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.

FC Kansas City

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 April 13
Lowest home attendance	3,057 vs. Washington Spirit June 23
Average home league attendance	4,604
Home colors Away colors

Club

Roster

As of April 13, 2013.[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Bianca Henninger	United States
2	Forward	Melissa Henderson	United States
4	Defender	Becky Sauerbrunn	United States
6	Midfielder	Jen Buczkowski	United States
7	Forward	Casey Loyd	United States
8	Defender	Courtney Jones	United States
9	Midfielder	Merritt Mathias	United States
10	Forward	Renae Cuéllar	Mexico
11	Midfielder	Desiree Scott	Canada
12	Forward	Lauren Cheney	United States
13	Defender	Leigh Ann Robinson	United States
14	Defender	Lauren Sesselmann	Canada
15	Midfielder	Erika Tymrak	United States
16	Defender	Nia Williams	United States
17	Midfielder	Sinead Farrelly	United States
18	Goalkeeper	Nicole Barnhart	United States
19	Midfielder	Kristen Mewis	United States
20	Defender	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

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

Updated to match(es) played on August 4, 2013. Source: Match reports
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	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	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	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	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

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

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
	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
18	Kristie Mewis	20	20	1784	1	0	1	34	13	10	43	1	12	19	2	0
	Natalie Norris	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	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	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

Notes

1. "FC Kansas City Roster".
2. "New Kansas City women's soccer team releases logo". Kansas City Business Journal. January 10, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
3. 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.
4. "FC Kansas City Coaching Staff Announced". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
5. "NWSL TO RESCHEDULE FC KANSAS CITY VS BOSTON BREAKERS GAME". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
6. "June's Best: Lauren Cheney". NWSL. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
7. "Player of the Week: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
8. "July's Best: Erika Tymrak". NWSL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.