2015 Seattle Reign FC season

Seattle Reign FC
2015 season
Owner Bill Predmore
Manager Laura Harvey
Stadium Memorial Stadium
National Women's Soccer League
Regular Season		 1st place
Playoffs Runner-Up
Top goalscorer League: Kim Little (10)
All: Kim Little (10); Beverly Yanez (10)
Highest home attendance 6,303
(July 26 vs. Portland Thorns)
Lowest home attendance 2,225
(June 6 vs. Sky Blue)
Average home league attendance 4,060
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors
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The 2015 Seattle Reign FC season is the club's third season of play and their third season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. To accommodate the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the league announced that it would reduce the season to 20 games while extending the calendar length into September and take a two-week break from June 7–19.[1]

Review and events

Preseason

Following a record-breaking 2014 season that saw the team winning the NWSL Shield and losing to FC Kansas City in the playoffs final, Head Coach and GM Laura Harvey expected minimal roster turnover entering into the off-season. Key contributors Nahomi Kawasumi and Beverly Goebel both returned to INAC Kobe Leonessa at the end of their season-long loans.[2] In November, the team acquired the rights to midfielder Merritt Mathias from FC Kansas City in exchange for defender Kate Deines and the 16th and 26th draft picks in the 2015 NWSL College Draft.[3] Two days later, Harvey added former Portland Pilots defender Michelle Cruz.[4]

Prior to the 2015 NWSL College Draft, Harvey signed forward Beverly Yanez from Japanese club INAC Kobe Leonessa.[5] Yanez, under her maiden name Goebel, played in Seattle on loan in 2014, scoring five goals and adding four assists while helping the Reign FC to a regular season title. A day later, NWSL announced allocated National Team players for the 2015 season, with Reign FC defenders Stephanie Cox and Carmelina Moscato removed from the list.[6] The club expects to bring Cox back on a standard contract but has announced that Moscato will be exploring playing opportunities overseas.[7] Then on January 16, the Harvey selected Florida Gators midfielder Havana Solaun and Stanford Cardinal defender Kendall Romine at the NWSL Draft.[8]

In anticipation for post-World Cup fatigue for the national team players, Harvey signed Danish forward Katrine Veje on January 21.[9] Veje will join the club on July 1 after her current contract with Brøndby IF ends. The club was also able to retain defender Stephanie Cox by signing her to a standard contract after she was removed from allocation by U.S. Soccer.[10] To make room on the roster, Harvey waived second-year defenders Megan Brigman[11] and Holly Hein.[12] Additional defensive reinforcement came soon after as the club signed Scottish international Rachel Corsie from Notts County Ladies F.C. on January 29.[13]

For the second season in a row, the Reign FC was involved in a blockbuster trade as last season's prized acquisition Sydney Leroux requested a move away from the club.[14] On March 30, Harvey sent Leroux and Amanda Frisbie to Western New York Flash; in return, the club received midfielder Amber Brooks, WNY's first-round draft pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, and the rights to Leroux's international teammate Abby Wambach.[15] Wambach had already announced that she will not play this season to concentrate on preparing for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup,[16] and Harvey does not expect her to suit up for the Reign FC until 2016 at the earliest. The club then finalized its roster by signing second-round draft pick Havana Solaun on April 3.[17]

The Reign FC headed into the regular season with a 19-player roster, with the one open spot reserved for Danish forward Katrine Veje's mid-season arrival.[18] It includes 14 returners from last season's Shield-winning team, featuring league MVP Kim Little and fellow Best XI selections Jess Fishlock and Kendall Fletcher.[19] Harvey hopes that the blend of returning core plus new acquisitions will help the club defend its Shield and win the playoffs this year.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
General Manager & Head Coach Laura Harvey
Assistant Coach Sam Laity
Goalkeeper Coach Ben Dragavon

Last updated: 13 April 2015
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/teams/74415303/58150141-74415358/TEAM.html

Current Roster

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

No. Position Player
3 United States DF Lauren Barnes
22 United States MF Amber Brooks
20 United States MF Mariah Bullock
4 Scotland DF Rachel Corsie
14 United States DF Stephanie Cox
21 United States DF Michelle Cruz
25 United States DF Kiersten Dallstream
10 Wales MF Jess Fishlock
13 United States DF Kendall Fletcher
18 United States FW Danielle Foxhoven
28 United States GK Haley Kopmeyer
No. Position Player
8 Scotland MF Kim Little
9 United States MF Merritt Mathias
15 United States MF Megan Rapinoe
7 United States DF Elli Reed
19 United States MF Havana Solaun
1 United States GK Hope Solo
12 United States GK Caroline Stanley
24 Denmark FW Katrine Veje
11 United States MF Keelin Winters
17 United States FW Beverly Yanez

Competitions

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

International friendlies

Regular season

Regular season 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
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
20 43 13 3 4 41 21  +20 8 0 2 26 8  +18 5 3 2 15 13  +2

Last updated: 6 September 2015
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/teams/74415303/58150141-74415358/TEAM.html
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 matchday
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
Result W L L W D D W W W D W L W W W W W W D W
Position[20] 1 4 4 3 4 5 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 6 September 2015.
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Standings/index_E.html
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Playoffs

Statistics

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Last updated: 5 October 2015.
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html

No. Pos. Name Regular Season Playoffs Discipline
(regular season)
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKUnited States Hope Solo 802000
3DFUnited States Lauren Barnes 2012010
4DFScotland Rachel Corsie 14 (2)22010
7DFUnited States Elli Reed 9 (9)00 (2)000
8MFScotland Kim Little 20102020
9MFUnited States Merritt Mathias 17 (1)22010
10MFWales Jess Fishlock 1982001
11MFUnited States Keelin Winters 1912010
12GKUnited States Caroline Stanley 100000
13DFUnited States Kendall Fletcher 1922000
14DFUnited States Stephanie Cox 2002010
15MFUnited States Megan Rapinoe 1052100
17FWUnited States Beverly Yanez 1791 (1)100
18FWUnited States Danielle Foxhoven 2 (14)00010
19MFUnited States Havana Solaun 000000
20MFUnited States Mariah Bullock 4 (9)00 (1)100
21DFUnited States Michelle Cruz 0 (1)00000
22MFUnited States Amber Brooks 4 (8)10000
24FWDenmark Katrine Veje 4 (5)01 (1)010
25FWUnited States Kiersten Dallstream 2 (6)00000
28GKUnited States Haley Kopmeyer 1100000
Players who left the club during the regular season
40GKUnited States Abigail Steele 000000

Awards

NWSL Season Awards

Award finalists announced on September 9.[21]

Team Season Awards

Announced on October 5.[25]

NWSL Player of the Month

NWSL Player of the Week

Gene Juarez Salons & Spas Player of the Match

Team awards for select home matches only.

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.

In

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
November 12, 2014 United States Merritt Mathias MF United States FC Kansas City Traded for Kate Deines and Seattle's 16th and 26th draft picks in 2015 [3]
November 14, 2014 United States Michelle Cruz DF Cyprus Apollon Limassol Undisclosed [4]
January 13, 2015 United States Beverly Yanez FW Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa Undisclosed [5]
January 21, 2015 Denmark Katrine Veje FW Denmark Brøndby Undisclosed; will join the club on July 1 [9]
January 27, 2015 United States Stephanie Cox DF United States Seattle Reign FC Re-signed to a standard contract after being removed from allocation by U.S. Soccer [6][10]
January 29, 2015 Scotland Rachel Corsie DF England Notts County Undisclosed [13]
March 30, 2015 United States Amber Brooks MF United States Western New York Flash Traded along with WNY's first-round pick in 2016 and the rights to Abby Wambach for Sydney Leroux and Amanda Frisbie [15]
April 3, 2015 United States Havana Solaun MF United States Florida Gators 2015 2nd Round Pick (#15)[8] [42]
July 22, 2015 United States Caroline Stanley GK United States USC Trojans Signed as injury replacement for Hope Solo; previously an amateur call-up [43]
July 31, 2015 United States Abigail Steele GK United States Oregon Ducks Signed as injury replacement for Haley Kopmeyer [44]

Draft Picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2015 NWSL College Draft will be listed in the notes.

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
January 16, 2015 United States Havana Solaun MF United States Florida Gators 2015 2nd Round Pick (#15) [8]
January 16, 2015 United States Kendall Romine DF United States Stanford Cardinal 2015 4th Round Pick (#36) [8]

Out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref
November 12, 2014 United States Kate Deines DF United States FC Kansas City Traded along with Seattle's 16th and 26th draft picks in 2015 for the rights to Merritt Mathias [3]
January 14, 2015 United States Stephanie Cox DF United States Seattle Reign FC Removed from allocation by U.S. Soccer [6][7]
January 14, 2015 Canada Carmelina Moscato DF Removed from allocation by CSA [6][7]
January 26, 2015 United States Megan Brigman DF Waived [11]
January 28, 2015 United States Holly Hein DF Waived [12]
March 30, 2015 United States Amanda Frisbie FW United States Western New York Flash Traded along with Sydney Leroux for Amber Brooks, WNY's first-round pick in 2016, and the rights to Abby Wambach [15]
March 30, 2015 United States Sydney Leroux FW United States Western New York Flash Traded along with Amanda Frisbie for Amber Brooks, WNY's first-round pick in 2016, and the rights to Abby Wambach [15]
August 2, 2015 United States Abigail Steele GK Waived after Hope Solo returned from injury after the match at Boston Breakers

Offseason Loans

External links

References

  1. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (27 August 2014). "NWSL to play 20-game schedule, break for World Cup; national team players to miss 7–8 games". The Equalizer. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "We've spent the last month working hard...". Facebook. Seattle Reign FC. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "FC KANSAS CITY ACQUIRE DEINES, DRAFT PICKS FROM REIGN FC". NWSL. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "REIGN FC SIGN CRUZ, RE-SIGN NOGUEIRA AND FRISBIE". NWSL. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "REIGN FC SIGN FORWARD BEVERLY YANEZ". NWSL. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "NWSL ANNOUNCES 2015 ALLOCATED PLAYERS". NWSL. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Wang, Sean. "Reign FC loses two allocated players for 2015 season". Storify. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Dash select Brian No. 1 overall in 2015 NWSL Draft". The Equalizer. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. 1 2 "REIGN FC SIGNS DANISH FORWARD KATRINE VEJE". NWSL. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 "REIGN FC RE-SIGNS DEFENDER STEPHANIE COX". NWSL. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  11. 1 2 "REIGN FC WAIVES DEFENDER MEGAN BRIGMAN". NWSL. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 "REIGN FC WAIVE DEFENDER HOLLY HEIN". NWSL. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  13. 1 2 "REIGN FC SIGN SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL RACHEL CORSIE". NWSL. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Lauletta, Dan (30 March 2015). "Harvey to Wambach: No pressure to play in 2015". The Equalizer. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "REIGN FC ACQUIRES AMBER BROOKS, ABBY WAMBACH FROM FLASH". NWSL. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "ABBY WAMBACH WILL NOT PLAY WITH FLASH IN 2015". NWSL. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Reign FC Sign Second Round Draft Pick Havana Solaun". Seattle Reign FC. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "SEATTLE REIGN FC 2015 TEAM PREVIEW". NWSL. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "REIGN FC SET 2015 NWSL ROSTER". Seattle Reign FC. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  20. ↑ SRFC's position at the end of the day in which their match was played.
  21. ↑ "2015 NWSL AWARDS FINALISTS REVEALED". NWSL. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "SEATTLE REIGN FC'S LAURA HARVEY VOTED COACH OF THE YEAR". NWSL. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "What A Ledge: Reign FC’s Laura Harvey named 2015 NWSL Coach of the Year". Seattle Reign FC. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  24. 1 2 "NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES 2015 BEST XI". NWSL. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "2015 Reign FC Team Awards". Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "REIGN FC KIM LITTLE VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE MONTH". NWSL. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  27. ↑ "REIGN FC'S MEGAN RAPINOE VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". NWSL. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "SEATTLE REIGN FC FISHLOCK VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". NWSL. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  29. ↑ "REIGN FC BEVERLY YANEZ VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". NWSL. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  30. ↑ "REIGN FC KIM LITTLE VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". NWSL. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  31. ↑ Seattle Reign FC (April 12, 2015). "So guess who your @GeneJuarez player of the match was today?... With her first-ever pro hat-trick, #PinoePinoePinoe!". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  32. ↑ "With a goal and an assist in last night's victory, @merrbear11 was named the @GeneJuarez Player of the Match! 👏👏👏". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  33. ↑ ".@beverlygoebel = 🔥 Her second-half equalizer vs. China PR earned her @GeneJuarez Player of the Match! 👏👏👏". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  34. ↑ "Give it up for @JessFishlock! With a goal and an assist, she is your @GeneJuarez Player of the Match! 🐟🔒". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  35. ↑ "Tonight's @GeneJuarez Play of the Match is @kimlittle16!". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  36. ↑ "Guess who your @GeneJuarez player of the match is?! That's right! It's @bevgoebel!! 👏👏👏". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  37. ↑ "With a brace in tonight's #CascadiaClash victory, @beverlygoebel is your @GeneJuarez player of the match! 👏👏👏". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  38. ↑ "With the winning goal in tonight's win, @RachelCorsie14 is your @GeneJuarez Player of the Match! #GreatScot 👏👏👏". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  39. ↑ "With a goal and an assist, @mPinoe is your @GeneJuarez player of the match!". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  40. ↑ "And with her late equalizer, @JessFishlock is your @GeneJuarez Player of the Match! #WelshWonder". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  41. ↑ "And with the opening goal in tonight's win, @beverlygoebel is your @GeneJuarez player of the match!". Twitter. Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  42. ↑ "REIGN FC SIGN MIDFIELDER HAVANA SOLAUN". NWSL. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  43. ↑ "REIGN FC SIGNS GOALKEEPER CAROLINE STANLEY". NWSL. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  44. ↑ "REIGN FC SIGNS GOALKEEPER ABIGAIL STEELE". NWSL. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  45. ↑ "Rachel Corsie to join City on loan". Glasgow City FC. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  46. ↑ "Five New Faces For Defending Champions". Canberra United FC. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  47. ↑ "US superstar returns to Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

See also

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