2012 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash
2012 season
General manager United States A. J. Cecere
Head coach New Zealand Aaran Lines
Stadium Sahlen's Stadium
WPSL Elite League TBD
WPSL Elite Playoffs TBD
U.S. National
Women's Cup
TBD
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012 Western New York Flash season was the club's fourth season of existence. The club played in the newly created WPSL Elite League following the suspension of Women's Professional Soccer.

Background

Review

On January 30, 2012, the WPS announced that the league would suspend operations for the 2012 season, meaning that the Flash will not have a main domestic league to participate in for the season.[1]

Club

Roster

As of May 22, 2011 [2]

No. Name Nationality Pos. Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
0 Brittany Cameron United States GK December 3, 1986 United States FC Gold Pride
24 Ashlyn Harris United States GK October 19, 1985 United States Boston Breakers
30 Ashleigh Bowers United States GK August 2, 1989 United States Niagara University
Defenders
2 Alexandra Sahlen United States RB September 25, 1982 United States Rochester Ravens
3 Ali Riley New Zealand CB October 30, 1987 United States FC Gold Pride
4 Kimberly Brandão Portugal CB April 26, 1984 United States Jersey Sky Blue
6 Gina Lewandowski United States CB April 13, 1985 Germany FFC Frankfurt
23 Whitney Engen United States RB November 27, 1987 United States Chicago Red Stars
38 Rebecca Moros United States CB May 6, 1985 United States magicJack
Midfielders
9 Caroline Seger Sweden CM March 19, 1985 Sweden Linköpings
18 Yael Averbuch United States CM November 3, 1986 England Arsenal
19 Beverly Goebel United States CM July 19, 1988 United States Washington Freedom
Forwards

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

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Brittany Cameron
2 United States DF Alexandra Sahlen
3 New Zealand DF Ali Riley
4 Portugal MF Kim Brandão
7 United States MF McCall Zerboni
8 United States DF Kandace Wilson
10 Brazil FW Marta
12 Canada FW Christine Sinclair
13 United States FW Alex Morgan
14 United States MF Becky Edwards
No. Position Player
16 England FW Gemma Davison
17 United States DF Kaley Fountain
18 United States MF Yael Averbuch
19 United States MF Beverly Goebel
20 Brazil FW Maurine
21 United States DF Brittany Bock
23 United States DF Whitney Engen
24 United States GK Ashlyn Harris
30 United States GK Ashleigh Bowers
38 United States FW Rebecca Moros
United States MF Manya Makoski

Management

Position Staff
General Manager United States A. J. Cecere
Director of Sales & Marketing Canada Renee Meier
Administrative Assistant United States Missy Taylor
Head Coach United States Aaran Lines
Strength & Conditioning Coach United States Demeris Johnson

Last updated: November 24, 2011
Source: Western New York Flash Official Website

Competitions

WPSL Elite

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Boston Breakers[a] (Q) 14 11 0 3 28 9 +19 33 2012 WPSL Elite playoffs
2 Western New York Flash[a] (C) (Q) 14 9 3 2 29 8 +21 30
3 New York Fury (Q) 14 9 2 3 25 8 +17 29
4 Chicago Red Stars (Q) 14 9 1 4 26 11 +15 28
5 New England Mutiny 14 6 3 5 25 34 9 21
6 ASA Chesapeake Charge 14 2 3 9 15 3520 9
7 Philadelphia Fever 14 1 2 11 8 2618 5
8 FC Indiana 14 1 2 11 8 3325 5

Updated to games played on 22 July 2012.
Source: 2012 WPSL Elite Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
14 30 9 2 3 29 8 +21 5 2 0 16 4 +12 4 0 3 13 4 +9

Matches

WPSL Elite Playoffs

References

  1. "WPS Suspends Play for 2012 Season". WPS - Communications. WomensProSoccer.com. January 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  2. "Player Roster". Buffalo Flash Soccer. Retrieved 2010-05-25.


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