2017 FC Kansas City season

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FC Kansas City
2017 season
Owner Elam Baer
Head coach Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium Swope Soccer Village
Average home league attendance2,162
  2016

The 2017 season was the fifth and final season for FC Kansas City, which had competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's professional soccer in the United States, since the league's launch in 2013. FC Kansas City folded after the 2017 season and was replaced in the league by a new side owned by Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.

Contents

Current squad

As of June 14, 2017 [1]
No.PositionPlayerNation
2 FW Shea Groom Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 DF Becca Moros Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn (Captain)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 DF Alex Arlitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 DF Katie Bowen Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
7 MF Mandy Laddish Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 FW Amy Rodriguez Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 MF Lo'eau LaBonta Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 MF Yael Averbuch Flag of the United States.svg  United States
11 MF Desiree Scott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
13 DF Brittany Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 FW Sydney Leroux Flag of the United States.svg  United States
15 MF Erika Tymrak Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 GK Nicole Barnhart (Vice-Captain)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 GK Cat Parkhill Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 MF Caroline Flynn Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 DF Brianne Reed Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
25 FW Brittany Ratcliffe Flag of the United States.svg  United States
31 DF Christina Gibbons Flag of the United States.svg  United States
44 FW Maegan Kelly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
88 MF Alexa Newfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Head coach

Results

  Win  Draw  Loss

Preseason

Sun, Mar 191 University of Missouri 0–7 FC Kansas City Columbia, Missouri
Stadium: Audrey J Walton Stadium
Sat, Apr 12 University of Nebraska 1–2 FC Kansas City Lincoln, Nebraska
Stadium: Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium
Mon, Apr 103 University of Kansas 1–3 FC Kansas City Lawrence, Kansas
Stadium: Rock Chalk Park

Regular season

Sun Apr 161 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Chris Spivey
Sat Apr 222 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 FC Kansas City Bridgeview, Illinois
Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sun Apr 303 Sky Blue FC 1–0 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,562
Referee: Kevin Broadley
Sun May 74 FC Kansas City 1–1 Orlando Pride Kansas City, Missouri
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 2,514
Referee: Marco Vega
Sat May 135 FC Kansas City 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
Moros Yellow card.svg 74' Report Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,796
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat May 206 Washington Spirit 0–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
Report
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field at the Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,714
Referee: Guido Gonzalez
Sat May 277 FC Kansas City 3–2 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Sat Jun 38 North Carolina Courage 2–0 FC Kansas City Cary, North Carolina
Report Sauerbrunn Yellow card.svg 43'Stadium: Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,717
Referee: Christina Unkel
Sun Jun 179 FC Kansas City 2–2 Seattle Reign FC Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,891
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sat Jun 2410 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 FC Kansas City Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. PT
Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,919
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Wed Jun 2811 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. PT
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,199
Referee: Chipalo Street
Sun Jul 212 FC Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CT
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,703
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat Jul 813 Sky Blue FC 3–2 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. ET
Report
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,091
Referee: Amber O'Connor
Sat Jul 1514 Orlando Pride 4–1 FC Kansas City Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. ET
Report
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 6,073
Referee: Greg Dopka
Thur Aug 1015 FC Kansas City 0–1 North Carolina Courage Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CT LaBonta Yellow card.svg 45' Report Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,398
Referee: Jose Lara
Fri Aug 416 Boston Breakers 2–2 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m. ET
Report Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 2,510
Referee: Lorant Varga
Sun Aug 1317 Houston Dash 0–1 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT Brooks Yellow card.svg 63' Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Robi Hullner
Wed Aug 1618 FC Kansas City 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CT Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 428
Referee: Marco Vega
Sun Aug 2019 Chicago Red Stars 1–3 FC Kansas City Bridgeview, Illinois
5:00 p.m. CT
Report
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,314
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat Aug 2620 FC Kansas City 1–2 Orlando Pride Kansas City, Missouri
2:30 p.m. CT
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 2,812
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sun Sep 321 FC Kansas City 4–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CT
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,571
Referee: Luis Guardia
Sat Sep 822 FC Kansas City 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
2:30 p.m. CT LaBonta Yellow card.svg 66' Report Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 963
Referee: Michael Radchuk
Sun Sep 2423 Seattle Reign 0–1 FC Kansas City Seattle, Washington
6:00 p.m. PT Rapinoe Yellow card.svg 69' Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Seattle)
Attendance: 4,991
Referee: Karen Abt
Fri Sep 2924 FC Kansas City 1–1 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CT
Report
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Lukasz Szpala

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References

  1. "Roster".
  2. "Coaches". FC Kansas City. Retrieved November 17, 2015.