2014 Western New York Flash season

The 2014 season was Western New York Flash's seventh season of existence, and the second in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Western New York Flash
2014 Western New York Flash season
PresidentAlexandra Sahlen
Head coachAaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
Rochester, New York
(Capacity: 13,768)
NWSL7th
Highest home attendance4,339
(Aug. 13 vs. Sky Blue FC)
Lowest home attendance1,786
(June 18 vs. Chicago Red Stars)
Average home league attendance3,177
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Roster edit

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   AUS Lydia Williams
3 MF   USA Courtney Wetzel
4 FW   AUS Samantha Kerr
5 FW   USA Courtney Verloo
6 DF   USA Angela Salem
7 MF   USA McCall Zerboni
8 FW   ESP Sonia Bermudez
10 MF   USA Carli Lloyd
11 FW   ESP Adriana Martín
12 DF   USA Kristen Edmonds
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   USA Brittany Taylor
14 MF   ESP Vicky Losada
15 FW   USA Jasmyne Spencer
16 DF   USA Katherine Reynolds
17 DF   USA Kathryn Williamson
19 GK   USA Kelsey Wys
20 FW   USA Abby Wambach
22 DF   USA Amy Barczuk
23 DF   USA Haley Palmer
24 GK   USA Adrianna Franch

Team management edit

Match results edit

Pre-season edit

Regular season edit

April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13) 1 Washington Spirit 1–3 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EST Barczuk   50' Report Losada   15' (67)
Taylor   54'
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field
Attendance: 2,306
April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 2 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Western New York Flash Bridgeview, Illinois
17:45 CDT (UTC-05) Johnston   59' Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 15,743
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 3, 2014 3 Western New York Flash 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
Bermudez   39' McDonald   43' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 7, 2014 4 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
Kerr   38' Spencer   45+4' Marlborough   57' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 11, 2014 5 Western New York Flash 2–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
Wambach   48, 90+2' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 17, 2014 6 Washington Spirit 3–2 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
Taylor   11,78' Williamson   71' (o.g.) Wambach   18' Lloyd   30' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
May 21, 2014 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
Long   16' McDonald   48' Zerboni   57' Stadium: Providence Park
May 25, 2014 8 Seattle Reign FC 2–2 Western New York Flash Seattle, Washington
Fishlock   45'
Little   90+2'
Wambach   17'
Lloyd   62'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
May 31, 2014 9 Western New York Flash 1–2 Houston Dash Rochester, New York
Zerboni   44' Ohai   50'
Burger   72'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jun 4, 2014 10 FC Kansas City 1–0 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez   44' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 7, 2014 11 Portland Thorns FC 0–5 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
Zerboni   11'
Lloyd {{goal|28,50}
Kerr   32,45+2'
Stadium: Providence Park
Jun 11, 2014 12 Houston Dash 2–1 Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
McCarty   39'
Noyola   65(p)'
Martin   62' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
June 18, 2014 (2014-06-18) 13 Western New York Flash 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Taylor   2'
Losada   37'
Kerr   90+1'
Summary Chalupny   13'
Hemmings   44'
Morway   50'
Santacaterina   85'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,786
Referee: Mark Allatin
Jun 22, 2014 14 Western New York Flash 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
Kerr   62' Lloyd   83' (o.g.) Leroux   88' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jun 27, 2014 15 Western New York Flash 2–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
Lloyd   59,83' Ezurike   71' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 2, 2014 16 Western New York Flash 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
Losada   33' Goebel   62' Fishlock   85' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 5, 2014 17 Houston Dash 1–4 Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
Jackson   81' Spencer   13'

Kerr   28' Bermudez   80'

Edwards   85' (o.g.)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Jul 12, 2014 18 Western New York Flash 0–1 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
Reynolds 54 Matheson   56' (p) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 18, 2014 19 Western New York Flash 1–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
Kerr   22' Hagen   17' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 25, 2014 20 Western New York Flash 2–4 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
Spencer   14'
Lloyd   54'
Kerr   89'
= soccer&page = match&id = 1648580 Summary Sanderson   27'   51'
O'Reilly   30' (pen.)   86'
Reeves   39'
Jones   89'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,081
Referee:   Timon Berry
Jul 31, 2014 21 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
Nadim   22'
Levin   39'
O'Hara   50'
= soccer&page = match&id = 1648586 Summary Lloyd   26'
Bermúdez   55'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,471
Referee:   Josh Wilkens
Aug 3, 2014 22 Boston Breakers 3–4 Western New York Flash Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 Mewis   29'   76'
Reeves   74'
= soccer&page = match&id = 1648590 Summary Wambach   8'   49'
Kerr   66'
Bermúdez   90+2'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Aug 13, 2014 23 Western New York Flash 2–3 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
18:00 Martín   23'
Bermúdez   79'
Summary O'Hara   24'
Nadim   48'   89'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,339
Referee:   Chris Spivey
Aug 16, 2014 24 Chicago Red Stars 3–3 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
19:00 Press   17' (pen.)   60'
Johnston   90+3'
Summary Martín   29'
Lloyd   45'
Kerr   49'
Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

Standings edit

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 edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
24 28 8 12 4 42 38  +4 4 6 2 17 18  −1 4 6 2 25 20  +5

Last updated: August 16, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
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 edit

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Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2014. Source: National Women's Soccer League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics edit

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed

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 Teigen Allen 4 2 258 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0
22 DF Amy Barczuk 19 9 886 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 0
8 DF Sonia Bermudez 21 9 837 4 1 1 23 8 1 15 9 9 12 2 0
12 DF Kristen Edmonds 22 19 1739 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 15 1 0
4 MF Samantha Kerr 20 20 1660 9 4 1 53 24 0 0 20 9 14 1 0
18 FW Emma Kete 3 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Carli Lloyd 19 19 1710 8 5 1 61 33 0 3 13 51 24 5 0
14 MF Vicky Losada 23 18 1624 3 6 0 22 7 3 35 4 17 14 2 0
11 FW Adriana Martin 19 12 1195 3 4 0 26 16 1 29 7 5 9 0 0
23 DF Haley Palmer 7 5 357 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
16 DF Katherine Reynolds 19 19 1628 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 12 7 2 1
6 MF Angela Salem 23 22 1858 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 16 10 4 1
15 FW Jasmyne Spencer 22 9 933 3 1 1 25 14 0 0 10 8 16 1 0
13 DF Brittany Taylor 24 24 2160 2 1 2 6 5 0 0 0 15 16 2 0
5 FW Courtney Verloo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Abby Wambach 10 10 835 6 4 1 28 17 1 0 10 11 11 1 0
3 MF Courtney Wetzel 8 0 122 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
17 DF Kathryn Williamson 21 20 1699 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 12 2 0
7 MF McCall Zerboni 24 23 2036 3 2 1 12 5 0 0 2 45 24 2 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
25 GK DiDi Haracic 1 1 90 0 0 1 21 10 7 3 3.000 2 3 0
1 GK Lydia Williams 14 14 1183 6 6 1 125 65 49 15 1.071 1 1 2
19 GK Kelsey Wys 10 9 887 2 6 2 143 66 47 20 2.000 2 2 1

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