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2013 Western New York Flash season

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.

Western New York Flash
2013 Western New York Flash season
PresidentAlexandra Sahlen
Head coachAaran Lines
StadiumSahlen's Stadium
NWSL1st
NWSL PlayoffsNWSL Championship Runner-up
Highest home attendance9,129 vs Portland Thorns FC
(August 31, 2013 – NWSL Championship)
Lowest home attendance2,127 vs Sky Blue FC
(May 1, 2013)
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Club

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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

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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
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

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Match results

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Pre-season

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Statistics

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Transfers

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See also

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References

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