2014 FC Kansas City season

FC Kansas City
2014 season
Owner	Brian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium	Durwood Soccer Stadium
Home colors	Away colors

The 2014 season was FC Kansas City's second season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club

Roster

As of April 27, 2014.[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Sara Keane	United States
3	Midfielder	Maegan Kelly	United States
4	Defender	Becky Sauerbrunn	United States
5	Forward	Liz Bogus	United States
6	Midfielder	Jen Buczkowski	United States
7	Midfielder	Jenna Richmond	United States
8	Forward	Amy Rodriguez	United States
9	Midfielder	Merritt Mathias	United States
10	Forward	Frances Silva	United States
11	Midfielder	Morgan Marlborough	United States
12	Forward	Lauren Holiday	United States
13	Defender	Leigh Ann Robinson	United States
14	Defender	Kassey Kallman	United States
15	Midfielder	Erika Tymrak	United States
16	Defender	Nia Williams	United States
17	Defender	Amy LePeilbet	United States
18	Goalkeeper	Nicole Barnhart	United States
19	Forward	Katrina Gorry	Australia
22	Forward	Sarah Hagen	United States
23	Defender	Nikki Phillips	United States
24	Goalkeeper	Cecilia Santiago	Mexico
25	Midfielder	Mandy Laddish	United States

Team management

FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[2] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome.[3] Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season.[4]

Match results

Win Draw Loss

Preseason

March 22, 2014 1	FC Kansas City	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Fenton, Missouri
7:00PM CT	Henderson 83'	Report	Mautz 51'	Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 2,300

March 29, 2014 2	Kansas Jayhawks	1–3	FC Kansas City	Lawrence, Kansas
	Ashley Williams 31'	Report	Rodriguez 12' Holiday 15', 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jayhawk Soccer Complex

April 5, 2014 3	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	0–10	FC Kansas City	Kansas City, Missouri
4:00PM CT		Report	Williams 14' Mathias 23', 25', 58' Tymrak 30' Liz Bogus 33' (pen.), 40' Silva 48', 68' Henderson 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Swope Park

NWSL

Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

April 12, 2014 1	FC Kansas City	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Rodriguez 42'	Report	Freels 48'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,107 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

April 19, 2014 2	Washington Spirit	3–1	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
	Matheson 4', 38' Nairn 45'	Report	Rodriguez 29' Kallman 14'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Matthew Franz

April 26, 2014 3	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	FC Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
	Long 44' (pen) McDonald 84', 88'	Report	Holiday 56' (pen)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,124 Referee: Katja Koroleva

April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) 4	FC Kansas City	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
21:00 CDT (UTC-05)	Rodriguez 9'	Summary		Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,679 Referee: josh Wilkens

May 3, 2014 5	Houston Dash	0–4	FC Kansas City	Houston, Texas
20:00				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

May 7, 2014 6	Western New York Flash	2–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:00				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

May 11, 2014 7	FC Kansas City	2–1	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

May 14, 2014 8	Seattle Reign FC	3–2	FC Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
22:00				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

May 18, 2014 9	FC Kansas City	2–2	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
18:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

May 21, 2014 10	FC Kansas City	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

May 25, 2014 11	Boston Breakers	0–2	FC Kansas City	Boston, Massachusetts
19:00				Stadium: Harvard Stadium

Jun 4, 2014 12	FC Kansas City	1–0	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

Jun 7, 2014 13	FC Kansas City	2–0	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

Jun 14, 2014 14	Houston Dash	1–2	FC Kansas City	Houston, Texas
21:00				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21) 15	FC Kansas City	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC-05)	Buczkowski 76'	Summary	van Egmond 83'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1493 Referee: Christina Unkel

Jun 28, 2014 16	FC Kansas City	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

Jul 6, 2014 17	Sky Blue FC	0–5	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00				Stadium: Yurcak Field

Jul 13, 2014 18	Portland Thorns FC	7–1	FC Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
19:00	Boquete 3' 74' (pen.) Morgan 15' Long 43' 62' Heath 70' Sinclair 80' Brooks 88'	Summary	Gorry 30' Jenna Richmond 40' LePeilbet 42' Buczkowski 87'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 9,672 Referee: Christina Unkel

Jul 18, 2014 19	Western New York Flash	1–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:30	Kerr 22' Lloyd 41'	Summary	Hagen 17' 84' Sauerbrunn 90'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Jul 27, 2014 20	FC Kansas City	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
18:00	Rodriguez 34' Holiday 70'	Summary	Foord 69' Nadim 87'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,852 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Jul 30, 2014 21	Washington Spirit	2–1	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Garefrekes 49' Nairn 67'		Sauerbrunn 18'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Aug 2, 2014 22	FC Kansas City	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00	Amy Rodriguez 6' Amy LePeilbet 46'		Megan Rapinoe 68' Mariah Nogueira 86'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

Aug 6, 2014 23	FC Kansas City	2–1	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00	Amy Rodriguez 8' Sarah Hagen 26'		Heather O'Reilly 16'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

Aug 9, 2014 24	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	FC Kansas City	Lisle, Illinois
20:00	Melissa Tancredi 9' Christen Press 40'		Morgan Marlborough 43'	Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Reign FC	24	16	6	2	50	20	+30	54	NWSL Shield
2	FC Kansas City (C)	24	12	5	7	39	32	+7	41	NWSL Playoffs
3	Portland Thorns FC	24	10	6	8	39	35	+4	36
4	Washington Spirit	24	10	5	9	36	43	−7	35
5	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	8	7	32	26	+6	35
6	Sky Blue FC	24	9	7	8	30	37	−7	34
7	Western New York Flash	24	8	4	12	42	38	+4	28
8	Boston Breakers	24	6	2	16	37	53	−16	20
9	Houston Dash	24	5	3	16	23	44	−21	18

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	12	5	7	39	32	+7	41	8	4	0	17	8	+9	4	1	7	22	24	−2

Last updated: July 19, 2014.
Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Semi-Final

August 23, 2014

12:00 (CDT)

Semifinal

FC Kansas City	2–0	Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez 65' Phillips 84' Holiday 87'	Report	Menges 22'

Durwood Soccer Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 2,997

Referee: Chris Spivey

Championship

August 31, 2014

12:00PM (PDT)

Final

Seattle Reign FC	1–2	FC Kansas City
Rapinoe 86'	Report Report Report	Rodriguez 23', 56' LePeilbet 79'

Starfire Sports Stadium, Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 4,252

Referee: Margaret Domka

Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.

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
5	FW	Liz Bogus	13	8	598	1	2	1	12	7	0	0	2	2	5	0
6	MF	Jen Buczkowski	24	24	2087	1	3	1	11	5	1	0	1	22	15	2
20	MF	Molly Dreska	1	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	Missy Geha	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Katrina Gorry	9	3	376	1	0	0	17	8	0	3	1	5	2	0
22	FW	Sarah Hagen	9	7	529	4	1	1	16	10	0	0	5	3	8	1
2	FW	Melissa Henderson	5	3	185	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0
12	MF	Lauren Holiday	21	21	1766	8	7	3	56	35	5	96	11	14	36	0
14	DF	Kassey Kallman	18	18	1479	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	12	9	1
25	MF	Mandy Laddish	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Amy LePeilbet	11	4	512	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	2
11	FW	Morgan Marlborough	9	2	247	2	0	0	6	5	0	0	5	2	2	0
9	MF	Merritt Mathias	20	16	1436	0	2	0	21	10	1	2	4	17	15	1
23	DF	Nikki Phillips	23	23	1970	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	14	2	1
7	MF	Jenna Richmond	22	20	1754	1	4	0	14	7	1	0	0	17	12	2
13	MF	Leigh Ann Robinson	23	23	2012	0	2	0	8	5	2	0	2	5	4	0
8	FW	Amy Rodriguez	22	21	1808	13	3	3	71	38	1	0	19	15	16	0
4	DF	Becky Sauerbrunn	22	22	1935	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	5	3	1
10	FW	Frances Silva	18	5	568	2	1	1	10	5	0	2	3	5	14	0
15	FW	Erika Tymrak	21	18	1540	4	4	1	43	20	1	5	2	7	33	0
16	DF	Nia Williams	5	2	260	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
18	GK	Nicole Barnhart	22	22	1935	11	6	5	210	100	71	29	1.318	5	5	8
1	GK	Sarah Keane	2	2	180	1	1	0	19	11	9	3	1.500	0	0	0

Notes

"FC Kansas City Roster".
"New Kansas City women's soccer team releases logo". Kansas City Business Journal. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
McDowell, Sam (July 30, 2013). "Joco's pro women's soccer team, FC Kansas City, seeks longevity where others have failed". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
"FC Kansas City Coaching Staff Announced". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "FC Kansas City Roster".

[2] "New Kansas City women's soccer team releases logo". Kansas City Business Journal. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

[3] McDowell, Sam (July 30, 2013). "Joco's pro women's soccer team, FC Kansas City, seeks longevity where others have failed". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

[4] "FC Kansas City Coaching Staff Announced". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

FC Kansas City
Founded 2012 - Folded 2017 Based in Kansas City, Missouri
The Club	History Players All articles
Stadium	Shawnee Mission District Stadium (2013) Durwood Soccer Stadium (2014) Swope Soccer Village (2015–2017) Children's Mercy Park (2015–2017)
Key personnel	Head coach: Vlatko Andonovski
Major honors (2)
NWSL Championship	2014 2015
Seasons (5)
NWSL	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017