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2019 Sky Blue FC season

The 2019 Sky Blue FC season was the team's tenth season as a professional women's soccer team. Sky Blue FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.[1]

Sky Blue FC
2019 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachDenise Reddy
(until June 28)
Hugo Macedo
(caretaker, from June 28 until September 4)
Freya Coombe
(from September 4)
StadiumYurcak Field
Piscataway, New Jersey
(Capacity: 5,000)
NWSL8th
Top goalscorerCarli Lloyd (8)
Highest home attendance9,415 vs Reign FC, August 18, 2019
Lowest home attendance1,321 vs Portland Thorns FC, April 28, 2019
Average home league attendance3,338
← 2018
2020 →

Since the 2018 Sky Blue finished in last place and only won one game, 2019 offered opportunities for improvement. The off-season didn't get off to a promising start as two of the team's top draft picks, Hailie Mace (2nd overall pick) and Julia Ashley (6th overall pick) chose not to sign with the club. Mace signed with FC Rosengård and Ashley with Linköpings FC.[2][3] Sky Blue's third and fourth picks, Paige Monaghan (10th overall pick) and Julie James (11th overall pick) did however choose to come to preseason and were ultimately signed. During preseason training two Sky Blue players suffered season-ending injuries. Defender Mandy Freeman ruptured her Achilles tendon and midfielder Madison Tiernan tore her ACL and MCL.[4][5]

On April 9, 2019 General Manager and President Tony Novo resigned from his position, Sky Blue Vice-President Alyse LaHue was appointed to take over as interim general manager.[6] Kyra Carusa, Sky Blue's 19th overall pick in the 2019 Draft signed with Le Havre AC in France on April 25, making her the third Sky Blue draft pick to sign in Europe.[7]

On June 28, Denise Reddy was fired as the team's head coach. Her record as head coach was 1-8-24.[8] Goalkeeper coach Hugo Macedo filled in on a temporary basis until the club named Freya Coombe interim head coach on September 4.[9]

Sky Blue played their first ever game at Red Bull Arena on August 18 against Reign FC. They set a club record with 9,415 in attendance for the game, which finished in a 1–1 draw.[10] The positive feedback and high demand led the club to move their September 29 home finale to Red Bull Arena, where they drew 8,314 for a 1–1 draw against the Orlando Pride.[11]

Team

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First-team roster

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As of July 19, 2019[12] 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   CAN Kailen Sheridan
3 DF   USA Caprice Dydasco
4 MF   USA Paige Monaghan
5 MF   USA Julie James
7 FW   USA Jen Hoy
8 DF   USA Erica Skroski
9 FW   JPN Nahomi Kawasumi
10 MF   USA Carli Lloyd
11 MF   CRC Raquel Rodriguez
12 DF   USA Gina Lewandowski
13 GK   BIH DiDi Haracic
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   USA Kenie Wright
16 MF   USA Sarah Killion
17 DF   USA Domi Richardson
19 MF   USA Elizabeth Eddy
22 DF   USA Mandy Freeman
24 DF   CMR Estelle Johnson
28 MF   USA Imani Dorsey
29 DF   CAN Amandine Pierre-Louis
73 MF   USA Madison Tiernan
— MF   USA Nicole Baxter

Competitions

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Preseason

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March 16, 2019 Sky Blue FC 6–0 St. John's University Manalapan, New Jersey
3:00 p.m. Report
Stadium: Sportika Sports
March 23, 2019 Sky Blue FC 0–0 West Virginia University Manalapan, New Jersey
3:00 p.m. Stadium: Sportika Sports
March 29, 2019 Sky Blue FC 2–0 Rutgers University Manalapan, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. Hoy   9'
Monaghan   77'		 Report Stadium: Sportika Sports

Regular season

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April 13, 2019 1 Washington Spirit 2–0 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Staab   59'
Crosson   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2.373
April 20, 2019 2 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 Lloyd   80' Report
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,394
April 28, 2019 3 Sky Blue FC 2–2 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00
Report
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,321
May 4, 2019 4 North Carolina Courage 0–0 Sky Blue FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 McCall Zerboni   87' Report Paige Monaghan   34' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,039
May 11, 2019 5 Sky Blue FC 2–3 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 Rodriguez   32'
Dorsey   80'		 Report Matthews   22', 68'
Dougherty Howard   27'
DiBiasi   55'
Nielsen   54'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,330
May 18, 2019 6 Reign FC 2–1 Sky Blue FC Tacoma, Washington
16:00 James   13' (o.g)
Taylor   78'
Onumonu   90+8'		 Box Rodriguez   10'
McCaskill   45+1'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 3,036
May 25, 2019 7 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 Box Purce   69'
Brynjarsdottir   87'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,472
June 15, 2019 8 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
22:00
Box
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 5,777
June 22, 2019 9 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Orlando Pride Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00
Box
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,644
July 6, 2019 10 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00 Colaprico   83' Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,374
July 12, 2019 11 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Utah Royals FC Piscataway, New Jersey
19:30 James   42'
Flores   77'
Pierre-Louis   88'
Hoy   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,842
July 20, 2019 12 Orlando Pride 1–0 Sky Blue FC Orlando, Florida
19:30
Report Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 9,415
Referee: Danielle Chesky
July 24, 2019 13 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
19:30 James   50' Report Hatch   54'
Huster   90+2'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 5,003
July 28, 2019 14 Houston Dash 1–0 Sky Blue FC Houston, Texas
19:00 Daly   22' Report Dorsey   68' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,510
August 4, 2019 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
23:00 Sinclair   39' (pen.) Report Dorsey   69'
Pierre-Louis   73'   90+2'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,070
August 7, 2019 16 Utah Royals FC 3–0 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
22:00 Press   27', 29'
Rodriguez   28'		 Report Hoy   60'
Wright   60'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,715
August 14, 2019 17 Sky Blue FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 Monaghan   71' (Lloyd), 90+3' (Lloyd)
Wright   56'		 Report Kerr   90+1' (Nagasato)
Nagasato   62'
Naughton   64'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,558
Referee: Thomas Snyder
August 18, 2019 18 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Reign FC Harrison, New Jersey
13:00 Eddy   36' Report Taylor   38'
Long   84'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,415
August 24, 2019 19 Houston Dash 1–2 Sky Blue FC Houston, Texas
20:30 Ohai   90+4' Report Dydasco   9'
Lloyd   26', 41'
Skroski   34'
Lewandowski   49'
Sheridan   83'		 Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 4,102
September 7, 2019 20 Sky Blue FC 1–2 North Carolina Courage Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 Lloyd   13' (p)
Rodriguez   79'		 Report Skroski   1' (og)
Dunn   57'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,895
September 15, 2019 21 Sky Blue FC 0–3 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
17:00 Rodriguez   78' Report Brian   31'
Kerr   33'
Nagasato   80'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,871
September 21, 2019 22 Reign FC 0–1 Sky Blue FC Tacoma, Washington
22:00 Box
Report		 Dorsey   43'
Lloyd   50'   77'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 6,189
September 29, 2019 23 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Orlando Pride Harrison, New Jersey
11:00 Dorsey   45+2'
Monaghan   56'
Lloyd   88'		 Report Zadorsky   18'
Edmonds   42'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8,314
October 12, 2019 24 North Carolina Courage 3–2 Sky Blue FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 McDonald   16'
Debinha   28'
McDonald   81'		 Report Lloyd   26'
Richardson   86'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,195

Regular-season standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 15 4 5 54 23 +31 49 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 24 14 2 8 41 28 +13 44 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 11 7 6 40 31 +9 40
4 Reign FC 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 38
5 Washington Spirit 24 9 7 8 30 25 +5 34
6 Utah Royals FC 24 10 4 10 25 25 0 34
7 Houston Dash 24 7 5 12 21 36 −15 26
8 Sky Blue FC 24 5 5 14 20 34 −14 20
9 Orlando Pride 24 4 4 16 24 53 −29 16
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 5 4 13 17 30  −13 19 2 2 7 10 17  −7 3 2 6 7 13  −6

Last updated: September 22, 2019.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by round
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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
StadiumAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAHHAHA
ResultLLDDLLLLLWWLLLDLWDWLLWDL
Position898888889999999988888888
Updated to match(es) played on September 22, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistical leaders

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Player transactions

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2019 NWSL College Draft

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Source: National Women's Soccer League[13]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 1 2   Hailie Mace F UCLA
Round 1 6   Julia Ashley D University of North Carolina
Round 2 10   Paige Monaghan F Butler University
Round 2 11   Julie James M Baylor University
Round 3 19   Kyra Carusa F Georgetown University
Round 4 28   Kaylan Marckese G University of Florida
Round 4 29   Kenie Wright M Rutgers University
Round 4 34   Sabrina Flores D University of Notre Dame

In

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Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
January 10, 2019   Caprice Dydasco DF Washington Spirit Acquired in Trade with the Washington Spirit for the 3rd Overall Pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft [14]
January 10, 2019   DiDi Haracic GK Washington Spirit Acquired in Trade with the Washington Spirit for the 3rd Overall Pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft [14]
January 10, 2019   Estelle Johnson DF Washington Spirit Acquired in Trade with the Washington Spirit for the 3rd Overall Pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft [14]
January 14, 2019   Nahomi Kawasumi FW Reign FC Acquired in Trade with Reign FC in exchange for Shea Groom [15]
April 10, 2019   Gabi MF   Esporte Clube Iranduba da Amazônia Signed. [16]
May 7, 2019   Gina Lewandowski DF   Bayern Munich Signed. [17]
June 11, 2019   Elizabeth Eddy MF North Carolina Courage Acquired in a trade with the North Carolina Courage in exchange for McKenzie Meehan [18]
July 19, 2019   Nicole Baxter MF   Asarums IF Signed. [19]

Out

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Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
November 14, 2018   Amanda Frisbie DF   Klepp IL Signed with Klepp IL in Norway. [20]
November 20, 2018   Rebekah Stott DF   Avaldsnes IL Signed with Avaldsnes IL in Norway. [21]
January 9, 2019   Katie Johnson FW Chicago Red Stars Traded to the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for the 6th overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft and the highest second-round pick in 2020. [20]
January 12, 2019   Christina Gibbons DF Retired [22]
January 14, 2019   Shea Groom FW Reign FC Traded to Reign FC in exchange for Nahomi Kawasumi [15]
March 8, 2019   Caroline Casey GK Retired [23]
June 11, 2019   McKenzie Meehan FW North Carolina Courage Traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for Elizabeth Eddy. [18]
June 19, 2019   Savannah McCaskill FW Chicago Red Stars Traded to the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for a First and Second Round draft pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft [24]
July 14, 2019   Gabi MF Released [25]
July 19, 2019   Sabrina Flores MF   Sevilla Released [25][19]

Awards

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NWSL Team of the Month

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Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April   Kailen Sheridan [26]
July   Kailen Sheridan [27]

NWSL Weekly Awards

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NWSL Goal of the Week

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Week Result Player Ref.
6 Nominated   Raquel Rodriguez [28]
13 Nominated   Jennifer Hoy [29]
16 Nominated   Imani Dorsey [30]
18 Nominated   Paige Monaghan [31]
23 Nominated   Carli Lloyd [32]
24 Nominated   Carli Lloyd [33]
25 Nominated   Domi Richardson [34]

NWSL Save of the Week

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Week Result Player Ref.
2 Won   Kailen Sheridan [35]
3 Won   Kailen Sheridan [36]
4 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [37]
5 Nominated   DiDi Haracic [38]
6 Nominated   DiDi Haracic [39]
7 Nominated   DiDi Haracic [40]
9 Nominated   DiDi Haracic [41]
10 Nominated   DiDi Haracic [42]
12 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [43]
14 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [44]
15 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [45]
16 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [46]
17 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [47]
18 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [48]
21 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [49]
23 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [50]
25 Nominated   Kailen Sheridan [51]

References

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See also

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