2018 season | |||
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President & CEO | Thomas Hofstetter | ||
Head coach | Denise Reddy | ||
Stadium | Yurcak Field Piscataway, New Jersey (Capacity: 5,000) | ||
Top goalscorer | Carli Lloyd Imani Dorsey Katie Johnson (4) | ||
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The 2018 Sky Blue FC season was the team's ninth season as a professional women's soccer team. Sky Blue FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.[1] Sky Blue had a difficult season in 2018 as they finished in last place. They went 23 games without winning a game, setting the mark for the longest winless streak in NWSL history.[2] Sky Blue finally won on September 8 as they beat the Orlando Pride 1-0 in their final game of the 2018 season.[3]
There were numerous reports of off-field issues that came out after former Sky Blue player Sam Kerr spoke to the media following the Sky Blue vs Chicago game on July 7. Reports of poor management and training facilities as well as housing, travel, and transportation issues were also reported, and were believed to be contributing factors to the team's poor performance on the field.[4]
Team
First-team roster
Source: Sky Blue FC[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match results
Preseason
24 February 2018 | Sky Blue FC | 0–1 | PSU | Manalapan, New Jersey |
2:00 p.m. | Report |
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Stadium: Sportika Sports |
3 March 2018 | Sky Blue FC | 2–1 | UNC | Manalapan, New Jersey |
Report |
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Stadium: Sportika Sports |
10 March 2018 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | WVU | Manalapan, New Jersey |
1:00 p.m. |
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Report | Stadium: Sportika Sports |
18 March 2018 | Sky Blue FC | 6–0 | St. John's University | Manalapan, New Jersey |
2:00 p.m. | Report | Stadium: Sportika Sports |
Regular season
31 March 2018 1 | North Carolina Courage | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Cary, North Carolina |
3:00 p.m. EST | Report |
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Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Danielle Chesky Assistant referees: Jennifer Garner, Jordan Davis Fourth official: Forrest Ambrose Man of the Match: Erica Skroski |
15 April 2018 2 | Sky Blue FC | 0–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
5:00 p.m. EST | McCaskill 50' | Box Report |
Rapinoe 6' (pen.) Dallstream 82' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,913 |
21 April 2018 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
8:00 p.m. EST | Huerta 1' (Mautz) | Report | McCaskill 78' (Johnson) | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,413 |
5 May 2018 4 | Sky Blue FC | 2–3 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,065 |
12 May 2018 5 | Seattle Reign FC | 4–1 | Sky Blue FC | Seattle, Washington |
10:00 p.m. EST | Taylor 5' (Catley) 88' Rapinoe 38', 60' (Kawasumi) Long 84' |
Box Report |
Skroski 21' McCaskill 62' (Lloyd) |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,607 |
19 May 2018 6 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | North Carolina Courage | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Lloyd 15' 90+4' (Killion) Tiernan 85' |
Report | Dunn 19' (McDonald) Mewis 27' Rowland 70' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
23 May 2018 7 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Boyds, Maryland |
7:30 p.m. EST | Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,433 |
26 May 2018 8 | Sky Blue FC | 0–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Report | Rapinoe 64' (Westphal) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,814 |
2 June 2018 9 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Utah Royals FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Groom 10' (Johnson) Tiernan 90+2' |
Report | Matheson 3' (Jónsdóttir) Freeman 85' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,229 Referee: Lorant Varga Assistant referees: Walter Heatherly,Matthew Osterhouse Fourth official: Szczepan Dziewa |
8 June 2018 10 | Sky Blue FC | 0–0 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Meehan 39' Killion 67' |
Report | Dougherty Howard 50' Dydasco 88' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,188 |
16 June 2018 11 | Orlando Pride | 3–2 | Sky Blue FC | Orlando, Florida |
7:30 p.m. EST | Leroux 2' (Ubogagu), 31' (Nairn) 75' Hill 83' (Morgan) |
Report | McCaskill 16' Tiernan 37' Gibbons 45+1' Lloyd 85' |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,445 |
27 June 2018 12 | Portland Thorns FC | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Portland, Oregon |
10:30 p.m. EST | Horan 45' (Sinclair) Salem 90+2' |
Report | Beckie 41' Lloyd 77' (pen.) Freeman 90+3' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,237 |
30 June 2018 13 | Utah Royals FC | 3–1 | Sky Blue FC | Sandy, Utah |
10:00 p.m. EST | Press 7' Stengel 25' (Press), 29' (Gorry) Tymrak 90+1' Jonsdottir 90+3' |
Report | Lloyd 62' (Dorsey) Freeman 89' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,394 |
7 July 2018 14 | Sky Blue FC | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
3:30 p.m. EST | Dorsey 73' (McCaskill) | Report | Kerr 40' (Mautz), 46' (Nagasato), 63' (Nagasato) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,846 |
14 July 2018 15 | Sky Blue FC | 0–4 | North Carolina Courage | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Lloyd 85' | Report | Erceg 15' (Hamilton) Williams 56' (Hamilton), 72' (Debinha), 89' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,376 |
21 July 2018 16 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Portland Thorns FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Dorsey 27' (McCaskill) | Report | Raso 4' (Sinclair) Crnogorčević 7' Christine Sinclair 80' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Reyna Fonseca |
28 July 2018 | Chicago Red Stars | postponed | Sky Blue FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
8:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Toyota Park | |||
Note: Match postponed due to the cancellation of Sky Blue's flight to Chicago |
5 August 2018 17 | Orlando Pride | 2–2 | Sky Blue FC | Orlando, Florida |
7:30 p.m. EST | Edmonds 32' Marta 51' Weatherholt 73' Camila 78' Kennedy 90+3' |
Report | Dorsey 53' (Groom) Groom 59' (McCaskill) Lloyd 90+6' |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,577 |
11 August 2018 18 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Tiernan 64' | Report | Daly 7' (Ohai), 73' (pen.) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,126 |
18 August 2018 19 | Sky Blue FC | 2–2 | Utah Royals FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 p.m. EST | Johnson 14' (Rodriguez), 48' Killion 39' Lloyd 69' Tiernan 76' |
Report | Richardson 58' (o.g.) Rodriguez 90+4' (Press) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,468 |
22 August 2018 20 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–1 | Sky Blue FC | Portland, Oregon |
11:00 p.m. EST | Sinclair 13' (pen.) Heath 54' |
Report | Tiernan 41' McCaskill 67' Johnson 75' Killion 84' Hoy 88' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,986 Referee: Mark Allatin |
25 August 2018 21 | Houston Dash | 6–1 | Sky Blue FC | Houston, Texas |
8:30 p.m. EST | Motlhalo 22' Latsko 48' (Huerta) Huerta 65' (Ohai) Daly 67' (pen.) Hanson 88' (Simon) Kgatlana 90' (Hanson) |
Report | Dorsey 54' | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,257 |
1 September 2018 22 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Boyds, Maryland |
7:00 p.m. EST | Ship 71' | Report | Killion 58' 87' (Tiernan) | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,461 |
Note: Game was postponed until Sunday, September 2 at 10 a.m. (ET) due to lightning. |
4 September 2018 23 | Chicago Red Stars | 5–0 | Sky Blue FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
7:30 p.m. EST | Mautz 18' (Gilliland), 46' (Gilliland) Kerr 64' (Elby) White 80' (Kerr) Vasconcelos 90+7' (White) |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Ismir Pekmic | |
Note: Match was originally scheduled for July 28th, was postponed due to the cancellation of Sky Blue's flight to Chicago. |
8 September 2018 24 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Orlando Pride | Piscataway, New Jersey |
12:00 p.m. EST | Sheridan 32' Lloyd 73' (Groom) |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 4,086 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | North Carolina Courage (C) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 57 | NWSL Shield |
2 | Portland Thorns FC | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 42 | NWSL Playoffs |
3 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 41 | |
4 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 37 | |
5 | Utah Royals FC | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 35 | |
6 | Houston Dash | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 32 | |
7 | Orlando Pride | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 30 | |
8 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 35 | −23 | 11 | |
9 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 52 | −31 | 9 |
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
24 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 52 | −31 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | −19 |
Last updated: September 8, 2018.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Honors and awards
NWSL Yearly Awards
NWSL Rookie of the Year
Player | Player Statistics | Ref. |
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Imani Dorsey | 4 Goals; 1 Assist; 14 Appearances | [7] |
NWSL Team of the Year
Team | Position | Player | Ref. |
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Second XI | Midfielder | Carli Lloyd | [8] |
NWSL Weekly Awards
NWSL Player of the Week
Week | Result | Player | Ref |
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21 | Won | Katie Johnson | [9] |
NWSL Save of the Week
Week | Result | Player(s) | Ref. |
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3 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan | [10] |
9 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan and Rebekah Stott | [11] |
11/12 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan | [12] |
19 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan | [13] |
20 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan | [14] |
21 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan | [15] |
24 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan | [16] |
NWSL Goal of the Week
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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4 | Nominated | Savannah McCaskill | [17] |
7 | Nominated | Savannah McCaskill | [18] |
8 | Won | Carli Lloyd | [19] |
10 | Nominated | Shea Groom | [20] |
11/12 | Nominated | Savannah McCaskill | [21] |
24 | Nominated | Carli Lloyd | [22] |
Player transactions
2018 NWSL College Draft
- Source: National Women's Soccer League[23]
Round | Pick | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Previous Team |
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Round 1 | 4 | Michaela Abam | F | University of West Virginia | |
Round 1 | 5 | Imani Dorsey | F | Duke University | |
Round 1 | 6 | Amandine Pierre-Louis | D | University of West Virginia | |
Round 2 | 13 | Casey Murphy | GK | Rutgers University | |
Round 4 | 35 | Kiana Palacios | F | University of California, Irvine |
In
Date | Player | Positions played | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref. |
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December 13, 2017 | Thaisa | MF | Grindavík | Signed in offseason | [24] |
December 29, 2017 | Christina Gibbons | DF | Utah Royals FC | Acquired in trade for Kelley O'Hara, Taylor Lytle, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. | [25] |
December 29, 2017 | Shea Groom | FW | Utah Royals FC | Acquired in trade for Kelley O'Hara, Taylor Lytle, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. | [25] |
January 11, 2018 | Katie Johnson | FW | Seattle Reign | Acquired in trade for the rights to Caitlin Foord | [26] |
January 11, 2018 | Rebekah Stott | FW | Seattle Reign | Acquired in trade for the rights to Caitlin Foord | [26] |
January 19, 2018 | Carli Lloyd | MF | Houston Dash | Acquired as part of a three team trade that also included Janine Beckie, Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. | [27] |
January 19, 2018 | Janine Beckie | FW | Houston Dash | Acquired as part of a three team trade that also included Carli Lloyd, Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. | [27] |
January 19, 2018 | Jen Hoy | FW | Chicago Red Stars | Acquired as part of a three team trade that also included Carli Lloyd, Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Janine Beckie. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. | [27] |
January 30, 2018 | Savannah McCaskill | FW | Boston Breakers | Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft | [28] |
January 30, 2018 | Adriana Leon | FW | Boston Breakers | Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft | [28] |
January 30, 2018 | Amanda Frisbie | FW | Boston Breakers | Acquired during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft | [28] |
Out
Date | Player | Positions played | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref. |
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December 29, 2017 | Kelley O'Hara | DF | Utah Royals FC | Traded to Utah Royals FC along with Taylor Lytle for Katie Johnson, Christina Gibbons, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. | [25] |
December 29, 2017 | Taylor Lytle | MF | Utah Royals FC | Traded to Utah Royals FC along with Kelley O'Hara for Katie Johnson, Christina Gibbons, and Utah's 4th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. | [25] |
January 19, 2018 | Samantha Kerr | FW | Chicago Red Stars | Traded to the Chicago Red Stars as part of a three team trade that also included Janine Beckie, Christen Press, Carli Lloyd, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. | [27] |
January 19, 2018 | Nikki Stanton | MF | Chicago Red Stars | Traded to the Chicago Red Stars as part of a three team trade that also included Janine Beckie, Christen Press, Carli Lloyd, Sam Kerr and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade. | [27] |
May 4, 2018 | Erin Simon | DF | Waived. | [29] | |
June 12, 2018 | Adriana Leon | MF | Seattle Reign | Traded to the Seattle Reign for Seattle's 4th Round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft | [30] |
June 15, 2018 | Kayla Mills | DF | Waived. | [31] | |
July 25, 2018 | Michaela Abam | FW | Paris FC | Waived. Signed with Paris FC in the Division 1 Féminine. | [32] |
July 25, 2018 | Thaisa | MF | A.C. Milan | Waived. Signed with A.C. Milan in the Serie A. | [32] |
August 9, 2018 | Janine Beckie | FW | Manchester City | Transferred to Manchester City in the FA Women's Super League | [33] |
See also
Notes
- ↑ SBFC's position at the end of the matchweek, not their match.
References
- ↑ "About Sky Blue Soccer". skybluefc.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ↑ "NWSL Focus: Sam Kerr sets record in homecoming". July 8, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Carli Lloyd goal gives Sky Blue first win of the season, 1-0 over Pride". September 8, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Sky Blue FC created untenable player conditions for years". July 17, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Roster". skybluefc.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ↑ https://nwslsoccer.com/schedule
- ↑ Purdy, Jacqueline (September 16, 2018). "2018 NWSL Awards Finalists". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 NWSL Best XI and Second XI announced". Nwslsoccer.com. September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- ↑ "@NWSL". August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Save of the Week nominees: Week 11/12". National Women's Soccer League. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Save of the Week nominees - Week 19". August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Save of the Week nominees - Week 20". August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Save of the Week nominees - Week 21". August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Save of the Week nominees - Week 24". September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Vote: Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Vote: Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ↑ Gabriel, Cassidy (May 22, 2018). "Goal of the Week: Carli Lloyd". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ↑ Balf, Celia (June 4, 2018). "Vote: Goal of the Week". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Goal of the Week nominees: Week 11/12". National Women's Soccer League. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Goal of the Week nominees: Week 24". National Women's Soccer League. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ↑ "List: Every draft pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. January 18, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "SKY BLUE FC SIGNS BRAZILIAN MIDFIELDER THAISA MORENO". December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "UWSNT star Kelley O'Hara traded to Utah Royals". January 12, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- 1 2 "SKY BLUE FC ACQUIRES REBEKAH STOTT AND KATIE JOHNSON FROM SEATTLE REIGN FC". January 11, 2018. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Carli Lloyd traded to Sky Blue FC, Samantha Kerr to Red Stars". January 19, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Boston Breakers players taken in NWSL dispersal draft". January 30, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "SKY BLUE FC WAIVES DEFENDER ERIN SIMON". May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Seattle Reign acquire Adriana Leon from Sky Blue". June 12, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Sky Blue FC signs Imani Dorsey to full professional contract". June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- 1 2 "SKY BLUE FC ANNOUNCES TWO ROSTER MOVES". July 25, 2018. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ "SKY BLUE FC ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF JANINE BECKIE". August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- Match reports (preseason)
- Match reports (regular season)