2012 Boston Breakers season

Boston Breakers
2012 season
Governor	Michael Stoller
Head coach	Lisa Cole
Stadium	Dilboy Stadium
WPSLE	2nd
WPSL Playoffs	Semi-finals
Women's U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
Top goalscorer	Kyah Simon (12)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2012 Boston Breakers season was the club's seventh overall year of existence, fourth consecutive year, and first year as a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite).

Review and events

Match results

Key

Win Tie Loss

Non-competitive fixtures

May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	D.C. United Women (USL W-L)	0–1	Boston Breakers (WPSLE)	Germantown, Maryland
		BOS report Report	Simon 56' (Luscinski)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,022

WPSL Elite

May 10, 2012 1	ASA Chesapeake Charge	0–3	Boston Breakers	Arnold, Maryland
7:30 p.m.	Barger	WPSL report ^{[dead link‍]} BOS report Report	Napoli 1' (Jones) Schoepfer 14' (Napoli) Luscinski 15' (Osborne)	Stadium: Anne Arundel Community College Attendance: 400

May 18, 2012 2	Boston Breakers	4–1	FC Indiana	Somerville, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.	Schoepfer 9' Simon 13' (Schoepfer), 22' (Luscinski) Butt 57' (Simon)	WPSL report ^{[dead link‍]} BOS report Report Report	Libertin 11'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,312

May 23, 2012 3	New York Fury	1–2	Boston Breakers	Hemsptead Village, New York
7:00 p.m.	Mathias 66' (McNeil)	BOS report Report	Butt 10' (Jones) Schoepfer 19' (Simon) Simon 36'	Stadium: Hofstra University Attendance: 1,300^{[citation needed]}

May 26, 2012 4	Boston Breakers	0–1^[a]	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m.	~~Schoepfer 33', 54' (pen.), 67' (Simon)~~	BOS report Report Forfeit report	~~Salem 49' (Adriana)~~ ~~Adriana 82'~~	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,342
Note: The Boston Breakers had won 3–2,^[2] but on June 18 forfeited the match for fielding an ineligible player in Melissa Henderson, whose international transfer certificate was still held in Russia.^[3] The WPSL credited the Western New York Flash with a 1–0 victory^[4] and nullified all previous goals in the match.^[5] Before the June 18 ruling,^[4] Breakers forward Katie Schoepfer's three goals in the match were all nullified, as were goals by Flash players Adriana Martín and Angela Salem.

June 1, 2012 5	FC Indiana	0–4	Boston Breakers	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 p.m.	Libertin Cajuste Dolce	BOS report	D'Agostino 30' (Osborne) Schoepfer 34' (King), 41' (Jones) Simon 78'	Stadium: IUPUI Stadium Attendance: 246

June 3, 2012 6	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Boston Breakers	Naperville, Illinois
5:00 p.m.	Weissenhofer 34' (Chalupny)	WPSL report ^{[dead link‍]} CHI report BOS report		Stadium: Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium

June 10, 2012 7	Philadelphia Fever	0–1	Boston Breakers	Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
7:30 p.m.		Report	Simon 45'	Stadium: Daniel Boone HS

June 20, 2012 8	Boston Breakers	4–2	New England Mutiny	Somerville, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.	Simon 41' (Schoepfer), 45' (Jones), 66' (Jones) Schoepfer 49' (pen.) D'Agostino 83'	WPSL report ^{[dead link‍]} BOS report Report	Houle 12' Howarth 59' 76'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,147

June 23, 2012 9	Boston Breakers	2–0	New York Fury	Somerville, Massachusetts
6:45 p.m.	Simon 35' (Schoepfer), 90' (Schoepfer)	BOS report Report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,117
Note: Kickoff delayed from 6:00 p.m. due to thunderstorms.

June 30, 2012 10	Boston Breakers	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Somerville, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m.	Simon 89' (Schoepfer)	BOS report Report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,092

July 6, 2012 11	Boston Breakers	3–1	ASA Chesapeake Charge	Somerville, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.	Simon 16' (O'Reilly) Courtney Jones 53' (O'Reilly) Henderson 71' (Donnelly)	BOS report Report	Skidmore 47' (Spivey)	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,026

July 7, 2012 12	New England Mutiny	2–1	Boston Breakers	East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m.	Simon 47' (DaCosta) D'Agostino	BOS report Report Report	Weimer 90+' Dimirdjian 90+' (Mays) Howarth	Stadium: East Longmeadow High School Attendance: 1,031

July 14, 2012 13	Boston Breakers	2–0	Philadelphia Fever	Somerville, MA
6:00 p.m.	Schoepfer 13' (pen.) Jones 42' (Osborne)	BOS report Report		Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,541

July 22, 2012 14	Western New York Flash	0–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
4:00 p.m.		BOS report WNY report	Reed 22'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boston Breakers	14	11	0	3	28	9	+19	30^[a]	2012 WPSL Elite playoffs
2	Western New York Flash (C)	14	9	3	2	29	8	+21	30
3	New York Fury	14	9	2	3	25	8	+17	29
4	Chicago Red Stars	14	9	1	4	26	11	+15	28
5	New England Mutiny	14	6	3	5	25	34	−9	21

Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The Boston Breakers forfeited the May 26 match against the Western New York Flash for fielding an ineligible player. The Boston Breakers won the match 3–2.^[6] The WPSL credited the Western New York Flash with a 1–0 victory^[4] with all previous goals of the match being nullified.^[7] Before the June 18 ruling,^[4] Breakers forward Katie Schoepfer led the league in scoring with 8 goals. However, her 3 goals at the May 26 match were all forfeited, as were goals by Flash players Adriana and Angela Salem.

Playoffs

Semi-finals

July 25, 2012	Boston Breakers	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
7:00 p.m.	DaCosta 80'	BOS report Report Report	Fowlkes 14' (Chalupny) Chalupny 54' (Masar) Masar 66' (Sitch)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Club

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of June 1, 2012.^[8]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
4	DF	Cat Whitehill	United States
5	MF	Amanda DaCosta	Portugal
17	FW	Kyah Simon	Australia
3	MF	Tameka Butt	Australia
84	FW	Courtney Jones	United States
18	FW	Melissa Henderson	United States
19	MF	Bianca D'Agostino	United States
23	DF	Lindsay Massengale	United States
20	FW	Veronica Napoli	Italy
14	DF	Katherine Donnelly	United States
11	FW	Furtuna Velaj	Albania
21	MF	Jess Luscinski	United States
9	MF	Heather O'Reilly	United States
8	DF	Julie King	United States
15	DF	Emma Thomson	England
2	FW	Katie Schoepfer	United States
7	DF	Elli Reed	United States
12	MF	Leslie Osborne	United States
25	DF	Taryn Hemmings	United States
26	MF	Kate Incerto	United States
30	GK	Alice Binns	United States

Management and staff

Front office

Governor: Michael Stoller^[1]

Coaching staff

Head coach: Lisa Cole^[9]
Assistant coach: Kristine Lilly^[10]
Technical advisor: Marcia McDermott^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Breakers to Compete in WPSL Elite Women's Soccer League". OurSports Central (Press release). February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
^ "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH" (Press release). Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Kassouf, Jeff (June 18, 2012). "Boston Breakers forfeit previous win over WNY Flash". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d O'Connell, Brian (June 19, 2012). "Breakers Docked 3 Pts. For Ineligible Player". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Boston Breakers 2012 Roster". Boston Breakers. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
^ Linehan, Meg (December 9, 2012). "Lisa Cole discusses return to Breakers, new league". The Equalizer. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
^ ^a ^b 2013 Boston Breakers Media Guide (PDF). Boston Breakers. 2013. pp. 8–10.

[table_hth_BOS0.30108823780952-8] The Boston Breakers forfeited the May 26 match against the Western New York Flash for fielding an ineligible player. The Boston Breakers won the match 3–2.^[6] The WPSL credited the Western New York Flash with a 1–0 victory^[4] with all previous goals of the match being nullified.^[7] Before the June 18 ruling,^[4] Breakers forward Katie Schoepfer led the league in scoring with 8 goals. However, her 3 goals at the May 26 match were all forfeited, as were goals by Flash players Adriana and Angela Salem.

[wpsle-announce-1] "Breakers to Compete in WPSL Elite Women's Soccer League". OurSports Central (Press release). February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[2] "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH" (Press release). Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[3] Kassouf, Jeff (June 18, 2012). "Boston Breakers forfeit previous win over WNY Flash". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[ineligible_player-4] O'Connell, Brian (June 19, 2012). "Breakers Docked 3 Pts. For Ineligible Player". Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[5] Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[6] "BOSTON BREAKERS IMPROVE TO 4–0 WITH 3–2 WIN OVER WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH". Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[7] Kennedy, Paul (June 20, 2012). "Breakers blast 'travesty of justice'". Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[9] "Boston Breakers 2012 Roster". Boston Breakers. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.

[10] Linehan, Meg (December 9, 2012). "Lisa Cole discusses return to Breakers, new league". The Equalizer. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[bbmg-2013-11] 2013 Boston Breakers Media Guide (PDF). Boston Breakers. 2013. pp. 8–10.

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