The 2016 Boston Breakers season, is the club's eleventh season overall, its seventh consecutive season, and fourth year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.
| 2016 season | |||
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| Owner | Boston Women's Soccer, LLC | ||
| Head coach | Matt Beard | ||
| Stadium | Jordan Field Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Highest home attendance | 4,007 (June 10 vs. Washington) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,288 (May 22 vs. Kansas City) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3570 | ||
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Club edit
Coaching staff edit
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Matt Beard |
| Assistant Coach | Dushawne Simpson |
| Assistant Coach | Cat Whitehill |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Ashley Phillips |
Last updated: May 5, 2016
Source: [1]
First-team squad edit
As of July 12, 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions edit
- Key
Win Tie Loss
Preseason edit
As in previous seasons, Breakers spent time in Florida during preseason.[2]
| Sun Mar 20 | Northeastern Huskies | 0–7 | Boston Breakers | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| 6:00 p.m. EST | Report | Mewis  12'Schoepfer 30'Marlborough 38'King 42'Ratcliffe 52'Wood 67'Krieghoff 78' |
Stadium: Parsons Field | |
| Note: Played in three 30-minute periods | ||||
| Fri Mar 25 | Florida State Seminoles | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Tallahassee, Florida |
| 7:00 p.m. EST | Connolly 80' |
Report | Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex | |
| Note: Played in three 30-minute periods | ||||
| Sun Apr 3 | Boston Breakers | Cancelled | Connecticut Huskies | Massachusetts |
| Summary | ||||
| Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather. | ||||
| Sun Apr 3 | Boston Breakers | Cancelled | Boston College Eagles | Massachusetts |
| Summary | ||||
| Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather. | ||||
Regular season edit
| Sat Apr 16 1 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Boyds, Maryland |
| 7:00 p.m. | Lohman 3' Megan Oyster  86' |
Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| Sun Apr 24 2 | Boston Breakers | 0–3 | Seattle Reign FC | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Brittany Ratcliffe 60' McCall Zerboni 81' |
Report | Manon Melis 10' (Kim Little) Rachel Corsie 39' (Kim Little)Hope Solo 50'Kim Little 79' (Beverly Yanez) |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Matthew Franz |
| Sun May 1 3 | Boston Breakers | 0–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Schillgard 38' King 78' Ratcliffe 90' |
Report | Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 79' (Heath) |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,698 Referee: Brandon Artis |
| Sat May 7 4 | Boston Breakers | 0–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Report Report |
Jen Hoy 7' Christen Press 60' (unassisted) |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| Fri May 13 5 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| Kassey Kallman 41' (own goal) Tasha Kai 60'Nikki Stanton 75' |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
| Sun May 22 6 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Whitney Engen 19' (Kristie Mewis) Whitney Engen 91+' |
Report | Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Chris Spivey |
| Fri May 27 7 | Western New York Flash | 4–0 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
| Taylor Smith 15' Lynn Williams 64' (Michaela Hahn)Lynn Williams 65' (Meredith Speck)Abby Dahlkemper 78' (pen.) |
Report | Eunice Beckmann 90' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
| Fri Jun 10 8 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Louise Schillgard 15' (pen.) |
Report | Katie Stengel 13' |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| Sat Jun 18 9 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Sofia Huerta 3' (Vanessa DiBernardo), 57' (Alyssa Mautz) Sofia Huerta 56'Casey Short 62' (Vanessa DiBernardo) |
Report Report Stats |
Louise Schillgard 55' Eunice Beckmann 61'Kyah Simon 94+' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Danielle Brzezesinski-Chesky |
| Fri Jun 24 10 | Western New York Flash | 7–1 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
| 7:00 p.m. ET | Lynn Williams 19' (Makenzy Doniak), 39' (Jessica McDonald) Jessica McDonald 28' (Samantha Mewis), 43' (Liz Eddy), 49' (Lynn Williams)Alanna Kennedy 35'Makenzy Doniak 45+2' (Samantha Mewis)McCall Zerboni 60'Taylor Smith 63' (Jaelene Hinkle) |
Report | Christen Westphal 38' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
| Sat Jul 2 11 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–0 | Boston Breakers | Seattle |
| Nahomi Kawasumi 14' (Manon Melis), 62' (Keelin Winters) |
Report | Julie King 40' Brittany Ratcliffe 72' |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
| Sun Jul 10 12 | Orlando Pride | 2–1 | Boston Breakers | Orlando, Florida |
| Jasmyne Spencer 21' Kristen Edmonds 90', 93+' (Leah Fortune) |
Report | Mollie Pathman 5' Brooke Elby 34'  89'Louise Schillgard 49'Jami Kranich 93+' |
Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: 5,842 |
| Sun Jul 17 13 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | Sky Blue FC | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Angela Salem 3' (unassisted) Julie King 85' (Louise Schillgard) |
Report | Sarah Killion 28' (penalty) Leah Galton 37' (Tasha Kai)Erica Skroski 74' (unassisted) |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Matthew Franz |
| Sun Jul 31 14 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | Orlando Pride | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Natasha Dowie 10' (unassisted) Louise Schillgard 29' |
Report | Toni Pressley 90' |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 4,379 Referee: Leszek Stalmach |
| Sun Aug 28 15 | FC Kansas City | 0–2 | Boston Breakers | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Report | Katie Schoepfer 38' (Brooke Elby) Kristie Mewis 81' (unassisted) |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,206 Referee: Christina Unkel |
| Wed Aug 31 16 | Boston Breakers | 1–3 | Houston Dash | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Natasha Dowie 91+' |
Report | Kealia Ohai 3' (C Lloyd), 33' (unassisted) Carli Lloyd 62' |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,762 Referee: Jasmine Peralta |
| Sun Sep 4 17 | Portland Thorns FC | 5–1 | Boston Breakers | Portland, Oregon |
| Christine Sinclair 14' (N Nadim) Allie Long 48' (C Sinclair)Nadia Nadim 41' (pk), 79' (A Long) 90' |
Report | Julie King 84' (Eunice Beckmann) |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,152 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| Thu Sep 8 18 | Boston Breakers | 2–2 | Western New York Flash | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Kyah Simon 4' (J King) Natasha Dowie 9'; 51' (Louise Schillgard)Julie King 61'Eunice Beckmann 68' |
Report | Jessica McDonald 38' (Samantha Mewis) Lynn Williams 76' (Makenzy Doniak) |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo |
| Sun Sep 11 19 | Houston Dash | 4–1 | Boston Breakers | Houston |
| Janine Beckie 26' (Carli Lloyd) Kealia Ohai 35' (Janine Beckie)Andressa Machry 55'Carli Lloyd 78' (Kealia Ohai)Carli Lloyd 81' (penalty) |
Report | Elise Krieghoff 76' (unassisted) |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,107 Referee: Levi Rippy |
| Sat Sep 24 20 | Boston Breakers | 0–4 | Western New York Flash | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Angela Salem 45'+3 Katie Schoepfer 70'Whitney Engen 71' |
Report | Jessica McDonald 2' (Makenzy Doniak) Lynn Williams 24' (unassisted)Samantha Mewis 45' (McCall Zerboni)Alanna Kennedy 61'Abby Dahlkemper 68' (penalty) |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Karen Abt |
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portland Thorns FC | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 41 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Washington Spirit | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 39 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 33 | |
| 4 | Western New York Flash (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 32 | |
| 5 | Seattle Reign FC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 30 | |
| 6 | FC Kansas City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 26 | |
| 7 | Sky Blue FC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 26 | |
| 8 | Houston Dash | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | Orlando Pride | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 19 | |
| 10 | Boston Breakers | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 11 |
- Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 32 | −27 |
Last updated: September 11, 2016
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
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
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: May reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics edit
Source: NWSL
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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| 99 | FW | Eunice Beckmann | 11 | 8 | 658 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 31% | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Natasha Dowie | 7 | 7 | 605 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 48% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Brooke Elby | 13 | 11 | 919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Whitney Engen | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kassey Kallman | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Ghoutia Karchouni | 3 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Julie King | 18 | 17 | 1523 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 45% | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | Jami Kranich | 9 | 9 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | Elisa Krieghoff | 6 | 0 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Morgan Marlborough | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Stephanie McCaffrey | 12 | 10 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53% | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Kristie Mewis | 14 | 13 | 1122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 26% | 4 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mollie Pathman | 13 | 12 | 1055 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Brittany Ratcliffe | 15 | 5 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 29% | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Angela Salem | 19 | 19 | 1699 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 43% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Louise Schillgard | 18 | 16 | 1429 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 67% | 9 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Katie Schoepfer | 12 | 8 | 597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 36% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Kyah Simon | 17 | 14 | 1293 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 24% | 8 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Abby Smith | 2 | 2 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Libby Stout | 10 | 9 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Kylie Strom | 7 | 3 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Stephanie Verdoia | 10 | 5 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Christen Westphal | 13 | 7 | 579 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Rachel Wood | 7 | 2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 8 | 8 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Total | 20 | — | 19799 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 191 | 74 | 39% | 65 | 65 | 38 | 181 | 169 | 24 | 1 | ||
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | GK | Jami Kranich | 9 | 9 | 810 | 25 | 2.78 | 3 | 3 | 130 | 64 | 39 | 61% | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Abby Smith | 2 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 88% | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Libby Stout | 10 | 9 | 868 | 21 | 2.10 | 2 | 2 | 139 | 62 | 42 | 68% | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 47 | 2.35 | 5 | 5 | 288 | 134 | 88 | 66% | 1 | 0 | ||
References edit
- ^ "Coaching Staff". bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ^ "BREAKERS HEADING TO FLORIDA FOR 2016 PRESEASON; The club will spend eight days in Florida, departing Boston on March 23 and returning March 31". nwslsoccer.com. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.