2013 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash
2013 Western New York Flash season
President	Alexandra Sahlen
Head coach	Aaran Lines
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
NWSL	1st
NWSL Playoffs	NWSL Championship Runner-up
Highest home attendance	9,129 vs Portland Thorns FC; (August 31, 2013 – NWSL Championship)
Lowest home attendance	2,127 vs Sky Blue FC; (May 1, 2013)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2013 season was Western New York Flash's sixth season of existence, and the first in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club

July 4, 2013; Chicago Red Stars vs Western New York Flash. Playing at midfield, left to right: Pérez-17, Sitch-19, Quon-11, Leon-16, Zerboni-7, Grings-21, Johnson-12, Huffman-14, Reynolds-16

Roster

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MEX	Pamela Tajonar
2	DF	USA	Alexandra Sahlen
3	DF	CAN	Bryanna McCarthy
4	FW	AUS	Samantha Kerr
6	DF	USA	Angela Salem
7	MF	USA	McCall Zerboni
8	FW	ESP	Adriana Martín
9	MF	USA	Ingrid Wells
10	MF	USA	Carli Lloyd
11	FW	USA	Laura Heyboer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	CMR	Estelle Johnson
13	DF	USA	Brittany Taylor
14	MF	USA	Sarah Huffman
15	MF	USA	Vicki DiMartino
16	DF	USA	Katherine Reynolds
17	MF	MEX	Verónica Pérez
20	FW	USA	Abby Wambach
22	DF	USA	Amy Barczuk
23	MF	CAN	Jodi-Ann Robinson
24	GK	USA	Adrianna Franch

Team management

Match results

Pre-season

Regular season

April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) 1	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EST	Zerboni 42' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,611

April 20, 2013 (2013-04-20) 2	Washington Spirit	1–1	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST	Huster 84' Matheson 87'	Report	Kerr 85'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Kari Seitz

April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) 3	Western New York Flash	1–2	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
19:35 EST	Kerr 7'	Report	O'Reilly 16', 83' Whitehill 62'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,065 Referee: Eugene Mednikov

May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) 4	Western New York Flash	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EST	Martín 6' Wambach 20' Kerr 45'	Report	Schmidt 44' O'Hara 72'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Miguel Panduro

May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) 5	Western New York Flash	2–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:35 EST	Wambach 34', 39' Heyboer 90+5'	Report	Cheney 53' Sesselmann 90+1'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Katja Koroleva

May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24) 6	Western New York Flash	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
19:05 EST	Wambach 54' Zerboni 65' Lloyd 74'	Report	Chalupny 43' 52'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) 7	Boston Breakers	2–2	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 EST	Sanderson 44' Nogueira 58' Leroux 64'	Report	Wambach 28' Taylor 75' Robinson 90+4'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,124 Referee: John McCloskey

June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) 8	Sky Blue FC	0–3	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST		Report	Kerr 4' Lloyd 45' Reynolds 50' Wambach 82'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Josh Wilkens

June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) 9	Washington Spirit	0–2	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST		Report	Perez 10' DiMartino 31' 36' Martín 56'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Boris Senic

June 19, 2013 (2013-06-19) 10	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Western New York Flash	Lisle, Illinois
18:30 EST	Mautz 1' Osborne 40'	Report	Martín 12' Zerboni 72' Taylor 89'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 790 Referee: Kara Honthumb

June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) 11	Western New York Flash	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
19:05 EST	Wambach 56' (pen.) Robinson 73'	Report	Winters 28' Dallstream 56' Fishlock 84'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,347 Referee: Miguel Panduro

June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) 12	Western New York Flash	4–0	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
19:05 EST	Lloyd 3', 22', 56' Taylor 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,364 Referee: Miguel Panduro

July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) 13	Chicago Red Stars	1-0	Western New York Flash	Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CST	Quon 14' Chalupny 58'	Report		Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,064 Referee: Juliana Duncan

July 7, 2013 14	FC Kansas City	0-0	Western New York Flash	Overland Park, Kansas
		Report		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,031 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

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	Portland Thorns FC	1-1	Western New York Flash	Portland, Oregon
18:00 (PST)	Shim 38' Heath 85'	Summary	Wambach 23' 37' Salem 90+1'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 13,021 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 21, 2013 17	Western New York Flash	3-0	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
14:30 (PST)	Lloyd 13' Taylor 35' Kerr 56'	Summary		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,664 Referee: Kara Honthumb

July 31, 2013 18	Western New York Flash	3-0	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
20:05 (PST)	Martin 35' Kerr 60' Lloyd 68'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Miguel Panduro

August 3, 2013 19	Boston Breakers	2-2	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
	Simon 17' Sanderson 65'	Report	DiMartino 77' Lloyd 85'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,899 Referee: Christina Unkel

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	Western New York Flash	0-0	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
20:35		Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7,606 Referee: Margaret Domka

August 17, 2013 22	Western New York Flash	2-1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
20:35	Kerr 23' Wambach 28'		Wilkinson 55'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6311

Playoffs

August 24, 2013 Semifinal	Western New York Flash	2–0	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
20:00 ET	Lloyd 33' Lloyd 90+3'			Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7,316 Referee: Katja Koroleva

August 31, 2013 Final	Western New York Flash	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
20:00 ET			Heath 40' Sinclair 92+'	Attendance: 9,129 Referee: Kari Seitz

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

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	38	10	4	8	36	20	+16	8	1	2	21	7	+14	2	3	6	15	13	+2

Last updated: August 3, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H
Result	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on August 13, 2013. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Transfers

References