2017 Seattle Reign FC season

The 2017 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's fifth season of play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Seattle Reign FC

2017 season
Owners	Bill and Teresa Predmore
General manager	Laura Harvey
Head coach	Laura Harvey
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
NWSL	5th
Top goalscorer	Megan Rapinoe (12)
Highest home attendance	6,041 (August 26 vs. POR)
Lowest home attendance	2,727 (April 22 vs. HOU)
Average home league attendance	4,037
Home colors Away colors
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Incorporating schedule disruptions caused by the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, teams competed in 24 games during the regular season, a schedule last played during the 2014 season.^[1]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
General Manager & Head Coach	Laura Harvey
Assistant Coach	Sam Laity
Assistant Coach	Stephanie Cox
Goalkeeper Coach	Doug Herrick
Director of High Performance	Nick Leman

Last updated: June 18, 2017
Source: https://medium.com/@ReignFC/kim-calkins-named-technical-director-of-reign-academy-370eae9ff922

Roster

As of September 1, 2017^[2]

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 2 MF  USA Christine Nairn 3 DF  USA Lauren Barnes (co-captain) 4 DF  SCO Rachel Corsie 5 FW  USA Kiersten Dallstream 6 GK  AUS Lydia Williams 7 DF  USA Elli Reed 8 MF  CAN Diana Matheson 9 DF  USA Merritt Mathias 10 MF  WAL Jess Fishlock (co-captain) 13 DF  NZL Rebekah Stott 15 FW  USA Megan Rapinoe

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  USA Carson Pickett 17 FW  USA Beverly Yanez 18 FW  AUS Larissa Crummer 19 MF  USA Kristen McNabb 20 MF  JPN Rumi Utsugi 24 GK  USA Madalyn Schiffel 26 DF  USA Maddie Bauer 28 GK  USA Haley Kopmeyer 33 FW  MEX Katie Johnson 36 FW  JPN Nahomi Kawasumi

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

All match times are listed in PT unless otherwise noted.

Preseason

UCLA Bruins v Seattle Reign FC

April 4, 2017	UCLA Bruins	2–3	Seattle Reign FC	Norco, California
19:30	Rodriguez 34' Dunphy 59'	Report	Kawasumi 15' Dallstream 66' Nairn 85'	Stadium: SilverLakes Complex

Washington Huskies v Seattle Reign FC

April 8, 2017	Washington Huskies	0–3	Seattle Reign FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00		Report	Yanez 22' Kawasumi 52' Dallstream 64'	Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium

Regular season

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

April 15, 2017 1	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Rapinoe 56' (pen.) Mathias  62'	Box Report	Killion 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Karen ABT

Seattle Reign FC v Houston Dash

April 22, 2017 2	Seattle Reign FC	5–1	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Fishlock 18' Rapinoe 27' McNabb 31' Yanez 55' Johnson 74' Corsie  83'	Box Report	Poliana 84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Marco Vega

Boston Breakers v Seattle Reign FC

April 29, 2017 3	Boston Breakers	3–0	Seattle Reign FC	Boston, Massachusetts
16:00	Leon 11' Lavelle 15' White  35' Dowie 52' Chapman  76'	Box Report	Fishlock  32' Mathias  38'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Charles Murphy

Portland Thorns FC v Seattle Reign FC

May 6, 2017 4	Portland Thorns FC	2–2	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
19:00	Fishlock 37' (o.g.) Henry  73' Long 82' Horan  90+2'	Box Report	Fishlock 1'  66' Mathias 39' Rapinoe  57'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,160 Referee: Christina Unkel

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

May 13, 2017 5	Seattle Reign FC	6–2	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
13:00	Nairn 20' Yanez 35' Kawasumi 69' Rapinoe 71', 76' Elston 79'	Box Report	Solaun 60' (pen.) Mewis 88'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Victor Rivas

Seattle Reign FC v Orlando Pride

May 21, 2017 6	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Orlando Pride	Seattle, Washington
18:30	Yanez 40' Barnes  49' Rapinoe  50'	Box Report	Marta 52'  90+4' Camila  83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Timothy Ford

Houston Dash v Seattle Reign FC

May 27, 2017 7	Houston Dash	0–2	Seattle Reign FC	Houston, Texas
13:00		Box Report	Roccaro 30' (o.g.) Johnson 64'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Karen ABT

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

June 4, 2017 8	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
12:00	Press 49'	Box Report	Rapinoe  89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Malik Badawi

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

June 17, 2017 9	FC Kansas City	2–2	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
13:00	Newfield 23' Groom  76' Kelly 84' Leroux  90'	Box Report	Rapinoe 31' Elston  73' Pickett  74' Kawasumi 81'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

June 24, 2017 10	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	FC Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Barnes  4' Kawasumi 58'	Box Report	Ratcliffe 16' Newfield  30' Groom  34'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,919 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Seattle Reign FC v Chicago Red Stars

June 28, 2017 11	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle, Washington
19:30	Rapinoe 58' (pen.), 84' (pen.)	Box Report	Mautz 41' Johnson  69'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Christopher Spivey

Seattle Reign FC v Portland Thorns FC

July 1, 2017 12	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Rapinoe 45+1', 81' McNabb  77'	Box Report	Sinclair  64' Brynjarsdottir  72' Raso  90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,270 Referee: Jon Freemon

North Carolina Courage v Seattle Reign FC

July 8, 2017 13	North Carolina Courage	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Cary, North Carolina
13:00	Hatch 33'  75' Zerboni 81'	Box Report	McNabb  71'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Matthew Franz

Seattle Reign FC v Boston Breakers

July 15, 2017 14	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Boston Breakers	Seattle, Washington
13:00	Kawasumi 32'	Box Report	Leon 43'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,730 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

July 22, 2017 15	Seattle Reign FC	5–4	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00	Rapinoe 27', 47' (pen.), 87'  80' Mathias  30' Yanez 49' Skroski 56' (o.g.)	Box Report	O'Hara 60' (pen.) Galton 64' Corboz 72' Kerr 76' Tiernan  89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,464 Referee: Greg Dopka

North Carolina Courage v Seattle Reign FC

August 5, 2017 16	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Cary, North Carolina
13:00	Williams 32'	Box Report	Stott  24' Barnes  86'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,249 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Seattle Reign FC v North Carolina Courage

August 13, 2017 17	Seattle Reign FC	1–2	North Carolina Courage	Seattle, Washington
18:00	Utsugi 40'	Box Report	Mewis 24', 74'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,156 Referee: Karen ABT

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

August 16, 2017 18	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00	Hoy 23'	Box Report	Nairn  74' Kawasumi 90' Johnson 90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Sky Blue FC v Seattle Reign FC

August 19, 2017 19	Sky Blue FC	5–4	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00	Kerr 48', 68', 71', 90+4' Hayes 90+1',  81'	Box Report	Johnson 3' Fishlock 18' Kawasumi 45+2' Dallstream 85'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Christopher Spivey

Seattle Reign FC v Portland Thorns FC

August 26, 2017 20	Seattle Reign FC	1–2	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
13:00	McNabb  60' Barnes  68' Fishlock 90' (pen.)	Box Report	Raso 49', 86'  90+3' Brynjarsdóttir  77' Klingenberg  90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,041 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Houston Dash v Seattle Reign FC

September 3, 2017 21	Houston Dash	0–1	Seattle Reign FC	Frisco, Texas
17:00	Benites  88'	Box Report	Mathias 50' Barnes  77' Fishlock  80'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1258 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Orlando Pride v Seattle Reign FC

September 7, 2017 22	Orlando Pride	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Orlando, Florida
17:00	Morgan 90+2'	Box Report	Pickett  37' Mathias  57' Barnes  90+1' Fishlock 90+4'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,341 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

September 24, 2017 23	Seattle Reign FC	0–1	FC Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
18:00	Rapinoe  69'	Box Report	Groom 23'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,991 Referee: Karen ABT

Washington Spirit v Seattle Reign FC

September 30, 2017 24	Washington Spirit	2–3	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
13:00	Pugh 27', 32'	Box Report	Fishlock 71', 90' Crummer 83'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Source:

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina Courage	24	16	1	7	38	22	+16	49	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC (C)	24	14	5	5	37	20	+17	47	NWSL Playoffs
3	Orlando Pride	24	11	7	6	45	31	+14	40
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	11	6	7	33	30	+3	39
5	Seattle Reign FC	24	9	7	8	43	37	+6	34
6	Sky Blue FC	24	10	3	11	42	51	−9	33
7	FC Kansas City	24	8	7	9	29	31	−2	31
8	Houston Dash	24	7	3	14	23	39	−16	24
9	Boston Breakers	24	4	7	13	24	35	−11	19
10	Washington Spirit	24	5	4	15	30	48	−18	19

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	34	9	8	7	43	37	+6	5	3	4	26	17	+9	4	5	3	17	20	−3

Last updated: October 2, 2017
Source: NWSLsoccer.com
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 matchday

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position[a]	5	2	5	6	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on October 2, 2017. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1. SRFC's position at the end of the day in which their match was played.

Appearances and goals

As of October 2, 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
6	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	GK	USA	Madalyn Schiffel	1	0	1	0	0	0
28	GK	USA	Haley Kopmeyer	20	0	20	0	0	0
Defenders:
3	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes	22	0	21+1	0	0	0
4	DF	SCO	Rachel Corsie	14	0	12+2	0	0	0
7	DF	USA	Elli Reed	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
9	DF	USA	Merritt Mathias	21	2	18+3	2	0	0
13	DF	NZL	Rebekah Stott	22	0	18+4	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Carson Pickett	21	0	21	0	0	0
19	DF	USA	Kristen McNabb	18	1	14+4	1	0	0
26	DF	USA	Maddie Bauer	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
Midfielders:
2	MF	USA	Christine Nairn	23	1	21+2	1	0	0
8	MF	CAN	Diana Matheson	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	WAL	Jess Fishlock	20	7	20	7	0	0
20	MF	JPN	Rumi Utsugi	20	1	18+2	1	0	0
Forwards:
5	FW	USA	Kiersten Dallstream	14	1	3+11	1	0	0
15	FW	USA	Megan Rapinoe	18	12	17+1	12	0	0
17	FW	USA	Beverly Yanez	22	4	17+5	4	0	0
18	FW	AUS	Larissa Crummer	4	1	0+4	1	0	0
33	FW	MEX	Katie Johnson	23	4	5+18	4	0	0
36	FW	JPN	Nahomi Kawasumi	24	6	22+2	6	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
6	MF	USA	Lindsay Elston	15	1	11+4	1	0	0
22	MF	USA	Michaela Hahn	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Source:

Awards

The 100 Best Footballers in The World

Main article: The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World

• No. 16: Megan Rapinoe^[3]
• No. 22: Jess Fishlock^[4]
• No. 45: Nahomi Kawasumi^[5]
• No. 56: Lydia Williams^[6]

NWSL season awards

Main article: NWSL awards

• Most Valuable Player: Megan Rapinoe, finalist^[7]
• Best XI: Jess Fishlock^[8]
• Second XI: Megan Rapinoe^[9]

Team season awards

Reign FC team season awards are voted on by the players, coaches, and technical staff at the club.^[10]

• Golden Boot: Megan Rapinoe (12)^[11]
• Most Valuable Player: Rumi Utsugi^[12]
• Unsung Hero: Elli Reed^[13]
• Offensive Player of the Year: Megan Rapinoe^[14]
• Defensive Player of the Year: Rebekah Stott^[15]
• Best Social Media Game: Haley Kopmeyer and Katie Johnson^[16]

Fan season awards

• Game of the Year: vs. Sky Blue FC, July 22.^[17]
• Goal of the Year: Jess Fishlock at Portland Thorns FC, May 6.^[18]
• Save of the Year: Haley Kopmeyer vs. Sky Blue FC, July 22.^[19]

NWSL Player of the Month

• July: Megan Rapinoe^[20]

NWSL Team of the Month

• April: Jess Fishlock^[21]
• May: Nahomi Kawasumi^[22]
• June: Jess Fishlock and Megan Rapinoe^[23]
• July: Megan Rapinoe^[24]

NWSL Player of the Week

• Week 1: Haley Kopmeyer (8SV, 1GA vs. Sky Blue FC)^[25]
• Week 2: Jess Fishlock (1G, 1A vs. Houston Dash)^[26]
• Week 5: Nahomi Kawasumi (1G, 4A vs. Washington Spirit)^[27]
• Week 11: Megan Rapinoe (4G in two games)^[28]
• Week 14: Megan Rapinoe (3G vs. Sky Blue FC)^[29]
• Week 22: Jess Fishlock (2G, 1A vs. Washington Spirit)^[30]

NWSL Goal of the Week

• Week 4: Jess Fishlock at Portland Thorns FC^[31]
• Week 14: Megan Rapinoe vs. Sky Blue FC^[32]

Contract extensions

Date	Player	Pos	Notes	Ref
October 19, 2016	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Lauren Barnes	DF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Kendall Fletcher	DF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Carson Pickett	DF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Rumi Utsugi	DF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Elli Reed	DF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Jess Fishlock	MF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Lindsay Elston	MF	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Nahomi Kawasumi	FW	Club options exercised	[33]
October 19, 2016	Manon Melis	FW	Club options exercised	[33]
November 21, 2016	Beverly Yanez	FW	Re-signed	[34]
December 8, 2016	Rachel Corsie	DF	Re-signed	[35]
January 18, 2017	Merritt Mathias	DF	Re-signed	[36]
January 19, 2017	Kiersten Dallstream	FW	Re-signed	[37]
February 15, 2017	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	Signed to a new contract through 2018	[38]

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed, and amateur call-ups are not considered official signings either. For transfers out, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.

In

Date	Player	Pos	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
November 10, 2016	Christine Nairn	MF	Washington Spirit	Traded, along with rights to Madalyn Schiffel, for rights to Havana Solaun and three draft picks	[39]
January 5, 2017	Madalyn Schiffel	GK	Avaldsnes IL	Free; rights previously acquired from Washington Spirit	[40]
January 17, 2017	Rebekah Stott	DF	Melbourne City	Free	[41]
January 23, 2017	Diana Matheson	MF	Washington Spirit	Traded for rights to Arielle Ship and a third-round draft pick in 2018	[42]
January 26, 2017	Larissa Crummer	FW	Melbourne City	Free	[43]
March 31, 2017	Katie Johnson	FW	USC Trojans	Draft pick	[44]
April 3, 2017	Kristen McNabb	MF	Virginia Cavaliers	Draft pick	[45]
April 10, 2017	Maddie Bauer	DF	Stanford Cardinal	Draft pick	[46]
April 11, 2017	Michaela Hahn	MF	North Carolina Courage	Claimed off waivers	[47]
August 31, 2017	Lydia Williams	GK	Houston Dash	Traded for a second-round draft pick in 2018	[48]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2017 NWSL College Draft will be listed in the notes.

Player	Pos	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
Maddie Bauer	DF	Stanford Cardinal	Round 1, Pick 6 (6th overall)	[49][50][51]
Katie Johnson	FW	USC Trojans	Round 2, Pick 6 (16th overall); pick acquired from Chicago in exchange for the club's 1st round pick in 2018	[50][51]
Arielle Ship	FW	California Golden Bears	Round 3, Pick 6 (26th overall)	[50][51]
Kristen McNabb	DF	Virginia Cavaliers	Round 4, Pick 7 (37th overall)	[50][51]

Out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
September 10, 2016	Keelin Winters	MF		Retired	[52]
October 17, 2016	Kim Little	MF	Arsenal	Transfer	[53][54]
October 19, 2016	Michelle Cruz	DF		Waived	[55]
November 7, 2016	Manon Melis	FW		Retired	[56][57]
November 10, 2016	Havana Solaun	MF	Washington Spirit	Traded, along with three draft picks, for rights to Christine Nairn and Madalyn Schiffel	[58]
December 16, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK		Waived	[59]
January 16, 2017	Kendall Fletcher	DF	Sydney Uni SFC	Departed for postgraduate study	[60][61]
July 18, 2017	Michaela Hahn	MF	Apollon Ladies FC	Waived	[62][63]
August 31, 2017	Lindsay Elston	MF		Elected to not finish the season; retired	[64][65]

Offseason loans

• Lauren Barnes, Melbourne City^[66]
• Larissa Crummer, Melbourne City^[66]
• Jess Fishlock, Melbourne City^[66]
• Haley Kopmeyer, Canberra United^[67]
• Kristen McNabb, Melbourne Victory^[68]
• Carson Pickett, Brisbane Roar^[69]
• Rebekah Stott, Melbourne City^[66]
• Lydia Williams, Melbourne City^[66]