2018 Sky Blue FC season

The 2018 Sky Blue FC season is the team's ninth season as a professional women's soccer team. Sky Blue FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.[1] Sky Blue had a difficult season in 2018 as they finished in last place. They went 23 games without winning a game, setting the mark for the longest winless streak in NWSL history.[2] Sky Blue finally won on September 8 as they beat the Orlando Pride 1-0 in their final game of the 2018 season.[3]

Sky Blue FC
2018 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachDenise Reddy
StadiumYurcak Field
Piscataway, New Jersey
(Capacity: 5,000)
Top goalscorerCarli Lloyd
Imani Dorsey
Katie Johnson (4)

There were numerous reports of off-field issues that came out after former Sky Blue player Sam Kerr spoke to the media following the Sky Blue vs Chicago game on July 7. Reports of poor management and training facilities as well as housing, travel, and transportation issues were also reported, and were believed to be contributing factors to the team's poor performance on the field.[4]

Team

First-team roster

Source: Sky Blue FC[5]

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  CAN Kailen Sheridan
2 FW  USA McKenzie Meehan
6 FW  USA Shea Groom
7 FW  USA Jen Hoy
8 DF  USA Erica Skroski
9 DF  USA Amanda Frisbie
10 MF  USA Carli Lloyd
11 MF  CRC Raquel Rodriguez
13 DF  NZL Rebekah Stott
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  MEX Katie Johnson
16 MF  USA Sarah Killion
17 DF  USA Domi Richardson
21 FW  USA Savannah McCaskill
22 DF  USA Mandy Freeman
27 GK  USA Caroline Casey
28 MF  USA Imani Dorsey
29 DF  CAN Amandine Pierre-Louis
31 DF  USA Christina Gibbons
73 MF  USA Madison Tiernan

Match results

Preseason
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) Sky Blue FC 0–1 PSU Manalapan, New Jersey
2:00 p.m. Report
  • Jean  73'
 Stadium: Sportika Sports
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) Sky Blue FC 2–1 UNC Manalapan, New Jersey
 Report
  • UNC Goal  43'
 Stadium: Sportika Sports
10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) Sky Blue FC 1–0 WVU Manalapan, New Jersey
1:00 p.m.
Report Stadium: Sportika Sports
18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) Sky Blue FC 6–0 St. John's University Manalapan, New Jersey
2:00 p.m.
Report Stadium: Sportika Sports

Regular season
31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 1 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Sky Blue FC Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,078
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Assistant referees: Jennifer Garner, Jordan Davis
Fourth official: Forrest Ambrose
Man of the Match: Erica Skroski
15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) 2 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Seattle Reign FC Piscataway, New Jersey
5:00 p.m. EST McCaskill  50' Box
Report		 Rapinoe  6' (pen.)
Dallstream  82'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,913
21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 3 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
8:00 p.m. EST Huerta  1' (Mautz) Report McCaskill  78' (Johnson) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,413
5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 4 Sky Blue FC 2–3 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,065
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 5 Seattle Reign FC 4–1 Sky Blue FC Seattle, Washington
10:00 p.m. EST Taylor  5' (Catley)  88'
Rapinoe  38', 60' (Kawasumi)
Long  84'		 Box
Report		 Skroski  21'
McCaskill  62' (Lloyd)		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,607
19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) 6 Sky Blue FC 1–2 North Carolina Courage Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Lloyd  15'  90+4' (Killion)
Tiernan  85'		 Report Dunn  19' (McDonald)
Mewis  27'
Rowland  70'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Danielle Chesky
23 May 2018 (2018-05-23) 7 Washington Spirit 1–0 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
7:30 p.m. EST
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,433
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) 8 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Seattle Reign FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Report Rapinoe  64' (Westphal) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,814
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) 9 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Utah Royals FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Groom  10' (Johnson)
Tiernan  90+2'		 Report Matheson  3' (Jónsdóttir)
Freeman 85' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Lorant Varga
Assistant referees: Walter Heatherly,Matthew Osterhouse
Fourth official: Szczepan Dziewa
8 June 2018 (2018-06-08) 10 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Meehan  39'
Killion  67'		 Report Dougherty Howard  50'
Dydasco  88'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,188
16 June 2018 (2018-06-16) 11 Orlando Pride 3–2 Sky Blue FC Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST Leroux  2' (Ubogagu), 31' (Nairn)  75'
Hill  83' (Morgan)		 Report McCaskill  16'
Tiernan  37'
Gibbons  45+1'
Lloyd  85'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,445
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) 12 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
10:30 p.m. EST Horan  45' (Sinclair)
Salem  90+2'		 Report Beckie  41'
Lloyd  77' (pen.)
Freeman  90+3'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 18,237
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) 13 Utah Royals FC 3–1 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
10:00 p.m. EST Press  7'
Stengel  25' (Press), 29' (Gorry)
Tymrak  90+1'
Jonsdottir  90+3'		 Report Lloyd  62' (Dorsey)
Freeman  89'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,394
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) 14 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
3:30 p.m. EST Dorsey  73' (McCaskill) Report Kerr  40' (Mautz), 46' (Nagasato), 63' (Nagasato) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,846
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 15 Sky Blue FC 0–4 North Carolina Courage Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Lloyd  85' Report Erceg  15' (Hamilton)
Williams  56' (Hamilton), 72' (Debinha), 89'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,376
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 16 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Dorsey  27' (McCaskill) Report Raso  4' (Sinclair)
Crnogorčević  7'
Christine Sinclair  80'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,338
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Chicago Red Stars postponed Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
8:00 p.m. EST Stadium: Toyota Park
Note: Match postponed due to the cancellation of Sky Blue's flight to Chicago
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 17 Orlando Pride 2–2 Sky Blue FC Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST Edmonds  32'
Marta  51'
Weatherholt  73'
Camila  78'
Kennedy  90+3'		 Report Dorsey  53' (Groom)
Groom  59' (McCaskill)
Lloyd  90+6'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,577
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 18 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Tiernan  64' Report Daly  7' (Ohai), 73' (pen.) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,126
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 19 Sky Blue FC 2–2 Utah Royals FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. EST Johnson  14' (Rodriguez), 48'
Killion  39'
Lloyd  69'
Tiernan  76'		 Report Richardson  58' (o.g.)
Rodriguez  90+4' (Press)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,468
22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 20 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
11:00 p.m. EST Sinclair  13' (pen.)
Heath  54'		 Report Tiernan  41'
McCaskill  67'
Johnson  75'
Killion  84'
Hoy  88'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,986
Referee: Mark Allatin
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 21 Houston Dash 6–1 Sky Blue FC Houston, Texas
8:30 p.m. EST Motlhalo  22'
Latsko  48' (Huerta)
Huerta  65' (Ohai)
Daly  67' (pen.)
Hanson  88' (Simon)
Kgatlana  90' (Hanson)		 Report Dorsey  54' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,257
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 22 Washington Spirit 1–1 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. EST Ship  71' Report Killion  58'  87' (Tiernan) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,461
Note: Game was postponed until Sunday, September 2 at 10am (ET) due to lightning.
4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) 23 Chicago Red Stars 5–0 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30 p.m. EST Mautz  18' (Gilliland), 46' (Gilliland)
Kerr  64' (Elby)
White  80' (Kerr)
Vasconcelos  90+7' (White)		 Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Note: Match was originally scheduled for July 28th, was postponed due to the cancellation of Sky Blue's flight to Chicago.
8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 24 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Orlando Pride Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00 p.m. EST Sheridan  32'
Lloyd  73' (Groom)		 Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 4,086

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 17 6 1 53 17 +36 57 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC 24 12 6 6 40 28 +12 42 NWSL Playoffs
3 Seattle Reign FC 24 11 8 5 27 19 +8 41
4 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 10 5 38 28 +10 37
5 Utah Royals FC 24 9 8 7 22 23 −1 35
6 Houston Dash 24 9 5 10 35 39 −4 32
7 Orlando Pride 24 8 6 10 30 37 −7 30
8 Washington Spirit 24 2 5 17 12 35 −23 11
9 Sky Blue FC 24 1 6 17 21 52 −31 9
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
24 9 1 17 6 21 52  −31 1 9 2 10 22  −12 0 8 4 11 30  −19

Last updated: September 8, 2018.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundAHAHAHAHHHAAAHHHAAHHAAAH
ResultLLDLLLLLLDLDLLLLDLDLLDLW
Position[lower-alpha 1]—99999999999999999999999
Updated to match(es) played on September 8, 2018. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Honors and awards

NWSL Rookie of the Year
Player Player Statistics Ref.
Imani Dorsey 4 Goals; 1 Assist; 14 Appearances [7]

NWSL Team of the Year
Team Position Player Ref.
Second XI Midfielder Carli Lloyd [8]

NWSL Player of the Week
Week Result Player Ref
21 Won Katie Johnson [9]

NWSL Save of the Week
Week Result Player(s) Ref.
3 Nominated Kailen Sheridan [10]
9 Nominated Kailen Sheridan and Rebekah Stott [11]
11/12 Nominated Kailen Sheridan [12]
19 Nominated Kailen Sheridan [13]
20 Nominated Kailen Sheridan [14]
21 Nominated Kailen Sheridan [15]
24 Nominated Kailen Sheridan [16]

NWSL Goal of the Week
Week Result Player Ref.
4 Nominated Savannah McCaskill [17]
7 Nominated Savannah McCaskill [18]
8 Won Carli Lloyd [19]
10 Nominated Shea Groom [20]
11/12 Nominated Savannah McCaskill [21]
24 Nominated Carli Lloyd [22]

Player transactions

2018 NWSL College Draft
Source: National Women's Soccer League[23]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 14Michaela AbamFUniversity of West Virginia
Round 15Imani DorseyFDuke University
Round 16Amandine Pierre-LouisDUniversity of West Virginia
Round 213Casey MurphyGKRutgers University
Round 435Kiana PalaciosFUniversity of California, Irvine

In
Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
December 13, 2017 Thaisa MF Grindavík Signed in offseason [24]
December 29, 2017 Christina Gibbons DF Utah Royals FC Acquired in trade for Kelley O'Hara, Taylor Lytle, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. [25]
December 29, 2017 Shea Groom FW Utah Royals FC Acquired in trade for Kelley O'Hara, Taylor Lytle, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. [25]
January 11, 2018 Katie Johnson FW Seattle Reign Acquired in trade for the rights to Caitlin Foord [26]
January 11, 2018 Rebekah Stott FW Seattle Reign Acquired in trade for the rights to Caitlin Foord [26]
January 19, 2018 Carli Lloyd MF Houston Dash Acquired as part of a three team trade that also included Janine Beckie, Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. [27]
January 19, 2018 Janine Beckie FW Houston Dash Acquired as part of a three team trade that also included Carli Lloyd, Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. [27]
January 19, 2018 Jen Hoy FW Chicago Red Stars Acquired as part of a three team trade that also included Carli Lloyd, Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Janine Beckie. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. [27]
January 30, 2018 Savannah McCaskill FW Boston Breakers Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [28]
January 30, 2018 Adriana Leon FW Boston Breakers Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [28]
January 30, 2018 Amanda Frisbie FW Boston Breakers Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [28]

Out
Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
December 29, 2017 Kelley O'Hara DF Utah Royals FC Traded to Utah Royals FC along with Taylor Lytle for Katie Johnson, Christina Gibbons, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. [25]
December 29, 2017 Taylor Lytle MF Utah Royals FC Traded to Utah Royals FC along with Kelley O'Hara for Katie Johnson, Christina Gibbons, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. [25]
January 19, 2018 Samantha Kerr FW Chicago Red Stars Traded to the Chicago Red Stars as part of a three team trade that also included Janine Beckie, Christen Press, Carli Lloyd, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. [27]
January 19, 2018 Nikki Stanton MF Chicago Red Stars Traded to the Chicago Red Stars as part of a three team trade that also included Janine Beckie, Christen Press, Carli Lloyd, Sam Kerr and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. [27]
May 4, 2018 Erin Simon DF Waived. [29]
June 12, 2018 Adriana Leon MF Seattle Reign Traded to the Seattle Reign for Seattle's 4th Round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft [30]
June 15, 2018 Kayla Mills DF Waived. [31]
July 25, 2018 Michaela Abam FW Paris FC Waived. Signed with Paris FC in the Division 1 Féminine. [32]
July 25, 2018 Thaisa MF A.C. Milan Waived. Signed with A.C. Milan in the Serie A. [32]
August 9, 2018 Janine Beckie FW Manchester City Transferred to Manchester City in the FA Women's Super League [33]

See also

Notes
  1. SBFC's position at the end of the matchweek, not their match.

References
  1. "About Sky Blue Soccer". skybluefc.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  2. "NWSL Focus: Sam Kerr sets record in homecoming". July 8, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. "Carli Lloyd goal gives Sky Blue first win of the season, 1-0 over Pride". September 8, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  4. "Sky Blue FC created untenable player conditions for years". July 17, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  5. "2018 Roster". skybluefc.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  6. https://nwslsoccer.com/schedule
  7. Purdy, Jacqueline (16 September 2018). "2018 NWSL Awards Finalists". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. "2018 NWSL Best XI and Second XI announced". Nwslsoccer.com. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  9. "@NWSL". 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  11. "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. "Save of the Week nominees: Week 11/12". National Women's Soccer League. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  13. "Save of the Week nominees - Week 19". 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  14. "Save of the Week nominees - Week 20". 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  15. "Save of the Week nominees - Week 21". 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  16. "Save of the Week nominees - Week 24". 10 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  17. "Vote: Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  18. "Vote: Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  19. Gabriel, Cassidy (22 May 2018). "Goal of the Week: Carli Lloyd". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  20. Balf, Celia (4 June 2018). "Vote: Goal of the Week". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  21. "Goal of the Week nominees: Week 11/12". National Women's Soccer League. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  22. "Goal of the Week nominees: Week 24". National Women's Soccer League. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  23. "List: Every draft pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. January 18, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  24. "SKY BLUE FC SIGNS BRAZILIAN MIDFIELDER THAISA MORENO". December 13, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  25. "UWSNT star Kelley O'Hara traded to Utah Royals". January 12, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  26. "SKY BLUE FC ACQUIRES REBEKAH STOTT AND KATIE JOHNSON FROM SEATTLE REIGN FC". January 11, 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  27. "Carli Lloyd traded to Sky Blue FC, Samantha Kerr to Red Stars". 19 January 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  28. "Boston Breakers players taken in NWSL dispersal draft". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  29. "SKY BLUE FC WAIVES DEFENDER ERIN SIMON". 4 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  30. "Seattle Reign acquire Adriana Leon from Sky Blue". June 12, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  31. "Sky Blue FC signs Imani Dorsey to full professional contract". June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  32. "SKY BLUE FC ANNOUNCES TWO ROSTER MOVES". July 25, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  33. "SKY BLUE FC ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF JANINE BECKIE". August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
Match reports (preseason)
    Match reports (regular season)

      Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC Category:Sky Blue FC Category:Sky Blue FC (NWSL) seasons Sky Blue FC

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