The 2013 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's first season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
| 2013 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owners | Bill and Teresa Predmore | ||
| General manager | Laura Harvey | ||
| Head coach | Laura Harvey | ||
| Stadium | Starfire Sports | ||
| National Women's Soccer League | Overall: 7th | ||
| Top goalscorer | Megan Rapinoe (5 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 3,855 vs Washington Spirit (July 14, 2013) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,011 vs Washington Spirit (May 16, 2013) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 2,360 | ||
Background
In November 2012, it was confirmed that a Seattle-based women's professional soccer team owned by Bill Predmore (founder and president of Seattle-based digital marketing agency, POP) had been accepted into a new women's professional soccer league, later named National Women's Soccer League.[1][2] Former general manager of the Seattle Sounders Women and Seattle Sounders FC Director of Youth Programs,[3] Amy Carnell, was named general manager.
On December 21, 2012, the team announced Laura Harvey as their first head coach. Harvey was head coach of Arsenal L.F.C. from 2010–2012 after serving as an assistant for two years, assisted and then coached Birmingham City L.F.C. from 2002–2008, and served as an assistant coach for England's U-17, U-19 and U-23 women's national teams from 2005–2011.[4]
Review
Drafts and signings
On January 11, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Kaylyn Kyle (CAN), Teresa Noyola (MEX), Megan Rapinoe (USA), Amy Rodriguez(USA), Jenny Ruiz (MEX), Hope Solo (USA), and Emily Zurrer (CAN) were named to the Seattle team.[5][6][7] On January 18, the Reign selected Christine Nairn, Mallory Schaffer, Kristen Meier, and Haley Kopmeyer at the 2013 NWSL College Draft.[8][9] On February 4, 2013, it was announced that the team had signed four free agents: Kate Deines, Jessica Fishlock, Tiffany Cameron, and Lindsay Taylor.[10] During the February 7, 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft, the team selected Nikki Krzysik, Lauren Barnes, Laura Heyboer, Liz Bogus, Michelle Betos and Kaley Fountain.[11]
Preseason
Leading into the preseason, it was learned that the Reign would be without all of their U.S. national team allocated players for almost half of the season. National team forward, Amy Rodriguez, announced she was pregnant with her first child and would not be playing during the inaugural season.[12] U.S. national team goalkeeper, Hope Solo, would be away for the first part of the season after recovering from wrist surgery and Megan Rapinoe had signed with French side, Olympique Lyonnais, from January to June and would miss at least nine games.[13][14]
Regular season
After traveling to Japan in the preseason to play matches against defending L. League champion INAC Kobe Leonessa, Fukuoka J. Anclas, and Nojima Stella Kanagawa,[15] the Reign faced their first regular season match against the Chicago Red Stars at Benedictine University, in which Seattle's first college draft pick, Christine Nairn, scored the Reign's first goal of the season via a header off an assist from Liz Bogus.[16] The Red Stars later tied the game 1–1, but the point that Seattle earned in the game would be its only for the next nine games. Without the U.S. national team players or a veteran goalscorer up front, the team struggled to win games. Although the losses were for the most part consistently low-scoring games, it was apparent that the Reign was missing some final ingredients for success.
In June 2013, head coach Laura Harvey began making some trades and signing new players. Forward and Canadian international, Tiffany Cameron was waived, later to be picked up by FC Kansas City and former U.S. national team defender, Stephanie Cox was added to the roster.[17] Mexican allocated player and former Stanford Cardinal standout, Teresa Noyola, was traded to FC Kansas City for Renae Cuellar, and Noyola's fellow former Stanford Cardinal goal-scorer, Lindsay Taylor was traded to the Washington Spirit. After a brief stint on the team by Tobagonian international, Kennya Cordner who was later waived and replaced by Australian national team co-captain, Emily van Egmond due to the league's restriction on only having two international players on a team (in addition to allocated players),[18] and the return of U.S. national team players, Solo and Rapinoe, the Reign began to turn the season around with a 1–1 tie against the Western New York Flash. The game would be the first of a six-game undefeated streak for the Reign with two ties and four wins.[19] After losing to regional rival, Portland Thorns FC, 2–1 in the season finale in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,855, the Reign ended the 2013 NWSL season seventh in the league with a 5–14–3 record.[20]
Club
Executive staff
| Owner |  Bill Predmore |
| General Manager |  Laura Harvey |
Updated to match played April 8, 2013
Source: [1]
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Laura Harvey |
| Assistant Coach | Sam Laity |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Ben Dragavon |
Last updated: March 7, 2013
Source: http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/ABOUT/COACHING/index_E.html
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | DF |  MEX | Jenny Ruiz |
| 14 | MF | USA | Kristina Larsen |
| 15 | MF | USA | Megan Rapinoe |
| 18 | GK | USA | Michelle Betos |
| 19 | MF | USA | Christine Nairn |
| 20 | MF |  AUS | Emily van Egmond |
| 21 | MF | USA | Kristen Meier |
| 22 | FW | USA | Jessica McDonald |
| 23 | FW | MEX | Renae Cuellar |
| 25 | DF | USA | Kiersten Dallstream |
Competitions
Win Tie Loss
Preseason and friendlies
Seattle Reign FC| March 16, 2013 | INAC Kobe Leonessa  | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Okinawa, Japan |
| 20:30 PST | Report | Stadium: Koza General Sports Park Athletics Stadium |
Seattle Reign FC| March 19, 2013 | Fukuoka J. Anclas | 1–3 | Seattle Reign FC | Fukuoka, Japan |
| 22:00 PST | Report | Laura Heyboer Marissa Mykines Liz Bogus | Stadium: Fukuoka Level 5 Stadium |
Seattle Reign FC| March 23, 2013 | Nojima Stella Kanagawa | 0–4 | Seattle Reign FC | Tokyo, Japan |
| 17:00 PST | Report | Tiffany Cameron 31'Kaylyn Kyle 40'Emily Zurrer Kristen Meier 75' | Stadium: Nojima Football Park |
Haiti| June 2, 2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 6–0 | Haiti | Tukwila, Washington |
| 15:30 PT | Report | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Referee: Katja Koroleva |
Regular season
| April 14, 2013 1 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Lisle, Illinois |
| 17:00 (PST) | Chalupny 19' | Report | Nairn 10' | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex |
| April 21, 2013 2 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 14:00 (PST) | Dougherty 45' Alex Morgan 52' | Report | Fishlock 74' | Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 16,479 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
| April 26, 2013 3 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 (PST) | Farrelly 21' Cuellar 71' | Report | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Christina Unkel |
| May 4, 2013 4 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Tukwila, Washington |
| 20:00 (PST) | Report | Cuellar 69' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| May 11, 2013 5 | Sky Blue FC | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 15:00 (PST) | Danesha Adams 31' Lisa De Vanna 35' | Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Steve Montanino |
| May 16, 2013 6 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–4 | Washington Spirit | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (PST) | Lindsay Taylor 7' Teresa Noyola 47' | Report | Diana Matheson 37' Ali Krieger 84' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
| May 19, 2013 7 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–3 | Sky Blue FC | Tukwila, Washington |
| 18:00 (PST) | Ruiz  25'  63'Kyle 40' | Report | De Vanna 9' Schmidt 78'Lytle 86'Bock 66'De Vanna 70' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Kari Seitz |
| May 25, 2013 8 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (PST) | Report | Christine Sinclair 83' PK | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,324 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| June 9, 2013 9 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (PST) | Report | Erika Tymrak 63' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
| June 16, 2013 10 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 19:30 (PST) | Danielle Foxhoven 48' Meleana Shim 67' | Report | Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 13,802 Referee: Robert Sigiba |
| June 23, 2013 11 | Western New York Flash | 1–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Rochester, New York |
| 16:05 (PST) | Winters 28' | Report | Wambach 56' PK | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,347 Referee: Miguel Panduro |
| June 26, 2013 12 | Boston Breakers | 1–2 | Seattle Reign FC | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 19:00 (PST) | Nogueira 50' | Report | Fishlock 77' Nairn 85' | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Referee: John McCloskey |
| June 29, 2013 13 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Tukwila, Washington |
| 20:00 (PST) | Kyle 51'Fishlock 58' Rapinoe 93+' | Report | Wenino 85' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
| July 3, 2013 14 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (PST) | McDonald 54' | Report | Leroux 63' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Miguel Panduro |
| July 11, 2013 15 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–2 | Western New York Flash | Tukwila, Washington |
| 14:00 (PST) | Fishlock 14' Rapinoe 44'Nairn 82' | Report | Wambach 10, 47' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| July 14, 2013 16 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–1 | Washington Spirit | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (PST) | McDonald 30, 34' | Report | Matheson 11' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
| July 20, 2013 17 | 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 25, 2013 18 | Seattle Reign FC | 4–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (PST) | Rapinoe 6, 68' Kyle 24'Bogus 83' | Report | Hoy 74' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| August 3, 2013 19 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Lisle, Illinois |
| 18:00 (PST) | Fuss 11' (pen.) Grings 41, 72' | Report | Kyle 28' (pen.) | Stadium: Sports Complex at Benedictine University Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
| August 7, 2013 20 | Western New York Flash | 1–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Rochester, New York |
| 19:05 (PST) | Lloyd 54' | Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,993 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| August 10, 2013 21 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Boyds, Maryland |
| 16:35 (PST) | Matheson 83' | Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,549 Referee: Kari Seitz |
| August 17, 2013 22 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–2 | Portland Thorns FC | Tukwila, Washington |
| 20:00 (PST) | Rapinoe 3' | Report | Sinclair 8, 83' | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Christina Unkel |
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 |
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 |
| 22 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | −13 |
Last updated: August 18, 2013
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of 20 August 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NWSL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 3 | DF | USA | Lauren Barnes | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | USA | Michelle Betos | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | USA | Liz Bogus | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 9 | FW |  CAN | Tiffany Cameron | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | FW |  TRI | Kennya Cordner | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | USA | Stephanie Cox | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | MEX | Renae Cuellar | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | Kiersten Dallstream | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Kate Deines | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 10 | MF |  WAL | Jessica Fishlock | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| 20 | GK | USA | Haley Kopmeyer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Kaylyn Kyle | 21 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | USA | Kristina Larsen | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Kristen Meier | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Jessica McDonald | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Christine Nairn | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Teresa Noyola | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Lyndsey Patterson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Megan Rapinoe | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | USA | Elli Reed | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MEX | Jenny Ruiz | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | USA | Hope Solo | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Lindsay Taylor | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Emily van Egmond | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Keelin Winters | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Emily Zurrer | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
- Source: [citation needed]
Top scorers
Players with one goal or more included only.
- As of 20 August 2013
| Rk. | Nat | Pos | Player | Total | NWSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | MF | Megan Rapinoe | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | | MF | Jessica Fishlock | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | | FW | Jessica McDonald | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | | MF | Christine Nairn | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | | DF | Kaylyn Kyle | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | | FW | Liz Bogus | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | MF | Teresa Noyola | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | FW | Lindsay Taylor | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | MF | Keelin Winters | 1 | 1 |
Top assists
Players with one assist or more included only.
- As of 20 August 2013
| Rk. | Nat | Pos | Player | Total | NWSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | MF | Christine Nairn | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | | FW | Liz Bogus | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | | DF | Elli Reed | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | | FW | Kristina Larsen | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | FW | Jessica McDonald | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | MF | Teresa Noyola | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | MF | Keelin Winters | 1 | 1 |
Disciplinary record
Players with 1 card or more included only.
- As of 20 August 2013
| No. | Nat | Pos | Player | Total | NWSL | ||
| | | | | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | | FW | Renae Cuellar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Kiersten Dallstream | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Jessica Fishlock | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Kaylyn Kyle | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Christine Nairn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Kristina Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Megan Rapinoe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Elli Reed | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Jenny Ruiz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | GK | Hope Solo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | | MF | Emily van Egmond | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | | MF | Keelin Winters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Emily Zurrer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Goalkeeper stats
Last updated: August 20, 2013
| No. | Nat | Player | National Women's Soccer League | |||
| MIN | GA | GAA | SV | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | | Michelle Betos | 630 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 20 | | Haley Kopmeyer | 90 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | | Hope Solo | 1260 | 19 | 1.357 | 81 |
Player Transactions
Transfers In
| Date | Player | Pos | Previous Club | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2013 | Keelin Winters | MF | Chicago Red Stars | Traded for first round pick in the 2014 College Draft and future considerations | [21] |
| June 19, 2013 | Stephanie Cox | DF | – | Signed mid-season | [22] |
| June 28, 2013 | Jessica McDonald | FW | Chicago Red Stars | Acquired via waivers | [23] |
| July 1, 2013 | Renae Cuellar | FW | FC Kansas City | Traded for Teresa Noyola, rights for unsigned player Nikki Krzysik, and second round 2014 NWSL college draft pick | [24] |
| July 12, 2013 | Emily van Egmond | MF | Newcastle Jets FC | Signed; Kennya Cordner waived due to international player restrictions in league | [18] |
Transfers Out
| Date | Player | Pos | Destination Club | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2013 | Tiffany Cameron | FW | FC Kansas City | Waived, later picked up by Kansas City | [25] |
| June 28, 2013 | Haley Kopmeyer | GK | – | Waived to make room for Jessica McDonald | [23] |
| July 1, 2013 | Teresa Noyola | MF | FC Kansas City | Traded for Renae Cuellar | [24] |
| July 1, 2013 | Lindsay Taylor | FW | Washington Spirit | Traded to Washington for conditional fourth round pick in exchange for the Spirit’s second round pick. | [24] |
| July 12, 2013 | Kennya Cordner | FW | Kennya Cordner waived due to international player restrictions in league when Emily van Egmond signed. | [18] |
Honors and awards
NWSL Player of the Week
| Week | Player | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jessica Fishlock | [26] |
| 16 | Megan Rapinoe | [27] |
Reign FC Player of the Match
| Date | Player | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2013 | Christine Nairn | [28] |
| July 14, 2013 | Jessica McDonald | [29] |
| July 25, 2013 | Kaylyn Kyle | [30] |
| August 16, 2013 | Megan Rapinoe | [31] |