New England Mutiny
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| Full name | New England Mutiny | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Mutiny | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Stadium | Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts | ||
| Chairman |  Joe Ferrara | ||
| Manager | Joe Abele | ||
| League | United Women's Soccer | ||
| 2017 | 3rd, East Conference Playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | http://www.mutinysoccer.com | ||
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New England Mutiny is an American women's soccer club, which competes at the pro-am level of women's soccer in the US, in the United Women's Soccer league.
The club plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium.
Team history
[edit]Established in 1999 as Springfield Sirens, the club played in the amateur W-League. After winning the W-2 (second division) championship in 2000,[1] the club played one more season in the W-League, then a season as an exhibition team before changing the team name to the New England Mutiny and accepting promotion to WPSL as one of the founding members of the East Division.[2]
On July 29, 2004, in a match preparing women's national team of China for international tournament, the Mutiny surprised the fifth ranked team in the world, in front of 3000 fans in Agawam, Massachusetts, with a 3–1 lead, and losing 4–3 only in the final minutes. The Mutiny consider this match one of their two crowning achievements.
After the folding of WPS in 2012, the club joined the new Women's Premier Soccer League Elite, which included three former WPS teams. Although they finished fifth out of the eight WPSLE teams, they recorded wins over the Chicago Red Stars and Boston Breakers as well as a draw at the Western New York Flash – the former WPS teams – in the last month of the season. Their win over the Breakers is the first occurrence of an amateur side beating a professional side in US women's soccer, (Chicago fielded an amateur roster in WPSLE,) and is the second of the Mutiny's crowning achievements. WPSL-Elite lasted just one year as the former WPS teams joined the newly formed National Women's Soccer League, while the remaining teams either folded or, like the Mutiny, returned to the WPSL in 2013.
The Mutiny spent three further years in the WPSL, but after dissatisfaction with playoff procedures and handling in the WPSL, the team branched off to join the inaugural 2016 season of United Women's Soccer.[3]
Players
[edit]The following former players have played at the senior international and/or professional level:[4]
Sylvia Gee (Springfield Sirens)
Ellie Jean[5]- Sonya Maher (Springfield Sirens)
- Geraldine O'Shea (Springfield Sirens)
- Margaret Saurin (Springfield Sirens)
- Claire Scanlan (Springfield Sirens)
Year-by-year
[edit]| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | W-2 | 1st, North Division | Runner up |
| 2000 | 3 | W-2 | 1st, North Division | Champions |
| 2001 | 2 | W-1 | 4th, Northern Conference | did not qualify |
| 2002 | Exhibition Season | |||
| 2003 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East | National semifinals |
| 2004 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East | Runner up |
| 2005 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East | National semifinals (3rd) |
| 2006 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, East – North | did not qualify |
| 2007 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East – North | Runner up |
| 2008 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, East – North | National semifinals |
| 2009 | 2 | WPSL | 8th, East (Conf.) | East Semifinals |
| 2010 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, East – Northeast | did not qualify |
| 2011 | 2 | WPSL | 4th, East – Northeast | East Quarterfinals |
| 2012 | 1 | WPSLE | 5th | did not qualify |
| 2013 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East – Northeast | National semifinals |
| 2014 | 2 | WPSL | 4th, East – Northeast | did not qualify |
| 2015 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Power 5 | East Regional final |
| 2016 | 2 | UWS | 2nd, East | did not qualify |
| 2017 | 2 | UWS | 3rd, East | did not qualify |
| 2018 | 2 | UWS | 6th, East | did not qualify |
| 2019 | 2 | UWS | 1st East | Conference Finals |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | UWS | 8th, East | did not qualify |
| 2022 | 4 | UWS | 1st, New England Division | Conference Semifinal |
| 2023 | 4 | UWS | 6th, East | East First Round |
| 2024 | 4 | UWS | 1st, East | Runner up |
Honors
[edit]- W-2 North Division regular season champions (2): 1999, 2000
- W-2 National Champions (1): 2000
- WPSL divisional regular season champions (6): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015,2019,2022
- WPSL National Runners-up (2): 2004, 2007
Coaches
[edit]- Tony Horta 2007–2014
- Joe Abele 2015–present
Stadia
[edit]- Harmon Smith Stadium, Agawam, Massachusetts -present
References
[edit]- ^ ""The W-League (USL) (1995–2005)"". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Womens Premier Soccer League". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Conor (15 December 2015). "After struggles with former league, New England Mutiny helping form new United Women's Soccer league". MassLive Sports. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Scanlan could be set for professional soccer return". Fingal Independent. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Five More UWS Alumnae Sign Pro Deals" (Press release). United Women's Soccer. August 17, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
External links
[edit]
- United Women's Soccer teams
- Women's Premier Soccer League teams
- Women's Premier Soccer League Elite teams
- Women's soccer clubs in the United States
- Soccer clubs in Massachusetts
- Association football clubs established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in Massachusetts
- Ludlow, Massachusetts
- Sports clubs and teams in Hampden County, Massachusetts