2013 FC Kansas City Game Notes Chicago Red Stars vs. FC Kansas City, August 24, 2013, 1:00pm CT, Verizon Wireless Field NWSL Game #188, Semi-Final #1 of 2013 National Women’s Soccer League Broadcast on Fox Sports 2, DirecTV Channel Ch 618, Dish Network Ch 398, Time Warner Ch 328
2013 FC Kansas City Upcoming Games 8/30/13
FC Kansas City [11-6-5, 38 pts]
NWSL Championship TBD*
No.
Player
Pos.
Pronunciation
Place of Birth
1
Bianca Henninger
GK
HEN-een-ger
Los Gatos, CA
2
Melissa Henderson
FWD
HEN-der-son
Garland, TX
3
Tiffany Cameron
FWD
Cahm-ur-un
Toronto, Canada
4
Becky Sauerbrunn
DEF
SOUR-Brunn
St. Louis, MO
6
Jen Buczkowski
MID
BUZZ-cow-ski
Elk Grove Village, IL
7
Casey Loyd
MID
Loyd
San Diego, CA
8
Courtney Jones
FWD
Jones
Palo Alto, CA
9
Merritt Mathias
MID
Math-EYE-us
Birmingham, AL
10
Teresa Noyola
MID
NOY-oh-lah
Palo Alto, CA
11
Desiree Scott
MID
Scott
Winnipeg, Manitoba
12
Lauren Holiday
FWD
Hawl-ih-day
Indianapolis, IN
13
Leigh Ann Robinson
DEF
Rah-bihn-son
San Diego, CA
Head to Head
14
Lauren Sesselmann
DEF
Sehs-ehl-men
Marshfield, WI
FCKC Leads Reg Season 2-1-1 Previous Matchup: Aug 4th @POR - FCKC 3:2 POR
15
Erika Tymrak
FWD
TIM-rack
Detroit, MI
16
Nia Williams
DEF
Will-yums
Roeland Park, KS
17
Sinead Farrelly
MID
Shin-ade Far-lee
Havertown, PA
18
Nicole Barnhart
GK
Barn-hart
Pottstown, PA
19
Kristie Mewis
MID
Myew-is
Weymouth, MA
20
Katie Kelly
DEF
Kell-ee
Kansas City, MO
26
Jaime French
FWD
Jay-mee
Wheaton, IL
NWSL Final Standings WNY Flash FC Kansas City Portland Thorns Sky Blue FC Boston Breakers Chicago Red Stars Seattle Reign FC
GP 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
W 10 11 11 10 8 8 5
L 4 6 6 6 8 8 14
D 8 5 5 6 6 6 3
PTS 38 38 38 36 30 30 18
Washington Spirit
22
3
14
5
14
VS
Quick Hits
• FC Kansas City has not allowed a goal at home during run of play against Portland this season. The only score for the Thorns came on a contreversial penalty kick in the season opener. • The Inaugurual NWSL season began with a match between these two teams and now the Inaugural NWSL Post-season will begin with these two teams. • FCKC & the WNY Flash (the two playoff home teams) have allowed the least goals at home this season, only giving up 7 goals each. Portland & Sky Blue (the playoff road teams) scored the most goals on the road all season with 18 each. • FC Kansas City swept the NWSL awards this week, winning Golden Boot (Lauren Holiday), Rookie of the Year (Erika Tymrak), Goalkeeper of the Year (Nicole Barnhart), and Defender of the Year (Becky Sauerbrunn. • FC Kansas City will be the most represented team in the USWNT friendly with Mexico on Sep 3rd. Holiday, Barnhart, Sauerbrunn, & Kristie Mewis will once again be playing for the USA, this time joined by teammates Leigh Ann Robinson and Erika Tymrak. FCKC forward, Teresa Noyola, will also be in the match representing her home country of Mexico.
Portland Thorns [11-6-5 38pts] No.
Player
Pos.
Pronunciation
Place of Birth
1
Karina LeBlanc
GK
le-bl-AH-nk
Atlanta, Ga.
2
Marian Dougherty
DEF
3
Elizabeth Guess
MID
4
Emilee O’Neil
DEF
5
Kathryn Williamson
DEF
6
Meleana Shim
MID
7
Nikki Marshall
DEF
Thornton, Colo.
8
Angie Kerr
MID
San Diego, Calif.
9
Danielle Foxhoven
FWD
11
Jazmyne Avant
DEF
12
Christine Sinclair
FWD
Burnaby, B.C.
13
Alex Morgan
FWD
San Dimas, Calif.
14
Becky Edwards
MID
15
Casey Ramirez
DEF
Rah-mee-rez
Yardley, PA
16
Rachel Buehler
DEF
BYOO-luhr
La Jolla, Calif.
17
Tobin Heath
MID
Basking Risge, NJ
19
Tiffany Weimer
FWD
Bridgeport, Conn
20
Courtney Wetzel
MID
Puyallup, Wash.
21
Nikki Washington
FWD
Dallas, Texas
23
Adelaide Gay
GK
Princeton, N.J.
24
Ellertson, Tina
DEF
Vancouver, Wash
Denver, Colo. Athens, GA emily
Atlanta, Ga. McKinney, Texas
mel-LAY-ah-nah
Honolulu, Hawaii
Wheat Ridge, Colo. jazz-min a-vah-nt
Dallas, Texas
Downington, Pa.