2013 FC Kansas City season
The 2013 season was FC Kansas City's first season of existence, in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
| 2013 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Brian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens | ||
| Head coach | Vlatko Andonovski | ||
| Stadium | Shawnee Mission District Stadium | ||
| National Women's Soccer League | 2nd | ||
| National Women's Soccer League Championship | Semifinals | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,784 vs. Portland Thorns FC April 13 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,057 vs. Washington Spirit June 23 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4,604 | ||
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Club
Roster
As of April 13, 2013.[1]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Bianca Henninger |  United States |
| 2 | FW | Melissa Henderson | United States |
| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | United States |
| 6 | MF | Jen Buczkowski | United States |
| 7 | FW | Casey Loyd | United States |
| 8 | DF | Courtney Jones | United States |
| 9 | MF | Merritt Mathias | United States |
| 10 | FW | Renae Cuéllar |  Mexico |
| 11 | MF | Desiree Scott | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| 12 | FW | Lauren Cheney | United States |
| 13 | DF | Leigh Ann Robinson | United States |
| 14 | DF | Lauren Sesselmann | Canada |
| 15 | MF | Erika Tymrak | United States |
| 16 | DF | Nia Williams | United States |
| 17 | MF | Sinead Farrelly | United States |
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | United States |
| 19 | MF | Kristen Mewis | United States |
| 20 | DF | Katie Kelly | United States |
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.[2] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome.[3] 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.[4]
Competitions
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 |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
Source: Match reports
Updated to match(es) played on August 4, 2013. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Match results
Win Draw Loss
Preseason
| April 6, 2013 1 | FC Kansas City | 8–0 | Nebraska Cornhuskers' Women's Soccer | Parkville, Missouri |
| 14:30 | Cuéllar  16', 20', 44', 55', 67' Jones 17' Farrelly 51' |
Report | Stadium: Julian Field Attendance: 410 Referee: Brandon Marshall |
NWSL
Regular season
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)
| April 13, 2013 1 | FC Kansas City | 1–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Cuéllar 3' Mewis  43' |
KC Report Portland Report |
Sinclair 66' (pen.) Washington 70'Williamson 82' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Kari Seitz |
| April 20, 2013 2 | FC Kansas City | Postponed[5] | Boston Breakers | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Boston Marathon bombing | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium |
| April 26, 2013 3 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Farrelly 21' Cuéllar 71' |
Report | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4064 Referee: Christina Unkel |
| May 4, 2013 4 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Tukwila, Washington |
| 22:00 | Reed 29' Fishlock 32' |
Report | Sesselmann 58' Cuéllar 69' |
Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| May 11, 2013 5 | Western New York Flash | 2–1 | FC Kansas City | Rochester, New York |
| 18:35 | Wambach 34', 39' Heyboer 95' |
Report | Cheney 53' Sesselmann 91' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
| May 18, 2013 6 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Boston Breakers | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Cuéllar 17' Mathias 23'Cheney 64' |
Report | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,362 Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr. |
| May 25, 2013 7 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Sesselmann  22' |
Report | Schmidt 23' (pen.) |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4186 Referee: John McCloskey |
| June 6, 2013 8 | Portland Thorns FC | 4–3 | FC Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
| 21:30 | Morgan 13', 66' 80' Wetzel 20'Foxhoven 48' |
Report | Cheney 31' (pen.), 56' Tymrak 81'Jones 89' |
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 10,886 Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr |
| June 9, 2013 9 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Tukwila, Washington |
| 21:00 | Kyle 92' |
Report | Tymrak 63' |
Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
| June 13, 2013 10 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–2 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
| 18:30 | Vandenbergh 34' |
Report | Loyd 27' (pen.) Jones 66' |
Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
| June 16, 2013 11 | FC Kansas City | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Cuéllar 4' Wiliams 79' |
Report | Grings 29' 43' Masar 58'Fuss 91' (pen.) |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Juliana Duncan |
| June 23, 2013 12 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Cheney 17', 65' |
Summary | Pressley 29' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
| June 26, 2013 13 | Sky Blue FC | 2–2 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:35 | Ocampo 85', 90+2' |
Summary | Tymrak 14' Cheney 74' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| June 30, 2013 14 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Cheney 10' Mathias 71' |
Summary | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,774 Referee: Christina Unkel |
| July 3, 2013 15 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | FC Kansas City | Germantown, Maryland |
| 18:30 | Matheson 86' (pen.) |
Report | Tymrak 55' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,467 |
| July 7, 2013 16 | FC Kansas City | 0–0 | Western New York Flash | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Robinson 61' |
Report | Reynolds 30' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,031 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
| July 14, 2013 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–3 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
| 15:00 | Dominguez 41' Masar 90'Chalupny 96+' |
Report | Holiday 17' Hemmings 43' (o.g.)Tymrak 87' |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,549 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
| July 20, 2013 18 | 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 |
| July 24, 2013 2R | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 (PST) | McNeill 72' (o.g.) Jones 85'Mathias 90' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,024 |
| July 28, 2013 19 | Sky Blue FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 17:00 | Jones 76' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,302 |
| August 4, 2013 20 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
| 16:00 | Foxhoven 51' Morgan 89' |
Holiday 23' 55' Mewis 74' |
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 17,619 |
| August 10, 2013 21 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 17:00 | Leroux 65' |
Report | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
| August 18, 2013 22 | FC Kansas City | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Jones 20' |
Report | Hoy 45', 92' Grings 65' Santacaterina 68' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Elvid Mahmutovic |
Standings
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Team statistics
| N | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cros | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jen Buczkowski | 22 | 22 | 1980 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tiffany Cameron | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Renae Cuéllar | 11 | 8 | 682 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sinead Farrelly | 16 | 10 | 896 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jaime French | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Missy Geha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Melissa Henderson | 17 | 13 | 1030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Lauren Cheney | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Courtney Jones | 22 | 6 | 670 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Katie Kelly | 7 | 2 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Casey Loyd | 4 | 3 | 275 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Merritt Mathias | 22 | 19 | 1738 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Kristie Mewis | 20 | 20 | 1784 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Natalie Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Teresa Noyola | 7 | 1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Leigh Ann Robinson | 22 | 22 | 1900 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Becky Sauerbrunn | 19 | 19 | 1710 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Desiree Scott | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Lauren Sesselmann | 19 | 19 | 1633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Erika Tymrak | 21 | 16 | 1453 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nia Williams | 4 | 2 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N | Name | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Save | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Nicole Barnhart | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 187 | 86 | 67 | 19 | 0.95 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | Bianca Henninger | 2 | 2 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Honors and awards
- Lauren Holiday – NWSL Player of the Month, June 2013[6]
- Erika Tymrak – NWSL Player of the Week, Week 15[7]
- Erika Tymrak – NWSL Player of the Month, July 2013[8]
NWSL Championship Playoffs
| August 24, 2013 Semifinal | FC Kansas City | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Portland Thorns FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 13:00 CDT | Tymrak 12' Henderson 25' Scott 73' Buczkowski 86' |
Heath 33' Dougherty 50' Long 61' 103' Weimer 66' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Christina Unkel |
References
- "FC Kansas City Roster".
- "New Kansas City women's soccer team releases logo". Kansas City Business Journal. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- McDowell, Sam (July 30, 2013). "Joco's pro women's soccer team, FC Kansas City, seeks longevity where others have failed". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- "FC Kansas City Coaching Staff Announced". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- "June's Best: Lauren Cheney". NWSL. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- "Player of the Week: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- "July's Best: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
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