New England Mutiny

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New England Mutiny
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Full name New England Mutiny
Nickname(s) Mutiny
Founded 1999
Stadium Harmon Smith Stadium
Chairman United States Joe Ferrara
Manager United States Tony Horta
League Women's Premier Soccer League Elite
2008 2nd, East North Division
Playoff National Semi Finals
Website Club home page
Home colors
Away colors

New England Mutiny is an American women’s soccer club, which competes at the highest level of women's soccer in the USA, the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.

The club plays its home games at Harmon Smith Stadium on the campus of Agawam High School in the city of Agawam, Massachusetts, 5 miles west of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Team history [edit]

Established in 1999 as Springfield Sirens, the club played in the amateur W-League. After winning the league championship in 2000, the club accepted promotion to WPSL, where it played till 2011. The club changed its name to New England Mutiny in 2002. After the folding of WPS in 2012, the club along with other clubs, including another WPSL club Chicago Red Stars and former WPS clubs, joined the new Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.

On July 29, 2004, in a match preparing women's national team of China for international tournament, the Mutiny surprised the fifth ranked team in the world, in front of 3000 fans in Agawam, Massachusetts, with a 3-1 lead, and losing 4-3 only in the final minutes. The Mutiny consider this match their crowning achievement.

Team standing and statistics [edit]

Current New England Mutiny team standing and statistics

Players [edit]

Notable players in current roster [edit]

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

No. Position Player
3 Republic of Ireland DF Ciara McCormack
8 United States FW Tiffany Weimer
11 United States FW Vicki DiMartino
No. Position Player
15 United States GK Alexa Gaul
19 United States MF Kristen Mewis

Year-by-year [edit]

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs
2005 2 WPSL 1st, East National Semi Finals (3rd)
2006 2 WPSL 3rd, East North
2007 2 WPSL 1st, East North National Final
2008 2 WPSL 2nd, East North National Semi Finals

Honors [edit]

  • WPSL East Conference Champions 2008
  • WPSL East Conference Champions 2007
  • WPSL East North Division Champions 2007
  • WPSL East Division Champions 2005

Competition history [edit]

Competing in WPSL between 2000 and 2011 the club won five WPSL East Conference titles, and reached the WPSL National Final on two occasions.

Coaches [edit]

Stadia [edit]

Average attendance [edit]

The club has one of the highest attendance for women's soccer games in USA.

External links [edit]