2015 Sky Blue FC season
Sky Blue FC 2015 soccer season
2015 season | |||
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President and CEO | Thomas Hofstetter | ||
Head coach | Jim Gabarra | ||
Stadium | Yurcak Field | ||
NWSL | 8th | ||
Top goalscorer | Sam Kerr Nadia Nadim (6) | ||
Highest home attendance | 5,547 (Aug. 22 vs. Portland) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 743 (Apr. 26 vs. Washington) | ||
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The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's sixth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
Team
Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match results
Preseason
Sky Blue FC v St. John's Red Storm
March 14, Sat 1 | Sky Blue FC | 3–0 | St. John's Red Storm | Scotch Plains, New Jersey |
EDT (UTC−04) | Freels 50' (pen.) Killion 56' Hayes 77' | Report | Stadium: Wexler Field |
Sky Blue FC v North Carolina Tar Heels
March 21, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | North Carolina Tar Heels | West Windsor, New Jersey |
EDT (UTC−04) | Freels 6' | Report | Nielson 61' | Stadium: Mercer County Community College |
Penn State Nittany Lions v Sky Blue FC
March 26, Thu 3 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0–2 | Sky Blue FC | Palmyra, Pennsylvania |
EDT (UTC−04) | Report | Hayes 13' Nadim 46' | Stadium: In the Net Sports Complex |
Sky Blue FC v Rutgers Scarlet Knights
March 29, Sun 4 | Sky Blue FC | 2–0 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Toms River, New Jersey |
EDT (UTC−04) | Freels 14' Diederich 79' | Report | Stadium: Toms River High School North |
Regular season
FC Kansas City v Sky Blue FC
April 12, Sun 1 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
16:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Report[1] | Nadim 29' (Morris) O'Hara 90' | Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 8,489 Referee: Chris Spivey |
Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash
April 18, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Freels 14' (O'Hara), 90' | Report[2] | McDonald 52' (Brian) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit
April 26, Sun 3 | Sky Blue FC | 1–3 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Freels 62' (Nadim) | Report[3] | Dunn 6' (Ordega) 40' Nairn 48' (Ordega) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 743 |
Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC
May 2, Sat 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Colaprico 55' (unassisted) | Report | Nadim 86' | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,402 |
Sky Blue FC v Seattle Reign FC
May 9, Sat 5 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Nadim 78', 90' (pen.) Grubka 82' | Report | Barnes 76' Fishlock 90' | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,562 |
Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC
May 16, Sat 6 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Ordega 92+' (Dunn) | Report[4] | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex |
Boston Breakers v Sky Blue FC
May 22, Fri 7 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Boston |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | McCaffrey 60' (unassisted) | Report[5] | Freels 8' (Nadim) | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,861 |
Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash
May 31, Sun 8 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
3:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Haagsma 11' (Grubka) DeCesare 86' | Report | Bailey 86' (unassisted) | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC
June 6, Sat 9 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–0 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle |
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Winters 8' (Fishlock) Fishlock 28' (Cox) Little 77' (penalty) | Report | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Greg Dopka |
Sky Blue FC v Chicago Red Stars
June 28, Sun 10 | Sky Blue FC | 0–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Report | DiBernardo 6' (Huerta) Hoy 34' (Huerta) Mautz 62' (Hoy) | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
Portland Thorns FC v Sky Blue FC
July 3, Fri 11 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–1 | Sky Blue FC | Portland, Oregon |
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Kyle 54' Long 70' (penalty) Farrelly 79' (Kleiner) | Report | Freels 27' (Lytle) Stanton 56' Levin 69' Foord 80' | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 12,223 Referee: Levi Rippy |
Sky Blue FC v Portland Thorns FC
July 11, Sat 12 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Kerr 54' (Hayes) | Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC
July 19, Sun 13 | Western New York Flash | 3–3 | Sky Blue FC | Rochester, New York |
3:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Spencer 2' Hinkle 25' Heyman 50' | Report | Nadim 39' (O'Hara) Katy Freels 60' (O'Hara) Christie Rampone 62' (Freels) Taylor Lytle 94' | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,161 |
Sky Blue FC v Boston Breakers
July 25, Sat 14 | Sky Blue FC | 3–1 | Boston Breakers | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | O'Hara 13' (Freels), 36' (Kerr) Kerr 52' (Haagsma) | Report | Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,067 [6] Referee: Tori Penso |
Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash
August 1, Sat 15 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Western New York Flash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
Houston Dash v Sky Blue FC
August 7, Fri 16 | Houston Dash | 0–2 | Sky Blue FC | Houston |
8:30 EDT (UTC−04) | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium |
Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC
August 12, Wed 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
14:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Leon 15' (Gilliland) Chalupny 64' | Report | Kerr 36' (unassisted) Filigno 86' | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex |
Sky Blue FC v Portland Thorns FC
August 22, Sat 18 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Nadim 19' (O'Hara) | Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,547 |
Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC
August 29, Sat 19 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle |
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Winters 68' Fishlock 90' (Little) | Report | Nadim 6' Haagsma 62' | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,471 Referee: Greg Dopka |
Sky Blue FC v FC Kansas City
September 2, Wed 20 | Sky Blue FC | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Kerr 39' (O'Hara), 72' (Killion) | Report | Hagen 5' (Rodriguez) Rodriguez 42' (O'Reilly), 52' (Moros) Becky Sauerbrunn 92' | Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Levi Rippy |
Standings
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
20 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
Last updated: September 26, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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 |
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18 | DF | Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall | 18 | 18 | 1571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | Kim DeCesare | 9 | 4 | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
[n 1]44 | MF | Theresa Diederich | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | Jonelle Filigno | 5 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | Caitlin Foord | 10 | 10 | 895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | Katy Freels | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
25 | DF | CoCo Goodson | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | MF | Shawna Gordon | 13 | 10 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
13 | DF | Kristin Grubka | 14 | 14 | 1214 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
17 | DF | Hayley Haagsma | 16 | 15 | 1339 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
11 | FW | Maya Hayes | 13 | 10 | 899 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | Samantha Kerr | 9 | 9 | 766 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | Sarah Killion | 17 | 13 | 1233 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
42 | FW | Lo'eau LaBonta | 6 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | Cami Levin | 19 | 18 | 1605 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
6 | MF | Taylor Lytle | 15 | 11 | 962 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
32 | MF | Meg Morris | 9 | 4 | 453 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Nadia Nadim | 18 | 18 | 1551 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
19 | DF | Kelley O'Hara | 11 | 11 | 989 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
33 | DF | Shade Pratt | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | Christie Rampone | 11 | 11 | 962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
44 | MF | Nikki Stanton | 9 | 3 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
34 | MF | Maruschka Waldus | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- ^ Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
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21 | GK | Aubrey Bledsoe | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | GK | Brittany Cameron | 20 | 20 | 1792 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 263 | 114 | 87 | 27 | 1.35 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
See also
References
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC BEAT FC KANSAS CITY, 1–0". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC DRAWS WITH DASH, 1–1". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO SPIRIT, 3–1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1–0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". nwslsoccer.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".
External links
- Official website