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2015 FC Kansas City season

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FC Kansas City
2015 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coachVlatko Andonovski
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
NWSL3rd
2015 NWSL PlayoffsWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Liz Bogus (3)
Shea Groom (3)

All: Erika Tymrak (7)
Highest home attendance8,489
(Apr. 12 vs. Sky Blue, at Sporting Park)
Lowest home attendance1,592
(May 23 vs. Chicago)
Average home league attendance3,091[1]
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The 2015 season was FC Kansas City's third season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Katelyn Rowland
2 FW United States USA Shea Groom
3 MF United States USA Rebecca Moros
4 DF United States USA Becky Sauerbrunn
5 FW United States USA Liz Bogus
6 MF United States USA Jen Buczkowski
7 DF United States USA Meghan Lisenby
8 FW United States USA Amy Rodriguez
9 MF United States USA Heather O'Reilly
10 MF United States USA Kaysie Clark
11 FW United States USA Frances Silva
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW United States USA Lauren Holiday
13 DF United States USA Leigh Ann Robinson
14 MF United States USA Yael Averbuch
15 MF United States USA Erika Tymrak
17 DF United States USA Amy LePeilbet
18 GK United States USA Nicole Barnhart
21 MF United States USA Domi Richardson
22 FW United States USA Sarah Hagen
23 FW United States USA Caroline Kastor
25 MF United States USA Mandy Laddish

Match results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

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March 15, Sun 1 Nebraska Cornhuskers 1–8 FC Kansas City Lincoln, Nebraska
CDT UTC-5 Johnson 41' Report Tymrak 13', 45'
Groom 18'
Hagen 23', 35'
Moros 31'
DeCesare 71'
King 86' (o.g.)
Stadium: Hawks Championship Center
April 4, Sat 3 FC Kansas City 1–0 Iowa State Cyclones Maryland Heights, Missouri
CDT UTC-5 Tymrak 41' Report Stadium: Lou Fusz Soccer Complex
Note: 45-minute match.
April 4, Sat 4 Missouri Tigers 0–4 FC Kansas City Maryland Heights, Missouri
CDT UTC-5 Report Tymrak 10'
Groom 18'
Clark 23'
DeCesare 34'
Stadium: Lou Fusz Soccer Complex
Note: 45-minute match.

National Women's Soccer League

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Regular season

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April 12, Sun 1 FC Kansas City 0–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas City, Kansas
15:00 CDT UTC-5 Report Nadim 29'
O'Hara Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 8,849
May 2, Sat 4 Houston Dash 0–2 FC Kansas City Houston
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Report Bogus 42' (unassisted)
Groom 51' (Hagen)
MorosYellow card 63'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,186
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 30, Sat 8 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Boston
18:00 CDT UTC-5 K Mewis 51' (Schoepfer) Report Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Cedric Adams
June 19, Fri 9 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
21:00 CDT UTC-5 Long Yellow card 44'
Johnson Yellow card 60'
Zerboni Red card 70'
Betos 90+5'
Report Hagen 51' Yellow card 61'
Groom Yellow card 71'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,214
Referee: Brandon Artis
June 27, Sat 10 Seattle Reign FC 2–1 FC Kansas City Seattle
21:30 CDT UTC-5 Yanez 62'
Little 64'
Barnes Yellow card 67'
Report Groom 90+1' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,331
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
July 3, Fri 11 FC Kansas City 3–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT UTC-5 Averbuch 27'
Groom 53'
Bogus 65'
Report Johnson Yellow card 26' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,079
Referee: Tori Penso
July 9, Thu 12 Boston Breakers 2–3 FC Kansas City Boston
17:00 CDT UTC-5 Marlborough 3'
Mewis 60'
Report Tymrak 1', 45'
Groom 79'
Silva Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 20, Mon 13 FC Kansas City 1–1 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT UTC-5 Pressley 55' (o.g.) NWSL report Masar Yellow card 40'
Lloyd 45'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,557
Referee: Randall Kelley
July 29, Wed 14 Houston Dash 3–2 FC Kansas City Houston
19:30 CDT UTC-5 Brush 12' (Ohai)
McDonald 17' (Klingenberg)
Lloyd 86' (Cross)
Report[permanent dead link] Holiday 3' (Rodriguez)
Hagen 84'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,425
Referee: Matthew Mercier
August 12, Wed 17 FC Kansas City 3–0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT UTC-5 Laddish 60' (Robinson)
Rodriguez 63' (O'Reilly)
Tymrak 76' (Laddish)
Report Menges Yellow card 70' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
August 22, Sat 18 FC Kansas City 3–0 Boston Breakers Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT UTC-5 Rodriguez 29' (Robinson), 52' (Holiday)
Holiday 50' (Rodriguez)
FCKC report
NWSL report
Marlborough Yellow card 81' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Brandon Artis
September 2, Wed 20 Sky Blue FC 2–3 FC Kansas City Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 CDT UTC-5 Kerr 39' (O'Hara), 72' (Killion) Report Hagen 5' (Rodriguez)
Rodriguez 42' (O'Reilly), 52' (Moros)
Becky Sauerbrunn Yellow card 92'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Referee: Levi Rippy

Postseason playoff

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September 13, Sun Semifinal Chicago Red Stars 0–3 FC Kansas City Bridgeview, Illinois
12:30 CDT (UTC-05) Samantha JohnsonYellow card 68' Report[4] Rodriguez 16' (unassisted)
Tymrak 21' (O'Reilly)
Rodriguez 35' (O'Reilly)
Stadium: Toyota Park
Referee: Karen Abt
October 1, Thu Final Seattle Reign FC 0–1 FC Kansas City (Champion) Portland, Oregon
8:30 CDT (UTC-05) Report[5] SauerbrunnYellow card 76'
Rodriguez 78' (O'Reilly)
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,264
Referee: Katja Koroleva

Regular-season standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 20 13 4 3 41 21 +20 43 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 20 8 9 3 31 22 +9 33 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C) 20 9 5 6 32 20 +12 32
4 Washington Spirit 20 8 6 6 31 28 +3 30
5 Houston Dash 20 6 6 8 21 26 −5 24
6 Portland Thorns FC 20 6 5 9 27 29 −2 23
7 Western New York Flash 20 6 5 9 24 34 −10 23
8 Sky Blue FC 20 5 7 8 22 28 −6 22
9 Boston Breakers 20 4 3 13 22 43 −21 15
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
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
20 9 5 6 32 20  +12 32 5 3 2 16 4  +12 4 2 4 16 16  0

Last updated: September 5, 2015.
Source: Match reports

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ResultLLWWWDLLDLWWDLDWWWDW
Position[n 1]38852234464345544433
Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

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Source: NWSL

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
14 MF Yael Averbuch 18 13 1250 2 0 1 18 9 0 2 0 8 4 0 0
5 FW Liz Bogus 18 10 882 3 0 2 8 5 3 0 2 7 9 1 0
6 MF Jen Buczkowski 20 20 1781 1 2 0 8 3 1 0 0 18 7 1 0
10 MF Kaysie Clark 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 FW Shea Groom 13 9 788 4 2 1 19 13 2 0 12 10 12 4 0
22 FW Sarah Hagen 17 11 994 4 2 0 28 12 2 0 14 11 14 2 0
12 FW Lauren Holiday 9 9 757 2 2 0 29 18 0 65 2 5 6 0 0
23 FW Caroline Kastor 8 1 161 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 0
25 MF Mandy Laddish 16 13 1180 1 3 1 11 5 0 1 0 10 11 0 0
17 DF Amy LePeilbet 20 20 1800 2 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 6 13 1 0
7 DF Meghan Lisenby 5 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF Becca Moros 20 20 1730 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 5 13 1 0
9 MF Heather O'Reilly 11 11 928 2 3 0 17 12 0 1 7 6 2 0 0
13 DF Leigh Ann Robinson 20 20 1800 1 3 1 5 3 4 19 1 4 6 0 0
8 FW Amy Rodriguez 11 11 956 6 4 3 46 16 0 0 24 3 8 0 0
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn 11 11 990 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 0
11 FW Frances Silva 15 3 437 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 4 3 8 1 0
15 MF Erika Tymrak 19 18 1546 3 1 0 29 16 3 19 4 15 34 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
18 GK Nicole Barnhart 17 17 1530 8 6 3 179 70 54 16 .941 0 0 8
0 GK Katelyn Rowland 3 3 270 1 0 2 29 17 13 4 1.333 0 0 1

Notes

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  1. ^ FC Kansas City's standing in the league at the end of match day

References

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  1. ^ "9-10-15 NWSL Statistics.pdf". ussoccer.com. US Soccer. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Lowdown: The anatomy of a hat trick". August 5, 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Lowdown: NWSL playoff races tighten". August 12, 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "KANSAS CITY ADVANCES TO FINAL AFTER DEFEATING CHICAGO, 3–0; Amy Rodriguez (2) and Erika Tymrak both scored in the first half". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  5. ^ "FCKC CROWNED 2015 NWSL CHAMPIONS IN 1–0 WIN OVER SEATTLE; Rodriguez's goal came in the 78th minute and was the sixth of her postseason career". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
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