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2014 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2014 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coachTom Durkin
StadiumHarvard Stadium
Boston, MA
NWSL8th
Highest home attendance4,191 vs. Portland
(August 10, 2014)
Lowest home attendance1,263 vs. Sky Blue FC
(April 27, 2014)
Average home league attendance2,437
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Boston Breakers season, is the club's ninth overall year of existence, fifth consecutive year, and second year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

Club

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Kits

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Type Shirt Shorts Socks Info
Primary
Secondary

Executive staff

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Ownership Group Boston Women's Soccer, LLC
Managing Partner Michael Stoller
General Manager Lee Billiard
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Harvard Stadium (30,323 / Unknown)

Updated to match played March 7, 2013
Source: [1]

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head Coach Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach Cat Whitehill
Goalkeeper Coach Ashley Phillips

Roster

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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 United States USA Alyssa Naeher
2 GK United States USA Jami Kranich
3 FW United States USA Courtney Jones
4 DF United States USA Cat Whitehill
5 DF United States USA Jazmyne Avant
7 DF Canada CAN Jazmine Reeves
8 DF United States USA Julie King
9 MF United States USA Heather O'Reilly
10 FW England ENG Lianne Sanderson
11 MF United States USA Joanna Lohman
12 FW United States USA Katie Schoepfer
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Australia AUS Lisa De Vanna
15 FW United States USA Bianca D’Agostino
17 DF United States USA Chelsea Stewart
18 MF United States USA Maddy Evans
19 MF United States USA Kristie Mewis
20 FW United States USA Mollie Pathman
21 FW United States USA Ashley Grove
22 FW Canada CAN Nkem Ezurike
23 MF Canada CAN Kaylyn Kyle

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Competitions

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Key

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  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

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Regular season

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April 13, 2014 1 Seattle Reign 3–0 Boston Breakers Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT) Little 49' (pen.), 54'
Winters Yellow card 59'
Rapinoe Yellow card 82', 88'
Report Avant Yellow card 43'
Jones Yellow card 56'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,021 [2]
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 20, 2014 2 Boston Breakers 2–3 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) O'Reilly 1' Yellow card 85'
Naeher Yellow card 58'
Lohman 70'
Jones Yellow card 79'
Summary Masar 50'
Noyola 81' 85' (pen.)
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,018
Referee: United States Josh Wilkens
April 27, 2014 3 Boston Breakers 3–2 Sky Blue FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) King 14'
Ashley Grove Yellow card 40'
Sanderson 42' 60'
Summary Ocampo 30'
Nick 90+3'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: United States Juliana Duncan
May 3, 2014 4 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 (PDT) Ocampo 14' Summary De Vanna Red card 89' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,294
Referee: United States Mark Allatin
May 15, 2014 5 Boston Breakers 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Jones 19' Yellow card 56'
Lohman Yellow card 42'
Summary Chalupny 44'
Leon Yellow card 47'
Wenino 52'
Hoy 67'
Mautz Yellow card 77'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: United States Mark Allatin
May 18, 2014 6 Boston Breakers 1–4 Chicago Red Stars Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) O'Reilly 35' (pen.) Summary Wenino 23'
Hoy 50'
Chalupny 57'
Bywaters 85'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,123
Referee: United States Kristen Salazar
May 25, 2014 7 Boston Breakers 0–2 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Summary Phillips 62'
Rodriguez 82'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,622
Referee: United States Katja Koroleva
May 28, 2014 8 Boston Breakers 4–1 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 (PDT) Nkem Ezurike 2'
Jazmine Reeves 25' 45' 59'
Jones Yellow card 38'
Whitehill Yellow card 64'
D'Agostino Yellow card 73'
Summary Tarr Red card 42'
Shim Yellow card 58'
Sinclair 62'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: United States Boris Senic
June 1, 2014 9 Boston Breakers 2–3 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Sanderson 29' 37' Summary Nairn 33'
Taylor 49' 74'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: United States Karen Abt
June 7, 2014 10 FC Kansas City 2–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (PDT) Holiday 13' (pen.) 35' (pen.) Summary Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,457
Referee: United States Greg Dopka
June 11, 2014 11 Boston Breakers 2–0 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Schoepfer 42'
Jones 43'
Summary Adams Yellow card 60' Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,429
Referee: United States Timon Berry
June 19, 2014 12 Boston Breakers 0–2 Seattle Reign FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT) Summary Goebel 4'
Winters 25'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,714
Referee: United States David Mon
June 22, 2014 13 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00 (PDT) O'Hara 2'
Levin Yellow card 48'
schmidt Yellow card 51'
Nikki Stanton Yellow card 65'
Summary Jazmine Reeves 31'
Evans Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: United States Greg Dopka
July 2, 2014 15 Washington Spirit 3–3 Boston Breakers Washington, D.C.
18:00 (PDT) Taylor 28' 56'
De Vanna Yellow card 30'
Kreiger Yellow card 87'
Matheson 90+1' (pen.)
Report O'Reilly 4' (pen.) 7' (pen.) Yellow card 19'
Jazmine Reeves 44'
Lohman Yellow card 45+1'
Evans Red card 70'
Sierra Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: United States Dimitar Chavdarov
July 6, 2014 16 Seattle Reign FC 3–2 Boston Breakers Seattle, Washington
21:00 (PDT) Kawasumi 55' 83'
Little 76'
Report Jones 19'
Schoepfer 78' Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Seattle)
Attendance: 3,705
Referee: United States Mark Allatin
July 11, 2014 17 Houston Dash 2–1 Boston Breakers Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Ohai 56' 60'
Edwards Yellow card 73'
Summary Schoepfer 5'
Jones Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,063
Referee: United States Bernhard Hosu
July 20, 2014 18 Portland Thorns FC 6–3 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Long 21' (pen.)
Sinclair 35' 42' 46'
Morgan 52'
McDonald 88'
Summary Schoepfer 14'
Washington 32'
O'Reilly 39' (pen.)
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,383
Referee: United States Maraget Domka
July 25, 2014 19 Western New York Flash 2–4 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
18:30 (PDT) Spencer 14'
Lloyd 54'
Kerr Yellow card 89'
Summary Sanderson 27' Yellow card 51'
O'Reilly 30' (pen.) 86'
Reeves 39'
Jones Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: United States Timon Berry
August 3, 2014 20 Boston Breakers 3–4 Western New York Flash Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Mewis 28', 76'
Reeves 74'
Summary Wambach 8' 48'
Kerr 66'
Allen Yellow card 70'
Bermúdez 90+2'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: United States Hernan Aguilar
August 6, 2014 21 FC Kansas City 2–1 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 (PDT) Rodriquez 7'
Hagen 26'
Summary O'Reilly 16' (pen.) Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: United States David Mon
August 10, 2014 22 Boston Breakers 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Rachel Wood 14'
O'Reilly 28'
King Yellow card 53'
Summary Sinclair Yellow card 29' Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 4,191
Referee: United States Karen Abt
August 17, 2014 24 Boston Breakers 1–0 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT) Mewis 77' Summary Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: United States Karen Abt

Standings

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Pos Team 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

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Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
24 20 6 16 2 37 53  −16 5 7 0 21 24  −3 1 9 2 16 29  −13

Last updated: August 3, 2015
Source: [citation needed]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Squad statistics

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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
5 DF Jazmyne Avant 12 9 778 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 11 2 0
15 MF Bianca D'Agostino 16 6 679 0 0 0 7 6 0 3 0 13 2 1 0
14 FW Lisa De Vanna 6 5 448 0 1 0 12 3 1 0 14 3 6 0 1
27 MF Kim DeCesare 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Maddy Evans 17 8 730 0 3 0 8 2 2 0 3 11 3 1 1
22 FW Nkem Ezurike 11 6 503 2 0 0 7 5 1 0 1 6 9 0 0
21 DF Ashley Grove 9 7 586 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
3 DF Courtney Jones 18 13 1296 3 1 0 22 10 7 27 5 23 9 6 0
8 DF Julie King 17 17 1530 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 10 9 1 0
23 MF Kaylyn Kyle 2 2 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
11 MF Joanna Lohman 17 14 1231 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 17 8 2 0
19 MF Kristie Mewis 17 15 1191 3 2 1 20 9 2 1 1 9 10 0 0
9 MF Heather O'Reilly 22 21 1874 9 5 0 53 34 9 37 10 14 10 3 0
20 MF Mollie Pathman 21 18 1519 0 1 0 4 2 11 5 1 7 6 0 0
7 FW Jazmine Reeves 17 13 1151 7 1 2 23 12 11 0 13 13 10 1 0
10 MF Lianne Sanderson 19 17 1524 5 3 1 27 13 5 11 6 13 14 2 1
12 FW Katie Schoepfer 17 12 989 4 0 1 26 8 2 3 1 9 9 0 0
23 DF Bianca Sierra 11 9 798 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 1 0
17 DF Chelsea Stewart 10 7 512 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
26 DF Nikki Washington 15 10 939 1 0 0 5 4 6 1 2 7 5 1 0
4 DF Cat Whitehill 24 24 2101 0 1 0 11 3 2 0 1 15 6 1 0
24 DF Rachel Wood 7 7 585 1 1 1 6 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Alyssa Naeher 24 24 2115 6 16 2 326 159 106 53 2.208 6 9 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2014 Breakers Media Guide". Boston Breakers Soccer. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Mayers, Joshua (April 13, 2014). "Reign FC gets 3–0 victory in season debut". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 14, 2014.