National Women's Soccer League 2013
National Women's Soccer League 2013 | |
master | Portland Thorns FC |
Teams | 8th |
Games | 88 |
Gates | 238 (ø 2.70 per game) |
spectator | 375,763 (ø 4270 per game) |
Top scorer | Lauren Holiday (12 goals) |
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The National Women's Soccer League in 2013 was the first season of the US women's soccer league National Women's Soccer League . The regular season began on April 13 with the game FC Kansas City against Portland Thorns FC and ended on August 18, 2013. This was followed by a play-off with the four best teams of the season, which in two semifinals and a final NWSL championship played. The franchise of the Western New York Flash came first in the regular season , the final of the championship was won by Portland Thorns FC.
Franchises and venues
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Before the start of the season, the 8 participating franchises were assigned a total of 55 internationals from the United States , Canada and Mexico :
This was followed by two so-called draft rounds, in which the franchises were able to sign additional players:
- → National Women's Soccer League 2013 / College Draft
- → National Women's Soccer League 2013 / Supplemental Draft
In addition, after the college draft, it was possible to sign players without a club (so-called free agents ).
mode
In the regular season, which lasted from April 13 to August 18, each team played a total of 22 games, 11 at home and 11 away. Each team played:
- four games each (two home and two away games) against three other teams, based on a geographical division of the teams in east and west,
- two games each (one home and one away game) against two other teams and
- three games each (two home and one away game as well as one home and two away games) against the remaining two teams.
The four best-placed teams at the end of the season qualified for the play-offs. The semi-finals, in which the first placed fourth and the second placed third, took place on August 24th. The two winners met in the final, which was held on August 31st.
statistics
table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Western New York Flash | 22nd | 10 | 8th | 4th | 36:20 | +16 | 38 |
2. | Kansas City FC | 22nd | 11 | 5 | 6th | 34:22 | +12 | 38 |
3. | Portland Thorns FC | 22nd | 11 | 5 | 6th | 32:25 | +7 | 38 |
4th | Sky Blue FC | 22nd | 10 | 6th | 6th | 31:26 | +5 | 36 |
5. | Boston Breakers | 22nd | 8th | 6th | 8th | 35:34 | +1 | 30th |
6th | Chicago Red Stars | 22nd | 8th | 6th | 8th | 32:36 | −4 | 30th |
7th | Seattle Reign FC | 22nd | 5 | 3 | 14th | 22:36 | −14 | 18th |
8th. | Washington Spirit | 22nd | 3 | 5 | 14th | 16:39 | −23 | 14th |
Results
In the absence of real match days, the games are given for each team in chronological order, with the results line by line from the perspective of the respective team.
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | |
Boston Breakers (BOS) | WHAT | WNY | CHI | WHAT | KC | WHAT | NJ | WNY | CHI | NJ | SEA | NJ | SEA | POR | NJ | POR | KC | WHAT | WNY | POR | KC | WNY |
1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 5 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | |
Chicago Red Stars (CHI) | SEA | POR | BOS | NJ | POR | WNY | POR | BOS | KC | KC | WNY | SEA | WNY | WHAT | KC | WHAT | SEA | POR | SEA | WHAT | NJ | KC |
1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 2: 1 | |
Kansas City FC (KC) | POR | SEA | SEA | WNY | BOS | NJ | POR | SEA | CHI | CHI | WHAT | NJ | POR | WHAT | WNY | CHI | SEA | BOS | NJ | POR | BOS | CHI |
1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 4 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 3: 0 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Portland Thorns FC (POR) | KC | SEA | CHI | WHAT | CHI | NJ | WHAT | SEA | CHI | KC | SEA | NJ | KC | BOS | WNY | BOS | CHI | NJ | KC | BOS | WNY | SEA |
1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 4: 3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | |
Seattle Reign FC (SEA) | CHI | POR | KC | KC | NJ | WHAT | NJ | POR | KC | POR | WNY | BOS | CHI | BOS | WNY | WHAT | KC | CHI | CHI | WNY | WHAT | POR |
1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 4 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Sky Blue FC (NJ) | WNY | WHAT | WNY | CHI | SEA | POR | SEA | KC | BOS | WNY | BOS | POR | KC | BOS | WHAT | BOS | WNY | KC | POR | WHAT | CHI | WHAT |
1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | |
Washington Spirit (WAS) | BOS | WNY | NJ | POR | BOS | SEA | POR | BOS | WNY | KC | WNY | KC | NJ | CHI | SEA | CHI | BOS | WNY | NJ | CHI | SEA | NJ |
1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 5 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
Western New York Flash (WNY) | NJ | WHAT | BOS | NJ | KC | CHI | BOS | NJ | WHAT | CHI | SEA | WHAT | CHI | KC | SEA | POR | NJ | WHAT | BOS | SEA | POR | BOS |
0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 |
Legend | |
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Home game | Away game |
List of goalscorers
space | Player | society | number |
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1 | Lauren Holiday | Kansas City FC | 12 |
2 | Sydney Leroux | Boston Breakers | 11 |
Abby Wambach | Western New York Flash | 11 | |
4th | Alex Morgan | Portland Thorns FC | 9 |
5 | Carli Lloyd | Western New York Flash | 8th |
Diana Matheson | Washington Spirit | 8th | |
Mónica Ocampo | Sky Blue FC | 8th | |
Christine Sinclair | Portland Thorns FC | 8th | |
9 | Sophie Schmidt | Sky Blue FC | 7th |
10 | Samantha Kerr | Western New York Flash | 6th |
Erika Tymrak | Kansas City FC | 6th |
NWSL Championship Play-offs
The four best-placed teams of the regular season qualified for the play-offs.
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place on August 24, 2013.
Result | ||
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Kansas City FC | 2: 3 a.d. | Portland Thorns FC |
Western New York Flash | 2: 1 | Sky Blue FC |
final
The final took place on August 31, 2013 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester , New York .
Western New York Flash | Portland Thorns FC | ||||||||
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Adrianna Franch - Amy Barczuk (55th McCall Zerboni ), Estelle Johnson , Katherine Reynolds , Brittany Taylor - Sarah Huffman (72nd Vicki DiMartino ), Carli Lloyd , Adriana Martín , Angela Salem - Samantha Kerr (84th Jodi-Ann Robinson ), Abby Wambach | Karina LeBlanc - Rachel Buehler , Marian Dougherty , Nikki Marshall , Kathryn Williamson - Tobin Heath (63rd Tina Ellertson ), Angie Kerr (80th Courtney Wetzel ), Allie Long , Meleana Shim - Danielle Foxhoven (71st Alex Morgan ), Christine Sinclair | ||||||||
0-1 Heath (40th) 0-2 Sinclair (90th + 2 ') |
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Johnson (33.), Martín (74.) | Long (89.), Ellertson (90.) | ||||||||
Williamson (49./57.) | |||||||||
Player of the Match: Heath (Portland Thorns FC) |
The championship team
Coach Cindy Parlow Cone used 23 players over the course of the season, nine of whom scored at least one goal. The most successful goal scorers in Portland were the two attackers Alex Morgan and Christine Sinclair . The most successful joker was Danielle Foxhoven , who scored three of her four goals this season after substitutions.
Portland Torns FC | |
Goal : Addie Gay (0/0), Karina LeBlanc (21/0), Cris Lewis (1/0) Defense : Carlie Davis (0/0), Marian Dougherty (19/1), Tina Ellertson (3/0) , Nikki Marshall (22/0), Emilee O'Neil (4/0), Casey Ramirez (4/0), Rachel Buehler (20/0), Courtney Wetzel (16/1), Kathryn Williamson (22/0) Midfield : Amanda Dutra (0/0), Becky Edwards (10/0), Elizabeth Guess (4/0), Tobin Heath (7/0), Angie Kerr (15/0), Allie Long (22/2), Meleana Shim (19/5), Nikki Washington (11/1) Forward : Danielle Foxhoven (21/4), Alex Morgan (18/9), Christine Sinclair (20/8), Tiffany Weimer (10/1), trainer : Cindy Parlow Cone |
Players who left Portland Torns FC before the start of the play-offs:
- Roxanne Barker (0/0, goal, switch to Pali Blues )
- Jazmyne Avant (4/0, Defense, Boston Breakers )
- Nicolette Radovcic (0/0, storm, North Jersey Valkyries )
- Jessica Shufelt (4/0, Sturm, Mallbackens IF )
- Michele Weissenhofer (0/0, storm, unknown )
Change of coach
franchise | Trainer | reason | date | Table position | successor | |
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Washington Spirit | Mike Jorden | Discharge | 07/01/2013 | 8th. | Mark Parsons | |
Boston Breakers | Lisa Cole | Discharge | 08/02/2013 | 5. | Cat Whitehill (player-coach, interim) |
Honors
After the end of the regular season, the NWSL awarded awards for the most successful goalscorer, the most valuable player, as well as the best young player, goalkeeper, defender and the best coach. Journalists, club representatives and NWSL players were entitled to vote in the election. All individual awards went to players and the coach of FC Kansas City .
Laureate | Runner-up | Third place | |
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Most successful goalscorer |
Lauren Holiday , 12 goals ( Kansas City FC ) |
Abby Wambach , 11 goals ( Western New York Flash ) |
Sydney Leroux , 11 goals ( Boston Breakers ) |
Rookie of the year |
Erika Tymrak ( Kansas City FC ) |
Adrianna Franch ( Western New York Flash ) |
Sydney Leroux ( Boston Breakers ) |
Goalkeeper of the Year |
Nicole Barnhart ( Kansas City FC ) |
Adrianna Franch 1 ( Western New York Flash ) |
Karina LeBlanc 1 ( Portland Thorns FC ) |
Defender of the Year |
Becky Sauerbrunn ( FC Kansas City ) |
Christie Rampone ( Sky Blue FC ) |
Leigh Ann Robinson ( Kansas City FC ) |
Coach of the year |
Vlatko Andonovski ( FC Kansas City ) |
Jim Gabarra ( Sky Blue FC ) |
Aaran Lines ( Western New York Flash ) |
Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) |
Lauren Holiday ( Kansas City FC ) |
Abby Wambach ( Western New York Flash ) |
Lori Chalupny ( Chicago Red Stars ) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Women's Soccer League 2013 Schedule , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ↑ Breakers-FC Kansas City game postponed due to security, travel issues , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ↑ Jeff Kassouf: Official: Last-place Spirit fire coach Mike Jorden , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved September 10, 2013.
- ^ Breakers fire Cole, Whitehill named interim coach , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved September 10, 2013.