2013 Seattle Reign FC season

The 2013 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's first season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Seattle Reign FC

2013 season
Owners	Bill and Teresa Predmore
General manager	Laura Harvey
Head coach	Laura Harvey
Stadium	Starfire Sports
National Women's Soccer League	Overall: 7th
Top goalscorer	Megan Rapinoe (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	3,855 vs Washington Spirit (July 14, 2013)
Lowest home attendance	1,011 vs Washington Spirit (May 16, 2013)
Average home league attendance	2,360
Home colors Away colors
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Background

In November 2012, it was confirmed that a Seattle-based women's professional soccer team owned by Bill Predmore (founder and president of Seattle-based digital marketing agency, POP) had been accepted into a new women's professional soccer league, later named National Women's Soccer League.^[1][2] Former general manager of the Seattle Sounders Women and Seattle Sounders FC Director of Youth Programs,^[3] Amy Carnell, was named general manager.

On December 21, 2012, the team announced Laura Harvey as their first head coach. Harvey was head coach of Arsenal L.F.C. from 2010–2012 after serving as an assistant for two years, assisted and then coached Birmingham City L.F.C. from 2002–2008, and served as an assistant coach for England's U-17, U-19 and U-23 women's national teams from 2005–2011.^[4]

Review

Drafts and signings

On January 11, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Kaylyn Kyle (CAN), Teresa Noyola (MEX), Megan Rapinoe (USA), Amy Rodriguez (USA), Jenny Ruiz (MEX), Hope Solo (USA), and Emily Zurrer (CAN) were named to the Seattle team.^[5][6][7] On January 18, the Reign selected Christine Nairn, Mallory Schaffer, Kristen Meier, and Haley Kopmeyer at the 2013 NWSL College Draft.^[8][9] On February 4, 2013, it was announced that the team had signed four free agents: Kate Deines, Jessica Fishlock, Tiffany Cameron, and Lindsay Taylor.^[10] During the February 7, 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft, the team selected Nikki Krzysik, Lauren Barnes, Laura Heyboer, Liz Bogus, Michelle Betos and Kaley Fountain.^[11]

Preseason

Leading into the preseason, it was learned that the Reign would be without all of their U.S. national team allocated players for almost half of the season. National team forward, Amy Rodriguez, announced she was pregnant with her first child and would not be playing during the inaugural season.^[12] U.S. national team goalkeeper, Hope Solo, would be away for the first part of the season after recovering from wrist surgery and Megan Rapinoe had signed with French side, Olympique Lyonnais, from January to June and would miss at least nine games.^[13][14]

Regular season

After traveling to Japan in the preseason to play matches against defending L. League champion INAC Kobe Leonessa, Fukuoka J. Anclas, and Nojima Stella Kanagawa,^[15] the Reign faced their first regular season match against the Chicago Red Stars at Benedictine University, in which Seattle's first college draft pick, Christine Nairn, scored the Reign's first goal of the season via a header off an assist from Liz Bogus.^[16] The Red Stars later tied the game 1–1, but the point that Seattle earned in the game would be its only for the next nine games. Without the U.S. national team players or a veteran goalscorer up front, the team struggled to win games. Although the losses were for the most part consistently low-scoring games, it was apparent that the Reign was missing some final ingredients for success.

In June 2013, head coach Laura Harvey began making some trades and signing new players. Forward and Canadian international, Tiffany Cameron was waived, later to be picked up by FC Kansas City and former U.S. national team defender, Stephanie Cox was added to the roster.^[17] Mexican allocated player and former Stanford Cardinal standout, Teresa Noyola, was traded to FC Kansas City for Renae Cuellar, and Noyola's fellow former Stanford Cardinal goal-scorer, Lindsay Taylor was traded to the Washington Spirit. After a brief stint on the team by Tobagonian international, Kennya Cordner who was later waived and replaced by Australian national team co-captain, Emily van Egmond due to the league's restriction on only having two international players on a team (in addition to allocated players),^[18] and the return of U.S. national team players, Solo and Rapinoe, the Reign began to turn the season around with a 1–1 tie against the Western New York Flash. The game would be the first of a six-game undefeated streak for the Reign with two ties and four wins.^[19] After losing to regional rival, Portland Thorns FC, 2–1 in the season finale in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,855, the Reign ended the 2013 NWSL season seventh in the league with a 5–14–3 record.^[20]

Club

Executive staff

Owner	Bill Predmore
General Manager	Laura Harvey

Updated to match played April 8, 2013
Source: 

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Laura Harvey
Assistant Coach	Sam Laity
Goalkeeper Coach	Ben Dragavon

Last updated: March 7, 2013
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Hope Solo 2 DF  CAN Emily Zurrer 3 DF  USA Lauren Barnes 4 DF  USA Kate Deines 5 FW  USA Liz Bogus 6 MF  CAN Kaylyn Kyle 7 DF  USA Elli Reed 9 DF  USA Stephanie Cox 10 MF  WAL Jessica Fishlock 11 MF  USA Keelin Winters (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  MEX Jenny Ruiz 14 MF  USA Kristina Larsen 15 MF  USA Megan Rapinoe 18 GK  USA Michelle Betos 19 MF  USA Christine Nairn 20 MF  AUS Emily van Egmond 21 MF  USA Kristen Meier 22 FW  USA Jessica McDonald 23 FW  MEX Renae Cuellar 25 DF  USA Kiersten Dallstream

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason and friendlies

INAC Kobe Leonessa v Seattle Reign FC

March 16, 2013	INAC Kobe Leonessa	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Okinawa, Japan
20:30 PST		Report		Stadium: Koza General Sports Park Athletics Stadium

Fukuoka J. Anclas v Seattle Reign FC

March 19, 2013	Fukuoka J. Anclas	1–3	Seattle Reign FC	Fukuoka, Japan
22:00 PST		Report	Laura Heyboer Marissa Mykines Liz Bogus	Stadium: Fukuoka Level 5 Stadium

Nojima Stella Kanagawa v Seattle Reign FC

March 23, 2013	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	0–4	Seattle Reign FC	Tokyo, Japan
17:00 PST		Report	Tiffany Cameron 31' Kaylyn Kyle 40' Emily Zurrer Kristen Meier 75'	Stadium: Nojima Football Park

Seattle Reign FC v  Haiti

June 2, 2013	Seattle Reign FC	6–0	Haiti	Tukwila, Washington
15:30 PT	Taylor 54' (pen.), 64', 71' Cordner 75' Bogus 84' Larsen 89'	Report		Stadium: Starfire Stadium Referee: Katja Koroleva

Regular season

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

April 14, 2013 1	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Lisle, Illinois
17:00 (PST)	Chalupny 19'	Report	Nairn 10'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex

Portland Thorns FC v Seattle Reign FC

April 21, 2013 2	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
14:00 (PST)	Dougherty 45' Alex Morgan 52'	Report	Fishlock 74'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 16,479 Referee: Josh Wilkens

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

April 26, 2013 3	FC Kansas City	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST)	Farrelly 21' Cuellar 71'	Report		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Christina Unkel

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

May 4, 2013 4	Seattle Reign FC	0–1	FC Kansas City	Tukwila, Washington
20:00 (PST)		Report	Cuellar 69'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Margaret Domka

Sky Blue FC v Seattle Reign FC

May 11, 2013 5	Sky Blue FC	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 (PST)	Danesha Adams 31' Lisa De Vanna 35'	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Steve Montanino

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

May 16, 2013 6	Seattle Reign FC	2–4	Washington Spirit	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (PST)	Lindsay Taylor 7' Teresa Noyola 47'	Report	Diana Matheson 37' Ali Krieger 41' Tiffany McCarty 56' Tori Huster 84'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

May 19, 2013 7	Seattle Reign FC	0–3	Sky Blue FC	Tukwila, Washington
18:00 (PST)	Ruiz  25'  63' Kyle  40'	Report	De Vanna 9' Schmidt 78' Lytle 86' Bock  66' De Vanna  70'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Kari Seitz

Seattle Reign FC v Portland Thorns FC

May 25, 2013 8	Seattle Reign FC	0–1	Portland Thorns FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (PST)		Report	Christine Sinclair 83' PK	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,324 Referee: Margaret Domka

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

June 9, 2013 9	Seattle Reign FC	0–1	FC Kansas City	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (PST)		Report	Erika Tymrak 63'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Kara Honthumb

Portland Thorns FC v Seattle Reign FC

June 16, 2013 10	Portland Thorns FC	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Danielle Foxhoven 48' Meleana Shim 67'	Report		Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 13,802 Referee: Robert Sigiba

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

June 23, 2013 11	Western New York Flash	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
16:05 (PST)	Winters 28'	Report	Wambach 56' PK	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,347 Referee: Miguel Panduro

Boston Breakers v Seattle Reign FC

June 26, 2013 12	Boston Breakers	1–2	Seattle Reign FC	Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 (PST)	Nogueira 50'	Report	Fishlock 77' Nairn 85'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Referee: John McCloskey

Seattle Reign FC v Chicago Red Stars

June 29, 2013 13	Seattle Reign FC	3–1	Chicago Red Stars	Tukwila, Washington
20:00 (PST)	Kyle 51'Fishlock 58' Rapinoe 93+'	Report	Wenino 85'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Seattle Reign FC v Boston Breakers

July 3, 2013 14	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Boston Breakers	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (PST)	McDonald 54'	Report	Leroux 63'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Miguel Panduro

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

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

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

July 14, 2013 16	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Washington Spirit	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (PST)	McDonald 30, 34'	Report	Matheson 11'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Katja Koroleva

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

July 20, 2013 17	FC Kansas City	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Overland Park, Kansas
19:35 (PST)	Holiday 39' Tymrak 86'	Report		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Boris Senic

Seattle Reign FC v Chicago Red Stars

July 25, 2013 18	Seattle Reign FC	4–1	Chicago Red Stars	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (PST)	Rapinoe 6, 68' Kyle 24' Bogus 83'	Report	Hoy 74'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

August 3, 2013 19	Chicago Red Stars	3–1	Seattle Reign FC	Lisle, Illinois
18:00 (PST)	Fuss 11' (pen.) Grings 41, 72'	Report	Kyle 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Sports Complex at Benedictine University Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Kara Honthumb

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

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

Washington Spirit v Seattle Reign FC

August 10, 2013 21	Washington Spirit	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
16:35 (PST)	Matheson 83'	Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,549 Referee: Kari Seitz

Seattle Reign FC v Portland Thorns FC

August 17, 2013 22	Seattle Reign FC	1–2	Portland Thorns FC	Tukwila, Washington
20:00 (PST)	Rapinoe 3'	Report	Sinclair 8, 83'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Christina Unkel

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
22	18	5	14	3	22	36	−14	4	6	1	15	16	−1	1	8	2	7	20	−13

Last updated: August 18, 2013
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html
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	21	22
Stadium	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on August 18, 2013. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of August 20, 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes	22	0	22	0
18	GK	USA	Michelle Betos	7	0	7	0
5	FW	USA	Liz Bogus	20	1	20	1
9	FW	CAN	Tiffany Cameron	7	0	7	0
26	FW	TRI	Kennya Cordner	3	0	3	0
9	DF	USA	Stephanie Cox	4	0	4	0
23	FW	MEX	Renae Cuellar	7	0	7	0
25	DF	USA	Kiersten Dallstream	20	0	20	0
4	DF	USA	Kate Deines	17	0	17	0
10	MF	WAL	Jessica Fishlock	21	4	21	4
20	GK	USA	Haley Kopmeyer	1	0	1	0
6	MF	CAN	Kaylyn Kyle	21	3	21	3
14	FW	USA	Kristina Larsen	9	0	9	0
21	MF	USA	Kristen Meier	6	0	6	0
21	FW	USA	Jessica McDonald	7	3	7	3
19	MF	USA	Christine Nairn	22	3	22	3
8	MF	MEX	Teresa Noyola	11	1	11	1
16	MF	USA	Lyndsey Patterson	3	0	3	0
15	MF	USA	Megan Rapinoe	12	5	12	5
7	DF	USA	Elli Reed	17	0	17	0
13	MF	MEX	Jenny Ruiz	7	0	7	0
1	GK	USA	Hope Solo	14	0	14	0
17	FW	USA	Lindsay Taylor	6	1	6	1
20	MF	AUS	Emily van Egmond	6	0	6	0
11	MF	USA	Keelin Winters	21	1	21	1
2	DF	CAN	Emily Zurrer	7	0	7	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Players with one goal or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013

Rk.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total	NWSL
1		MF	Megan Rapinoe	5	5
2		MF	Jessica Fishlock	4	4
3		FW	Jessica McDonald	3	3
3		MF	Christine Nairn	3	3
3		DF	Kaylyn Kyle	3	3
4		FW	Liz Bogus	1	1
4		MF	Teresa Noyola	1	1
4		FW	Lindsay Taylor	1	1
4		MF	Keelin Winters	1	1

Top assists

Players with one assist or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013

Rk.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total	NWSL
1		MF	Christine Nairn	5	5
2		FW	Liz Bogus	2	2
2		DF	Elli Reed	2	2
3		FW	Kristina Larsen	1	1
3		FW	Jessica McDonald	1	1
3		MF	Teresa Noyola	1	1
3		MF	Keelin Winters	1	1

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		NWSL
23		FW	Renae Cuellar	1	0	1	0
25		DF	Kiersten Dallstream	0	1	0	1
7		MF	Jessica Fishlock	4	0	4	0
10		MF	Kaylyn Kyle	4	0	4	0
19		MF	Christine Nairn	2	0	1	0
14		FW	Kristina Larsen	1	0	1	0
19		MF	Megan Rapinoe	1	0	1	0
16		MF	Elli Reed	2	0	2	0
13		DF	Jenny Ruiz	0	1	0	1
1		GK	Hope Solo	1	0	1	0
1		MF	Emily van Egmond	1	0	1	0
1		MF	Keelin Winters	1	0	1	0
2		DF	Emily Zurrer	1	0	1	0

Goalkeeper stats

Last updated: August 20, 2013

No.	Nat	Player	National Women's Soccer League
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV
18		Michelle Betos	630	14	2	34
20		Haley Kopmeyer	90	3	3	6
1		Hope Solo	1260	19	1.357	81

Player Transactions

Transfers In

Date	Player	Pos	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
March 1, 2013	Keelin Winters	MF	Chicago Red Stars	Traded for first round pick in the 2014 College Draft and future considerations	[21]
June 19, 2013	Stephanie Cox	DF	–	Signed mid-season	[22]
June 28, 2013	Jessica McDonald	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired via waivers	[23]
July 1, 2013	Renae Cuellar	FW	FC Kansas City	Traded for Teresa Noyola, rights for unsigned player Nikki Krzysik, and second round 2014 NWSL college draft pick	[24]
July 12, 2013	Emily van Egmond	MF	Newcastle Jets FC	Signed; Kennya Cordner waived due to international player restrictions in league	[18]

Transfers Out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
June 25, 2013	Tiffany Cameron	FW	FC Kansas City	Waived, later picked up by Kansas City	[25]
June 28, 2013	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	–	Waived to make room for Jessica McDonald	[23]
July 1, 2013	Teresa Noyola	MF	FC Kansas City	Traded for Renae Cuellar	[24]
July 1, 2013	Lindsay Taylor	FW	Washington Spirit	Traded to Washington for conditional fourth round pick in exchange for the Spirit’s second round pick.	[24]
July 12, 2013	Kennya Cordner	FW		Kennya Cordner waived due to international player restrictions in league when Emily van Egmond signed.	[18]

Honors and awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Player	Ref
2	Jessica Fishlock	[26]
16	Megan Rapinoe	[27]

Reign FC Player of the Match

Date	Player	Ref
November 7, 2013	Christine Nairn	[28]
July 14, 2013	Jessica McDonald	[29]
July 25, 2013	Kaylyn Kyle	[30]
August 16, 2013	Megan Rapinoe	[31]

See also

• 2013 National Women's Soccer League season