2014 FC Kansas City season

The 2014 season was FC Kansas City's second season of existence. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. FC Kansas City won its first NWSL championship in 2014, defeating Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL Playoffs final.^[1]

FC Kansas City

2014 season
Owner	Brian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium	Durwood Soccer Stadium
NWSL	2nd
NWSL Playoffs	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Amy Rodriguez (13) All: Amy Rodriguez (16)
Highest home attendance	3,107 (Apr 12 vs. SBFC)
Lowest home attendance	1,212 (Aug 6 vs. BOS)
Average home league attendance	2,018
Home colors Away colors
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Club

Roster

As of July 1, 2014^[update][2]

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Sara Keane
2	FW	USA	Melissa Henderson
4	DF	USA	Becky Sauerbrunn
5	FW	USA	Liz Bogus
6	MF	USA	Jen Buczkowski
7	MF	USA	Jenna Richmond
8	FW	USA	Amy Rodriguez
9	MF	USA	Merritt Mathias
10	FW	USA	Frances Silva
11	MF	USA	Morgan Marlborough
12	FW	USA	Lauren Holiday
13	DF	USA	Leigh Ann Robinson
14	DF	USA	Kassey Kallman
15	MF	USA	Erika Tymrak
16	DF	USA	Nia Williams
17	DF	USA	Amy LePeilbet
18	GK	USA	Nicole Barnhart
19	FW	AUS	Katrina Gorry
20	MF	USA	Molly Dreska
22	GK	MEX	Cecilia Santiago
23	DF	USA	Nikki Phillips
24	FW	USA	Sarah Hagen
25	MF	USA	Mandy Laddish
28	MF	USA	Missy Geha

Team management

FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.^[3] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome.^[4] Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season.^[5]

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

March 22, 2014 (2014-03-22) 1	FC Kansas City	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Fenton, Missouri
19:00 CDT	Henderson 83'	Report	Mautz 51'	Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 2,300

Kansas Jayhawks v FC Kansas City

March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29) 2	Kansas Jayhawks	1–3	FC Kansas City	Lawrence, Kansas
	Ashley Williams 31'	Report	Rodriguez 12' Holiday 15', 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jayhawk Soccer Complex

Oklahoma State Cowgirls v FC Kansas City

April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05) 3	Oklahoma State Cowgirls	0–10	FC Kansas City	Kansas City, Missouri
16:00 CDT		http://www.fckansascity.com/2014/04/05/fc-kansas-city-finishes-exhibition-season-big-win/ Report	Williams 14' Mathias 23', 25', 58' Tymrak 30' Bogus 33' (pen.), 40' Silva 48', 68' Henderson 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Swope Park

NWSL

Main article: 2014 NWSL season

Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

FC Kansas City v Sky Blue FC

April 12, 2014 (2014-04-12) 1	FC Kansas City	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Rodriguez 42' (Kallman)	Report	Freels 48'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,107 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Washington Spirit v FC Kansas City

April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 2	Washington Spirit	3–1	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
	Matheson 4', 38' (Dunn) Nairn 45'	Report	Rodriguez 29' Kallman  32'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Matthew Franz

Portland Thorns FC v FC Kansas City

April 26, 2014 (2014-04-26) 3	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	FC Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
	Long 44' (pen.) McDonald 84' (Long), 88' (Shim)	Report	Mathias  63' Holiday 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,124 Referee: Katja Koroleva

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) 4	FC Kansas City	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
21:00 CDT (UTC-05)	Rodriguez 9' (Buczkowski)	Report		Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Houston Dash v FC Kansas City

May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03) 5	Houston Dash	0–4	FC Kansas City	Houston, Texas
19:00	Ohale  58' Hein  72'	Box Report	Bogus 13' Rodriguez 48' (Holiday) Tymrak 80' Silva 89' (Holiday)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,198 Referee: Juliana Duncan

Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City

May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07) 6	Western New York Flash	2–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
18:00	Kerr 38' (Adriana) Spencer 45+4' (Kerr)	Box Report	Marlborough 57'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,463 Referee: Mark Allatin

FC Kansas City v Washington Spirit

May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11) 7	FC Kansas City	2–1	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
18:00	Rodriguez 36' (Buczkowski), 64' (Holiday)	Report	Gayle  50' Adams 63' (Matheson)	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,797 Referee: Matt Mercier

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

May 14, 2014 (2014-05-14) 8	Seattle Reign FC	3–2	FC Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
21:00	Fletcher 16' Little 20' (pen.) Fishlock  52' Winters 76' (Dallstream)	Box Report	Holiday 44' (pen.) Tymrak 61' (Richmond)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Timon Berry

FC Kansas City v Houston Dash

May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18) 9	FC Kansas City	2–2	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
17:00	Holiday 2' (Tymrak) Tymrak 36' Phillips  80'	Box Report	Jackson 20' (Burger) Burger  65' McCarty 78' (Masar) Ohale  90'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,483 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21) 10	FC Kansas City	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00	Richmond  18' Rodriguez 42' (Bogus)	Box KC report	Winters  34' Little 45+1' (pen.) Barnes  78'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Boston Breakers v FC Kansas City

May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25) 11	Boston Breakers	0–2	FC Kansas City	Boston, Massachusetts
19:00		Box Report Report	Phillips 62' Rodriguez 82' (Buczkowski)	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Katja Koroleva

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

June 4, 2014 (2014-06-04) 12	FC Kansas City	1–0	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00	Rodriguez 45' (Robinson)	Report	Losada  11'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,674 Referee: Chris Spivey

FC Kansas City v Boston Breakers

June 7, 2014 (2014-06-07) 13	FC Kansas City	2–0	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00	Holiday 14' (pen.), 35' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,457 Referee: Greg Dopka

Houston Dash v FC Kansas City

June 14, 2014 (2014-06-14) 14	Houston Dash	1–2	FC Kansas City	Houston, Texas
20:00	Edwards 79' (Ochs)	Report	Richmond 66' (Tymrak) Silva 90+4' (Tymrak)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,852 Referee: Bernard Hosu

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21) 15	FC Kansas City	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC-05)	Buczkowski 76' (Mathias)	Report	van Egmond  83'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,493 Referee: Christina Unkel

FC Kansas City v Portland Thorns FC

June 28, 2014 (2014-06-28) 16	FC Kansas City	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00	Holiday 41' (Rodriguez)	Report	Brooks  50'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,421 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Sky Blue FC v FC Kansas City

July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06) 17	Sky Blue FC	0–5	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00	Nadim  78'	Report	Tymrak 2' (Robinson) Holiday 9' Hagen 20' (Tymrak), 42' (Holiday) Rodriguez 90+1' (Bogus)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,349 Referee: Margaret Domka

Portland Thorns FC v FC Kansas City

July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13) 18	Portland Thorns FC	7–1	FC Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
19:00	Boquete 3' (Morgan), 74' (pen.) Morgan 15' (Catley) Long 43' (Sinclair), 62' (Boquete) Heath  70' Sinclair 80' (Boquete) Brooks 88' (Shim)	Report	Gorry 30' (Rodriguez) Richmond  40' LePeilbet  42' Buczkowski  87'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 9,672 Referee: Christina Unkel

Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City

July 18, 2014 (2014-07-18) 19	Western New York Flash	1–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:30	Kerr 22' (Lloyd) Lloyd  41'	Report	Hagen 17' (Holiday)  84' Sauerbrunn  90'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

FC Kansas City v Sky Blue FC

July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27) 20	FC Kansas City	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
17:00	Rodriguez 34' (Holiday) Holiday 70' (Silva)	Box KC report	Foord  69' Nadim 87'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,852 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Washington Spirit v FC Kansas City

July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30) 21	Washington Spirit	2–1	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
17:00	Garefrekes 49' (De Vanna) Nairn 67' (De Vanna)	Report	Sauerbrunn 18' (Hagen)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Kristen Salazar

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) 22	FC Kansas City	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00	Rodriguez 6' (Holiday) LePeilbet  46'	Report	Rapinoe 68' Nogueira  86'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,029 Referee: Bernard Hosu

FC Kansas City v Boston Breakers

August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06) 23	FC Kansas City	2–1	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00	Rodriguez 8' (Richmond) Hagen 26' (Rodriguez)	Report	O'Reilly 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,212 Referee: David Mon

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

August 9, 2014 (2014-08-09) 24	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	FC Kansas City	Lisle, Illinois
19:00	Tancredi 9' Press 40' (Hemmings)	Report	Marlborough 43' (Mathias)	Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Regular-season 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	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	12	5	7	39	32	+7	41	8	4	0	17	8	+9	4	1	7	22	24	−2

Last updated: July 19, 2014.
Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Championship Playoffs

Semi-final

August 23, 2014 (2014-08-23)

12:00 (CDT)

Semi-final

FC Kansas City	2–0	Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez 65' (Holiday) Phillips  84' Holiday 87' (Hagen)	Report	Menges  22'

Durwood Soccer Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 2,997

Referee: Chris Spivey

Championship

August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)

12:00 (PDT)

Final

Seattle Reign FC	1–2	FC Kansas City
Rapinoe 86' (Winters) Solo  90+3'	Report Report Report	Rodriguez 23' (Holiday), 56' (Holiday) LePeilbet  79'

Starfire Sports Stadium, Tukwila, Washington

Attendance: 4,252

Referee: Margaret Domka

Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.

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	FW	Liz Bogus	13	8	598	1	2	1	12	7	0	0	2	2	5	0	0
6	MF	Jen Buczkowski	24	24	2087	1	3	1	11	5	1	0	1	22	15	2	0
20	MF	Molly Dreska	1	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	MF	Missy Geha	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Katrina Gorry	9	3	376	1	0	0	17	8	0	3	1	5	2	0	0
22	FW	Sarah Hagen	9	7	529	4	1	1	16	10	0	0	5	3	8	1	0
2	FW	Melissa Henderson	5	3	185	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
12	MF	Lauren Holiday	21	21	1766	8	7	3	56	35	5	96	11	14	36	0	0
14	DF	Kassey Kallman	18	18	1479	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	12	9	1	0
25	MF	Mandy Laddish	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Amy LePeilbet	11	4	512	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0
11	FW	Morgan Marlborough	9	2	247	2	0	0	6	5	0	0	5	2	2	0	0
9	MF	Merritt Mathias	20	16	1436	0	2	0	21	10	1	2	4	17	15	1	0
23	DF	Nikki Phillips	23	23	1970	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	14	2	1	0
7	MF	Jenna Richmond	22	20	1754	1	4	0	14	7	1	0	0	17	12	2	0
13	MF	Leigh Ann Robinson	23	23	2012	0	2	0	8	5	2	0	2	5	4	0	0
8	FW	Amy Rodriguez	22	21	1808	13	3	3	71	38	1	0	19	15	16	0	0
4	DF	Becky Sauerbrunn	22	22	1935	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	5	3	1	0
10	FW	Frances Silva	18	5	568	2	1	1	10	5	0	2	3	5	14	0	0
15	FW	Erika Tymrak	21	18	1540	4	4	1	43	20	1	5	2	7	33	0	0
16	DF	Nia Williams	5	2	260	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	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	22	22	1935	11	6	5	210	100	71	29	1.318	5	5	8
1	GK	Sarah Keane	2	2	180	1	1	0	19	11	9	3	1.500	0	0	0