2014 National Women's Soccer League season

Summary

The 2014 National Women's Soccer League season was the second season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), this was the eighth overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league was operated by the United States Soccer Federation and received major financial backing from that body. Further financial backing was provided by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation. All three national federations paid the league salaries of many of their respective national team members in an effort to nurture talent in those nations.

National Women's Soccer League
Season2014
ChampionsFC Kansas City
NWSL ShieldSeattle Reign FC
Matches played108
Goals scored328 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerKim Little (16 goals)
Biggest home winPOR 7–1 KC (July 13)
Biggest away winPOR 0–5 WNY (June 7)
WAS 1–6 POR (June 21)
NJ 0–5 KC (July 6)
Highest scoringPOR 6–3 BOS (July 20)
Highest attendance19,123 – POR 1–0 HOU (August 3)[1]
Lowest attendance582 – NJ 0–2 SEA (April 30)[2]
Total attendance446,820 (August 20)
Average attendance4,137
2013
2015

The regular season began the weekend of April 12–13 and ended August 20, with the championship game played on August 30.[3] FC Kansas City defeated the NWSL Shield winners Seattle Reign FC 2–1 to win the NWSL title.[4]

The league had announced it would not expand for the 2014 season[5] and was not expected to contract.[6] However, after a push from the Houston Dynamo, the league approved the expansion of the Houston Dash.[7]

Teams, stadia, and personnel edit

Stadia and locations edit

See also List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

Two teams, the Dash and Reign, do not make their stadia's entire capacity available for home games, instead restricting ticket sales at a lower level. The full capacities of their venues are included in parentheses and italics. The Boston Breakers, [8] FC Kansas City, [9] and Seattle Reign FC [10] moved to new stadia for 2014, while the Houston Dash was an expansion franchise. [11]

Personnel and sponsorship edit

Note: All teams use Nike as kit manufacturer.

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Boston Breakers   Tom Durkin[13]   Cat Whitehill Steward Health Care[14]
Chicago Red Stars   Rory Dames   Lori Chalupny CJ Wilson Mazda[15]
Houston Dash   Randy Waldrum[16]   Erin McLeod BBVA Compass[17]
FC Kansas City   Vlatko Andonovski   Becky Sauerbrunn Research Medical Center[18]
Portland Thorns   Paul Riley[19][20]   Christine Sinclair Providence Health & Services
Seattle Reign FC   Laura Harvey[21]   Keelin Winters Moda Health
Sky Blue FC   Jim Gabarra   Christie Rampone Meridian Health
Washington Spirit   Mark Parsons   Ali Krieger ProChain Solutions, Inc.
Western New York Flash   Aaran Lines   Abby Wambach Sahlen's

Player Acquisition edit

Players were acquired through the 2014 Allocation of national team players announced on January 3, the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft (for expansion team Houston) on January 10, and the 2014 NWSL College Draft on January 17, as well as free agency, trading, and loans.

Notable acquisitions

Competition format edit

  • Each team will play a total of 24 games,[3] 12 home and 12 away. Each teams will play four opponents twice at home and once away, and will play the other four opponents once at home and twice away.
  • The four teams at the end of the season with the most points will qualify for the playoffs. The two semi-final games will be played on the weekend of August 23–24, and the final will be played on August 30.

Results table edit

[25]

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • Houston Dash – HOU • FC Kansas City – KC • Portland Thorns FC – POR
Seattle Reign FC – SEA • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Spirit – WAS • Western New York Flash – WNY
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home Game
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Boston Breakers SEA HOU NJ NJ CHI CHI KC POR WAS KC WAS SEA NJ WNY WAS SEA HOU POR WNY WNY KC POR CHI HOU
3–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 3–2 2–1 6–3 2–4 3–4 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
Chicago Red Stars WNY WAS KC NJ HOU BOS BOS HOU NJ WAS SEA NJ WNY KC POR POR SEA POR SEA HOU WAS KC BOS WNY
1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–3
Houston Dash POR BOS SEA KC CHI POR KC CHI WAS WNY NJ WNY KC WAS WNY BOS WAS CHI SEA POR SEA NJ BOS NJ
0–1 2–3 2–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–0
FC Kansas City NJ WAS POR CHI HOU WNY WAS SEA HOU SEA BOS WNY BOS HOU CHI POR NJ POR WNY NJ WAS SEA BOS CHI
1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 7–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Portland Thorns FC HOU NJ KC WNY SEA HOU WNY NJ BOS WNY WAS WAS NJ KC CHI CHI KC CHI BOS WAS SEA HOU BOS SEA
0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–5 2–0 1–6 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 7–1 1–1 6–3 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Seattle Reign FC BOS WAS HOU NJ WAS POR KC KC WNY NJ CHI BOS WNY NJ WNY BOS CHI CHI POR HOU KC HOU WAS POR
3–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–4 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0
Sky Blue FC KC POR BOS SEA BOS CHI WNY WAS POR CHI SEA HOU CHI BOS POR SEA KC WAS KC WNY HOU WNY WAS HOU
1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–5 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–1 1–0
Washington Spirit WNY KC SEA CHI SEA KC WNY NJ HOU BOS CHI BOS POR POR HOU BOS WNY HOU NJ POR KC CHI SEA NJ
1–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–3 3–2 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–6 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Western New York Flash WAS CHI POR KC NJ WAS POR SEA HOU KC POR HOU CHI SEA BOS SEA HOU WAS KC BOS NJ BOS NJ CHI
1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–5 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 3–4 2–3 3–3

Scores listed as home-away

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Tiebreakers edit

The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in point total, when determining rank and playoff qualification and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker rules, going down the list until all teams are ranked.

If two teams tie:

  1. Head-to-head win–loss record between the two teams.
  2. Greater goal difference across the entire season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
  3. Greatest total number of goals scored (against all teams).
  4. Apply #1–3 to games played on the road.
  5. Apply #1–3 to games played at home.
  6. If teams are still equal, ranking will be determined by a coin toss.

If three or more teams tie, the following rules apply until only two teams remain tied, at which point the two-team tiebreakers listed above are used:

  1. Points per game against all other tied teams (total all points earned in games against tied teams and divide by games played against tied teams).
  2. Greater goal difference across the entire season (against all teams, not just tied teams).

Positions by gameweek edit

Considering each week to end on a Sunday

Team \ Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Seattle Reign FC 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FC Kansas City 4 8 9 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Portland Thorns FC 3 1 2 2 4 3 4 5 6 5 4 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 3
Washington Spirit 8 5 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4
Chicago Red Stars 6 4 5 7 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Sky Blue FC 4 7 8 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6
Western New York Flash 2 3 4 6 2 5 5 6 5 6 6 4 3 6 6 6 6 6 7
Houston Dash 7 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 9
Boston Breakers 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

Positions by games played edit

Team \ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Seattle Reign FC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FC Kansas City 5 8 9 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Portland Thorns FC 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 3
Washington Spirit 8 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 4 3 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4
Chicago Red Stars 3 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
Sky Blue FC 5 7 8 9 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
Western New York Flash 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
Houston Dash 7 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
Boston Breakers 9 9 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

NWSL Playoffs edit

The top four teams from the regular season qualified for the championship playoffs. The highest-seeded semi-final winner then hosted the championship final.

Semi-finals Championship
      
1 Seattle Reign FC 2
4 Washington Spirit 1
1 Seattle Reign FC 1
2 FC Kansas City 2
2 FC Kansas City 2
3 Portland Thorns FC 0

Semi-finals edit

FC Kansas City2–0Portland Thorns FC
Rodriguez   65'
Phillips   84'
Holiday   87'
Report Menges   22'
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey
Seattle Reign FC2–1Washington Spirit
Little   72' (pen)
Rapinoe   82'
Fletcher   90+5'
Report Averbuch   31'
Pérez   65'
Nairn   90+2'
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Timon Berry

Championship edit

Seattle Reign FC1–2FC Kansas City
Rapinoe   86'
Solo   90+3'
Report
Report
Report
Rodriguez   23', 56'
LePeilbet   79'

Attendance edit

Average home attendances edit

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team Average Total No. of games High Low
Portland Thorns FC 13,362[26] 160,341 12 19,123[1] 9,672
Houston Dash 4,650[26] 55,801 12 8,097[27] 3,561
Seattle Reign FC 3,666[26] 43,996 12 5,957[28] 1,754
Washington Spirit 3,335[26] 40,019 12 4,667[29] 2,306
Western New York Flash 3,177[26] 38,125 12 4,339[30] 1,786
Chicago Red Stars 2,949[26] 35,393 1 (Toyota Park) 15,743[31] 1,039[32]
11 (Benedictine Stadium) 3,032[33]
Boston Breakers 2,437[26] 29,248 12 4,191[34] 1,263[35]
FC Kansas City 2,018[26] 24,215 12 3,107[36] 1,212
Sky Blue FC 1,640[37] 19,682 12 3,471[38] 582[2]

A new NWSL attendance record of 19,123 was set on August 3 in a game between Portland and Houston at Providence Park in Portland, breaking the previous record of 17,619 set in 2013.[1]

Playoff Attendance edit

Semi-final No. 1, August 23, Portland at Kansas City: 2,997[39]

Semi-final No. 2, August 24, Washington at Seattle: 4,540[40]

Final, August 31, Kansas City at Seattle: 4,252[41]

Statistical leaders edit

Goalkeeping edit

(Minimum of 1,080 Minutes Played)

Rank Goalkeeper Club GP MINS SOG SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO
1   Hope Solo Seattle Reign FC 20 1800 83 65 18 0.900 13–2–5 5
2   Karina LeBlanc Chicago Red Stars 21 1890 97 76 21 1.000 9–6–6 6
3   Lydia Williams Western New York Flash 14 1183 65 49 15 1.141 6–6–1 2
4   Nicole Barnhart FC Kansas City 22 1935 100 71 29 1.349 11–6–5 8
5   Nadine Angerer Portland Thorns FC 22 1917 104 74 30 1.408 8–8–6 4
6   Jillian Loyden Sky Blue FC 17 1530 94 69 25 1.471 7–5–5 4
7   Ashlyn Harris Washington Spirit 19 1710 97 66 31 1.632 10–5–4 4
8   Erin McLeod Houston Dash 19 1755 120 83 35 1.750 4–12–3 2
9   Alyssa Naeher Boston Breakers 24 2115 159 106 53 2.208 6–16–2 3

Source:[42]

Individual awards edit

Weekly awards edit

Week Player of the Week Club Week's Statline
Week 1   Vicky Losada[43] Western New York Flash 2G, 1A, GWA
Week 2   Teresa Noyola[44] Houston Dash 2G, GWG
Week 3   Lianne Sanderson[45] Boston Breakers 2G, 1A, GWG
Week 4   Sydney Leroux[46] Seattle Reign FC 1G, GWG
Week 5   Amy Rodriguez[47] FC Kansas City 2G, GWG
Week 6   Jodie Taylor[48] Washington Spirit 2G, GWG
Week 7   Kelley O'Hara[49] Sky Blue FC 1G, 1A
1G, GWG
Week 8   Jazmine Reeves[50] Boston Breakers 3G, 1A
Week 9   Samantha Kerr[51] Western New York Flash 2G, 1A, GWA
Week 10   Verónica Boquete[52] Portland Thorns FC 1G, GWG
Week 11   Alex Morgan[53] Portland Thorns FC 1A, 2G
Week 12   Carli Lloyd[54] Western New York Flash 2G, GWG
Week 13   Nahomi Kawasumi[55] Seattle Reign FC 2G, GWG
Week 14   Verónica Boquete[56] Portland Thorns FC 2G, 2A
Week 15   Christine Sinclair[57] Portland Thorns FC 3G
Week 16   Nahomi Kawasumi[58] Seattle Reign FC 2G, 1A
Week 17   Verónica Boquete[59] Portland Thorns FC 1G
Week 18   Alyssa Naeher[60] Boston Breakers 10 saves
Week 19   Nadia Nadim[61] Sky Blue FC 2G, GWG, 1A

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month Club Month's Statline
April   Kim Little[62] Seattle Reign FC 4G in 4 games; Reign 4-0-0 in April
May   Kim Little[63] Seattle Reign FC 4G in 5 games; Reign 3-0-2 in May
June   Nicole Barnhart[64] FC Kansas City 1.1 GAA, 4SHO in 4 games; FCKC 5-0-0 in June
July   Kim Little[65] Seattle Reign FC 3G, 4A in 6 games; Reign 4-1-1 in July
August   Nadia Nadim[66] Sky Blue FC 5G, 1A in 2 games; Sky Blue 4-0-0 in August

Annual awards edit

Award Winner Runner-up Third place
Golden Boot[67]   Kim Little Seattle Reign FC 16 Goals   Amy Rodriguez FC Kansas City   Jessica McDonald
  Jodie Taylor
Portland Thorns FC
Washington Spirit
Rookie of the Year[68]   Julie Johnston Chicago Red Stars 2 goals, 2 assists   Kealia Ohai Houston Dash   Crystal Dunn Washington Spirit
Goalkeeper of the Year[69]   Alyssa Naeher Boston Breakers 106 saves   Hope Solo Seattle Reign FC   Ashlyn Harris Washington Spirit
Defender of the Year[70]   Becky Sauerbrunn FC Kansas City 1935 minutes, 1.33 GAA   Ali Krieger
  Julie Johnston
Washington Spirit
Chicago Red Stars
Coach of the Year[71]   Laura Harvey Seattle Reign FC 16–2–6 regular season   Mark Parsons Washington Spirit   Vlatko Andonovski FC Kansas City
Most Valuable Player[72]   Kim Little Seattle Reign FC 16 goals, 7 assists   Veronica Boquete Portland Thorns   Amy Rodriguez FC Kansas City
NWSL Best XI[73]
Position First team Second team
Goalkeeper   Alyssa Naeher Boston Breakers 106 saves   Hope Solo Seattle Reign FC 5 shutouts
Defender   Kendall Fletcher Seattle Reign FC .83 team GAA   Lauren Barnes Seattle Reign FC .83 team GAA
Defender   Ali Krieger Washington Spirit 1 goal   Stephanie Catley Portland Thorns FC 5 assists
Defender   Christie Rampone Sky Blue FC 1 goal, 2 assists   Stephanie Cox Seattle Reign FC .83 team GAA
Defender   Becky Sauerbrunn FC Kansas City 8 shutouts   Julie Johnston Chicago Red Stars Rookie of the Year
Midfielder   Verónica Boquete Portland Thorns FC 4 goals, 6 assists   Carli Lloyd Western New York Flash 8 goals, 5 assists
Midfielder   Jess Fishlock Seattle Reign FC 4 goals, 8 assists   Allie Long Portland Thorns FC 9 goals, 3 assists
Midfielder   Kim Little Seattle Reign FC 16 goals, 7 assists   Heather O'Reilly Boston Breakers 9 goals, 5 assists
Forward   Lauren Holiday FC Kansas City 8 goals, 7 assists   Jessica McDonald Portland Thorns FC 11 goals, 1 assist
Forward   Nahomi Kawasumi Seattle Reign FC 9 goals, 5 assists   Christen Press Chicago Red Stars 6 goals
Forward   Amy Rodriguez FC Kansas City 13 goals, 3 assists   Jodie Taylor Washington Spirit 11 goals, 2 assist
NWSL Championship Game MVP[4]
Player Club Record
  Lauren Holiday FC Kansas City Two assists including for the game-winning goal

Statistics edit

Scoring edit

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
Jazmine Reeves[75] Boston Breakers Portland Thorns FC 4–1 5/28
Christine Sinclair Portland Thorns FC Boston Breakers 6–3 7/20
Nadia Nadim[76] Sky Blue FC Houston Dash 3–1 8/09

Discipline edit

Streaks edit

See also edit

References edit

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