2011 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash
2011 season
Owner United States Joe Sahlen
Head Coach New Zealand Aaran Lines
Stadium Sahlen's Stadium
Rochester, New York
(Capacity: 13,768)
Women's Professional Soccer 1st
WPS Playoffs Champions
Top goalscorer Marta, Christine Sinclair (10)
Highest home attendance 15,404
(July 20 vs. magicJack)
Lowest home attendance 1,372
(May 13 vs. Boston)
Average home league attendance 4,881
Biggest win 4-1
(July 30 vs. Sky Blue FC)
Biggest defeat 0-2
(July 17 at Sky Blue FC, Aug. 6 at Atlanta)
Home colors
Away colors
All statistics correct as of June 13, 2017.

The 2011 Western New York Flash season was the team's inaugural and only season in the Women's Professional Soccer league, after competing as the Buffalo Flash in the USL W-League. The Western New York Flash won the league, then went on to win the 2011 WPS championship over the Philadelphia Independence.

Review

The Flash in action against the Philadelphia Independence during the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Championship Game at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.

The Flash joined the Women's Professional Soccer league as an expansion team in 2011, following its undefeated championship season in the USL W-League in 2010 as the Buffalo Flash. The team retained Aaran Lines, who coached the Flash the prior two seasons in the W-League, as its head coach, and remained under the ownership of Joe Sahlen.[1]

Squad

First-team squad

As of August 16, 2011[2]

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
5 Canada DF Candace Chapman
6 United States DF Gina Lewandowski
7 United States MF McCall Zerboni
8 United States DF Kandace Wilson
9 Sweden MF Caroline Seger (captain)
10 Brazil FW Marta
12 Canada FW Christine Sinclair
13 United States FW Alex Morgan
No. Position Player
14 United States MF Becky Edwards
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

Squad statistics

Source: WPS

Squad statistics are of the regular season only.

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAPKShotSOGSOG%FoulFSYCRC
18MYael Averbuch1387340201119%4500
21MBrittany Bock1817145611011982%211620
4DKimberly Brandao22180010000100
5DCandace Chapman12121026010001600
16FGemma Davison12550712010660%6900
14DBecky Edwards1818144531018739%151320
23DWhitney Engen171715300005240%3510
17FKaley Fountain52160000300%0010
19MBeverly Goebel1434281105240%2300
6DGina Lewandowski86594000005410
10FMarta141311921051412766%171600
20FMaurine1159000000000
13FAlex Morgan136689430261765%8800
38FRebecca Moros171110980003267%12510
3DAli Riley151513050107571%6400
2DAlexandra Sahlen2179000002000
9MCaroline Seger1210938511191474%7910
12FChristine Sinclair151411911081442557%5500
8FKandace Wilson1398750004250%4610
7MMcCall Zerboni141191543013862%5810
Team Total 235181164013930322012757.73%123123110
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot Sav Sav% Sho YC RC
24 GK Ashlyn Harris 18 18 1620 18 1.00 2 2 72 50 73.5% 5 0 0

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach New Zealand Aaran Lines
Assistant coach United States Scott Vallow
Strength and conditioning coach United States Demeris Johnson

Last updated: August 22, 2011
Source: WPS

Competitions

Women's Professional Soccer

Pre-season

Regular season


Results by Round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAAHHHHAHHAAHAAHAAH
Result W D W W W W W D L L W W D W W W W W

Last updated: August 22, 2011.
Source: WPS
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Home/Away Results

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 13 3 2 40 18  +22 42 7 1 1 21 8  +13 6 2 1 19 10  +9

Last updated: August 22, 2011.
Source: WPS

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
Head-to-head
1 Western New York Flash (A) 18 13 3 2 40 18+22 42 2011 WPS Championship
2 Philadelphia Independence (A) 18 11 3 4 31 18+13 36 2011 WPS Super Semifinal
3 magicJack (A) 18 9 2 7 29 290 0281 2011 WPS Playoffs
4 Boston Breakers (A) 18 5 4 9 19 245 19 BOS: 7 pts
SKY: 4 pt
5 Sky Blue FC 18 5 4 9 24 295 19
6 Atlanta Beat 18 1 4 13 7 3225 7
Classification rules: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head to head result. Source: soccerway

WPS Playoffs

Awards

WPS Player of the Week

Week Player of the Week Week's Statline
Week 4 Canada Christine Sinclair 2 G, GWG
Week 5 Brazil Marta 2 A, 1 G, GWA
Week 6 United States McCall Zerboni 1 A, 2 G, GWG
Week 7 Sweden Caroline Seger 2 G
Week 15 Canada Christine Sinclair 1 A, 2 G, GWG
BOS 2-2 WNY

WPS Player of the Month

Month Player of the Month Month's Statline
May United States McCall Zerboni 2 G, 2 A in 5 games; Flash 5-0 in May

WPS year-end awards

Award Player Notes
WPS Defender of the Year United States Whitney Engen Started and played the full 90 in all but one game
US Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year United States Ashlyn Harris Led the league in regular season goals per game average (1.00)
PUMA Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Brazil Marta Scored ten goals, earning her third consecutive award

Source: 2011 WPS Year End Awards[4]

WPS Best XI

Player Position
Ashlyn Harris Goalkeeper
Whitney Engen * Defense
Ali Riley Defense
Caroline Seger Midfield
Christine Sinclair * Forward
Marta Forward

* unanimous selection
Source: WPS Announces Best XI of 2011

See also

References

  1. Kassouf, Jeff (September 24, 2010). "Western New York becomes WPS' eighth team". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Western New York Flash :: Players". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  3. "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. 12 May 2011.
  4. "WPS Announces 2011 Year End Awards". WPS. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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