2015 FC Kansas City season
The 2015 season was FC Kansas City's third season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
| 2015 season | |||
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| Owner | Brian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens | ||
| Head coach | Vlatko Andonovski | ||
| Stadium | Swope Soccer Village | ||
| NWSL | 3rd | ||
| 2015 NWSL Playoffs | Winners | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Liz Bogus (3) Shea Groom (3) All: Erika Tymrak (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 8,489 (Apr. 12 vs. Sky Blue, at Sporting Park) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,592 (May 23 vs. Chicago) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,091[1] | ||
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First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match results
Win Draw Loss
Preseason
| March 15, Sun 1 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 1–8 | FC Kansas City | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| CDT UTC-5 | Johnson  41' |
Report | Tymrak 13', 45' Groom 18'Hagen 23', 35'Moros 31'DeCesare 71'King 86' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Hawks Championship Center |
| April 1, Wed 2 | Kansas Jayhawks | 0–2 | FC Kansas City | Lawrence, Kansas |
| CDT UTC-5 | Report | Tymrak 3' Groom 53' |
Stadium: Rock Chalk Park |
| April 4, Sat 3 | FC Kansas City | 1–0 | Iowa State Cyclones | Maryland Heights, Missouri |
| CDT UTC-5 | Tymrak 41' |
Report | Stadium: Lou Fusz Soccer Complex | |
| Note: 45-minute match. | ||||
| April 4, Sat 4 | Missouri Tigers | 0–4 | FC Kansas City | Maryland Heights, Missouri |
| CDT UTC-5 | Report | Tymrak 10' Groom 18'Clark 23'DeCesare 34' |
Stadium: Lou Fusz Soccer Complex | |
| Note: 45-minute match. | ||||
National Women's Soccer League
Regular season
| April 12, Sun 1 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 15:00 CDT UTC-5 | Report | Nadim 29' O'Hara  90' |
Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 8,849 |
| April 18, Sat 2 | Washington Spirit | 3–1 | FC Kansas City | Germantown, Maryland |
| 18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Nairn 9', 65' Huster 27'Dunn 46'Salem 56' |
Report | O'Reilly 5' LePeilbet 65'Groom 95' |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex |
| April 23, Thu 3 | FC Kansas City | 1–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Rodriguez 49' (Hagen) |
Report | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,466 |
| May 2, Sat 4 | Houston Dash | 0–2 | FC Kansas City | Houston |
| 19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Report | Bogus 42' (unassisted) Groom 51' (Hagen)Moros 63' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,186 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| May 8, Fri 5 | Western New York Flash | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Rochester, New York |
| 18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Report | Buczkowski 33' Bogus 73' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,802 |
| May 14, Thu 6 | FC Kansas City | 0–0 | Western New York Flash | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Bogus 15' Hagen 48+'Groom 57' |
Report | Taylor 36' Edwards 69'Jones 84'Williams 86' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,847 |
| May 23, Sat 7 | FC Kansas City | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | LePeilbet 68' |
Report | Huerta 33' (DiBernardo) Hemmings 82' (Lomnicki) |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,592 |
| May 30, Sat 8 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Boston |
| 18:00 CDT UTC-5 | K Mewis 51' (Schoepfer) |
Report | Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,176 Referee: Cedric Adams |
| June 19, Fri 9 | Portland Thorns FC | 1–1 | FC Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
| 21:00 CDT UTC-5 | Long 44' Johnson 60' Zerboni  70' Betos 90+5' |
Report | Hagen 51' 61' Groom 71' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,214 Referee: Brandon Artis |
| June 27, Sat 10 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–1 | FC Kansas City | Seattle |
| 21:30 CDT UTC-5 | Yanez 62' Little 64'Barnes 67' |
Report | Groom 90+1' |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,331 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
| July 3, Fri 11 | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Washington Spirit | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Averbuch 27' Groom 53'Bogus 65' |
Report | Johnson 26' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Tori Penso |
| July 9, Thu 12 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Boston |
| 17:00 CDT UTC-5 | Marlborough 3' Mewis 60' |
Report | Tymrak 1', 45' Groom 79'Silva 90+3' |
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,525 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| July 20, Mon 13 | FC Kansas City | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Pressley 55' (o.g.) |
NWSL report | Masar 40' Lloyd 45' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Randall Kelley |
| July 29, Wed 14 | Houston Dash | 3–2 | FC Kansas City | Houston |
| 19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Brush 12' (Ohai) McDonald 17' (Klingenberg)Lloyd 86' (Cross) |
Report | Holiday 3' (Rodriguez) Hagen 84' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,425 Referee: Matthew Mercier |
| August 1, Sat 15 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–2 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Press 12' (Chalupny) 74' (Chalupny) Erceg 42' |
Report | LePeilbet 35' (Holiday) Hagen 87' (O'Reilly) |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 3,477[2] Referee: Matthew Franz |
| August 8, Sat 16 | FC Kansas City | 4–0 | Western New York Flash | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Robinson 39' (Laddish) Averbuch 69' (unassisted)O'Reilly 84' (Rodriguez)Buczkowski 87' (Silva) |
Report | Dahlkemper 65' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,086 [3] |
| August 12, Wed 17 | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Laddish 60' (Robinson) Rodriguez 63' (O'Reilly)Tymrak 76' (Laddish) |
Report | Menges 70' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
| August 22, Sat 18 | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Rodriguez 29' (Robinson), 52' (Holiday) Holiday 50' (Rodriguez) |
FCKC report NWSL report |
Marlborough 81' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Brandon Artis |
| August 27, Thu 19 | FC Kansas City | 0–0 | Washington Spirit | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Report | Huster 53' Okobi 76'Matheson 79' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,492 |
| September 2, Wed 20 | Sky Blue FC | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Kerr 39' (O'Hara), 72' (Killion) |
Report | Hagen 5' (Rodriguez) Rodriguez 42' (O'Reilly), 52' (Moros)Becky Sauerbrunn 92' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Levi Rippy |
Postseason playoff
| September 13, Sun Semifinal | Chicago Red Stars | 0–3 | FC Kansas City | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 12:30 CDT (UTC-05) | Samantha Johnson 68' |
Report[4] | Rodriguez 16' (unassisted) Tymrak 21' (O'Reilly)Rodriguez 35' (O'Reilly) |
Stadium: Toyota Park Referee: Karen Abt |
| October 1, Thu Final | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City (Champion) | Portland, Oregon |
| 8:30 CDT (UTC-05) | Report[5] | Sauerbrunn 76' Rodriguez 78' (O'Reilly) |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,264 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
Regular-season standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Seattle Reign FC | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 43 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Chicago Red Stars | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 33 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | FC Kansas City (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 32 | |
| 4 | Washington Spirit | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 30 | |
| 5 | Houston Dash | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Portland Thorns FC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 23 | |
| 7 | Western New York Flash | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
| 8 | Sky Blue FC | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 22 | |
| 9 | Boston Breakers | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 15 |
- Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Last updated: September 5, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics
Source: NWSL
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 | RC |
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| 14 | MF | Yael Averbuch | 18 | 13 | 1250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Liz Bogus | 18 | 10 | 882 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jen Buczkowski | 20 | 20 | 1781 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kaysie Clark | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Shea Groom | 13 | 9 | 788 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Sarah Hagen | 17 | 11 | 994 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Lauren Holiday | 9 | 9 | 757 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Caroline Kastor | 8 | 1 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Mandy Laddish | 16 | 13 | 1180 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Amy LePeilbet | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Meghan Lisenby | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Becca Moros | 20 | 20 | 1730 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Heather O'Reilly | 11 | 11 | 928 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Leigh Ann Robinson | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Amy Rodriguez | 11 | 11 | 956 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Frances Silva | 15 | 3 | 437 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Erika Tymrak | 19 | 18 | 1546 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | 17 | 17 | 1530 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 179 | 70 | 54 | 16 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 3 | 3 | 270 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Notes
- FC Kansas City's standing in the league at the end of match day
References
- "9-10-15 NWSL Statistics.pdf". ussoccer.com. US Soccer. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- "The Lowdown: The anatomy of a hat trick". 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- "The Lowdown: NWSL playoff races tighten". 12 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- "KANSAS CITY ADVANCES TO FINAL AFTER DEFEATING CHICAGO, 3–0; Amy Rodriguez (2) and Erika Tymrak both scored in the first half". nwslsoccer.com.
- "FCKC CROWNED 2015 NWSL CHAMPIONS IN 1–0 WIN OVER SEATTLE; Rodriguez's goal came in the 78th minute and was the sixth of her postseason career". nwslsoccer.com.
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