2016 Boston Breakers season
2016 season | |||
Owner | Boston Women's Soccer, LLC | ||
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Head Coach | Mark Beard | ||
Stadium | Jordan Field Boston, Massachusetts |
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Highest home attendance | 3,743 (Apr. 24 vs. Seattle) |
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Lowest home attendance | 3,622 (May 7 vs. Chicago) |
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Average home league attendance | 3,688 | ||
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The 2016 Boston Breakers season, is the club's eleventh season overall, its seventh consecutive season, and fourth year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.
Contents
Club
Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | Matt Beard |
Assistant Coach | Dushawne Simpson |
Assistant Coach | Cat Whitehill |
Goalkeeper Coach | Ashley Phillips |
Last updated: May 5, 2016
Source: [1]
First-team squad
As of May 5 , 2016:[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Source: [3]
Competitions
- Key
Win Tie Loss
Preseason
As in previous seasons, Breakers spent time in Florida during preseason.[4]
Sun Mar 20 | Northeastern Huskies | 0–7 | Boston Breakers | Brookline, Massachusetts | ||
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6:00 p.m. EST | Report | Mewis ![]() Schoepfer ![]() Marlborough ![]() King ![]() Ratcliffe ![]() Wood ![]() Krieghoff ![]() |
Stadium: Parsons Field |
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Note: Played in three 30-minute periods |
Fri Mar 25 | Florida State Seminoles | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Tallahassee, Florida | ||
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7:00 p.m. EST | Connolly ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex |
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Note: Played in three 30-minute periods |
Sun Apr 3 | Boston Breakers | Cancelled | Connecticut Huskies | Massachusetts | ||
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Summary | ||||||
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather. |
Sun Apr 3 | Boston Breakers | Cancelled | Boston College Eagles | Massachusetts | ||
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Summary | ||||||
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather. |
Regular Season
Sat Apr 16 1 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Boyds, Maryland |
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7:00 p.m. | Lohman ![]() Megan Oyster ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Margaret Domka |
Sun Apr 24 2 | Boston Breakers | 0–3 | Seattle Reign FC | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Brittany Ratcliffe ![]() McCall Zerboni ![]() |
Report | Manon Melis ![]() Rachel Corsie ![]() Hope Solo ![]() Kim Little ![]() |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Matthew Franz |
Sun May 1 3 | Boston Breakers | 0–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Schillgard ![]() King ![]() Ratcliffe ![]() |
Report | Dagný Brynjarsdóttir ![]() |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,698 Referee: Brandon Artis |
Sat May 7 4 | Boston Breakers | 0–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Report Report |
Jen Hoy ![]() Christen Press ![]() |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Margaret Domka |
Fri May 13 5 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Piscataway, New Jersey |
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Kassey Kallman ![]() Tasha Kai ![]() Nikki Stanton ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. |
Sun May 22 6 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Whitney Engen ![]() Whitney Engen ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Chris Spivey |
Fri May 27 7 | Western New York Flash | 4 – 0 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
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Taylor Smith ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() Abby Dahlkemper ![]() |
Report | Eunice Beckmann ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
Fri Jun 10 8 | Boston Breakers | v | Washington Spirit | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Stadium: Jordan Field |
Sat Jun 18 9 | Chicago Red Stars | v | Boston Breakers | Bridgeview, Illinois |
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Stadium: Toyota Park |
Fri Jun 24 10 | Western New York Flash | v | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
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Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
Sat Jul 2 11 | Seattle Reign FC | v | Boston Breakers | Seattle |
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Stadium: Memorial Stadium |
Sun Jul 10 12 | Orlando Pride | v | Boston Breakers | Orlando, Florida |
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Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl |
Sun Jul 17 13 | Boston Breakers | v | Sky Blue FC | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Stadium: Jordan Field |
Sun Jul 31 14 | Boston Breakers | v | Orlando Pride | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Stadium: Jordan Field |
Sun Aug 28 15 | FC Kansas City | v | Boston Breakers | Kansas City, Missouri |
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Stadium: Swope Soccer Village |
Wed Aug 31 16 | Boston Breakers | v | Houston Dash | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Stadium: Jordan Field |
Sun Sep 4 17 | Portland Thorns FC | v | Boston Breakers | Portland, Oregon |
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Stadium: Providence Park |
Thu Sep 8 18 | Boston Breakers | v | Western New York Flash | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Stadium: Jordan Field |
Sun Sep 11 19 | Houston Dash | v | Boston Breakers | Houston |
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Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium |
Sat Sep 24 20 | Boston Breakers | v | Western New York Flash | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Stadium: Jordan Field |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Chicago Red Stars | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 14 | NWSL Shield |
2 | Portland Thorns FC | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | NWSL Playoffs |
3 | Washington Spirit | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 | |
4 | Orlando Pride | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | |
5 | Western New York Flash | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | |
6 | Sky Blue FC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | |
7 | Seattle Reign FC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
8 | Houston Dash | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
9 | FC Kansas City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | |
10 | Boston Breakers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 3 |
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
Last updated: May 27, 2016
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
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
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Ground | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | L |
Last updated: May 27, 2016.
Source: May reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.