2013 Sky Blue FC season

Sky Blue FC
2013 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumYurcak Field
NWSL4th
NWSL PlayoffsSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ocampo (8)
All: Ocampo (8)
Highest home attendance3,002 vs Portland Thorns FC
(June 22, 2013)
Lowest home attendance688 vs Chicago Red Stars
(May 8, 2013)

The 2013 Sky Blue FC season was the team's fourth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2013 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Background

The foundation of the National Women's Soccer League was announced on November 21, 2012, with Sky Blue FC selected as a host for one of the eight teams.[1][2][3]

Match results

Regular season

April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) 1 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EST Zerboni 42' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,611
April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) 2 Washington Spirit 1–2 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EST Matheson 35' Report Goodson 2'
O'Hara  28'
Schmidt 48'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Kara Honthumb
May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) 3 Western New York Flash 2–1 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Martín 6'
Wambach 20'
Kerr  45'		 Report Schmidt 44'
O'Hara  72'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Miguel Panduro
May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08) 4 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Schmidt 88' Report Moscato  5'
Mautz 90+2'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 688
Referee: Eugene Mednikov
May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) 5 Sky Blue FC 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 (PST) Adams 31'
De Vanna 35'		 Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,459
Referee: Steve Montanino
May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) 6 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 Sinclair  80' Report Lytle 80' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 11,055
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19) 7 Seattle Reign FC 0–3 Sky Blue FC Tukwila, Washington
18:00 (PST) Ruiz  25'  63'
Kyle  40'		 Report De Vanna 9'  70'
Bock  66'
Schmidt 78'
Lytle 86'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Stadium
Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Kari Seitz
May 25, 2013 (2013-05-25) 8 FC Kansas City 0–1 Sky Blue FC Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 CST Sesselmann  22' Report Schmidt 23' (pen.) Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,186
Referee: John McCloskey
June 1, 2013 (2013-06-01) 9 Sky Blue FC 5–1 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Adams 7', 85'
De Vanna 14', 56'
Lytle 17'
Foord  61'		 Report McNeill  52'
Lohman  62'
Leon 75'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) 10 Sky Blue FC 0–3 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Report Kerr 4'
Lloyd 45'
Reynolds  50'
Wambach 82'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,056
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16) 11 Boston Breakers 2–3 Sky Blue FC Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 EST Lohman 61'
Dragotta  70'
Simon 90+5'		 Report De Vanna 9'
Ocampo 26'
Freels 71'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,687
Referee: Christina Unkel
June 22, 2013 (2013-06-22) 12 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Kari Seitz
June 26, 2013 (2013-06-26) 13 Sky Blue FC 2–2 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Tymrak 14'
Cheney 74'		 Report Ocampo 85', 90+2' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,126
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30) 14 Boston Breakers 3–2 Sky Blue FC Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 EST Leroux 29', 41'
Nogueira 35'		 Report Schmidt 32'  90+2'
Ocampo 58'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: Katja Koroleva
July 6, 2013 (2013-07-06) 15 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Ocampo 73' Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: John McCloskey
July 13, 2013 (2013-07-13) 16 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Boston Breakers Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 21, 2013 (2013-07-21) 17 Western New York Flash 3–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
16:05 EST Lloyd 13'
Taylor 35'
Kerr 56'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,664
Referee: Kara Honthumb
July 28, 2013 (2013-07-28) 18 Sky Blue FC 0–1 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EST Report Mathias  10'
Jones 76'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Christina Unkel
July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) 19 Portland Thorns FC 1-3 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 PST Morgan 37'
Shim 65'
Long 73'		 Report Marshall 18' (o.g.) Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,769
Referee: Margaret Domka
August 3, 2013 (2013-08-03) 20 Sky Blue FC 1-0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Ocampo 58' Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,172
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
August 10, 2013 (2013-08-10) 21 Chicago Red Stars 3-3 Sky Blue FC Lisle, Illinois
18:00 CST Domínguez 8'
Santacaterina 77', 90'		 Report Ocampo 15', 89'
Schmidt 36'		 Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,064
Referee: Kristen Salazar
August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18) 22 Washington Spirit 1-1 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
17:00 EST Ochs 40' Report Lytle 84' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,241
Referee: Kara Honthumb

Playoffs

August 24, 2013 Semi-finals Western New York Flash 2–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
8:00 pm EDT Lloyd 33', 90+'  42'
Huffman  90+'		 Report
Report		 Makoski  51'
Adams  90'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,316
Referee: Katja Koroleva

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western New York Flash 22 10 8 4 36 20 +16 38 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City 22 11 5 6 34 22 +12 38 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC (C) 22 11 5 6 32 25 +7 38
4 Sky Blue FC 22 10 6 6 31 26 +5 36
5 Boston Breakers 22 8 6 8 35 34 +1 30
6 Chicago Red Stars 22 8 6 8 32 36 −4 30
7 Seattle Reign FC 22 5 3 14 22 36 −14 18
8 Washington Spirit 22 3 5 14 16 39 −23 14
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

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
22 36 10 6 6 31 26  +5 5 2 4 13 8  +5 5 4 2 18 18  0

Last updated: 31 August 2013
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

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StadiumHAAHHAAAHHAHHAHHAHAHAA
ResultWWLDWWWWWLWDDLWDLLLWDD
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2013. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Team

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Brittany Cameron
2 DF  USA CoCo Goodson
3 DF  USA Christie Rampone
4 DF  AUS Caitlin Foord
5 DF  USA Kendall Johnson
6 MF  USA Taylor Lytle
7 MF  MEX Nayeli Rangel
8 FW  MEX Mónica Ocampo
9 FW  USA Danesha Adams
10 MF  USA Brittany Bock
11 FW  AUS Lisa De Vanna
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  USA Ashley Nick
13 DF  CAN Melanie Booth
16 MF  CAN Sophie Schmidt
18 DF  USA Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19 FW  USA Kelley O'Hara
20 GK  ENG Ashley Baker
21 GK  USA Jillian Loyden
22 MF  USA Manya Makoski
23 MF  USA Katy Freels
24 MF  USA Maddie Thompson
28 DF  USA Rachel Breton

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 6 September 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total NWSL
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  USA Brittany Cameron 19 0 19+0 0
2 DF  USA CoCo Goodson 23 1 23+0 1
3 DF  USA Christie Rampone 21 0 21+0 0
4 DF  AUS Caitlin Foord 15 0 14+1 0
5 FW  USA Kendall Johnson 23 0 23+0 0
6 MF  USA Taylor Lytle 22 4 13+9 4
7 MF  MEX Nayeli Rangel 10 0 5+5 0
8 FW  MEX Mónica Ocampo 17 8 11+6 8
9 FW  USA Danesha Adams 21 3 19+2 3
10 MF  USA Brittany Bock 7 0 4+3 0
11 FW  AUS Lisa De Vanna 17 5 15+2 5
12 MF  USA Ashley Nick 4 0 4+0 0
13 DF  CAN Melanie Booth 3 0 0+3 0
16 MF  CAN Sophie Schmidt 21 7 20+1 7
18 DF  USA Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall 8 0 3+5 0
19 FW  USA Kelley O'Hara 12 0 10+2 0
20 GK  ENG Ashley Baker 1 0 0+1 0
21 GK  USA Jillian Loyden 4 0 4+0 0
22 MF  USA Manya Makoski 21 0 20+1 0
23 MF  USA Katy Freels 23 1 22+1 1
25 MF  USA Maddie Thompson 14 0 4+10 0
28 DF  USA Rachel Breton 1 0 0+1 0
  • Source:

Source: Sky Blue FC Player Stats

Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

As of 6 September 2013
Rk. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
1 FW Mónica Ocampo 8 8
2 MF Sophie Schmidt 7 7
3 FW Lisa De Vanna 5 5
4 MF Taylor Lytle 4 4
5 FW Danesha Adams 3 3
6 DF CoCo Goodson 1 1
MF Katy Freels 1 1

Source: Sky Blue FC Player Stats

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.[4]

As of 6 September 2013
No. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
16 MF Sophie Schmidt 0 1 0 1
19 FW Kelley O'Hara 2 0 2 0
10 MF Brittany Bock 1 0 1 0
11 FW Lisa De Vanna 1 0 1 0
4 DF Caitlin Foord 1 0 1 0
6 DF CoCo Goodson 1 0 1 0
22 MF Manya Makoski 1 0 1 0
9 FW Danesha Adams 1 0 1 0

Source: Sky Blue FC Player Stats

Goalkeeper stats


Last updated: 31 August 2013

No. Nat Player Total NWSL
MIN GA GAA SV MIN GA GAA SV
20 Ashley Baker 1 0 — 1 1 0 — 1
21 Jillian Loyden 360 9 2.25 21 360 9 2.25 21
1 Brittany Cameron 1619 17 .944 65 1619 17 .944 65
TOTALS 1980 26 3.194 86 1980 26 3.194 86

Source: Sky Blue FC Player Stats

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

Player Award Ref.
Christie Rampone Best X1 [5]
Caitlin Foord Best X1 [6]

NWSL Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Club Month's Statline
May Brittany Cameron[7] Sky Blue FC GAA 0.5, 27 saves of 30 shots on goal, 360 min, 0 G; SBFC 4-1-1 in May
August Mónica Ocampo[8] Sky Blue FC 3 G, in 3 games

NWSL Weekly awards

Week Player of the Week Club Week's Statline
Week 1 Brittany Cameron[9] Sky Blue FC 5 SVS, SHO
Week 6 Christie Rampone[10] Sky Blue FC 180min, 0 GA
Week 8 Lisa De Vanna[11] Sky Blue FC 2 G (14', 56'), 1 A

See also

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Soccer to announce new women's professional league today". Leagues. Soccer Wire. November 21, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Paint the town blue: Sky Blue FC season preview". SB Nation. April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Sky Blue FC Set To Join National Women's Soccer League". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "SBFC". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  5. ^ NWSL awards
  6. ^ NWSL awards
  7. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL".
  8. ^ "AUGUST'S BEST: MONICA OCAMPO – National Women's Soccer League". Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  9. ^ "BRITTANY CAMERON VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – National Women's Soccer League". Nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  10. ^ "CHRISTIE RAMPONE VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". Nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  11. ^ "PLAYER OF THE WEEK: LISA DE VANNA – National Women's Soccer League". Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
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