2015 Boston Breakers season

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]

Boston Breakers
2015 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coachTom Durkin
StadiumHarvard 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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Club

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Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head Coach Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach Dushawne Simpson
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Alyssa Naeher
2 GK   USA Jami Kranich
4 DF   USA Cat Whitehill
5 DF   USA Kassey Kallman
7 FW   BRA Ketlen Wiggers
8 DF   USA Julie King
9 FW   USA Stephanie McCaffrey
10 MF   BRA Rafinha
11 MF   USA Amy Barczuk
15 FW   USA Morgan Marlborough
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   BRA Suzane Pires
18 DF   USA Maddy Evans
19 MF   USA Kristie Mewis
20 DF   USA Mollie Pathman
21 MF   BRA Bia
22 FW   CAN Nkem Ezurike
23 DF   MEX Bianca Sierra
24 DF   USA Rachel Wood
26 MF   USA Stephanie Verdoia
88 MF   USA Katie Schoepfer

Competitions

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  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

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March 20, Fri 1 Boston College Eagles 0–4 Boston Breakers Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
(EDT) UTC-4 Report Evans   36', 57'
Pires   69'
Brinson   89'
Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Three 35-minute periods
March 28, Sat 3 Boston Breakers   5–0   Jamaica national team Winter Springs, Florida
19:30 (EDT) UTC-4 Pires   35'
Mewis   37'
Whitehill   50'
Ezurike   61'
Barczuk   80'
Report Stadium: Central Winds Park
Attendance: 500
April 4, Sat 4 Boston Breakers 3–1 Connecticut Huskies Marlborough, Massachusetts
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4 McCaffrey   17'
Mewis   29'
Wood   71'
Report Altrui   27' Stadium: ForeKicks Sports Complex

Regular season

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April 11, Sat 1 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 (EDT) UTC-4 Farrelly   21'
Shim   38'
Long   71',   72'
Report Pathman   33'
McCaffrey   63'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,386
Referee: Margaret Domka
April 26, Sun 2 Boston Breakers 3–2 Houston Dash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 King  8'
Ezurike  31' (McCaffrey)
Evans  55'
Lloyd  72' (o.g.)
Report Cross  44'
McDonald  58' (Brian),   65' (Ohai)
Roche  90'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,376
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 9, Sat 4 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Johnson  22'
Huerta  56' (DiBernardo),   82' (Gilliland)
Walls  70' (Huerta)
Report King  39' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 16, Sat 5 Boston Breakers 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis  93+' Report[2] Williamson  40'
Betos  92'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: Christopher Spivey
May 22, Fri 6 Boston Breakers 1–1 Sky Blue FC Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 McCaffrey  60' (unassisted) Report[3] Freels  8' (Nadim) Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,861
May 30, Sat 7 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 K Mewis  51' (Schoepfer) Report Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Cedric Adams
June 6, Sat 8 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4 DaCosta  64' (unassisted)
Nairn  58'
Report Evans  65' (unassisted)
Kallman  91+'
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,081
June 21, Sun 9 Boston Breakers 2–3 Seattle Reign FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis   14'
King   38'
Pires   44'
Marlborough   76'
BOS Report
NWSL Report
Little   42'
Yanez   66'
Foxhoven   85'
Fishlock   86'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,145
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
June 28, Sun 10 Boston Breakers 0–2 Western New York Flash Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4 Pathman   29'
Evans   31'
BOS Report
NWSL Report
Williams   19'
Eddy   42'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Farhad Dadhko
July 9, Thu 11 Boston Breakers 2–3 FC Kansas City Boston
18:00 EDT UTC-4 Marlborough   3'
Mewis   60'
BOS report
NWSL report
Box
Tymrak   1',   45'
Groom   79'
Silva   90+3'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 22, Wed 13 Boston Breakers 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 Simon  69' (McCaffrey) BOS report
NWSL report
Box
Tancredi  41' (Mautz)
Press  90' (Hoy)
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Cedric Adams
July 25, Sat 14 Sky Blue FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4 O'Hara  13' (Freels),   36' (Kerr)
Kerr  52' (Haagsma)
BOS report
NWSL report
Lauren Lazo  84' (Rafinha) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,067 [4]
Referee: Tori Penso
August 1, Sat 15 Boston Breakers 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4 Mewis   34'
King   59'   82'
BOS report
NWSL report
Yanez   24'
Little   59' (pen.),   65'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
August 5, Wed 16 Portland Thorns FC 5–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Taylor   16' (Heath)
Zerboni   49' (Long),   53' (unassisted)
Shim   54' (Sinclair)
Long   66' (unassisted)
BOS report
NWSL report
Pires   30'
Williamson   36' (o.g.)
Mewis   87' (pen.)
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,624
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
August 8, Sat 17 Boston Breakers 2–1 Washington Spirit Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4 King  12' (Mewis)
Simon   30',   38' (unassisted)
Ezurike   79'
McCaffrey   90'
BOS report
NWSL report
Oyster   33'
Matheson  49' (unassisted)
Salem   85'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 22, Sat 18 FC Kansas City 3–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4 Rodriguez   29' (Robinson),   52' (Holiday)
Holiday   50' (Rodriguez)
BOS report
NWSL report
Marlborough   81' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Brandon Artis
August 26, Wed 19 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Boston Breakers Seattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4 Rapinoe   21' (Cox)
Fletcher   34'
Little   56' (Rapinoe)
BOS report
NWSL report
Evans   88' (Mewis) Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,484
Referee: David Mon
August 30, Sun 20 Houston Dash 1–0 Boston Breakers Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4 Masar   34' (McDonald)
Masar  35'
NWSL Report Schoepfer  89' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,842
Referee: Cedric Adams

Standings

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Pos Team 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 15 4 13 3 22 43  −21 4 5 1 14 16  −2 0 8 2 8 27  −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
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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

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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
11 MF Amy Barczuk 20 18 1612 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 18 6 0 0
21 MF Beatriz Vaz e Silva 10 3 369 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
18 DF Maddy Evans 18 13 1150 2 0 0 9 3 7 0 2 15 11 2 0
22 FW Nkem Ezurike 12 3 417 1 1 0 11 3 0 0 6 15 8 1 0
49 MF Riley Houle 1 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
58 MF Chanel Johnson 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF Kassey Kallman 20 20 1800 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 13 15 1 0
7 FW Ketlen Wiggers 1 1 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 DF Julie King 18 18 1580 2 0 0 13 7 2 0 0 18 6 3 1
3 DF Lauren Lazo 14 11 1025 1 0 0 8 5 9 0 2 13 3 0 0
15 FW Morgan Marlborough 16 8 677 3 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 6 1 1 0
9 FW Stephanie McCaffrey 19 17 1418 3 3 0 32 16 14 0 17 5 13 1 0
19 MF Kristie Mewis 20 20 1785 6 2 2 81 32 16 55 5 15 23 0 0
20 DF Mollie Pathman 20 20 1800 0 0 0 2 1 23 0 0 8 11 2 0
17 MF Suzane Pires 12 6 447 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 7 2 2 0
10 MF Rafaela de Miranda Travalão 13 8 790 0 1 0 14 7 5 23 1 13 9 0 0
88 MF Katie Schoepfer 19 17 1421 0 2 0 12 6 0 0 1 16 6 2 0
17 FW Kyah Simon 7 7 630 2 0 1 11 5 0 0 3 9 5 1 0
26 MF Stephanie Verdoia 8 1 186 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
4 DF Cat Whitehill 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Rachel Wood 10 8 701 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 10 6 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
2 GK Jami Kranich 8 8 720 2 4 2 92 42 29 13 1.625 0 0 2
1 GK Alyssa Naeher 12 12 1080 2 9 1 209 95 65 30 2.5 1 1 0

See also

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References

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  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".