2015 Sky Blue FC season

Sky Blue FC

2015 season
President & CEO	Thomas Hofstetter
Head coach	Jim Gabarra
Stadium	Yurcak Field
Top goalscorer	League: Katy Freels (3) All: Katy Freels (6)
Highest home attendance	5,547 (Aug. 22 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance	743 (Apr. 26 vs. Washington)
Home colors Away colors
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The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's seventh season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Team

Roster

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 Brittany Cameron 4 DF Caitlin Foord 6 MF Taylor Lytle 8 FW Monica Ocampo 10 MF Katy Freels 11 FW Maya Hayes 16 FW Jonelle Filigno 17 DF Hayley Haagsma 18 DF Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall 19 DF Kelley O'Hara 32 DF Meg Morris

No. Position Player 44 MF Nikki Stanton FW Nadia Nadim MF Shawna Gordon GK Audrey Bledsoe FW Samantha Kerr MF Sarah Killion DF Kristin Grubka DF Shade Pratt MF Lo'eau LaBonta DF Jennifer Grubb

Match results

Preseason

Sky Blue FC v St. John's Red Storm

March 14, Sat 1	Sky Blue FC	3–0	St. John's Red Storm	Scotch Plains, New Jersey
EDT (UTC-04)	Freels  50' (pen.) Killion  56' Hayes  77'	Report		Stadium: Wexler Field

Sky Blue FC v North Carolina Tar Heels

March 21, Sat 2	Sky Blue FC	1–0	North Carolina Tar Heels	West Windsor, New Jersey
EDT (UTC-04)	Freels  6'	Report	Nielson  61'	Stadium: Mercer County Community College

Penn State Nittany Lions v Sky Blue FC

March 26, Thu 3	Penn State Nittany Lions	0–2	Sky Blue FC	Palmyra, Pennsylvania
EDT (UTC-04)		Report	Hayes  13' Nadim  46'	Stadium: In the Net Sports Complex

Sky Blue FC v Rutgers Scarlet Knights

March 29, Sun 4	Sky Blue FC	2–0	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Toms River, New Jersey
EDT (UTC-04)	Freels  14' Diederich  79'	Report		Stadium: Toms River High School North

Regular season

FC Kansas City v Sky Blue FC

April 12, Sun 1	FC Kansas City	0–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 EDT (UTC-04)		Report[1]	Nadim 29' (Morris) O'Hara 90'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 8,489 Referee: Chris Spivey

Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash

April 18, Sat 2	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Freels 14' (O'Hara),  90'	Report[2]	McDonald 52' (Brian)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

April 26, Sun 3	Sky Blue FC	1–3	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Freels 62' (Nadim)	Report[3]	Dunn 6' (Ordega) 40' Nairn 48' (Ordega)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 743

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

May 2, Sat 3	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Sky Blue FC	Lisle, Illinois
18:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Colaprico 55' (unassisted)	Report	Nadim 86'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,402

Sky Blue FC v Seattle Reign FC

May 9, Sat 5	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Nadim  78',  90' (pen.) Grubka  82'	Report	Barnes  76' Fishlock  90'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,562

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

May 16, Sat 6	Washington Spirit	1–0	Sky Blue FC	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Ordega 92+' (Dunn)	Report[4]		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Boston Breakers v Sky Blue FC

May 22, Fri 7	Boston Breakers	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Boston
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	McCaffrey 60' (unassisted)	Report[5]	Freels 8' (Nadim)	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,861

Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash

May 31, Sun 8	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
3:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Haagsma 11' (Grubka) DeCesare 86'	Report	Bailey 86' (unassisted)	Stadium: Yurcak Field

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

June 6, Sat 9	Seattle Reign FC	3–0	Sky Blue FC	Seattle
22:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Winters 8' (Fishlock) Fishlock 28' (Cox) Little 77' (penalty)	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Greg Dopka

Sky Blue FC v Chicago Red Stars

June 28, Sun 10	Sky Blue FC	0–3	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04)		Report	DiBernardo  6' (Huerta) Hoy  34' (Huerta) Mautz  62' (Hoy)	Stadium: Yurcak Field

Portland Thorns FC v Sky Blue FC

July 3, Fri 11	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Kyle  54' Long  70' (penalty) Farrelly  79' (Kleiner)	Report	Freels  27' (Lytle) Stanton  56' Levin  69' Foord  80'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 12,223 Referee: Levi Rippy

Sky Blue FC v Portland Thorns FC

July 11, Sat 12	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Kerr  54' (Hayes)	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

July 19, Sun 13	Western New York Flash	3–3	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
3:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Spencer  2' Hinkle  25' Heyman  50'	Report	Nadim  39' (O'Hara) Katy Freels  60' (O'Hara) Christie Rampone  62' (Freels) Taylor Lytle  94'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,161

Sky Blue FC v Boston Breakers

July 25, Sat 14	Sky Blue FC	3–1	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	O'Hara 13' (Freels),  36' (Kerr) Kerr 52' (Haagsma)	Report	Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,067 [6] Referee: Tori Penso

Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash

August 1, Sat 15	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)				Stadium: Yurcak Field

Houston Dash v Sky Blue FC

August 7, Fri 16	Houston Dash	0–2	Sky Blue FC	Houston
8:30 EDT (UTC-04)				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

August 12, Wed 17	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Lisle, Illinois
14:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Leon 15' (Gilliland) Chalupny 64'	Report	Kerr 36' (unassisted) Filigno 86'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex

Sky Blue FC v Portland Thorns FC

August 22, Sat 18	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Nadim  19' (O'Hara)	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,547

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

August 29, Sat 19	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Seattle
22:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Winters  68' Fishlock  90' (Little)	Report	Nadim  6' Haagsma  62'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,471 Referee: Greg Dopka

Sky Blue FC v FC Kansas City

September 2, Wed 20	Sky Blue FC	2–3	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Kerr  39' (O'Hara),  72' (Killion)	Report	Hagen  5' (Rodriguez) Rodriguez  42' (O'Reilly),  52' (Moros) Becky Sauerbrunn  92'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Levi Rippy

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	22	5	8	7	22	28	−6	3	4	3	12	15	−3	2	4	4	10	13	−3

Last updated: September 26, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L

Last updated: September 26, 2015.
Source:
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
18	DF	Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall	18	18	1571	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	7	3	0	0
12	MF	Kim DeCesare	9	4	395	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	1	8	3	1	0
44[n 1]44	MF	Theresa Diederich	3	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
16	FW	Jonelle Filigno	5	1	98	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	0
4	DF	Caitlin Foord	10	10	895	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	9	11	1	0
10	MF	Katy Freels	20	20	1754	5	2	0	33	14	1	26	2	15	25	1	0
25	DF	CoCo Goodson	3	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF	Shawna Gordon	13	10	768	0	0	0	7	3	1	10	3	4	10	0	0
13	DF	Kristin Grubka	14	14	1214	0	1	0	5	3	0	1	0	6	4	1	0
17	DF	Hayley Haagsma	16	15	1339	1	1	0	15	2	0	1	0	15	6	2	0
11	FW	Maya Hayes	13	10	899	0	1	0	8	4	1	0	2	5	7	0	0
20	FW	Samantha Kerr	9	9	766	6	2	1	38	15	1	0	8	4	5	0	0
14	MF	Sarah Killion	17	13	1233	0	1	0	3	1	2	4	0	10	15	3	0
42	FW	Lo'eau LaBonta	6	0	80	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
22	DF	Cami Levin	19	18	1605	0	1	0	5	3	4	0	4	10	11	0	1
6	MF	Taylor Lytle	15	11	962	0	1	0	18	6	3	1	3	4	2	1	0
32	MF	Meg Morris	9	4	453	0	1	0	7	2	0	1	3	7	3	0	0
9	FW	Nadia Nadim	18	18	1551	6	1	3	51	26	2	0	24	34	15	2	0
19	DF	Kelley O'Hara	11	11	989	3	5	1	26	14	0	29	2	8	13	1	0
33	DF	Shade Pratt	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	Christie Rampone	11	11	962	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	0
44	MF	Nikki Stanton	9	3	352	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	4	1	0
34	MF	Maruschka Waldus	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1. Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
21	GK	Aubrey Bledsoe	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
1	GK	Brittany Cameron	20	20	1792	5	8	7	263	114	87	27	1.35	2	3	4

External links

• Official website

References

1. "SKY BLUE FC BEAT FC KANSAS CITY, 1–0". nwslsoccer.com.
2. "SKY BLUE FC DRAWS WITH DASH, 1–1". nwslsoccer.com.
3. "SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO SPIRIT, 3–1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". nwslsoccer.com.
4. "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1–0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". nwslsoccer.com.
5. "SKY BLUE FC AND BOSTON FIGHT TO 1–1 DRAW; Sky Blue FC Scores Early, Breakers Equalize in Second Half". nwslsoccer.com.
6. 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