2013 FC Kansas City season

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 FC April 13
Lowest home attendance	3,057 vs. Washington Spirit June 23
Average home league attendance	4,604
Home colors	Away colors
	2014 →

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.

Club

Roster

As of April 13, 2013.^[1]

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

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
22	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
19	Kristie Mewis	20	20	1784	1	0	1	34	13	10	43	1	12	19	2	0
23	Natalie Norris	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	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 FC	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

References

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

[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.

[Boston_Game_Postponed-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.

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