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Western New York Flash
2014 Western New York Flash season
PresidentAlexandra Sahlen
Head coachAaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
Rochester, New York
(Capacity: 13,768)
NWSL7th
Highest home attendance4,339
(Aug. 13 vs. Sky Blue FC)
Lowest home attendance1,786
(June 18 vs. Chicago Red Stars)
Average home league attendance3,177
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The 2014 season was Western New York Flash's seventh season of existence, and the second in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club[edit]

Roster[edit]

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 Australia AUS Lydia Williams
3 MF United States USA Courtney Wetzel
4 FW Australia AUS Samantha Kerr
5 FW United States USA Courtney Verloo
6 DF United States USA Angela Salem
7 MF United States USA McCall Zerboni
8 FW Spain ESP Sonia Bermudez
10 MF United States USA Carli Lloyd
11 FW Spain ESP Adriana Martín
12 DF United States USA Kristen Edmonds
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF United States USA Brittany Taylor
14 MF Spain ESP Vicky Losada
15 FW United States USA Jasmyne Spencer
16 DF United States USA Katherine Reynolds
17 DF United States USA Kathryn Williamson
19 GK United States USA Kelsey Wys
20 FW United States USA Abby Wambach
22 DF United States USA Amy Barczuk
23 DF United States USA Haley Palmer
24 GK United States USA Adrianna Franch

Team management[edit]

Match results[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Regular season[edit]

April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13) 1 Washington Spirit 1–3 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EST Barczuk 50' Report Losada 15' (67)
Taylor 54'
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field
Attendance: 2,306
April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 2 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Western New York Flash Bridgeview, Illinois
17:45 CDT (UTC-05) Johnston 59' Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 15,743
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 3, 2014 3 Western New York Flash 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
Bermudez 39' McDonald 43' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 7, 2014 4 Western New York Flash 2–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
Kerr 38' Spencer 45+4' Marlborough 57' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 11, 2014 5 Western New York Flash 2–0 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
Wambach 48, 90+2' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
May 17, 2014 6 Washington Spirit 3–2 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
Taylor 11,78' Williamson 71' (o.g.) Wambach 18' Lloyd 30' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
May 21, 2014 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
Long 16' McDonald 48' Zerboni 57' Stadium: Providence Park
May 25, 2014 8 Seattle Reign FC 2–2 Western New York Flash Seattle, Washington
Fishlock 45'
Little 90+2'
Wambach 17'
Lloyd 62'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
May 31, 2014 9 Western New York Flash 1–2 Houston Dash Rochester, New York
Zerboni 44' Ohai 50'
Burger 72'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jun 4, 2014 10 FC Kansas City 1–0 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
Rodriguez 44' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Jun 7, 2014 11 Portland Thorns FC 0–5 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
Zerboni 11'
Lloyd {{goal|28,50}
Kerr 32,45+2'
Stadium: Providence Park
Jun 11, 2014 12 Houston Dash 2–1 Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
McCarty 39'
Noyola 65(p)'
Martin 62' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
June 18, 2014 (2014-06-18) 13 Western New York Flash 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Taylor 2'
Losada Yellow card 37'
Kerr 90+1'
Summary Chalupny Yellow card 13'
Hemmings Yellow card 44'
Morway Yellow card 50'
Santacaterina Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,786
Referee: Mark Allatin
Jun 22, 2014 14 Western New York Flash 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
Kerr 62' Lloyd 83' (o.g.) Leroux 88' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jun 27, 2014 15 Western New York Flash 2–1 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
Lloyd 59,83' Ezurike 71' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 2, 2014 16 Western New York Flash 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
Losada 33' Goebel 62' Fishlock 85' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 5, 2014 17 Houston Dash 1–4 Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
Jackson 81' Spencer 13'

Kerr 28' Bermudez 80'

Edwards 85' (o.g.)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Jul 12, 2014 18 Western New York Flash 0–1 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
Reynolds 54 Matheson 56' (p) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 18, 2014 19 Western New York Flash 1–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
Kerr 22' Hagen 17' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Jul 25, 2014 20 Western New York Flash 2–4 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
Spencer 14'
Lloyd 54'
Kerr Yellow card 89'
= soccer&page = match&id = 1648580 Summary Sanderson 27' Yellow card 51'
O'Reilly 30' (pen.) 86'
Reeves 39'
Jones Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: United States Timon Berry
Jul 31, 2014 21 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
Nadim Yellow card 22'
Levin Yellow card 39'
O'Hara 50'
= soccer&page = match&id = 1648586 Summary Lloyd Yellow card 26'
Bermúdez Yellow card 55'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,471
Referee: United States Josh Wilkens
Aug 3, 2014 22 Boston Breakers 3–4 Western New York Flash Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 Mewis 29' 76'
Reeves 74'
= soccer&page = match&id = 1648590 Summary Wambach 8' 49'
Kerr 66'
Bermúdez 90+2'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Aug 13, 2014 23 Western New York Flash 2–3 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
18:00 Martín 23'
Bermúdez 79'
Summary O'Hara 24'
Nadim 48' 89'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: United States Chris Spivey
Aug 16, 2014 24 Chicago Red Stars 3–3 Western New York Flash Lisle, Illinois
19:00 Press 17' (pen.) 60'
Johnston 90+3'
Summary Martín 29'
Lloyd 45'
Kerr 49'
Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

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

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
24 28 8 12 4 42 38  +4 4 6 2 17 18  −1 4 6 2 25 20  +5

Last updated: August 16, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
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[edit]

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ResultWLDWWLLDLLWLWLWLWLDLLWLD
Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2014. Source: National Women's Soccer League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics[edit]

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed

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
5 DF Teigen Allen 4 2 258 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0
22 DF Amy Barczuk 19 9 886 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 0
8 DF Sonia Bermudez 21 9 837 4 1 1 23 8 1 15 9 9 12 2 0
12 DF Kristen Edmonds 22 19 1739 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 15 1 0
4 MF Samantha Kerr 20 20 1660 9 4 1 53 24 0 0 20 9 14 1 0
18 FW Emma Kete 3 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Carli Lloyd 19 19 1710 8 5 1 61 33 0 3 13 51 24 5 0
14 MF Vicky Losada 23 18 1624 3 6 0 22 7 3 35 4 17 14 2 0
11 FW Adriana Martin 19 12 1195 3 4 0 26 16 1 29 7 5 9 0 0
23 DF Haley Palmer 7 5 357 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
16 DF Katherine Reynolds 19 19 1628 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 12 7 2 1
6 MF Angela Salem 23 22 1858 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 16 10 4 1
15 FW Jasmyne Spencer 22 9 933 3 1 1 25 14 0 0 10 8 16 1 0
13 DF Brittany Taylor 24 24 2160 2 1 2 6 5 0 0 0 15 16 2 0
5 FW Courtney Verloo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Abby Wambach 10 10 835 6 4 1 28 17 1 0 10 11 11 1 0
3 MF Courtney Wetzel 8 0 122 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
17 DF Kathryn Williamson 21 20 1699 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 12 2 0
7 MF McCall Zerboni 24 23 2036 3 2 1 12 5 0 0 2 45 24 2 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
25 GK DiDi Haracic 1 1 90 0 0 1 21 10 7 3 3.000 2 3 0
1 GK Lydia Williams 14 14 1183 6 6 1 125 65 49 15 1.071 1 1 2
19 GK Kelsey Wys 10 9 887 2 6 2 143 66 47 20 2.000 2 2 1

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