2011 Western New York Flash season
2011 season | |||
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Owner | ![]() | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
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) | ||
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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
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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.
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Transfers
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Squad statistics
Source: WPS
Squad statistics are of the regular season only.
N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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18 | M | Yael Averbuch | 13 | 8 | 734 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
21 | M | Brittany Bock | 18 | 17 | 1456 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 82% | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
4 | D | Kimberly Brandao | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | D | Candace Chapman | 12 | 12 | 1026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
16 | F | Gemma Davison | 12 | 5 | 507 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 60% | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
14 | D | Becky Edwards | 18 | 18 | 1445 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 39% | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
23 | D | Whitney Engen | 17 | 17 | 1530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
17 | F | Kaley Fountain | 5 | 2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | M | Beverly Goebel | 14 | 3 | 428 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
6 | D | Gina Lewandowski | 8 | 6 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
10 | F | Marta | 14 | 13 | 1192 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 27 | 66% | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
20 | F | Maurine | 1 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | F | Alex Morgan | 13 | 6 | 689 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 65% | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
38 | F | Rebecca Moros | 17 | 11 | 1098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
3 | D | Ali Riley | 15 | 15 | 1305 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 71% | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2 | D | Alexandra Sahlen | 2 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | M | Caroline Seger | 12 | 10 | 938 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 74% | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
12 | F | Christine Sinclair | 15 | 14 | 1191 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 57% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
8 | F | Kandace Wilson | 13 | 9 | 875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
7 | M | McCall Zerboni | 14 | 11 | 915 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 62% | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Team Total | 235 | 181 | 16401 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 220 | 127 | 57.73% | 123 | 123 | 11 | 0 |
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | Sav | Sav% | Sho | YC | RC |
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24 | GK | Ashlyn Harris | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 18 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 50 | 73.5% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Club
Management
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Strength and conditioning coach | ![]() |
Last updated: August 22, 2011
Source: WPS
Competitions
Women's Professional Soccer
Pre-season
March 26, 2011 Pre 1 | Western New York Flash | 3-1 | Syracuse Orangemen | Rochester, NY, U.S. |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
Regular season
April 17, 2011 WPS 1 | Boston Breakers | 1-2 | Western New York Flash | Allston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Bock ![]() Smith ![]() | Report | Sinclair ![]() Davison ![]() | Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Kari Seitz |
April 24, 2011 WPS 2 | Atlanta Beat | 2-2 | Western New York Flash | Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. |
Sesselmann ![]() Lloyd ![]() Chalupny ![]() Lloyd ![]() Flanagan ![]() Mitts ![]() | Report | Sinclair ![]() Marta ![]() Fountain ![]() | Stadium: Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,075 |
May 1, 2011 WPS 3 | Western New York Flash | 3-0 | Atlanta Beat | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Sinclair ![]() Engen ![]() Sinclair ![]() Morgan ![]() Zerboni ![]() | Report | Mitts ![]() Sesselmann ![]() Flanagan ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,164 Referee: Ted Unkel |
May 6, 2011 WPS 4 | Western New York Flash | 3-1 | Sky Blue FC | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Morgan ![]() Seger ![]() Marta ![]() | Report | Adriana ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,704 Referee: Christina Ibanez |
May 13, 2011 WPS 5 | Western New York Flash | 3-2 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Bock ![]() Zerboni ![]() Zerboni ![]() | Report | Bogus ![]() Moore ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,372 |
May 22, 2011 WPS 6 | Western New York Flash | 3-0 | magicJack | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Edwards ![]() Seger ![]() Bock ![]() Seger ![]() | Report | Ellertson ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Daniel Radford |
May 29, 2011 WPS 7 | Philadelphia Independence | 1-2 | Western New York Flash | Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Rapinoe ![]() Magnusdottir ![]() Rapinoe ![]() McNeill ![]() | Report | Edwards ![]() Marta ![]() Lewandowski ![]() | Stadium: Widener University Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Christina Ibanez |
June 3, 2011 WPS 8 | Western New York Flash | 2-2 | Sky Blue FC | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Edwards ![]() Seger ![]() Sinclair ![]() Seger ![]() | Report | Blank ![]() Long ![]() Nogueira ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,643 Referee: Felisha Mariscal |
June 12, 2011 WPS 9 | Western New York Flash | 0-1 | Philadelphia Independence | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Magnusdottir ![]() Adams ![]() | Report | Lohman ![]() Buczkowski ![]() Wilson ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Daniel Radford |
July 9, 2011 WPS 10 | Philadelphia Independence | 2-1 | Western New York Flash | Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Kai ![]() Farrelly ![]() | Report | Sinclair ![]() | Stadium: Widener University Attendance: 2,556 Referee: Moo Hackett |
July 17, 2011 WPS 11 | Sky Blue FC | 0-2 | Western New York Flash | Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S. |
Branam ![]() | Report | Edwards ![]() Dew ![]() Goebel ![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Ted Unkel |
July 20, 2011 WPS 12 | Western New York Flash | 3-1 | magicJack | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Sinclair ![]() Sinclair ![]() Zerboni ![]() | Report | Masar ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 15,404 Referee: Christina Ibanez |
July 24, 2011 WPS 13 | Boston Breakers | 2-2 | Western New York Flash | Allston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
O'Hara ![]() O'Hara ![]() O'Hara ![]() | Report | Marta ![]() Morgan ![]() | Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 6,222 Referee: Daniel Radford |
July 30, 2011 WPS 14 | Sky Blue FC | 1-4 | Western New York Flash | Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S. |
Adriana ![]() Dew ![]() | Report | Zerboni ![]() Marta ![]() Sinclair ![]() Morgan ![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,065 Referee: Kari Seitz |
August 3, 2011 WPS 15 | Western New York Flash | 2-1 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Sinclair ![]() Edwards ![]() | Report | Winters ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,463 Referee: Patrick Baker |
August 6, 2011 WPS 16 | Atlanta Beat | 0-2 | Western New York Flash | Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. |
Report | Marta ![]() Marta ![]() | Stadium: Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,112 |
August 10, 2011 WPS 17 | magicJack | 1-2 | Western New York Flash | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
Schmidt ![]() Wambach ![]() | Report | Moros ![]() Marta ![]() Marta ![]() | Stadium: FAU Soccer Field Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Daniel Radford |
August 14, 2011 WPS 18 | Western New York Flash | 2-0 | Atlanta Beat | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Seger ![]() Marta ![]() | Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,702 Referee: Moo Hackett |
Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Ground | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Home/Away Results
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 relegation |
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1 | Western New York Flash | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 42 | Advance to Championship |
2 | Philadelphia Independence | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 36 | Advance to Super Semifinal |
3 | magicJack | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 28[a] | Advance to First round |
4 | Boston Breakers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19[b] | |
5 | Sky Blue FC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 19[b] | |
6 | Atlanta Beat | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) head-to-head result.
Notes:
- ^ magicJack were deducted a point for various league violations.[3]
- ^ a b BOS: 7 pts; SKY: 4 pt
WPS Playoffs
August 27, 2011 WPS Championship | Western New York Flash | 1-1 (a.e.t.) (5-4 p) | Philadelphia Independence | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
4:00 p.m. (EST) | Edwards ![]() Sinclair ![]() Goebel ![]() ![]() Marta ![]() | Report | Rodriguez ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 10,461 Referee: Kari Seitz |
Penalties | ||||
Marta ![]() Sinclair ![]() Zerboni ![]() Seger ![]() Averbuch ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Awards
WPS Player of the Week
Week | Player of the Week | Week's Statline |
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Week 4 | ![]() | 2 G, GWG |
Week 5 | ![]() | 2 A, 1 G, GWA |
Week 6 | ![]() | 1 A, 2 G, GWG |
Week 7 | ![]() | 2 G |
Week 15 | ![]() | 1 A, 2 G, GWG |
BOS 2-2 WNY |
WPS Player of the Month
Month | Player of the Month | Month's Statline |
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May | ![]() | 2 G, 2 A in 5 games; Flash 5-0 in May |
WPS year-end awards
Award | Player | Notes |
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WPS Defender of the Year | ![]() | Started and played the full 90 in all but one game |
US Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year | ![]() | Led the league in regular season goals per game average (1.00) |
PUMA Golden Boot (Top Scorer) | ![]() | Scored ten goals, earning her third consecutive award |
Source: 2011 WPS Year End Awards[4]
WPS Best XI
Player | Position |
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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
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (September 24, 2010). "Western New York becomes WPS' eighth team". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^ "Western New York Flash :: Players". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
- ^ "WPS Imposes Punishment on magicJack with Point Deduction, Loss of Draft Picks". allwhitekit.com. May 12, 2011.
- ^ "WPS Announces 2011 Year End Awards". WPS. August 17, 2011. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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