins, 3 draws, and 13 losses. They did not qualify for the post-season playoffs, and finished the season at ninth place in a nine team league. [1]

Contents

Club

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Head Coach Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach Dushawne Simpson
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Last updated: April 19, 2015
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html

First-team squad

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
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cat Whitehill
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kassey Kallman
7 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Ketlen Wiggers
8 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julie King
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stephanie McCaffrey
10 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rafinha
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amy Barczuk
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Marlborough
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Suzane Pires
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maddy Evans
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristie Mewis
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mollie Pathman
21 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bia
22 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nkem Ezurike
23 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Bianca Sierra
24 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rachel Wood
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stephanie Verdoia
88 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Schoepfer

Competitions

Key

  Win  Tie  Loss

Preseason

March 20, Fri1 Boston College Eagles 0–4 Boston Breakers Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
(EDT) UTC-4 Report Evans Soccerball shade.svg36', 57'
Pires Soccerball shade.svg69'
Brinson Soccerball shade.svg89'		Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Three 35-minute periods
March 28, Sat3 Boston Breakers Flag of the United States.svg 5–0 Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica national team Winter Springs, Florida
19:30 (EDT) UTC-4 Pires Soccerball shade.svg35'
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg37'
Whitehill Soccerball shade.svg50'
Ezurike Soccerball shade.svg61'
Barczuk Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report Stadium: Central Winds Park
Attendance: 500
April 4, Sat4 Boston Breakers 3–1 Connecticut Huskies Marlborough, Massachusetts
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 McCaffrey Soccerball shade.svg17'
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg29'
Wood Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report Altrui Soccerball shade.svg27'Stadium: ForeKicks Sports Complex

Regular season

April 11, Sat1 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 (EDT) UTC-4 Farrelly Soccerball shade.svg21'
Shim Soccerball shade.svg38'
Long Soccerball shade.svg71', Soccerball shade.svg72'		 Report Pathman Yellow card.svg 33'
McCaffrey Soccerball shade.svg63'		Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,386
Referee: Margaret Domka
April 26, Sun2 Boston Breakers 3–2 Houston Dash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 King Soccerball shade.svg8'
Ezurike Soccerball shade.svg31' (McCaffrey)
Evans Yellow card.svg 55'
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg72' (o.g.)		 Report Cross Yellow card.svg 44'
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg58' (Brian), Soccerball shade.svg65' (Ohai)
Roche Yellow card.svg 90'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,376
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 9, Sat4 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Johnson Yellow card.svg 22'
Huerta Soccerball shade.svg56' (DiBernardo), Soccerball shade.svg82' (Gilliland)
Walls Soccerball shade.svg70' (Huerta)		 Report King Yellow card.svg 39'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 16, Sat5 Boston Breakers 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis Soccerball shade.svg93+'Report [2] Williamson Yellow card.svg 40'
Betos Yellow card.svg 92'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: Christopher Spivey
May 22, Fri6 Boston Breakers 1–1 Sky Blue FC Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 McCaffrey Soccerball shade.svg60' (unassisted)Report [3] Freels Soccerball shade.svg8' (Nadim)Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,861
May 30, Sat7 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 K Mewis Soccerball shade.svg51' (Schoepfer) Report Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Cedric Adams
June 6, Sat8 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4 DaCosta Soccerball shade.svg64' (unassisted)
Nairn Yellow card.svg 58'		 Report Evans Soccerball shade.svg65' (unassisted)
Kallman Yellow card.svg 91+'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,081
June 21, Sun9 Boston Breakers 2–3 Seattle Reign FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis Soccerball shade.svg14'
King Yellow card.svg 38'
Pires Yellow card.svg 44'
Marlborough Soccerball shade.svg76'		 BOS Report
NWSL Report 		Little Soccerball shade.svg42'
Yanez Soccerball shade.svg66'
Foxhoven Yellow card.svg 85'
Fishlock Soccerball shade.svg86'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
June 28, Sun10 Boston Breakers 0–2 Western New York Flash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Pathman Yellow card.svg 29'
Evans Yellow card.svg 31'		 BOS Report
NWSL Report 		Williams Soccerball shade.svg19'
Eddy Soccerball shade.svg42'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 9, Thu11 Boston Breakers 2–3 FC Kansas City Boston
18:00 EDT UTC-4 Marlborough Soccerball shade.svg3'
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg60'		 BOS report
NWSL report
Box 		Tymrak Soccerball shade.svg1', Soccerball shade.svg45'
Groom Soccerball shade.svg79'
Silva Yellow card.svg 90+3'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 22, Wed13 Boston Breakers 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Simon Soccerball shade.svg69' (McCaffrey) BOS report
NWSL report
Box 		Tancredi Soccerball shade.svg41' (Mautz)
Press Soccerball shade.svg90' (Hoy)		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Cedric Adams
July 25, Sat14 Sky Blue FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4 O'Hara Soccerball shade.svg13' (Freels), Soccerball shade.svg36' (Kerr)
Kerr Soccerball shade.svg52' (Haagsma)		 BOS report
NWSL report 		Lauren Lazo Soccerball shade.svg84' (Rafinha)Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,067 [4]
Referee: Tori Penso
August 1, Sat15 Boston Breakers 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis Soccerball shade.svg34'
King Yellow card.svg 59' Yellow-red card.svg 82'		 BOS report
NWSL report 		Yanez Soccerball shade.svg24'
Little Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 65'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
August 5, Wed16 Portland Thorns FC 5–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Taylor Soccerball shade.svg16' (Heath)
Zerboni Soccerball shade.svg49' (Long), Soccerball shade.svg53' (unassisted)
Shim Soccerball shade.svg54' (Sinclair)
Long Soccerball shade.svg66' (unassisted)		 BOS report
NWSL report 		Pires Yellow card.svg 30'
Williamson Soccerball shade.svg36' (o.g.)
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.)		Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,624
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
August 8, Sat17 Boston Breakers 2–1 Washington Spirit Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 King Soccerball shade.svg12' (Mewis)
Simon Yellow card.svg 30', Soccerball shade.svg38' (unassisted)
Ezurike Yellow card.svg 79'
McCaffrey Yellow card.svg 90'		 BOS report
NWSL report 		Oyster Yellow card.svg 33'
Matheson Soccerball shade.svg49' (unassisted)
Salem Yellow card.svg 85'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 22, Sat18 FC Kansas City 3–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg29' (Robinson), Soccerball shade.svg52' (Holiday)
Holiday Soccerball shade.svg50' (Rodriguez)		 BOS report
NWSL report 		Marlborough Yellow card.svg 81'Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Brandon Artis
August 26, Wed19 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Seattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Rapinoe Soccerball shade.svg21' (Cox)
Fletcher Soccerball shade.svg34'
Little Soccerball shade.svg56' (Rapinoe)		 BOS report
NWSL report 		Evans Soccerball shade.svg88' (Mewis)Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,484
Referee: David Mon
August 30, Sun20 Houston Dash 1–0 Boston Breakers Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4 Masar Soccerball shade.svg34' (McDonald)
Masar Yellow card.svg 35'		 NWSL Report Schoepfer Yellow card.svg 89'Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,842
Referee: Cedric Adams

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 2013434121+2043 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 208933122+933 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C)209563220+1232
4 Washington Spirit 208663128+330
5 Houston Dash 206682126−524
6 Portland Thorns FC 206592729−223
7 Western New York Flash 206592434−1023
8 Sky Blue FC 205782228−622
9 Boston Breakers 2043132243−2115
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
201541332243 −214511416 −2082827 −19

Last updated: September 5, 2015
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHAAHHHAHHHAHAHAHAAA
ResultLWLLWDWDLLLDLLLLWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
11MF Amy Barczuk 201816120002001018600
21MF Beatriz Vaz e Silva 103369000310004100
18DF Maddy Evans 1813115020093702151120
22FW Nkem Ezurike 12341711011300615810
49MFRiley Houle1019000100003000
58MFChanel Johnson1014000000010000
5DF Kassey Kallman 2020180000042100131510
7FW Ketlen Wiggers 1161000000000000
8DF Julie King 1818158020013720018631
3DF Lauren Lazo 141110251008590213300
15FW Morgan Marlborough 1686773001073006110
9FW Stephanie McCaffrey 1917141833032161401751310
19MF Kristie Mewis 20201785622813216555152300
20DF Mollie Pathman 2020180000021230081120
17MF Suzane Pires 126447010313007220
10MF Rafaela de Miranda Travalão 138790010147523113900
88MF Katie Schoepfer 1917142102012600116620
17FW Kyah Simon 776302011150039510
26MF Stephanie Verdoia 81186000310002200
4DF Cat Whitehill 1190000000000000
24DF Rachel Wood 1087010004110110600
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
2GK Jami Kranich 88720242924229131.625002
1GK Alyssa Naeher 121210802912099565302.5110

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 Standings - National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "BREAKERS WIN 1-0 THRILLER OVER THORNS FC; Kristie Mewis scores game-winner in 93rd minute". nwslsoccer.com.
  3. ↑ "SKY BLUE FC AND BOSTON FIGHT TO 1-1 DRAW; Sky Blue FC Scores Early, Breakers Equalize in Second Half". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".
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