2015 Boston Breakers season

Boston Breakers

2015 season
Owner	Boston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head Coach	Tom Durkin
Stadium	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA
Top goalscorer	League: Kristie Mewis (4) All: Kristie Mewis (7)
Highest home attendance	4,137 (August 8 vs. Washington Spirit)
Lowest home attendance	1,861 (May 22 vs. Sky Blue)
Average home league attendance	2,373
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The 2015 Boston Breakers season, is the club's tenth overall year of existence, sixth consecutive year, and third year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. They played 20 games, finishing with 4 wins, 3 draws, and 13 losses. They did not qualify for the post-season playoffs, and finished the season at ninth place in a nine team league. ^[1]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach	Dushawne Simpson
Goalkeeper Coach	Ashley Phillips

Last updated: April 19, 2015
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Alyssa Naeher 2 GK Jami Kranich 4 DF Cat Whitehill 5 DF Kassey Kallman 7 FW Ketlen Wiggers 8 DF Julie King 9 FW Stephanie McCaffrey 10 MF Rafinha 11 MF Amy Barczuk 15 FW Morgan Marlborough

No. Position Player 17 MF Suzane Pires 18 DF Maddy Evans 19 MF Kristie Mewis 20 DF Mollie Pathman 21 MF Bia 22 FW Nkem Ezurike 23 DF Bianca Sierra 24 DF Rachel Wood 26 MF Stephanie Verdoia 88 MF Katie Schoepfer

Competitions

Key

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

Boston College Eagles v Boston Breakers

March 20, Fri 1	Boston College Eagles	0 – 4	Boston Breakers	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
(EDT) UTC-4		Report	Evans  36', 57' Pires  69' Brinson  89'	Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Three 35-minute periods

Boston Breakers v Jamaican national team

March 24, Tue 2	Boston Breakers	5 – 0	Jamaican national team	St. Augustine, Florida
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4	McCaffrey  9' Mewis  12' Whitehill  27' Marlborough  54' Brinson  69'	Report		Stadium: Saints Field Attendance: 1,100

Boston Breakers v Jamaican national team

March 28, Sat 3	Boston Breakers	5 – 0	Jamaican national team	Winter Springs, Florida
19:30 (EDT) UTC-4	Pires  35' Mewis  37' Whitehill  50' Ezurike  61' Barczuk  80'	Report		Stadium: Central Winds Park Attendance: 500

Boston Breakers v Connecticut Huskies

April 4, Sat 4	Boston Breakers	3 – 1	Connecticut Huskies	Marlborough, Massachusetts
19:00 (EDT) UTC-4	McCaffrey  17' Mewis  29' Wood  71'	Report	Altrui  27'	Stadium: ForeKicks Sports Complex

Regular Season

Portland Thorns FC v Boston Breakers

April 11, Sat 1	Portland Thorns FC	4 – 1	Boston Breakers	Portland, Oregon
22:00 (EDT) UTC-4	Farrelly  21' Shim  38' Long  71',  72'	Report	Pathman  33' McCaffrey  63'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,386 Referee: Margaret Domka

Boston Breakers v Houston Dash

April 26, Sun 2	Boston Breakers	3 – 2	Houston Dash	Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4	King 8' Ezurike 31' (McCaffrey) Evans 55' Lloyd 72' (o.g.)	Report	Cross 44' McDonald 58' (Brian),  65' (Ohai) Roche 90'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

May 2, Sat 3	Western New York Flash	3 – 1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Mewis 23' (Edwards) Edwards 62' (Williams) Edmonds 74' Leroux 88' (Dahlkemper)	Report	Marlborough 15' (McCaffrey)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Chicago Red Stars v Boston Breakers

May 9, Sat 4	Chicago Red Stars	3 – 0	Boston Breakers	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4	Johnson 22' Huerta 56' (DiBernardo),  82' (Gilliland) Walls 70' (Huerta)	Report	King 39'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Margaret Domka

Boston Breakers v Portland Thorns FC

May 16, Sat 5	Boston Breakers	1 – 0	Portland Thorns FC	Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4	Mewis 93+'	Report[2]	Williamson 40' Betos 92'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,669 Referee: Christopher Spivey

Boston Breakers v Sky Blue FC

May 22, Fri 6	Boston Breakers	1 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4	McCaffrey 60' (unassisted)	Report[3]	Freels 8' (Nadim)	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,861

Boston Breakers v FC Kansas City

May 30, Sat 7	Boston Breakers	1 – 0	FC Kansas City	Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4	K Mewis 51' (Schoepfer)	Report		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,176 Referee: Cedric Adams

Washington Spirit v Boston Breakers

June 6, Sat 8	Washington Spirit	1 – 1	Boston Breakers	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4	DaCosta 64' (unassisted) Nairn 58'	Report	Evans 65' (unassisted) Kallman 91+'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,081

Boston Breakers v Seattle Reign FC

June 21, Sun 9	Boston Breakers	2 – 3	Seattle Reign FC	Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4	Mewis  14' King  38' Pires  44' Marlborough  76'	BOS Report NWSL Report	Little  42' Yanez  66' Foxhoven  85' Fishlock  86'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

June 28, Sun 10	Boston Breakers	0 – 2	Western New York Flash	Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4	Pathman  29' Evans  31'	BOS Report NWSL Report	Williams  19' Eddy  42'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Farhad Dadhko

Boston Breakers v FC Kansas City

July 9, Thu 11	Boston Breakers	2 – 3	FC Kansas City	Boston
18:00 EDT UTC-4	Marlborough  3' Mewis  60'	BOS report NWSL report Box	Tymrak  1',  45' Groom  79' Silva  90+3'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,525 Referee: Margaret Domka

Chicago Red Stars v Boston Breakers

July 18, Sat 12	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 1	Boston Breakers	Lisle, Illinois
20:00 EDT UTC-4	Chalupny 54' (Hemmings) Leon 75'	BOS report NWSL report Box	McCaffrey 62' (unassisted) Schoepfer 63'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Farhad Dadhko

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

July 22, Wed 13	Boston Breakers	1 – 2	Chicago Red Stars	Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Simon 69' (McCaffrey)	BOS report NWSL report Box	Tancredi 41' (Mautz) Press 90' (Hoy)	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Cedric Adams

Sky Blue FC v Boston Breakers

July 25, Sat 14	Sky Blue FC	3 – 1	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4	O'Hara 13' (Freels),  36' (Kerr) Kerr 52' (Haagsma)	BOS report NWSL report	Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,067 [4] Referee: Tori Penso

Boston Breakers v Seattle Reign FC

August 1, Sat 15	Boston Breakers	1 – 2	Seattle Reign FC	Boston
16:00 EDT UTC-4	Mewis  34' King  59', 82'	BOS report NWSL report	Yanez  24' Little  59' (pen.),  65'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Portland Thorns FC v Boston Breakers

August 5, Wed 16	Portland Thorns FC	5 – 2	Boston Breakers	Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT UTC-4	Taylor  16' (Heath) Zerboni  49' (Long),  53' (unassisted) Shim  54' (Sinclair) Long  66' (unassisted)	BOS report NWSL report	Pires  30' Williamson  36' (o.g.) Mewis  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,624 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Boston Breakers v Washington Spirit

August 8, Sat 17	Boston Breakers	2 – 1	Washington Spirit	Boston
19:00 EDT UTC-4	King 12' (Mewis) Simon  30',  38' (unassisted) Ezurike  79' McCaffrey  90'	BOS report NWSL report	Oyster  33' Matheson 49' (unassisted) Salem  85'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,137 Referee: Danielle Chesky

FC Kansas City v Boston Breakers

August 22, Sat 18	FC Kansas City	3 – 0	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4	Rodriguez  29' (Robinson),  52' (Holiday) Holiday  50' (Rodriguez)	BOS report NWSL report	Marlborough  81'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Brandon Artis

Seattle Reign FC v Boston Breakers

August 26, Wed 19	Seattle Reign FC	3 – 1	Boston Breakers	Seattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4	Rapinoe  21' (Cox) Fletcher  34' Little  56' (Rapinoe)	BOS report NWSL report	Evans  88' (Mewis)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: David Mon

Houston Dash v Boston Breakers

August 30, Sun 20	Houston Dash	1 – 0	Boston Breakers	Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4	Masar  34' (McDonald) Masar 35'	NWSL Report	Schoepfer 89'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,842 Referee: Cedric Adams

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Reign FC	20	13	4	3	41	21	+20	43	NWSL Shield
2	Chicago Red Stars	20	8	9	3	31	22	+9	33	NWSL Playoffs
3	FC Kansas City (C)	20	9	5	6	32	20	+12	32
4	Washington Spirit	20	8	6	6	31	28	+3	30
5	Houston Dash	20	6	6	8	21	26	−5	24
6	Portland Thorns FC	20	6	5	9	27	29	−2	23
7	Western New York Flash	20	6	5	9	24	34	−10	23
8	Sky Blue FC	20	5	7	8	22	28	−6	22
9	Boston Breakers	20	4	3	13	22	43	−21	15

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

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	15	4	13	3	22	43	−21	4	5	1	14	16	−2	0	8	2	8	27	−19

Last updated: September 5, 2015
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

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

Last updated: September 5, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

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
11	MF	Amy Barczuk	20	18	1612	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	18	6	0	0
21	MF	Beatriz Vaz e Silva	10	3	369	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
18	DF	Maddy Evans	18	13	1150	2	0	0	9	3	7	0	2	15	11	2	0
22	FW	Nkem Ezurike	12	3	417	1	1	0	11	3	0	0	6	15	8	1	0
49	MF	Riley Houle	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
58	MF	Chanel Johnson	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Kassey Kallman	20	20	1800	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	13	15	1	0
7	FW	Ketlen Wiggers	1	1	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Julie King	18	18	1580	2	0	0	13	7	2	0	0	18	6	3	1
3	DF	Lauren Lazo	14	11	1025	1	0	0	8	5	9	0	2	13	3	0	0
15	FW	Morgan Marlborough	16	8	677	3	0	0	10	7	3	0	0	6	1	1	0
9	FW	Stephanie McCaffrey	19	17	1418	3	3	0	32	16	14	0	17	5	13	1	0
19	MF	Kristie Mewis	20	20	1785	6	2	2	81	32	16	55	5	15	23	0	0
20	DF	Mollie Pathman	20	20	1800	0	0	0	2	1	23	0	0	8	11	2	0
17	MF	Suzane Pires	12	6	447	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	7	2	2	0
10	MF	Rafaela de Miranda Travalão	13	8	790	0	1	0	14	7	5	23	1	13	9	0	0
88	MF	Katie Schoepfer	19	17	1421	0	2	0	12	6	0	0	1	16	6	2	0
17	FW	Kyah Simon	7	7	630	2	0	1	11	5	0	0	3	9	5	1	0
26	MF	Stephanie Verdoia	8	1	186	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
4	DF	Cat Whitehill	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Rachel Wood	10	8	701	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	10	6	0	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
2	GK	Jami Kranich	8	8	720	2	4	2	92	42	29	13	1.625	0	0	2
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	12	12	1080	2	9	1	209	95	65	30	2.5	1	1	0

References

1. "2015 Standings - National Women's Soccer League". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
2. "BREAKERS WIN 1-0 THRILLER OVER THORNS FC; Kristie Mewis scores game-winner in 93rd minute". nwslsoccer.com.
3. "SKY BLUE FC AND BOSTON FIGHT TO 1-1 DRAW; Sky Blue FC Scores Early, Breakers Equalize in Second Half". nwslsoccer.com.
4. http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/07/28/the-lowdown-nwsl-playoff-picture-six-weeks-out/

See also

• 2015 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2015 in American soccer