2014 Sky Blue FC season

Sky Blue FC
2014 season
President & CEO	Thomas Hofstetter
Head coach	Jim Gabarra
Stadium	Yurcak Field
NWSL	6th
Top goalscorer	Kelley O'Hara; Nadia Nadim (7)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2014 Sky Blue FC season was the team's fifth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2014 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Background

The foundation of the National Women's Soccer League was announced on November 21, 2012, with Sky Blue FC selected as a host for one of the eight teams.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Match results

Regular season

April 12, 2014 1	FC Kansas City	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Rodriguez 42'	Report	Freels 48'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,107 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 2	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST	Rampone 26'	Report	Long 75' (pen)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,983 Referee: Miguel Panduro

April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) 3	Boston Breakers	3–2	Sky Blue FC	Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 EST	King 14' Ashley Grove 40' Sanderson 42' 60'	Summary	Ocampo 30' Nick 90+3'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Juliana Duncan

April 30, 2014 4	Sky Blue FC	0–2	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00 (PDT)	Levin 64'	Report	Kawasumi 24' Goebel 50'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 582 Referee: Matthew Franz

May 3, 2014 5	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 (PDT)	Ocampo 14'	Summary	De Vanna 89'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,294 Referee: Mark Allatin

May 7, 2014 6	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Goodson 13' Freels 27' (pen.)	Summary	Mautz 25' Brock 58' Hoy 88'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 604 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

May 11, 2014 7	Western New York Flash	2–0	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
15:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Wambach 48', 90+2' Williamson 52'	Summary	Morris 90'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3107 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

May 28, 2014 10	Sky Blue FC	0–2	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Foord 84'	Summary	Leon 26' Chalupny 35' Johnson 77'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 786 Referee: Matt Mercier

June 1, 2014 11	Sky Blue FC	1–3	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 (PDT)	Freels 42'	Report	Leroux 35' Kawasumi 50', 74' Little 53'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Christina Unkel

June 15, 2014 13	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Sky Blue FC	Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CDT (UTC-05)	Mautz 21' Bywaters 31'	Summary	Lisonbee-Cutshall 60' Hayes 63'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1211 Referee: Juliana Duncan

June 22, 2014 14	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
13:00 EDT (UTC-04)	O'Hara 2' Levin 48' Schmidt 51' Stanton 65'	Summary	Reeves 31' Evans 85'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1212 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 25, 2014 15	Portland Thorns FC	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Portland, Oregon
22:00 PDT (UTC-06)	Sinclair 54' Van Hollebeke 76'	Summary	Freels 8' 75' Foord 46' Lisonbee-Cutshall 64'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 10477 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

June 28, 2014 16	Seattle Reign	0–0	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
21:00 PDT (UTC-06)		Summary	Foord 54'	Stadium: Seattle High School Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5770 Referee: Chris Spivey

July 6, 2014 17	Sky Blue FC	0–5	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Nadim 78'	Summary	Tymrak 2' Cheney 9' Hagen 20', 42' Rodriguez 90+1'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1349 Referee: Margaret Domka

July 20, 2014 18	Sky Blue FC	4–2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	O'Hara 22', 85' Schmidt 36' Nadim 81'	Summary	Gayle 57' 89' Taylor 88'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1740 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

July 27, 2014 19	FC Kansas City	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Rodriguez 34' Cheney 70'	Summary	Foord 69' Nadim 87'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1852 Referee: Josh Wilkens

July 31, 2014 20	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00	Nadim 22' Levin 39' O'Hara 50'	Summary	Lloyd 26' Bermúdez 55'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3471 Referee: Josh Wilkens

August 9, 2014 21	Houston Dash	1–3	Sky Blue FC	Houston, Texas
	Edwards 38' Romero 73' Burger 86'	Summary	Nadim 23' 39', 74', 90+2' Nick 62'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5143 Referee: Mark Allatin

August 13, 2014 22	Western New York Flash	2–3	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
19:00	Martín 23' Bermúdez 79'	Summary	O'Hara 24' Nadim 48', 89'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4339 Referee: Chris Spivey

August 16, 2014 23	Washington Spirit	0–1	Sky Blue FC	Germantown, Maryland
18:30		Summary	Ocampo 27'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,282 Referee: David Mon

August 20, 2014 24	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00	Lisonbee Cutshall 18' Nick 72'	Summary	Rafaelle Souza 85'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,328 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Reign FC	24	16	6	2	50	20	+30	54	NWSL Shield
2	FC Kansas City (C)	24	12	5	7	39	32	+7	41	NWSL Playoffs
3	Portland Thorns FC	24	10	6	8	39	35	+4	36
4	Washington Spirit	24	10	5	9	36	43	−7	35
5	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	8	7	32	26	+6	35
6	Sky Blue FC	24	9	7	8	30	37	−7	34
7	Western New York Flash	24	8	4	12	42	38	+4	28
8	Boston Breakers	24	6	2	16	37	53	−16	20
9	Houston Dash	24	5	3	16	23	44	−21	18

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
24	34	9	8	7	30	37	−7	4	5	3	11	20	−9	5	3	4	19	17	+2

Last updated: April 27, 2014
Source: Soccerway, Sky Blue FC
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A
Result	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on August 20, 2014. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Team

Roster

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	Brittany Cameron
2	DF	USA	CoCo Goodson
3	DF	USA	Christie Rampone
4	DF	AUS	Caitlin Foord
5	DF	USA	Kendall Johnson
6	MF	USA	Taylor Lytle
7	FW	JPN	Nanase Kiryu
8	FW	MEX	Mónica Ocampo
10	MF	USA	Katy Freels
11	FW	USA	Maya Hayes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	USA	Ashley Nick
13	MF	CAN	Sophie Schmidt
16	MF	CAN	Jonelle Filigno
17	DF	USA	Hayley Haagsma
18	DF	USA	Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19	FW	USA	Kelley O'Hara
21	GK	USA	Jillian Loyden
24	MF	USA	Maddie Thompson
22	DF	USA	Camille Levin
32	MF	USA	Meg Morris

Squad statistics

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
18	DF	Lindsi Cutshall	14	11	943	3	0	2	5	3	0	0	2	4	4	0
16	FW	Jonelle Filigno	17	6	697	1	1	0	8	3	0	0	11	15	11	1
4	DF	Caitlin Foord	21	20	1825	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	1	20	19	4
10	MF	Katy Freels	23	23	2021	5	4	0	45	25	1	79	1	27	25	2
2	DF	CoCo Goodson	21	18	1652	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	8	11	1
11	FW	Maya Hayes	23	13	1146	1	1	0	22	9	0	0	6	14	21	0
5	DF	Kendall Johnson	15	12	1123	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	7	10	0
7	MF	Nanase Kiryu	16	12	909	0	1	0	11	6	0	17	0	10	6	0
22	DF	Cami Levin	23	21	1884	0	0	0	9	4	0	1	1	13	14	3
6	MF	Taylor Lytle	7	5	481	0	1	0	9	4	0	0	1	2	6	0
32	MF	Meg Morris	3	1	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9	FW	Nadia Nadim	6	5	495	7	3	3	23	12	0	0	12	13	3	3
12	MF	Ashley Nick	22	17	1612	1	0	0	15	7	0	0	1	16	10	3
8	FW	Mónica Ocampo	18	13	996	3	0	2	44	15	0	0	17	14	6	0
19	DF	Kelley O'Hara	22	22	1917	7	5	2	61	27	0	3	25	10	16	0
3	DF	Christie Rampone	19	18	1665	1	2	0	6	3	2	0	1	7	8	0
13	MF	Sophie Schmidt	22	22	1964	1	0	0	40	13	0	5	1	22	21	1
44	MF	Nikki Stanton	4	0	78	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1
25	DF	Maddie Thompson	2	1	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
1	GK	Brittany Cameron	7	7	630	2	3	2	91	40	28	12	1.714	0	0	2
21	GK	Jillian Loyden	17	17	1530	7	5	5	210	94	69	25	1.471	2	3	4

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

Player	Award	Ref.
Christie Rampone	Best X1	^[4]

References

^ "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
^ "Paint the town blue: Sky Blue FC season preview". SB Nation. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
^ "Sky Blue FC Set To Join National Women's Soccer League". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
^ "NWSL Announces best x1". Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

[soccer_wire_league-1] "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

[2] "Paint the town blue: Sky Blue FC season preview". SB Nation. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

[3] "Sky Blue FC Set To Join National Women's Soccer League". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

[4] "NWSL Announces best x1". Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

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