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2016 Boston Breakers season

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Boston Breakers
2016 season
OwnerBoston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coachMatt Beard
StadiumJordan Field
Boston, Massachusetts
Highest home attendance4,007
(June 10 vs. Washington)
Lowest home attendance3,288
(May 22 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance3570
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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.

Club

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Coaching staff

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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

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 MF France FRA Ghoutia Karchouni
1 GK United States USA Libby Stout
2 GK United States USA Jami Kranich
3 FW United States USA Elisa Krieghoff
4 DF United States USA Whitney Engen
5 DF United States USA Kassey Kallman
7 MF United States USA Sinead Farrelly
8 DF United States USA Julie King
9 FW England ENG Natasha Dowie
10 MF Sweden SWE Louise Schillgard
11 FW United States USA Brittany Ratcliffe
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 GK United States USA Abby Smith
17 FW Australia AUS Kyah Simon
19 MF United States USA Kristie Mewis
20 DF United States USA Mollie Pathman
21 DF United States USA Christen Westphal
22 MF United States USA Stephanie Verdoia
23 DF United States USA Brooke Elby
24 DF United States USA Rachel Wood
26 MF United States USA Angela Salem
88 MF United States USA Katie Schoepfer
99 FW Germany GER Eunice Beckmann

Competitions

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Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

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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
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

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Sat Apr 16 1 Washington Spirit 1–0 Boston Breakers Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. Lohman 3'
Megan Oyster Yellow card 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 Yellow card 60'
McCall Zerboni Yellow card 81'
Report Manon Melis 10' (Kim Little)
Rachel Corsie 39' (Kim Little)
Hope Solo Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
King Yellow card 78'
Ratcliffe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 60'
Nikki Stanton Yellow card 75'
Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
Sat Jun 18 9 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
Sofia Huerta 3' (Vanessa DiBernardo), 57' (Alyssa Mautz)
Sofia Huerta Yellow card 56'
Casey Short 62' (Vanessa DiBernardo)
Report
Report
Stats
Louise Schillgard Yellow card 55'
Eunice Beckmann Yellow card 61'
Kyah Simon Yellow card 94+'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,553
Referee: Danielle Brzezesinski-Chesky
Sat Jul 2 11 Seattle Reign FC 2–0 Boston Breakers Seattle
Nahomi Kawasumi 14' (Manon Melis), 62' (Keelin Winters) Report Julie King Yellow card 40'
Brittany Ratcliffe Yellow card 72'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
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 Yellow card 29'
Report Toni Pressley Yellow card 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) Yellow card 90'
Report Julie King 84' (Eunice Beckmann) Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,152
Referee: Jon Freemon
Sun Sep 11 19 Houston Dash 4–1 Boston Breakers Houston
Janine Beckie 26' (Carli Lloyd)
Kealia Ohai 35' (Janine Beckie)
Andressa Machry Yellow card 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

Standings

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

Squad statistics

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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 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

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  1. ^ "Coaching Staff". bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "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.

See also

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