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Seattle Reign FC
2013 season
OwnersBill and Teresa Predmore
General managerLaura Harvey
Head coachLaura Harvey
StadiumStarfire Sports
National Women's Soccer LeagueOverall: 7th
Top goalscorerMegan Rapinoe (5 goals)
Highest home attendance3,855 vs Washington Spirit (July 14, 2013)
Lowest home attendance1,011 vs Washington Spirit (May 16, 2013)
Average home league attendance2,360
2014 →

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.

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 United States Bill Predmore
General Manager England Laura Harvey

Updated to match played April 8, 2013
Source: [1]

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach England Laura Harvey
Assistant Coach England Sam Laity
Goalkeeper Coach United States Ben Dragavon

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
1 GK United States USA Hope Solo
2 DF Canada CAN Emily Zurrer
3 DF United States USA Lauren Barnes
4 DF United States USA Kate Deines
5 FW United States USA Liz Bogus
6 MF Canada CAN Kaylyn Kyle
7 DF United States USA Elli Reed
9 DF United States USA Stephanie Cox
10 MF Wales WAL Jessica Fishlock
11 MF United States USA Keelin Winters (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Mexico MEX Jenny Ruiz
14 MF United States USA Kristina Larsen
15 MF United States USA Megan Rapinoe
18 GK United States USA Michelle Betos
19 MF United States USA Christine Nairn
20 MF Australia AUS Emily van Egmond
21 MF United States USA Kristen Meier
22 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald
23 FW Mexico MEX Renae Cuellar
25 DF United States USA Kiersten Dallstream

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

March 16, 2013 INAC Kobe Leonessa 2-0 Seattle Reign FC Okinawa, Japan
20:30 PST Report Stadium: Koza General Sports Park Athletics Stadium
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
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

Regular season

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 19, 2013 7 Seattle Reign FC 0-3 Sky Blue FC Tukwila, Washington
18:00 (PST) Ruiz Yellow card 25' Red card 63'
Kyle Yellow card 40'
Report De Vanna 9'
Schmidt 78'
Lytle 86'
Bock Yellow card 66'
De Vanna Yellow card 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
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAAAHAHHHHAAAHHHHAHAAAH
ResultDLLLLLLLLLDWWDWWLWLLLL
Updated to match(es) played on August 18, 2013. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of August 20, 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total NWSL
Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF United States USA Lauren Barnes 22 0 22 0
18 GK United States USA Michelle Betos 7 0 7 0
5 FW United States USA Liz Bogus 20 1 20 1
9 FW Canada CAN Tiffany Cameron 7 0 7 0
26 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kennya Cordner 3 0 3 0
9 DF United States USA Stephanie Cox 4 0 4 0
23 FW Mexico MEX Renae Cuellar 7 0 7 0
25 DF United States USA Kiersten Dallstream 20 0 20 0
4 DF United States USA Kate Deines 17 0 17 0
10 MF Wales WAL Jessica Fishlock 21 4 21 4
20 GK United States USA Haley Kopmeyer 1 0 1 0
6 MF Canada CAN Kaylyn Kyle 21 3 21 3
14 FW United States USA Kristina Larsen 9 0 9 0
21 MF United States USA Kristen Meier 6 0 6 0
21 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald 7 3 7 3
19 MF United States USA Christine Nairn 22 3 22 3
8 MF Mexico MEX Teresa Noyola 11 1 11 1
16 MF United States USA Lyndsey Patterson 3 0 3 0
15 MF United States USA Megan Rapinoe 12 5 12 5
7 DF United States USA Elli Reed 17 0 17 0
13 MF Mexico MEX Jenny Ruiz 7 0 7 0
1 GK United States USA Hope Solo 14 0 14 0
17 FW United States USA Lindsay Taylor 6 1 6 1
20 MF Australia AUS Emily van Egmond 6 0 6 0
11 MF United States USA Keelin Winters 21 1 21 1
2 DF Canada CAN Emily Zurrer 7 0 7 0

Top scorers

Players with one goal or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013
Rk. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
1 United States MF Megan Rapinoe 5 5
2 Wales MF Jessica Fishlock 4 4
3 United States FW Jessica McDonald 3 3
3 United States MF Christine Nairn 3 3
3 Canada DF Kaylyn Kyle 3 3
4 United States FW Liz Bogus 1 1
4 Mexico MF Teresa Noyola 1 1
4 United States FW Lindsay Taylor 1 1
4 United States MF Keelin Winters 1 1

Top assists

Players with one assist or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013
Rk. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
1 United States MF Christine Nairn 5 5
2 United States FW Liz Bogus 2 2
2 United States DF Elli Reed 2 2
3 United States FW Kristina Larsen 1 1
3 United States FW Jessica McDonald 1 1
3 Mexico MF Teresa Noyola 1 1
3 United States MF Keelin Winters 1 1

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013
No. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
23 Mexico FW Renae Cuellar 1 0 1 0
25 United States DF Kiersten Dallstream 0 1 0 1
7 Wales MF Jessica Fishlock 4 0 4 0
10 Canada MF Kaylyn Kyle 4 0 4 0
19 United States MF Christine Nairn 2 0 1 0
14 United States FW Kristina Larsen 1 0 1 0
19 United States MF Megan Rapinoe 1 0 1 0
16 United States MF Elli Reed 2 0 2 0
13 Mexico DF Jenny Ruiz 0 1 0 1
1 United States GK Hope Solo 1 0 1 0
1 Australia MF Emily van Egmond 1 0 1 0
1 United States MF Keelin Winters 1 0 1 0
2 Canada 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 United States Michelle Betos 630 14 2 34
20 United States Haley Kopmeyer 90 3 3 6
1 United States Hope Solo 1260 19 1.357 81

Player Transactions

Transfers In

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
March 1, 2013 United States Keelin Winters MF Chicago Red Stars Traded for first round pick in the 2014 College Draft and future considerations [21]
June 19, 2013 United States Stephanie Cox DF - Signed mid-season [22]
June 28, 2013 United States Jessica McDonald FW Chicago Red Stars Acquired via waivers [23]
July 1, 2013 Mexico 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 Australia 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 Canada Tiffany Cameron FW FC Kansas City Waived, later picked up by Kansas City [25]
June 28, 2013 United States Haley Kopmeyer GK - Waived to make room for Jessica McDonald [23]
July 1, 2013 Mexico Teresa Noyola MF FC Kansas City Traded for Renae Cuellar [24]
July 1, 2013 United States 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 Trinidad and Tobago 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
7/11/2013 Christine Nairn [28]
7/14/2013 Jessica McDonald [29]
7/25/2013 Kaylyn Kyle [30]
8/16/2013 Megan Rapinoe [31]

See also

References

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