2014 Boston Breakers season

The 2014 Boston Breakers season, is the club's ninth overall year of existence, fifth consecutive year, and second year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

Boston Breakers

2014 season
Owner	Boston Women's Soccer, LLC
Head coach	Tom Durkin
Stadium	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA
NWSL	8th
Highest home attendance	4,191 vs. Portland (August 10, 2014)
Lowest home attendance	1,263 vs. Sky Blue FC (April 27, 2014)
Average home league attendance	2,437
Home colors Away colors
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Club

Kits

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Info
Primary
Secondary

Executive staff

Ownership Group	Boston Women's Soccer, LLC
Managing Partner	Michael Stoller
General Manager	Lee Billiard
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Harvard Stadium (30,323 / Unknown)

Updated to match played March 7, 2013
Source: 

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Tom Durkin
Assistant Coach	Cat Whitehill
Goalkeeper Coach	Ashley Phillips

Last updated: April 13, 2014
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 Alyssa Naeher 2 GK  USA Jami Kranich 3 FW  USA Courtney Jones 4 DF  USA Cat Whitehill 5 DF  USA Jazmyne Avant 7 DF  CAN Jazmine Reeves 8 DF  USA Julie King 9 MF  USA Heather O'Reilly 10 FW  ENG Lianne Sanderson 11 MF  USA Joanna Lohman 12 FW  USA Katie Schoepfer

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  AUS Lisa De Vanna 15 FW  USA Bianca D’Agostino 17 DF  USA Chelsea Stewart 18 MF  USA Maddy Evans 19 MF  USA Kristie Mewis 20 FW  USA Mollie Pathman 21 FW  USA Ashley Grove 22 FW  CAN Nkem Ezurike 23 MF  CAN Kaylyn Kyle

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Competitions

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Northeastern Huskies v Boston Breakers

March 24, 2014 1	Northeastern Huskies	0–6	Boston Breakers	Brookline, Massachusetts
		Report	De Vanna 1' Schoepfer , Pathman Evans ,	Stadium: Parsons Field

Boston College Eagles v Boston Breakers

March 29, 2014 2	Boston College Eagles	0–1	Boston Breakers	Newton, Massachusetts
		Report	Whitehill 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex

Harvard Crimson v Boston Breakers

April 3, 2014 3	Harvard Crimson	1–4	Boston Breakers	Boston, Massachusetts
	Casscells-Hamby 14'	Report	Pathman 45' Whitehill 47' Lohman 57' Schoepfer 60'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium

Connecticut Huskies v Boston Breakers

April 5, 2014 4	Connecticut Huskies	0–6	Boston Breakers	Taunton, Massachusetts
		Report	Evans 5', 20', 55' Schoepfer 7' Stewart ,	Stadium: ForeKicks

Regular season

Seattle Reign v Boston Breakers

April 13, 2014 1	Seattle Reign	3–0	Boston Breakers	Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Little 49' (pen.), 54' Winters  59' Rapinoe  82', 88'	Report	Avant  43' Jones  56'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,021 [2] Referee: Katja Koroleva

Boston Breakers v Houston Dash

April 20, 2014 2	Boston Breakers	2–3	Houston Dash	Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)	O'Reilly 1'  85' Naeher  58' Lohman 70' Jones  79'	Summary	Masar 50' Noyola 81' 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,018 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Boston Breakers v Sky Blue FC

April 27, 2014 3	Boston Breakers	3–2	Sky Blue FC	Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT)	King 14' Ashley Grove  40' Sanderson 42' 60'	Summary	Ocampo 30' Nick 90+3'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Juliana Duncan

Sky Blue FC v Boston Breakers

May 3, 2014 4	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 (PDT)	Ocampo 14'	Summary	De Vanna  89'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,294 Referee: Mark Allatin

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

May 15, 2014 5	Boston Breakers	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT)	Jones 19'  56' Lohman  42'	Summary	Chalupny 44' Leon  47' Wenino 52' Hoy 67' Mautz  77'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 1,696 Referee: Mark Allatin

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

May 18, 2014 6	Boston Breakers	1–4	Chicago Red Stars	Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)	O'Reilly 35' (pen.)	Summary	Wenino 23' Hoy 50' Chalupny 57' Bywaters 85'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,123 Referee: Kristen Salazar

Boston Breakers v FC Kansas City

May 25, 2014 7	Boston Breakers	0–2	FC Kansas City	Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT)		Summary	Phillips 62' Rodriguez 82'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Boston Breakers v Portland Thorns FC

May 28, 2014 8	Boston Breakers	4–1	Portland Thorns FC	Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 (PDT)	Nkem Ezurike 2' Jazmine Reeves 25' 45' 59' Jones  38' Whitehill  64' D'Agostino  73'	Summary	Tarr  42' Shim  58' Sinclair 62'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 1,556 Referee: Boris Senic

Boston Breakers v Washington Spirit

June 1, 2014 9	Boston Breakers	2–3	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)	Sanderson 29' 37'	Summary	Nairn 33' Taylor 49' 74'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Karen Abt

FC Kansas City v Boston Breakers

June 7, 2014 10	FC Kansas City	2–0	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (PDT)	Holiday 13' (pen.) 35' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,457 Referee: Greg Dopka

Boston Breakers v Washington Spirit

June 11, 2014 11	Boston Breakers	2–0	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT)	Schoepfer 42' Jones 43'	Summary	Adams  60'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 1,429 Referee: Timon Berry

Boston Breakers v Seattle Reign FC

June 19, 2014 12	Boston Breakers	0–2	Seattle Reign FC	Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 (PDT)		Summary	Goebel 4' Winters 25'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,714 Referee: David Mon

Sky Blue FC v Boston Breakers

June 22, 2014 13	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00 (PDT)	O'Hara 2' Levin  48' schmidt  51' Nikki Stanton  65'	Summary	Jazmine Reeves 31' Evans  85'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Greg Dopka

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

June 27, 2014 14	Western New York Flash	2–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
18:30 (PDT)	Lloyd 59' 83'	Summary	Nkem Ezurike 71'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Washington Spirit v Boston Breakers

July 2, 2014 15	Washington Spirit	3–3	Boston Breakers	Washington, D.C.
18:00 (PDT)	Taylor 28' 56' De Vanna  30' Kreiger  87' Matheson 90+1' (pen.)	Report	O'Reilly 4' (pen.) 7' (pen.)  19' Jazmine Reeves 44' Lohman  45+1' Evans  70' Sierra  90'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,673 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Seattle Reign FC v Boston Breakers

July 6, 2014 16	Seattle Reign FC	3–2	Boston Breakers	Seattle, Washington
21:00 (PDT)	Kawasumi 55' 83' Little 76'	Report	Jones 19' Schoepfer 78'  90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Seattle) Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Mark Allatin

Houston Dash v Boston Breakers

July 11, 2014 17	Houston Dash	2–1	Boston Breakers	Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT)	Ohai 56' 60' Edwards  73'	Summary	Schoepfer 5' Jones  90+3'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

Portland Thorns FC v Boston Breakers

July 20, 2014 18	Portland Thorns FC	6–3	Boston Breakers	Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT)	Long 21' (pen.) Sinclair 35' 42' 46' Morgan 52' McDonald 88'	Summary	Schoepfer 14' Washington 32' O'Reilly 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,383 Referee: Maraget Domka

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

July 25, 2014 19	Western New York Flash	2–4	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
18:30 (PDT)	Spencer 14' Lloyd 54' Kerr  89'	Summary	Sanderson 27'  51' O'Reilly 30' (pen.) 86' Reeves 39' Jones  89'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Timon Berry

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

August 3, 2014 20	Boston Breakers	3–4	Western New York Flash	Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)	Mewis 28', 76' Reeves 74'	Summary	Wambach 8' 48' Kerr 66' Allen  70' Bermúdez 90+2'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Hernan Aguilar

FC Kansas City v Boston Breakers

August 6, 2014 21	FC Kansas City	2–1	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 (PDT)	Rodriquez 7' Hagen 26'	Summary	O'Reilly 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,212 Referee: David Mon

Boston Breakers v Portland Thorns FC

August 10, 2014 22	Boston Breakers	2–0	Portland Thorns FC	Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)	Rachel Wood 14' O'Reilly 28' King  53'	Summary	Sinclair  29'	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 4,191 Referee: Karen Abt

Chicago Red Stars v Boston Breakers

August 13, 2014 23	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Boston Breakers	Lisle, Illinois
20:00 (PDT)	Mautz 29' Tancredi 82'	Summary		Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,311

Boston Breakers v Houston Dash

August 17, 2014 24	Boston Breakers	1–0	Houston Dash	Boston, Massachusetts
17:30 (PDT)	Mewis 77'	Summary		Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Karen Abt

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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) 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
24	20	6	16	2	37	53	−16	5	7	0	21	24	−3	1	9	2	16	29	−13

Last updated: August 3, 2015
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Squad statistics

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
5	DF	Jazmyne Avant	12	9	778	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	11	2	0
15	MF	Bianca D'Agostino	16	6	679	0	0	0	7	6	0	3	0	13	2	1	0
14	FW	Lisa De Vanna	6	5	448	0	1	0	12	3	1	0	14	3	6	0	1
27	MF	Kim DeCesare	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Maddy Evans	17	8	730	0	3	0	8	2	2	0	3	11	3	1	1
22	FW	Nkem Ezurike	11	6	503	2	0	0	7	5	1	0	1	6	9	0	0
21	DF	Ashley Grove	9	7	586	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0
3	DF	Courtney Jones	18	13	1296	3	1	0	22	10	7	27	5	23	9	6	0
8	DF	Julie King	17	17	1530	1	1	0	7	5	2	0	0	10	9	1	0
23	MF	Kaylyn Kyle	2	2	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
11	MF	Joanna Lohman	17	14	1231	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	17	8	2	0
19	MF	Kristie Mewis	17	15	1191	3	2	1	20	9	2	1	1	9	10	0	0
9	MF	Heather O'Reilly	22	21	1874	9	5	0	53	34	9	37	10	14	10	3	0
20	MF	Mollie Pathman	21	18	1519	0	1	0	4	2	11	5	1	7	6	0	0
7	FW	Jazmine Reeves	17	13	1151	7	1	2	23	12	11	0	13	13	10	1	0
10	MF	Lianne Sanderson	19	17	1524	5	3	1	27	13	5	11	6	13	14	2	1
12	FW	Katie Schoepfer	17	12	989	4	0	1	26	8	2	3	1	9	9	0	0
23	DF	Bianca Sierra	11	9	798	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0
17	DF	Chelsea Stewart	10	7	512	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
26	DF	Nikki Washington	15	10	939	1	0	0	5	4	6	1	2	7	5	1	0
4	DF	Cat Whitehill	24	24	2101	0	1	0	11	3	2	0	1	15	6	1	0
24	DF	Rachel Wood	7	7	585	1	1	1	6	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	24	24	2115	6	16	2	326	159	106	53	2.208	6	9	3

See also

• 2014 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2014 in American soccer