2015 Sky Blue FC season
The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's sixth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
| 2015 season | |||
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| President & CEO | Thomas Hofstetter | ||
| Head coach | Jim Gabarra | ||
| Stadium | Yurcak Field | ||
| NWSL | 8th | ||
| Top goalscorer | Sam Kerr Nadia Nadim (6) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,547 (Aug. 22 vs. Portland) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 743 (Apr. 26 vs. Washington) | ||
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Team
Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match results
Preseason
| March 14, Sat 1 | Sky Blue FC | 3–0 | St. John's Red Storm | Scotch Plains, New Jersey |
| EDT (UTC-04) | Freels  50' (pen.)Killion 56'Hayes 77' |
Report | Stadium: Wexler Field |
| March 21, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | North Carolina Tar Heels | West Windsor, New Jersey |
| EDT (UTC-04) | Freels 6' |
Report | Nielson  61' |
Stadium: Mercer County Community College |
| March 26, Thu 3 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 0–2 | Sky Blue FC | Palmyra, Pennsylvania |
| EDT (UTC-04) | Report | Hayes 13' Nadim 46' |
Stadium: In the Net Sports Complex |
| March 29, Sun 4 | Sky Blue FC | 2–0 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Toms River, New Jersey |
| EDT (UTC-04) | Freels 14' Diederich 79' |
Report | Stadium: Toms River High School North |
Regular season
| April 12, Sun 1 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 16:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Report[1] | Nadim 29' (Morris) O'Hara 90' |
Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 8,489 Referee: Chris Spivey |
| April 18, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Freels 14' (O'Hara), 90' |
Report[2] | McDonald 52' (Brian) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
| April 26, Sun 3 | Sky Blue FC | 1–3 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Freels 62' (Nadim) |
Report[3] | Dunn 6' (Ordega) 40' Nairn 48' (Ordega) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 743 |
| May 2, Sat 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
| 18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Colaprico 55' (unassisted) |
Report | Nadim 86' |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,402 |
| May 9, Sat 5 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Nadim 78', 90' (pen.) Grubka 82' |
Report | Barnes 76' Fishlock  90' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,562 |
| May 16, Sat 6 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Germantown, Maryland |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Ordega 92+' (Dunn) |
Report[4] | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex |
| May 22, Fri 7 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Boston |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | McCaffrey 60' (unassisted) |
Report[5] | Freels 8' (Nadim) |
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,861 |
| May 31, Sun 8 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 3:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Haagsma 11' (Grubka) DeCesare 86' |
Report | Bailey 86' (unassisted) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field |
| June 6, Sat 9 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–0 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle |
| 22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Winters 8' (Fishlock) Fishlock 28' (Cox)Little 77' (penalty) |
Report | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| June 28, Sun 10 | Sky Blue FC | 0–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Report | DiBernardo 6' (Huerta) Hoy 34' (Huerta)Mautz 62' (Hoy) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field |
| July 3, Fri 11 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–1 | Sky Blue FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Kyle 54' Long 70' (penalty)Farrelly 79' (Kleiner) |
Report | Freels 27' (Lytle) Stanton 56'Levin 69'Foord 80' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 12,223 Referee: Levi Rippy |
| July 11, Sat 12 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Kerr 54' (Hayes) |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
| July 19, Sun 13 | Western New York Flash | 3–3 | Sky Blue FC | Rochester, New York |
| 3:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Spencer 2' Hinkle 25'Heyman 50' |
Report | Nadim 39' (O'Hara) Katy Freels 60' (O'Hara)Christie Rampone 62' (Freels)Taylor Lytle 94' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,161 |
| July 25, Sat 14 | Sky Blue FC | 3–1 | Boston Breakers | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | O'Hara 13' (Freels), 36' (Kerr) Kerr 52' (Haagsma) |
Report | Lauren Lazo 84' (Rafinha) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,067 [6] Referee: Tori Penso |
| August 1, Sat 15 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Western New York Flash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Stadium: Yurcak Field |
| August 7, Fri 16 | Houston Dash | 0–2 | Sky Blue FC | Houston |
| 8:30 EDT (UTC-04) | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium |
| August 12, Wed 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
| 14:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Leon 15' (Gilliland) Chalupny 64' |
Report | Kerr 36' (unassisted) Filigno 86' |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex |
| August 22, Sat 18 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Nadim 19' (O'Hara) |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,547 |
| August 29, Sat 19 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle |
| 22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Winters 68' Fishlock 90' (Little) |
Report | Nadim 6' Haagsma 62' |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,471 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| September 2, Wed 20 | Sky Blue FC | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Kerr 39' (O'Hara), 72' (Killion) |
Report | Hagen 5' (Rodriguez) Rodriguez 42' (O'Reilly), 52' (Moros)Becky Sauerbrunn 92' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Levi Rippy |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Seattle Reign FC | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 43 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Chicago Red Stars | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 33 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | FC Kansas City (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 32 | |
| 4 | Washington Spirit | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 30 | |
| 5 | Houston Dash | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Portland Thorns FC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 23 | |
| 7 | Western New York Flash | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
| 8 | Sky Blue FC | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 22 | |
| 9 | Boston Breakers | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 15 |
- Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 20 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
Last updated: September 26, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics
Source: NWSL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | DF | Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall | 18 | 18 | 1571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Kim DeCesare | 9 | 4 | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| [n 1]44 | MF | Theresa Diederich | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Jonelle Filigno | 5 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Caitlin Foord | 10 | 10 | 895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Katy Freels | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CoCo Goodson | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Shawna Gordon | 13 | 10 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Kristin Grubka | 14 | 14 | 1214 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Hayley Haagsma | 16 | 15 | 1339 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Maya Hayes | 13 | 10 | 899 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Samantha Kerr | 9 | 9 | 766 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Sarah Killion | 17 | 13 | 1233 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Lo'eau LaBonta | 6 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Cami Levin | 19 | 18 | 1605 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Taylor Lytle | 15 | 11 | 962 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Meg Morris | 9 | 4 | 453 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nadia Nadim | 18 | 18 | 1551 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Kelley O'Hara | 11 | 11 | 989 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Shade Pratt | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Christie Rampone | 11 | 11 | 962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Nikki Stanton | 9 | 3 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Maruschka Waldus | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | GK | Aubrey Bledsoe | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Brittany Cameron | 20 | 20 | 1792 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 263 | 114 | 87 | 27 | 1.35 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
References
- "SKY BLUE FC BEAT FC KANSAS CITY, 1–0". nwslsoccer.com.
- "SKY BLUE FC DRAWS WITH DASH, 1–1". nwslsoccer.com.
- "SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO SPIRIT, 3–1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". nwslsoccer.com.
- "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1–0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". nwslsoccer.com.
- "SKY BLUE FC AND BOSTON FIGHT TO 1–1 DRAW; Sky Blue FC Scores Early, Breakers Equalize in Second Half". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
- "The Lowdown: Six weeks to go; who stands where? – Equalizer Soccer".
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