2013 Western New York Flash season

The 2013 season was Western New York Flash's sixth season of existence, and the first in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Western New York Flash
2013 Western New York Flash season
PresidentAlexandra Sahlen
Head coachAaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
NWSL1st
NWSL PlayoffsNWSL Championship Runner-up
Highest home attendance9,129 vs Portland Thorns FC
(August 31, 2013 - NWSL Championship)
Lowest home attendance2,127 vs Sky Blue FC
(May 1, 2013)

Club
July 4, 2013; Chicago Red Stars vs Western New York Flash. Playing at midfield, left to right: Perez-17, Sitch-19, Quon-11, Leon-16, Zerboni-7, Grings-21, Johnson-12, Huffman-14, Reynolds-16

Current roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MEX Pamela Tajonar
2 DF  USA Alexandra Sahlen
3 DF  CAN Bryanna McCarthy
4 FW  AUS Samantha Kerr
6 DF  USA Angela Salem
7 MF  USA McCall Zerboni
8 FW  ESP Adriana Martín
9 MF  USA Ingrid Wells
10 MF  USA Carli Lloyd
11 FW  USA Laura Heyboer
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF  CMR Estelle Johnson
13 DF  USA Brittany Taylor
14 MF  USA Sarah Huffman
15 MF  USA Vicki DiMartino
16 DF  USA Katherine Reynolds
17 MF  MEX Veronica Perez
20 FW  USA Abby Wambach
22 DF  USA Amy Barczuk
23 MF  CAN Jodi-Ann Robinson
24 GK  USA Adrianna Franch

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 20, 2013 (2013-04-20) 2 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Huster  84'
Matheson  87'		 Report Kerr  85' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) 3 Western New York Flash 1–2 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
19:35 EST Kerr  7' Report O'Reilly  16', 83'
Whitehill  62'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Eugene Mednikov
May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) 4 Western New York Flash 2–1 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
19:00 EST Martín  6'
Wambach  20'
Kerr  45'		 Report Schmidt  44'
O'Hara  72'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Miguel Panduro
May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) 5 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:35 EST Wambach  34', 39'
Heyboer  90+5'		 Report Cheney  53'
Sesselmann  90+1'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24) 6 Western New York Flash 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Wambach  54'
Zerboni  65'
Lloyd  74'		 Report Chalupny  43'  52' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) 7 Boston Breakers 2–2 Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 EST Sanderson  44'
Nogueira  58'
Leroux  64'		 Report Wambach  28'
Taylor  75'
Robinson  90+4'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,124
Referee: John McCloskey
June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) 8 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 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) 9 Washington Spirit 0–2 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST Report Perez  10'
DiMartino  31'  36'
Martín  56'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Boris Senic
June 19, 2013 (2013-06-19) 10 Chicago Red Stars 2–2 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
18:30 EST Mautz  1'
Osborne  40'		 Report Martín  12'
Zerboni  72'
Taylor  89'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 790
Referee: Kara Honthumb
June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) 11 Western New York Flash 1–1 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Wambach  56' (pen.)
Robinson  73'		 Report Winters  28'
Dallstream
Fishlock  84'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,347
Referee: Miguel Panduro
June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) 12 Western New York Flash 4–0 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:05 EST Lloyd  3', 22', 56'
Taylor  90+1'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,364
Referee: Miguel Panduro
July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) 13 Chicago Red Stars 1-0 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CST Quon  14'
Chalupny  58'		 Report Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,064
Referee: Juliana Duncan
July 7, 2013 14 FC Kansas City 0-0 Western New York Flash Overland Park, Kansas
Report Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 5,031
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
July 11, 2013 15 Seattle Reign FC 3-2 Western New York Flash Tukwila, Washington
14:00 (PST) Fishlock  14'
Rapinoe  44'
Nairn  82'		 Report Wambach  10, 47' Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 2,514
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 14, 2013 16 Portland Thorns FC 1-1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
18:00 (PST) Shim  38'
Heath  85'		 Summary Wambach  23'  37'
Salem  90+1'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,021
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 21, 2013 17 Western New York Flash 3-0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
14:30 (PST) Lloyd  13'
Taylor  35'
Kerr  56'		 Summary Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,664
Referee: Kara Honthumb
July 31, 2013 18 Western New York Flash 3-0 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
20:05 (PST) Martin  35'

Kerr  60'

Lloyd  68'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,967
Referee: Miguel Panduro
August 3, 2013 19 Boston Breakers 2-2 Western New York Flash Somerville, Massachusetts
Simon  17'
Sanderson  65'		 Report DiMartino  77'
Lloyd  85'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,899
Referee: Christina Unkel
August 7, 2013 20 Western New York Flash 1-0 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
19:05 (PST) Lloyd  54' Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Robert Sibiga
August 10, 2013 21 Western New York Flash 0-0 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
20:35 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,606
Referee: Margaret Domka
August 17, 2013 22 Western New York Flash 2-1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
20:35 Kerr  23' Wambach  28' Wilkinson  55' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6311

Playoffs
August 24, 2013 Semifinal Western New York Flash 2-0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
20:00 ET Lloyd  33' Lloyd  93+' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,316
Referee: Katja Koroleva
August 31, 2013 Final Western New York Flash 0-2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
20:00 ET Heath  40' Sinclair  92+' Attendance: 9,129
Referee: Kari Seitz

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) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
22 38 10 4 8 36 20  +16 8 1 2 21 7  +14 2 3 6 15 13  +2

Last updated: August 3, 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
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ResultLDLWWWDWWDDWLDLDWWDWDW
Updated to match(es) played on August 13, 2013. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

References
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