2013 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash

2013 Western New York Flash season
President	Alexandra Sahlen
Head coach	Aaran Lines
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
NWSL	1st
NWSL Playoffs	NWSL Championship Runner-up
Highest home attendance	9,129 vs Portland Thorns FC (August 31, 2013 - NWSL Championship)
Lowest home attendance	2,127 vs Sky Blue FC (May 1, 2013)
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The 2013 season was Western New York Flash's sixth season of existence, and the first in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club

File:2013-07-04 Redstars v Flash FlashSideOfMidfield.jpg

July 4, 2013; Chicago Red Stars vs Western New York Flash. Playing at midfield, left to right: Perez-17, Sitch-19, Quon-11, Leon-16, Zerboni-7, Grings-21, Johnson-12, Huffman-14, Reynolds-16

Current 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 Pamela Tajonar 2 DF Alexandra Sahlen 3 DF Bryanna McCarthy 4 FW Samantha Kerr 6 DF Angela Salem 7 MF McCall Zerboni 8 FW Adriana Martín 9 MF Ingrid Wells 10 MF Carli Lloyd 11 FW Laura Heyboer

No. Position Player 12 DF Estelle Johnson 13 DF Brittany Taylor 14 MF Sarah Huffman 15 MF Vicki DiMartino 16 DF Katherine Reynolds 17 MF Veronica Perez 20 FW Abby Wambach 22 DF Amy Barczuk 23 MF Jodi-Ann Robinson 24 GK Adrianna Franch

Match results

Regular season

Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash

April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) 1	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EST	Zerboni  42' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,611

Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash

April 20, 2013 (2013-04-20) 2	Washington Spirit	1–1	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST	Huster  84' Kerr  85'	Report	Matheson  87'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Kari Seitz

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) 3	Western New York Flash	1–2	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
19:35 EST	Kerr  7'	Report	O'Reilly  16', 83' Whitehill  62'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,065 Referee: Eugene Mednikov

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) 4	Western New York Flash	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EST	Martín  6' Wambach  20' Kerr  45'	Report	Schmidt  44' O'Hara  72'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Miguel Panduro

Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City

May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) 5	Western New York Flash	2–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:35 EST	Wambach  34', 39' Heyboer  90+5'	Report	Cheney  53' Sesselmann  90+1'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24) 6	Western New York Flash	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
19:05 EST	Wambach  54' Zerboni  65' Lloyd  74'	Report	Chalupny  43'  52'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) 7	Boston Breakers	2–2	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
19:00 EST	Sanderson  44' Nogueira  58' Leroux  64'	Report	Wambach  28' Taylor  75' Robinson  90+4'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,124 Referee: John McCloskey

Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash

June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) 8	Sky Blue FC	0–3	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST		Report	Kerr  4' Lloyd  45' Reynolds  50' Wambach  82'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Josh Wilkens

Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash

June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) 9	Washington Spirit	0–2	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EST		Report	Perez  10' DiMartino  31'  36' Martín  56'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Boris Senic

Chicago Red Stars v Western New York Flash

June 19, 2013 (2013-06-19) 10	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Western New York Flash	Lisle, Illinois
18:30 EST	Mautz  1' Osborne  40'	Report	Martín  12' Zerboni  72' Taylor  89'	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 790 Referee: Kara Honthumb

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) 11	Western New York Flash	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
19:05 EST	Wambach  56' (pen.) Robinson  73'	Report	Winters  28' Dallstream  56' Fishlock  84'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,347 Referee: Miguel Panduro

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) 12	Western New York Flash	4–0	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
19:05 EST	Lloyd  3', 22', 56' Taylor  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,364 Referee: Miguel Panduro

Chicago Red Stars v Western New York Flash

July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) 13	Chicago Red Stars	1-0	Western New York Flash	Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CST	Quon  14' Chalupny  58'	Report		Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,064 Referee: Juliana Duncan

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

July 11, 2013 14	Seattle Reign FC	3-2	Western New York Flash	Tukwila, Washington
14:00 (PST)	Fishlock  14' Rapinoe  44' Nairn  82'	Report	Wambach  10, 47'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Robert Sibiga

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

July 7, 2013 15	FC Kansas City	0-0	Western New York Flash	Overland Park, Kansas
		Report		Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,031 Referee: Keri Seitz

Portland Thorns FC v Western New York Flash

July 14, 2013 16	Portland Thorns FC	1-1	Western New York Flash	Portland, Oregon
18:00 (PST)	Shim  38' Heath  85'	Summary	Wambach  23'  37' Salem  90+1'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 13,021 Referee: Ted Unkel

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

July 21, 2013 17	Western New York Flash	3-0	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
14:30 (PST)	Lloyd  13' Taylor  35' Kerr  56'	Summary		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,664 Referee: Kara Honthumb

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

July 31, 2013 18	Western New York Flash	3-0	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
20:05 (PST)	Martin  35' Kerr  60' Lloyd  68'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Miguel Panduro

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

August 3, 2013 19	Boston Breakers	2-2	Western New York Flash	Somerville, Massachusetts
	Simon  17' Sanderson  65'	Report	DiMartino  77' Lloyd  85'	Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,899 Referee: Christina Unkel

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

August 7, 2013 20	Western New York Flash	1-0	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
19:05 (PST)	Lloyd  54'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,993 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC

August 10, 2013 21	Western New York Flash	0-0	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
20:35		Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7,606 Referee: Margaret Domka

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

August 17, 2013 22	Western New York Flash	2-1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
20:35	Kerr  23' Wambach  28'		Wilkinson  55'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6311

Playoffs

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

August 24, 2013 Semifinal	Western New York Flash	2-0	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
20:00 ET	Lloyd  33' Lloyd  93+'			Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 7,316 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC

August 31, 2013 Final	Western New York Flash	0-2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
20:00 ET			Heath  40' Sinclair  92+'	Attendance: 9,129 Referee: Kari Seitz

Standings

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	38	10	4	8	36	20	+16	8	1	2	21	7	+14	2	3	6	15	13	+2

Last updated: August 3, 2015
Source: Soccerway
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	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H
Result	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W

Last updated: August 13, 2013.
Source: Soccerway
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

See also

• 2013 National Women's Soccer League season