2011 Western New York Flash season

The 2011 Western New York Flash season was the team's inaugural and only season in the Women's Professional Soccer league, after competing as the Buffalo Flash in the USL W-League. The Western New York Flash won the league, then went on to win the 2011 WPS championship over the Philadelphia Independence.

Western New York Flash
2011 season
OwnerUnited States Joe Sahlen
Head coachNew Zealand Aaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
Rochester, New York
(Capacity: 13,768)
Women's Professional Soccer1st
WPS PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerMarta, Christine Sinclair (10)
Highest home attendance15,404
(July 20 vs. magicJack)
Lowest home attendance1,372
(May 13 vs. Boston)
Average home league attendance4,881
Biggest win4-1
(July 30 vs. Sky Blue FC)
Biggest defeat0-2
(July 17 at Sky Blue FC, Aug. 6 at Atlanta)
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All statistics correct as of June 13, 2017.

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The Flash in action against the Philadelphia Independence during the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Championship Game at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.

The Flash joined the Women's Professional Soccer league as an expansion team in 2011, following its undefeated championship season in the USL W-League in 2010 as the Buffalo Flash. The team retained Aaran Lines, who coached the Flash the prior two seasons in the W-League, as its head coach, and remained under the ownership of Joe Sahlen.[1]

Squad

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First-team squad

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As of August 16, 2011[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK   USA Brittany Cameron
2 DF   USA Alexandra Sahlen
3 DF   NZL Ali Riley
4 MF   POR Kim Brandão
5 DF   CAN Candace Chapman
6 DF   USA Gina Lewandowski
7 MF   USA McCall Zerboni
8 DF   USA Kandace Wilson
9 MF   SWE Caroline Seger (captain)
10 FW   BRA Marta
12 FW   CAN Christine Sinclair
13 FW   USA Alex Morgan
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   USA Becky Edwards
16 FW   ENG Gemma Davison
17 DF   USA Kaley Fountain
18 MF   USA Yael Averbuch
19 MF   USA Beverly Goebel
20 FW   BRA Maurine
21 DF   USA Brittany Bock
23 DF   USA Whitney Engen
24 GK   USA Ashlyn Harris
30 GK   USA Ashleigh Bowers
38 FW   USA Rebecca Moros

Transfers

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Squad statistics

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Source: WPS

Squad statistics are of the regular season only.

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Foul FS YC RC
18 M Yael Averbuch 13 8 734 0 2 0 11 1 9% 4 5 0 0
21 M Brittany Bock 18 17 1456 1 1 0 11 9 82% 21 16 2 0
4 D Kimberly Brandao 2 2 180 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 D Candace Chapman 12 12 1026 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0
16 F Gemma Davison 12 5 507 1 2 0 10 6 60% 6 9 0 0
14 D Becky Edwards 18 18 1445 3 1 0 18 7 39% 15 13 2 0
23 D Whitney Engen 17 17 1530 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 5 1 0
17 F Kaley Fountain 5 2 160 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0
19 M Beverly Goebel 14 3 428 1 1 0 5 2 40% 2 3 0 0
6 D Gina Lewandowski 8 6 594 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0
10 F Marta 14 13 1192 10 5 1 41 27 66% 17 16 0 0
20 F Maurine 1 1 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 F Alex Morgan 13 6 689 4 3 0 26 17 65% 8 8 0 0
38 F Rebecca Moros 17 11 1098 0 0 0 3 2 67% 12 5 1 0
3 D Ali Riley 15 15 1305 0 1 0 7 5 71% 6 4 0 0
2 D Alexandra Sahlen 2 1 79 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
9 M Caroline Seger 12 10 938 5 1 1 19 14 74% 7 9 1 0
12 F Christine Sinclair 15 14 1191 10 8 1 44 25 57% 5 5 0 0
8 F Kandace Wilson 13 9 875 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 6 1 0
7 M McCall Zerboni 14 11 915 4 3 0 13 8 62% 5 8 1 0
Team Total 235 181 16401 39 30 3 220 127 57.73% 123 123 11 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot Sav Sav% Sho YC RC
24 GK Ashlyn Harris 18 18 1620 18 1.00 2 2 72 50 73.5% 5 0 0

Club

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Management

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Position Staff
Head coach   Aaran Lines
Assistant coach   Scott Vallow
Strength and conditioning coach   Demeris Johnson

Last updated: August 22, 2011
Source: WPS

Competitions

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Women's Professional Soccer

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Pre-season

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Regular season

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April 17, 2011 WPS 1 Boston Breakers 1-2 Western New York Flash Allston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Bock   75'
Smith   90+'
Report Sinclair   66' (Morgan)
Davison   90+'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 4,158
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 24, 2011 WPS 2 Atlanta Beat 2-2 Western New York Flash Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S.
Sesselmann   36'
Lloyd   43'
Chalupny   58'
Lloyd   70'
Flanagan   80'
Mitts   85'
Report Sinclair   3' (Bock)
Marta   67' (Sinclair)
Fountain   71'
Stadium: Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,075
May 1, 2011 WPS 3 Western New York Flash 3-0 Atlanta Beat Rochester, New York, U.S.
Sinclair   23'
Engen   45+'
Sinclair   59' (Marta)
Morgan   73' (Parker)
Zerboni   89'
Report Mitts   21'
Sesselmann   68'
Flanagan   75'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,164
Referee: Ted Unkel
May 6, 2011 WPS 4 Western New York Flash 3-1 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York, U.S.
Morgan   5' (Marta)
Seger   40' (Marta)
Marta   77' (Alex Morgan)
Report Adriana   66' (Sjögran) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,704
Referee: Christina Ibanez
May 13, 2011 WPS 5 Western New York Flash 3-2 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York, U.S.
Bock   10' (Zerboni)
Zerboni   25' (Brandao)
Zerboni   69' (Davison)
Report Bogus   38' (Washington)
Moore   80' (penalty)
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,372
May 22, 2011 WPS 6 Western New York Flash 3-0 magicJack Rochester, New York, U.S.
Edwards   3' (Sinclair)
Seger   42' (Sinclair)
Bock   68'
Seger   84' (penalty)
Report Ellertson   84' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 8,076
Referee: Daniel Radford
May 29, 2011 WPS 7 Philadelphia Independence 1-2 Western New York Flash Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Rapinoe   9' (Sanderson)
Magnusdottir   26'
Rapinoe   75'
McNeill   87'
Report Edwards   14' (Zerboni)
Marta   23' (penalty)
Lewandowski   53'
Stadium: Widener University
Attendance: 3,456
Referee: Christina Ibanez
June 3, 2011 WPS 8 Western New York Flash 2-2 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York, U.S.
Edwards   13'
Seger   25'
Sinclair   39' (Davison)
Seger   44' (Sinclair)
Report Blank   14'
Long   65' (penalty)
Nogueira   88' (Adriana)
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,643
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
June 12, 2011 WPS 9 Western New York Flash 0-1 Philadelphia Independence Rochester, New York, U.S.
Magnusdottir   78'
Adams   90+' (Sanderson)
Report Lohman   22'
Buczkowski   72'
Wilson   83'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,397
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 9, 2011 WPS 10 Philadelphia Independence 2-1 Western New York Flash Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Kai   8' (DiMartino)
Farrelly   45+'
Report Sinclair   81' (penalty) Stadium: Widener University
Attendance: 2,556
Referee: Moo Hackett
July 17, 2011 WPS 11 Sky Blue FC 0-2 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.
Branam   34' Report Edwards   43'
Dew   81' (o.g.)
Goebel   86' (Sinclair)
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,441
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 20, 2011 WPS 12 Western New York Flash 3-1 magicJack Rochester, New York, U.S.
Sinclair   9' (Edwards)
Sinclair   51' (Marta)
Zerboni   69' (Sinclair)
Report Masar   41' (Washington) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 15,404
Referee: Christina Ibanez
July 24, 2011 WPS 13 Boston Breakers 2-2 Western New York Flash Allston, Massachusetts, U.S.
O'Hara   20' (Schoepfer)
O'Hara   67'
O'Hara   84' (Zimmeck)
Report Marta   38' (Zerboni)
Morgan   87'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 6,222
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 30, 2011 WPS 14 Sky Blue FC 1-4 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.
Adriana   22' (Sjögran)
Dew   83'
Report Zerboni   29'
Marta   35' (Averbuch)
Sinclair   38' (Chapman)
Morgan   90+' (Goebel)
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 5,065
Referee: Kari Seitz
August 3, 2011 WPS 15 Western New York Flash 2-1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York, U.S.
Sinclair   21' (Marta)
Edwards   28' (Riley)
Report Winters   47' (O'Hara) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,463
Referee: Patrick Baker
August 10, 2011 WPS 17 magicJack 1-2 Western New York Flash Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Schmidt   71' (Rampone)
Wambach   85'
Report Moros   56'
Marta   65' (Seger)
Marta   74'
Stadium: FAU Soccer Field
Attendance: 4,011
Referee: Daniel Radford
August 14, 2011 WPS 18 Western New York Flash 2-0 Atlanta Beat Rochester, New York, U.S.
Seger   37' (Morgan)
Marta   75' (Sinclair)
Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 5,702
Referee: Moo Hackett

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAAHHHHAHHAAHAAHAAH
ResultWDWWWWWDLLWWDWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on August 22, 2011. Source: WPS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Home/Away Results

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 13 3 2 40 18  +22 42 7 1 1 21 8  +13 6 2 1 19 10  +9

Last updated: August 22, 2011.
Source: WPS

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Western New York Flash 18 13 3 2 40 18 +22 42 Advance to Championship
2 Philadelphia Independence 18 11 3 4 31 18 +13 36 Advance to Super Semifinal
3 magicJack 18 9 2 7 29 29 0 28[a] Advance to First round
4 Boston Breakers 18 5 4 9 19 24 −5 19[b]
5 Sky Blue FC 18 5 4 9 24 29 −5 19[b]
6 Atlanta Beat 18 1 4 13 7 32 −25 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head-to-head result.
Notes:
  1. ^ magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.[3]
  2. ^ a b BOS: 7 pts; SKY: 4 pt

WPS Playoffs

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August 27, 2011 WPS Championship Western New York Flash 1-1 (a.e.t.)
(5-4 p)
Philadelphia Independence Rochester, New York, U.S.
4:00 p.m. (EST) Edwards   25'
Sinclair   64'
Goebel   96'   108'
Marta   103'
Report Rodriguez   88',   90+3' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 10,461
Referee: Kari Seitz
Penalties
Marta  
Sinclair  
Zerboni  
Seger  
Averbuch  
  Sanderson
  Adams
  Robinson
  Boquete
  del Rio

Awards

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WPS Player of the Week

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Week Player of the Week Week's Statline
Week 4   Christine Sinclair 2 G, GWG
Week 5   Marta 2 A, 1 G, GWA
Week 6   McCall Zerboni 1 A, 2 G, GWG
Week 7   Caroline Seger 2 G
Week 15   Christine Sinclair 1 A, 2 G, GWG
BOS 2-2 WNY

WPS Player of the Month

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Month Player of the Month Month's Statline
May   McCall Zerboni 2 G, 2 A in 5 games; Flash 5-0 in May

WPS year-end awards

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Award Player Notes
WPS Defender of the Year   Whitney Engen Started and played the full 90 in all but one game
US Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year   Ashlyn Harris Led the league in regular season goals per game average (1.00)
PUMA Golden Boot (Top Scorer)   Marta Scored ten goals, earning her third consecutive award

Source: 2011 WPS Year End Awards[4]

WPS Best XI

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Player Position
Ashlyn Harris Goalkeeper
Whitney Engen * Defense
Ali Riley Defense
Caroline Seger Midfield
Christine Sinclair * Forward
Marta Forward

* – unanimous selection
Source: WPS Announces Best XI of 2011

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kassouf, Jeff (September 24, 2010). "Western New York becomes WPS' eighth team". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Western New York Flash :: Players". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. May 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "WPS Announces 2011 Year End Awards". WPS. August 17, 2011. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)