2016 Boston Breakers season

Boston Breakers
2016season
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
Home colors	Away colors
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The2016Boston Breakersseason,is the club's eleventh season overall, its seventh consecutive season, and fourth year as a member of theNational Women's Soccer League.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
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

As of July 12, 2016

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	MF	FRA	Ghoutia Karchouni
1	GK	USA	Libby Stout
2	GK	USA	Jami Kranich
3	FW	USA	Elisa Krieghoff
4	DF	USA	Whitney Engen
5	DF	USA	Kassey Kallman
7	MF	USA	Sinead Farrelly
8	DF	USA	Julie King
9	FW	ENG	Natasha Dowie
10	MF	SWE	Louise Schillgard
11	FW	USA	Brittany Ratcliffe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	GK	USA	Abby Smith
17	FW	AUS	Kyah Simon
19	MF	USA	Kristie Mewis
20	DF	USA	Mollie Pathman
21	DF	USA	Christen Westphal
22	MF	USA	Stephanie Verdoia
23	DF	USA	Brooke Elby
24	DF	USA	Rachel Wood
26	MF	USA	Angela Salem
88	MF	USA	Katie Schoepfer
99	FW	GER	Eunice Beckmann

Competitions

Key

Win Tie Loss

Preseason

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	Mewis12' Schoepfer30' Marlborough38' King42' Ratcliffe52' Wood67' Krieghoff78'	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	Connolly80'	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

Sat Apr 161	Washington Spirit	1–0	Boston Breakers	Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m.	Lohman3' Megan Oyster86'	Report		Stadium:Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Margaret Domka

Sun Apr 242	Boston Breakers	0–3	Seattle Reign FC	Boston, Massachusetts
	Brittany Ratcliffe60' McCall Zerboni81'	Report	Manon Melis10' (Kim Little) Rachel Corsie39' (Kim Little) Hope Solo50' Kim Little79' (Beverly Yanez)	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sun May 13	Boston Breakers	0–1	Portland Thorns FC	Boston, Massachusetts
	Schillgard38' King78' Ratcliffe90'	Report	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir79' (Heath)	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 3,698 Referee: Brandon Artis

Sat May 74	Boston Breakers	0–1	Chicago Red Stars	Boston, Massachusetts
		Report Report	Jen Hoy7' Christen Press60' (unassisted)	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Margaret Domka

Fri May 135	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Kassey Kallman41' (own goal) Tasha Kai60' Nikki Stanton75'	Report		Stadium:Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

Sun May 226	Boston Breakers	1–0	FC Kansas City	Boston, Massachusetts
	Whitney Engen19' (Kristie Mewis) Whitney Engen91+'	Report		Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Chris Spivey

Fri May 277	Western New York Flash	4–0	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
	Taylor Smith15' Lynn Williams64' (Michaela Hahn) Lynn Williams65' (Meredith Speck) Abby Dahlkemper78' (pen.)	Report	Eunice Beckmann90'	Stadium:Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Andrew Musashe

Fri Jun 108	Boston Breakers	1–1	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
	Louise Schillgard15' (pen.)	Report	Katie Stengel13'	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Margaret Domka

Sat Jun 189	Chicago Red Stars	3–0	Boston Breakers	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Sofia Huerta3' (Vanessa DiBernardo),57' (Alyssa Mautz) Sofia Huerta56' Casey Short62' (Vanessa DiBernardo)	Report Report Stats	Louise Schillgard55' Eunice Beckmann61' Kyah Simon94+'	Stadium:Toyota Park Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Danielle Brzezesinski-Chesky

Fri Jun 2410	Western New York Flash	7–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
7:00 p.m. ET	Lynn Williams19' (Makenzy Doniak),39' (Jessica McDonald) Jessica McDonald28' (Samantha Mewis),43' (Liz Eddy),49' (Lynn Williams) Alanna Kennedy35' Makenzy Doniak45+2' (Samantha Mewis) McCall Zerboni60' Taylor Smith63' (Jaelene Hinkle)	Report	Christen Westphal38'	Stadium:Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Sat Jul 211	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Boston Breakers	Seattle
	Nahomi Kawasumi14' (Manon Melis),62' (Keelin Winters)	Report	Julie King40' Brittany Ratcliffe72'	Stadium:Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Sun Jul 1012	Orlando Pride	2–1	Boston Breakers	Orlando, Florida
	Jasmyne Spencer21' Kristen Edmonds90',93+' (Leah Fortune)	Report	Mollie Pathman5' Brooke Elby34'89' Louise Schillgard49' Jami Kranich93+'	Stadium:Camping World Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: 5,842

Sun Jul 1713	Boston Breakers	2–3	Sky Blue FC	Boston, Massachusetts
	Angela Salem3' (unassisted) Julie King85' (Louise Schillgard)	Report	Sarah Killion28' (penalty) Leah Galton37' (Tasha Kai) Erica Skroski74' (unassisted)	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sun Jul 3114	Boston Breakers	1–0	Orlando Pride	Boston, Massachusetts
	Natasha Dowie10' (unassisted) Louise Schillgard29'	Report	Toni Pressley90'	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 4,379 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Sun Aug 2815	FC Kansas City	0–2	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
		Report	Katie Schoepfer38' (Brooke Elby) Kristie Mewis81' (unassisted)	Stadium:Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,206 Referee: Christina Unkel

Wed Aug 3116	Boston Breakers	1–3	Houston Dash	Boston, Massachusetts
	Natasha Dowie91+'	Report	Kealia Ohai3' (C Lloyd),33' (unassisted) Carli Lloyd62'	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 3,762 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

Sun Sep 417	Portland Thorns FC	5–1	Boston Breakers	Portland, Oregon
	Christine Sinclair14' (N Nadim) Allie Long48' (C Sinclair) Nadia Nadim41' (pk),79' (A Long)90'	Report	Julie King84' (Eunice Beckmann)	Stadium:Providence Park Attendance: 17,152 Referee: Jon Freemon

Thu Sep 818	Boston Breakers	2–2	Western New York Flash	Boston, Massachusetts
	Kyah Simon4' (J King) Natasha Dowie9';51' (Louise Schillgard) Julie King61' Eunice Beckmann68'	Report	Jessica McDonald38' (Samantha Mewis) Lynn Williams76' (Makenzy Doniak)	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo

Sun Sep 1119	Houston Dash	4–1	Boston Breakers	Houston
	Janine Beckie26' (Carli Lloyd) Kealia Ohai35' (Janine Beckie) Andressa Machry55' Carli Lloyd78' (Kealia Ohai) Carli Lloyd81' (penalty)	Report	Elise Krieghoff76' (unassisted)	Stadium:BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,107 Referee: Levi Rippy

Sat Sep 2420	Boston Breakers	0–4	Western New York Flash	Boston, Massachusetts
	Angela Salem45'+3 Katie Schoepfer70' Whitney Engen71'	Report	Jessica McDonald2' (Makenzy Doniak) Lynn Williams24' (unassisted) Samantha Mewis45' (McCall Zerboni) Alanna Kennedy61' Abby Dahlkemper68' (penalty)	Stadium:Jordan Field Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Karen Abt

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source:NWSL
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers
(C)Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
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 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source:May reports
A= Away;H= Home;W= Win;D= Draw;L= Loss

Squad statistics

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
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
2	GK	Jami Kranich	9	9	810	25	2.78	3	3	130	64	39	61%	1
14	GK	Abby Smith	2	2	122	1	0.50	0	0	19	8	7	88%	0
1	GK	Libby Stout	10	9	868	21	2.10	2	2	139	62	42	68%	0
Team Total			20	—	1800	47	2.35	5	5	288	134	88	66%	1

References

^"Coaching Staff".bostonbreakerssoccer. Archived fromthe originalon November 17, 2015.RetrievedMay 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. February 16, 2016.RetrievedFebruary 19,2016.

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