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.

Sky Blue FC
2015 season
President & CEOThomas Hofstetter
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumYurcak Field
NWSL8th
Top goalscorerSam Kerr
Nadia Nadim (6)
Highest home attendance5,547
(Aug. 22 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance743
(Apr. 26 vs. Washington)

Team

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Brittany Cameron
4 DF  AUS Caitlin Foord
6 MF  USA Taylor Lytle
8 FW  MEX Monica Ocampo
10 MF  USA Katy Freels
11 FW  USA Maya Hayes
16 FW  CAN Jonelle Filigno
17 DF  USA Hayley Haagsma
18 DF  USA Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall
19 DF  USA Kelley O'Hara
32 DF  USA Meg Morris
No. Pos. Nation Player
44 MF  USA Nikki Stanton
FW  DEN Nadia Nadim
MF  USA Shawna Gordon
GK  USA Aubrey Bledsoe
FW  AUS Samantha Kerr
MF  USA Sarah Killion
DF  USA Kristin Grubka
DF  USA Shade Pratt
MF  USA Lo'eau LaBonta
DF  USA Jennifer Grubb

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 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

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 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 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 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 7, Fri 16 Houston Dash 0–2 Sky Blue FC Houston
8:30 EDT (UTC-04) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
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
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
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultWDLLDLDDLLLWDWLWDWDL
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2015. Source: nwslsoccer.com
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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
18DFLindsi Lisonbee Cutshall18181571000411017300
12MFKim DeCesare94395000630118310
[n 1]44MFTheresa Diederich3018000000011000
16FWJonelle Filigno5198000210014200
4DFCaitlin Foord10108950005110191110
10MFKaty Freels2020175452033141262152510
25DFCoCo Goodson3047000000000000
2MFShawna Gordon131076800073110341000
13DFKristin Grubka14141214010530106410
17DFHayley Haagsma1615133911015201015620
11FWMaya Hayes1310899010841025700
20FWSamantha Kerr9976662138151084500
14MFSarah Killion1713123301031240101530
42FWLo'eau LaBonta6080000200010100
22DFCami Levin1918160501053404101101
6MFTaylor Lytle15119620101863134210
32MFMeg Morris94453010720137300
9FWNadia Nadim1818155161351262024341520
19DFKelley O'Hara11119893512614029281310
33DFShade Pratt1020000000001000
3DFChristie Rampone1111962100320002400
44MFNikki Stanton933520002100010410
34MFMaruschka Waldus108000000000000
  1. Number 44 was later assigned to Nikki Stanton
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
21GKAubrey Bledsoe10800022111000
1GKBrittany Cameron2020179258726311487271.35234

See also

References

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