2015 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash

2015 Western New York Flash season
President	Alexandra Sahlen
Head coach	Aaran Lines
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Mewis (3) Lynn Williams (3) All: Sam Mewis (8)
Highest home attendance	2,514 (June 6 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendance	1,802 (May 8 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance	2,128
Home colors Away colors
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The 2015 season was Western New York Flash's eighth season of existence, and the third in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CAN Sabrina D'Angelo 3 DF   USA Whitney Engen 4 MF   USA Abby Dahlkemper 5 MF   USA Samantha Mewis 6 MF   USA Jordan Angeli 7 MF   USA Amanda Frisbie 9 FW   USA Lynn Williams 10 FW   DEN Camilla Kur Larsen 11 FW   CMR Ajara Nchout Njoya 12 DF   USA Kristen Edmonds

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   USA Brittany Taylor 14 MF   USA Becky Edwards 15 FW   USA Jasmyne Spencer 16 DF   USA Jaelene Hinkle 17 FW   USA Kristen Hamilton 18 GK   USA Chantel Jones 19 DF   USA Chelsea Stewart 22 FW   USA Sydney Leroux 23 DF   USA Toni Pressley

Match results

Pre-season

Western New York Flash v West Virginia Mountaineers

March 14, Sat1	Western New York Flash	4–0	West Virginia Mountaineers	Elma, New York
10:30 EDT UTC-4	Mewis 44' Edmonds 53' Spencer 61' Williams 69'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park

Western New York Flash v Syracuse Orange

March 28, Sat2	Western New York Flash	8–1	Syracuse Orange	Elma, New York
10:30 EDT UTC-4	Pressley 10' 34' (o.g.) Spencer 40' Angeli 45+' Edmonds 50' Mewis 52', 74' Nchout 90'	Report	Street 62' Pitts  70'	Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park

Penn State Nittany Lions v Western New York Flash

April 4, Sat3	Penn State Nittany Lions	0–5	Western New York Flash	Altoona, Pennsylvania
11:00 EDT UTC-4		Report	Kur Larsen 27' Hamilton 60', 75' Mewis 67', 87'	Stadium: Spring Run Stadium

Regular season

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

April 12, Sun1	Seattle Reign FC	5–1	Western New York Flash	Seattle, Washington
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Fishlock 25' Yanez 53' Rapinoe 71', 74', 86'	Boxscore Report [1]	Angeli  57'68'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Christina Unkel

Portland Thorns FC v Western New York Flash

April 18, Sat2	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Western New York Flash	Portland, Oregon
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Long 22' Wilkinson  74'	Report [2]		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,148 Referee: Karen Abt

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

May 2, Sat3	Western New York Flash	3–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Mewis 23' (Edwards) Edwards 62' (Williams) Edmonds  74' Leroux 88' (Dahlkemper)	Report [3]	Marlborough 15' (McCaffrey)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,837

Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City

May 8, Fri4	Western New York Flash	0–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4		Report [4]	Buczkowski  33' Bogus 73'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,802

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

May 14, Thu5	FC Kansas City	0–0	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4	Bogus  15' Hagen  48+' Groom  57'	Report [5]	Taylor  36' Edwards  69' Jones  84' Williams  86'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,847

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

May 23, Sat6	Western New York Flash	3–2	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Williams 11' (Spencer) Mewis 35' (Edwards) Spencer 57' (Edmonds) Mewis  60'	Report [6]	Nairn 22' (penalty) Oyster  32' Dunn 55' (Nairn) Nairn  63'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,110

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

June 6, Sat7	Western New York Flash	3–1	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	S Mewis 51' (Eddy) Eddy 72' (Williams) Fields 75' (unassisted) S Mewis  85'	Report [7]	Lomnicki  57' Huerta 93+' (DiBernardo)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,514

Houston Dash v Western New York Flash

June 20, Sat8	Houston Dash	2–0	Western New York Flash	Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4	McDonald 39' Ohai 63' Masar  74'	WNY Report NWSL Report [8]		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,499 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

June 28, Sun9	Boston Breakers	0–2	Western New York Flash	Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4	Pathman  29' Evans  31'	WNY Report NWSL Report [9]	Williams 19' Eddy 42'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Farhad Dadhko

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

July 3, Fri10	Western New York Flash	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Williams 81'	NWSL Report [10]	Little 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,377

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

July 11, Sat11	Seattle Reign FC	4–2	Western New York Flash	Seattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4	Yanez 49' (Barnes) Corsie 52' (unassisted) Brooks 55' (Fletcher) Fishlock 73' (Yanez)	Report [11]	Frisbie 34' (Mewis) Edwards 67' (Hinkle) Edwards  89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,778 Referee: Brandon Artis

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

July 19, Sun12	Western New York Flash	3–3	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
15:00 EDT UTC-4	Spencer 2' Hinkle 25' Heyman 50'		Nadim 39' Freels 60' Pearce 62'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Western New York Flash v Houston Dash

July 25, Sat13	Western New York Flash	0–1	Houston Dash	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4			Lloyd 49'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC

July 29, Wed14	Western New York Flash	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4			Sinclair 62' Long 80'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash

August 1, Sat15	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4	O'Hara 52'		Andrade 35' Eddy 89'	Stadium: Yurcak Field

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

August 8, Sat16	FC Kansas City	4–0	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4	Robinson 39' (Laddish) Averbuch 69' (unassisted) O'Reilly 84' (Rodriguez) Buczkowski 87' (Silva)	Report	Dahlkemper  65'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,086 [12]

Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash

August 12, Wed17	Washington Spirit	1–1	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Matheson 16'		Williams 80'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Chicago Red Stars v Western New York Flash

August 23, Sun18	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Western New York Flash	Lisle, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

August 29, Sat19	Western New York Flash	0–2	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4			Press 40' Hoy 65'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC

September 4, Fri20	Western New York Flash	3–2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Ayinde 5' Spencer 8' Mewis 24'		Taylor 85' Long 90+2'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Reign FC	20	13	4	3	41	21	+20	43	NWSL Shield
2	Chicago Red Stars	20	8	9	3	31	22	+9	33	NWSL Playoffs
3	FC Kansas City (C)	20	9	5	6	32	20	+12	32
4	Washington Spirit	20	8	6	6	31	28	+3	30
5	Houston Dash	20	6	6	8	21	26	−5	24
6	Portland Thorns FC	20	6	5	9	27	29	−2	23
7	Western New York Flash	20	6	5	9	24	34	−10	23
8	Sky Blue FC	20	5	7	8	22	28	−6	22
9	Boston Breakers	20	4	3	13	22	43	−21	15

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
20	23	6	9	5	24	34	−10	4	4	2	16	16	0	2	5	3	8	18	−10

Last updated: September 26, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: National Women's Soccer League
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

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	WG	Shot	SOG	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
98	FW	Lady Andrade	6	4	328	1	0	0	7	4	0	4	1	4	5	0	0
6	MF	Jordan Angeli	3	0	63	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
99	MF	Halimatu Ayinde	8	4	388	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0
4	MF	Abby Dahlkemper	20	20	1784	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	0	10	5	1	0
20	MF	Elizabeth Eddy	15	4	664	3	2	2	13	9	3	11	1	6	4	0	0
12	DF	Kristen Edmonds	11	10	850	0	1	0	5	2	1	8	0	7	4	1	0
14	MF	Becky Edwards	20	20	1800	2	3	1	13	7	8	68	1	20	12	2	0
3	DF	Whitney Engen	12	12	1080	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	FW	Jamia Fields	10	7	582	1	0	0	11	5	0	0	1	9	3	0	0
7	MF	Amanda Frisbie	4	2	169	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0
17	FW	Kristen Hamilton	11	3	313	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	1	7	1	0	0
23	MF	Michelle Heyman	9	9	798	1	1	0	15	13	1	0	11	11	2	0	0
16	DF	Jaelene Hinkle	20	20	1800	1	1	0	11	3	3	5	0	8	8	0	0
10	FW	Camilla Kur Larsen	3	1	57	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Sydney Leroux	3	3	269	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
5	MF	Samantha Mewis	20	20	1685	4	4	1	55	27	1	1	0	22	10	2	0
11	FW	Ajara Nchout	7	1	128	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
8	MF	Ashley Nick	13	7	610	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
[n 1] 23	DF	Toni Pressley	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
15	FW	Jasmyne Spencer	20	19	1596	3	1	1	33	17	0	1	4	15	18	1	0
19	DF	Chelsea Stewart	3	2	150	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	Brittany Taylor	18	18	1620	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	11	2	2	0
9	FW	Lynn Williams	17	13	1176	4	4	1	26	16	1	1	6	8	5	1	0

1. Number 23 was later assigned to Michelle Heyman

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
1	GK	Sabrina D'Angelo	7	7	555	1	5	0	57	35	24	11	1.571	0	2	0
39	GK	Robyn Horner	1	1	90	1	0	0	7	7	5	2	2	1	1	0
18	GK	Chantel Jones	13	12	1155	4	4	5	150	81	60	21	1.615	1	2	2

See also

• 2015 National Women's Soccer League season

References

1. "RAPINOE TALLIES FIRST-EVER CAREER HAT-TRICK IN REIGN FC'S 5–1 VICTORY OVER THE FLASH".
2. "NWSL MATCH RECAP:: Portland Thorns FC 1, Western New York Flash 0".
3. "FLASH OPEN AT HOME WITH 3–1 WIN OVER BREAKERS; WNY score three unanswered goals to pick up first three points of the year". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
4. "FLASH SHUTOUT BY KANSAS CITY, 1–0; FCKC's Liz Bogus scores game-winning goal in the 73rd minute". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
5. "KANSAS CITY AND WNY SETTLE FOR 0–0 DRAW; Rookie Katelyn Rowland made her professional debut and recorded her first clean sheet". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
6. "FLASH BEAT SPIRIT, 3–2; Lynn Williams scores first professional goal in the victory".
7. "FLASH DEFEAT RED STARS, 3–1; WNY snaps Chicago's undefeated streak".
8. "DASH SHUTOUT FLASH, 2–0; Jessica McDonald scored her fifth goal of the season".
9. "FLASH EARN ROAD WIN OVER BREAKERS, 2–0; Chantel Jones earns first shutout in a Flash uniform with seven saves". Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
10. "FLASH EARN POINT IN 1–1 DRAW WITH REIGN FC; Western New York rookies continue to make big contributions on the field".
11. "REIGN FC COME BACK TO DEFEAT FLASH, 4–2; Seattle breaks record for fastest three goals by a team in NWSL history". Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
12. "The Lowdown: NWSL playoff races tighten". August 12, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.

External links

• Official website