2016 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2016 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coachMatt Beard
StadiumJordan Field
Boston, Massachusetts
Highest home attendance4,007
(June 10 vs. Washington)
Lowest home attendance3,288
(May 22 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance3570
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The 2016 Boston Breakers season, is the club's eleventh season overall, its seventh consecutive season, and fourth year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Matt Beard
Assistant Coach Dushawne Simpson
Assistant Coach Cat Whitehill
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Last updated: May 5, 2016
Source: [1]

First-team squad

As of July 12, 2016

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
0 MF France FRA Ghoutia Karchouni
1 GK United States USA Libby Stout
2 GK United States USA Jami Kranich
3 FW United States USA Elisa Krieghoff
4 DF United States USA Whitney Engen
5 DF United States USA Kassey Kallman
7 MF United States USA Sinead Farrelly
8 DF United States USA Julie King
9 FW England ENG Natasha Dowie
10 MF Sweden SWE Louise Schillgard
11 FW United States USA Brittany Ratcliffe
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 GK United States USA Abby Smith
17 FW Australia AUS Kyah Simon
19 MF United States USA Kristie Mewis
20 DF United States USA Mollie Pathman
21 DF United States USA Christen Westphal
22 MF United States USA Stephanie Verdoia
23 DF United States USA Brooke Elby
24 DF United States USA Rachel Wood
26 MF United States USA Angela Salem
88 MF United States USA Katie Schoepfer
99 FW Germany GER Eunice Beckmann

Competitions

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

As in previous seasons, Breakers spent time in Florida during preseason.[2]

Sun Mar 20 Northeastern Huskies 0–7 Boston Breakers Brookline, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m. EST Report Mewis 12'
Schoepfer 30'
Marlborough 38'
King 42'
Ratcliffe 52'
Wood 67'
Krieghoff 78'		 Stadium: Parsons Field
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods
Fri Mar 25 Florida State Seminoles 1–0 Boston Breakers Tallahassee, Florida
7:00 p.m. EST Connolly 80' Report Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods
Sun Apr 3 Boston Breakers Cancelled Connecticut Huskies Massachusetts
Summary
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.
Sun Apr 3 Boston Breakers Cancelled Boston College Eagles Massachusetts
Summary
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.

Regular season

Sat Apr 16 1 Washington Spirit 1–0 Boston Breakers Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. Lohman 3'
Megan Oyster Yellow card 86'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sun Apr 24 2 Boston Breakers 0–3 Seattle Reign FC Boston, Massachusetts
Brittany Ratcliffe Yellow card 60'
McCall Zerboni Yellow card 81'		 Report Manon Melis 10' (Kim Little)
Rachel Corsie 39' (Kim Little)
Hope Solo Yellow card 50'
Kim Little 79' (Beverly Yanez)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,743
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sun May 1 3 Boston Breakers 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
Schillgard Yellow card 38'
King Yellow card 78'
Ratcliffe Yellow card 90'		 Report Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 79' (Heath) Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,698
Referee: Brandon Artis
Sat May 7 4 Boston Breakers 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Boston, Massachusetts
Report
Report		 Jen Hoy Yellow card 7'
Christen Press 60' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Margaret Domka
Fri May 13 5 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
Kassey Kallman 41' (own goal)
Tasha Kai Yellow card 60'
Nikki Stanton Yellow card 75'		 Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
Sun May 22 6 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
Whitney Engen 19' (Kristie Mewis)
Whitney Engen Yellow card 91+'		 Report Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,288
Referee: Chris Spivey
Fri May 27 7 Western New York Flash 4–0 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
Taylor Smith 15'
Lynn Williams 64' (Michaela Hahn)
Lynn Williams 65' (Meredith Speck)
Abby Dahlkemper 78' (pen.)		 Report Eunice Beckmann Yellow card 90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,940
Referee: Andrew Musashe
Fri Jun 10 8 Boston Breakers 1–1 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
Louise Schillgard 15' (pen.) Report Katie Stengel 13' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sat Jun 18 9 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
Sofia Huerta 3' (Vanessa DiBernardo), 57' (Alyssa Mautz)
Sofia Huerta Yellow card 56'
Casey Short 62' (Vanessa DiBernardo)		 Report
Report
Stats		 Louise Schillgard Yellow card 55'
Eunice Beckmann Yellow card 61'
Kyah Simon Yellow card 94+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,553
Referee: Danielle Brzezesinski-Chesky
Fri Jun 24 10 Western New York Flash 7–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
7:00 p.m. ET Lynn Williams 19' (Makenzy Doniak), 39' (Jessica McDonald)
Jessica McDonald 28' (Samantha Mewis), 43' (Liz Eddy), 49' (Lynn Williams)
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 35'
Makenzy Doniak 45+2' (Samantha Mewis)
McCall Zerboni Yellow card 60'
Taylor Smith 63' (Jaelene Hinkle)		 Report Christen Westphal 38' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Sat Jul 2 11 Seattle Reign FC 2–0 Boston Breakers Seattle
Nahomi Kawasumi 14' (Manon Melis), 62' (Keelin Winters) Report Julie King Yellow card 40'
Brittany Ratcliffe Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sun Jul 10 12 Orlando Pride 2–1 Boston Breakers Orlando, Florida
Jasmyne Spencer Yellow card 21'
Kristen Edmonds 90', 93+' (Leah Fortune)		 Report Mollie Pathman 5'
Brooke Elby Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 89'
Louise Schillgard Yellow card 49'
Jami Kranich Yellow card 93+'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: 5,842
Sun Jul 17 13 Boston Breakers 2–3 Sky Blue FC Boston, Massachusetts
Angela Salem 3' (unassisted)
Julie King 85' (Louise Schillgard)		 Report Sarah Killion 28' (penalty)
Leah Galton 37' (Tasha Kai)
Erica Skroski 74' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,743
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sun Jul 31 14 Boston Breakers 1–0 Orlando Pride Boston, Massachusetts
Natasha Dowie 10' (unassisted)
Louise Schillgard Yellow card 29'		 Report Toni Pressley Yellow card 90' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,379
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
Sun Aug 28 15 FC Kansas City 0–2 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
Report Katie Schoepfer 38' (Brooke Elby)
Kristie Mewis 81' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,206
Referee: Christina Unkel
Wed Aug 31 16 Boston Breakers 1–3 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
Natasha Dowie 91+' Report Kealia Ohai 3' (C Lloyd), 33' (unassisted)
Carli Lloyd 62'		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,762
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Sun Sep 4 17 Portland Thorns FC 5–1 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
Christine Sinclair 14' (N Nadim)
Allie Long 48' (C Sinclair)
Nadia Nadim 41' (pen.), 79' (A Long) Yellow card 90'		 Report Julie King 84' (Eunice Beckmann) Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,152
Referee: Jon Freemon
Thu Sep 8 18 Boston Breakers 2–2 Western New York Flash Boston, Massachusetts
Kyah Simon 4' (J King)
Natasha Dowie Yellow card 9'; 51' (Louise Schillgard)
Julie King Yellow card 61'
Eunice Beckmann Yellow card 68'		 Report Jessica McDonald 38' (Samantha Mewis)
Lynn Williams 76' (Makenzy Doniak)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 1,435
Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo
Sun Sep 11 19 Houston Dash 4–1 Boston Breakers Houston
Janine Beckie 26' (Carli Lloyd)
Kealia Ohai 35' (Janine Beckie)
Andressa Machry Yellow card 55'
Carli Lloyd 78' (Kealia Ohai)
Carli Lloyd 81' (penalty)		 Report Elise Krieghoff 76' (unassisted) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,107
Referee: Levi Rippy
Sat Sep 24 20 Boston Breakers 0–4 Western New York Flash Boston, Massachusetts
Angela Salem Yellow card 45'+3
Katie Schoepfer Yellow card 70'
Whitney Engen Yellow card 71'		 Report Jessica McDonald 2' (Makenzy Doniak)
Lynn Williams 24' (unassisted)
Samantha Mewis 45' (McCall Zerboni)
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 61'
Abby Dahlkemper 68' (penalty)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Karen Abt

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portland Thorns FC 20 12 5 3 35 19 +16 41 NWSL Shield
2 Washington Spirit 20 12 3 5 30 21 +9 39 NWSL Playoffs
3 Chicago Red Stars 20 9 6 5 24 20 +4 33
4 Western New York Flash (C) 20 9 5 6 40 26 +14 32
5 Seattle Reign FC 20 8 6 6 29 21 +8 30
6 FC Kansas City 20 7 5 8 18 20 −2 26
7 Sky Blue FC 20 7 5 8 24 30 −6 26
8 Houston Dash 20 6 4 10 29 29 0 22
9 Orlando Pride 20 6 1 13 20 30 −10 19
10 Boston Breakers 20 3 2 15 14 47 −33 11
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 11 3 15 2 14 47  −33 3 5 2 9 15  −6 0 10 0 5 32  −27

Last updated: September 11, 2016
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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ResultLLLLLWLDLLLLLWWLLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: May 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

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
99 FW Eunice Beckmann 11 8 658 0 1 0 16 5 31% 5 0 3 18 8 3 0
9 FW Natasha Dowie 7 7 605 3 0 0 21 10 48% 0 0 7 8 5 1 0
23 DF Brooke Elby 13 11 919 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0 6 6 1 1
4 DF Whitney Engen 14 14 1260 1 1 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0 0 9 2 0
5 DF Kassey Kallman 20 20 1800 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 10 15 0 0
29 MF Ghoutia Karchouni 3 1 100 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
8 DF Julie King 18 17 1523 2 1 0 11 5 45% 6 0 1 16 6 5 0
2 GK Jami Kranich 9 9 810 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
3 FW Elisa Krieghoff 6 0 143 1 0 0 3 2 67% 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
15 FW Morgan Marlborough 1 0 24 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
9 FW Stephanie McCaffrey 12 10 921 0 0 0 15 8 53% 4 0 7 7 5 0 0
19 MF Kristie Mewis 14 13 1122 1 1 0 27 7 26% 4 26 2 14 20 0 0
20 DF Mollie Pathman 13 12 1055 1 0 0 3 2 67% 9 1 0 1 9 0 0
11 FW Brittany Ratcliffe 15 5 545 0 0 0 7 2 29% 4 0 1 4 4 3 0
26 MF Angela Salem 19 19 1699 1 0 0 14 6 43% 4 5 0 17 19 1 0
10 MF Louise Schillgard 18 16 1429 1 2 1 9 6 67% 9 31 2 27 5 4 0
88 MF Katie Schoepfer 12 8 597 1 0 0 14 5 36% 0 0 1 6 2 1 0
17 FW Kyah Simon 17 14 1293 1 1 0 29 7 24% 8 0 9 19 12 1 0
14 GK Abby Smith 2 2 122 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 GK Libby Stout 10 9 868 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
30 DF Kylie Strom 7 3 344 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0 1 3 3 0 0
22 MF Stephanie Verdoia 10 5 453 0 0 0 6 3 50% 0 0 1 1 8 0 0
21 DF Christen Westphal 13 7 579 1 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0 2 1 0 0
24 DF Rachel Wood 7 2 260 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 1 4 4 0 0
77 MF McCall Zerboni 8 8 670 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0 15 12 1 0
Team Total 20 — 19799 14 7 1 191 74 39% 65 65 38 181 169 24 1
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot SOG Sav Sav% YC RC
2 GK Jami Kranich 9 9 810 25 2.78 3 3 130 64 39 61% 1 0
14 GK Abby Smith 2 2 122 1 0.50 0 0 19 8 7 88% 0 0
1 GK Libby Stout 10 9 868 21 2.10 2 2 139 62 42 68% 0 0
Team Total 20 — 1800 47 2.35 5 5 288 134 88 66% 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Coaching Staff". bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "BREAKERS HEADING TO FLORIDA FOR 2016 PRESEASON; The club will spend eight days in Florida, departing Boston on March 23 and returning March 31". nwslsoccer.com. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

See also