Boston Breakers (WUSA)

Boston Breakers
Basic data
Surname	Boston Breakers
Seat	Boston , Massachusetts
founding	2000
resolution	2003
owner	Amos Hostetter Jr.
First soccer team
Head coach	Pia Sundhage
Venue	Nickerson Field
Places	10,412
league	Women's United Soccer Association
2003	Regular Season: 1st place Play-offs: Semi-finals

The Boston Breakers were an American women's soccer team from Boston that played in the Women's United Soccer Association . The team wore its home games at Nickerson Field from which on the campus of Boston University is located.

history

The franchise was founded in 2000 and began playing in April 2001 in the newly created Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). A competition was held to find a name, which was won by fifteen-year-old Laura DeDonato from Easton , Massachusetts with her suggestion "Boston Breakers".

In the third and final season of the WUSA, the Breakers achieved their best record of the season with 10 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses and took first place after the regular season. In the play-offs, however, the team was defeated by the eventual winner Washington Freedom .

After the league stopped playing due to financial problems, the team was dissolved in September 2003.

Season statistics

year	league	Regular season	Play-offs	Average audience
2001	WUSA	6th place	not qualified	8.102
2002	WUSA	6th place	not qualified	8,120
2003	WUSA	1st place	Semifinals	6,931

Well-known players

•  Tracy Ducar
•  Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
•  Kristine Lilly
•  Maren Meinert
•  Dagny Mellgren
•  Kate Sobrero
•  Bettina Wiegmann

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cnnsi.com: WUSA gets Power ( Memento from May 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ bostonbreakerssoccer.com: Breakers History ( Memento from April 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ WUSA CEASES operations after three years. USA Today, September 16, 2003, accessed February 23, 2019 . 
4. ^ Attendance Project: WUSA. Retrieved August 18, 2015 .