2013 Seattle Reign FC season

Seattle Reign FC

2013 season
Owner	Bill Predmore
Manager	Laura Harvey
Stadium	Starfire Sports
National Women's Soccer League	Overall: 7th
Top goalscorer	Megan Rapinoe (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	3,855 vs Washington Spirit (July 14, 2013)
Lowest home attendance	1,011 vs Washington Spirit (May 16, 2013)
Average home league attendance	2,360
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The 2013 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's first season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Background

In November 2012, it was confirmed that a Seattle-based women's professional soccer team owned by Bill Predmore (founder and president of Seattle-based digital marketing agency, POP) had been accepted into a new women's professional soccer league, later named National Women's Soccer League.^[1][2] Former general manager of the Seattle Sounders Women and Seattle Sounders FC Director of Youth Programs,^[3] Amy Carnell, was named General Manager.

On December 21, 2012, the team announced Laura Harvey as their first head coach. Harvey was head coach of Arsenal L.F.C. from 2010-2012 after serving as an assistant for two years, assisted and then coached Birmingham City L.F.C. from 2002-2008, and served as an assistant coach for England's U-17, U-19 and U-23 women's national teams from 2005-2011.^[4]

Review

Drafts and signings

On January 11, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Kaylyn Kyle (CAN), Teresa Noyola (MEX), Megan Rapinoe (USA), Amy Rodriguez (USA), Jenny Ruiz (MEX), Hope Solo (USA), and Emily Zurrer (CAN) were named to the Seattle team.^[5][6][7] On January 18, the Reign selected Christine Nairn, Mallory Schaffer, Kristen Meier, and Haley Kopmeyer at the 2013 NWSL College Draft.^[8][9] On February 4, 2013, it was announced that the team had signed four free agents: Kate Deines, Jessica Fishlock, Tiffany Cameron, and Lindsay Taylor.^[10] During the February 7, 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft, the team selected Nikki Krzysik, Lauren Barnes, Laura Heyboer, Liz Bogus, Michelle Betos and Kaley Fountain.^[11]

Preseason

Leading into the preseason, it was learned that the Reign would be without all of their U.S. national team allocated players for almost half of the season. National team forward, Amy Rodriguez, announced she was pregnant with her first child and would not be playing during the inaugural season.^[12] U.S. national team goalkeeper, Hope Solo, would be away for the first part of the season after recovering from wrist surgery and Megan Rapinoe had signed with French side, Olympique Lyonnais, from January to June and would miss at least nine games.^[13][14]

Regular season

After traveling to Japan in the preseason to play matches against defending L. League champion INAC Kobe Leonessa, Fukuoka J. Anclas, and Nojima Stella Kanagawa,^[15] the Reign faced their first regular season match against the Chicago Red Stars at Benedictine University, in which Seattle's first college draft pick, Christine Nairn, scored the Reign's first goal of the season via a header off an assist from Liz Bogus.^[16] The Red Stars later tied the game 1-1, but the point that Seattle earned in the game would be its only for the next nine games. Without the U.S. national team players or a veteran goalscorer up front, the team struggled to win games. Although the losses were for the most part consistently low-scoring games, it was apparent that the Reign was missing some final ingredients for success.

In June 2013, head coach Laura Harvey began making some trades and signing new players. Forward and Canadian international, Tiffany Cameron was waived, later to be picked up by FC Kansas City and former U.S. national team defender, Stephanie Cox was added to the roster.^[17] Mexican allocated player and former Stanford Cardinal standout, Teresa Noyola, was traded to FC Kansas City for Renae Cuellar, and Noyola's fellow former Stanford Cardinal goal-scorer, Lindsay Taylor was traded to the Washington Spirit. After a brief stint on the team by Tobagonian international, Kennya Cordner who was later waived and replaced by Australian national team co-captain, Emily van Egmond due to the league's restriction on only having two international players on a team (in addition to allocated players), and the return of U.S. national team players, Solo and Rapinoe, the Reign began to turn the season around with a 1-1 tie against the Western New York Flash.^[18] The game would be the first of a six-game undefeated streak for the Reign with two ties and four wins.^[19] After losing to regional rival, Portland Thorns FC, 2-1 in the season finale in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,855, the Reign ended the 2013 NWSL season seventh in the league with a 5-14-3 record.^[20]

Club

Executive staff

Owner	Bill Predmore
General Manager	Laura Harvey
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Starfire Sports Stadium (4,500 / 110x70 yards)

Last updated: April 8, 2013
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Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Laura Harvey
Assistant Coach	Sam Laity
Goalkeeper Coach	Ben Dragavon

Roster

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Hope Solo 2 DF Emily Zurrer 3 DF Lauren Barnes 4 DF Kate Deines 5 FW Liz Bogus 6 MF Kaylyn Kyle 7 DF Elli Reed 9 DF Stephanie Cox 10 MF Jessica Fishlock 11 MF Keelin Winters

No. Position Player 13 DF Jenny Ruiz 14 MF Kristina Larsen 15 MF Megan Rapinoe 18 GK Michelle Betos 19 MF Christine Nairn 20 MF Emily van Egmond 21 MF Kristen Meier 22 FW Jessica McDonald 23 FW Renae Cuellar 25 DF Kiersten Dallstream

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Regular season

Standings

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

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	18	5	14	3	22	36	−14	4	6	1	15	16	−1	1	8	2	7	20	−13

Last updated: August 18, 2013
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html
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
Ground	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L

Last updated: August 18, 2013.
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/index_E.html
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of August 20, 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Lauren Barnes	22	0	22	0
18	GK		Michelle Betos	7	0	7	0
5	FW		Liz Bogus	20	1	20	1
9	FW		Tiffany Cameron	7	0	7	0
26	FW		Kennya Cordner	3	0	3	0
9	DF		Stephanie Cox	4	0	4	0
23	FW		Renae Cuellar	7	0	7	0
25	DF		Kiersten Dallstream	20	0	20	0
4	DF		Kate Deines	17	0	17	0
10	MF		Jessica Fishlock	21	4	21	4
20	GK		Haley Kopmeyer	1	0	1	0
6	MF		Kaylyn Kyle	21	3	21	3
14	FW		Kristina Larsen	9	0	9	0
21	MF		Kristen Meier	6	0	6	0
21	FW		Jessica McDonald	7	3	7	3
19	MF		Christine Nairn	22	3	22	3
8	MF		Teresa Noyola	11	1	11	1
16	MF		Lyndsey Patterson	3	0	3	0
15	MF		Megan Rapinoe	12	5	12	5
7	DF		Elli Reed	17	0	17	0
13	MF		Jenny Ruiz	7	0	7	0
1	GK		Hope Solo	14	0	14	0
17	FW		Lindsay Taylor	6	1	6	1
20	MF		Emily van Egmond	6	0	6	0
11	MF		Keelin Winters	21	1	21	1
2	DF		Emily Zurrer	7	0	7	0

Top scorers

Players with one goal or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013

Rk.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total	NWSL
1		MF	Megan Rapinoe	5	5
2		MF	Jessica Fishlock	4	4
3		FW	Jessica McDonald	3	3
3		MF	Christine Nairn	3	3
3		DF	Kaylyn Kyle	3	3
4		FW	Liz Bogus	1	1
4		MF	Teresa Noyola	1	1
4		FW	Lindsay Taylor	1	1
4		MF	Keelin Winters	1	1

Top assists

Players with one assist or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013

Rk.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total	NWSL
1		MF	Christine Nairn	5	5
2		FW	Liz Bogus	2	2
2		DF	Elli Reed	2	2
3		FW	Kristina Larsen	1	1
3		FW	Jessica McDonald	1	1
3		MF	Teresa Noyola	1	1
3		MF	Keelin Winters	1	1

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		NWSL
23		FW	Renae Cuellar	1	0	1	0
25		DF	Kiersten Dallstream	0	1	0	1
7		MF	Jessica Fishlock	4	0	4	0
10		MF	Kaylyn Kyle	4	0	4	0
19		MF	Christine Nairn	2	0	1	0
14		FW	Kristina Larsen	1	0	1	0
19		MF	Megan Rapinoe	1	0	1	0
16		MF	Elli Reed	2	0	2	0
13		DF	Jenny Ruiz	0	1	0	1
1		GK	Hope Solo	1	0	1	0
1		MF	Emily van Egmond	1	0	1	0
1		MF	Keelin Winters	1	0	1	0
2		DF	Emily Zurrer	1	0	1	0

Goalkeeper stats

Last updated: August 20, 2013

No.	Nat	Player	National Women's Soccer League
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV
18		Michelle Betos	630	14	2	34
20		Haley Kopmeyer	90	3	3	6
1		Hope Solo	1260	19	1.357	81

Player Transactions

Transfers In

Date	Player	Pos	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
March 1, 2013	Keelin Winters	MF	Chicago Red Stars	Traded for first round pick in the 2014 College Draft and future considerations	[21]
June 19, 2013	Stephanie Cox	DF	-	Signed mid-season	[22]
June 28, 2013	Jessica McDonald	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired via waivers	[23]
July 1, 2013	Renae Cuellar	FW	FC Kansas City	Traded for Teresa Noyola, rights for unsigned player Nikki Krzysik, and second round 2014 NWSL college draft pick	[24]
July 12, 2013	Emily van Egmond	MF	Newcastle Jets FC	Signed; Kennya Cordner waived due to international player restrictions in league	[25]

Transfers Out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
June 25, 2013	Tiffany Cameron	FW	FC Kansas City	Waived, later picked up by Kansas City	[26]
June 28, 2013	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	-	Waived to make room for Jessica McDonald	[23]
July 1, 2013	Teresa Noyola	MF	FC Kansas City	Traded for Renae Cuellar	[24]
July 1, 2013	Lindsay Taylor	FW	Washington Spirit	Traded to Washington for conditional fourth round pick in exchange for the Spirit’s second round pick.	[24]
July 12, 2013	Kennya Cordner	FW		Kennya Cordner waived due to international player restrictions in league when Emily van Egmond signed.	[25]

Honors and awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Player	Ref
2	Jessica Fishlock	[27]
16	Megan Rapinoe	[28]

Reign FC Player of the Match

Date	Player	Ref
7/11/2013	Christine Nairn	[29]
7/14/2013	Jessica McDonald	[30]
7/25/2013	Kaylyn Kyle	[31]
8/16/2013	Megan Rapinoe	[32]

See also

• 2013 National Women's Soccer League season

References