# 2016 Boston Breakers season

The 2016 Boston Breakers season, is the club's eleventh season overall, its seventh consecutive season, and fourth year as a member of the National Women's Soccer League.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Matt Beard |
| Assistant Coach | Dushawne Simpson |
| Assistant Coach | Cat Whitehill |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Ashley Phillips |
Last updated: May 5, 2016 Source:

### First-team squad

As of July 12, 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | MF | FRA | Ghoutia Karchouni |
| 1 | GK | USA | Libby Stout |
| 2 | GK | USA | Jami Kranich |
| 3 | FW | USA | Elisa Krieghoff |
| 4 | DF | USA | Whitney Engen |
| 5 | DF | USA | Kassey Kallman |
| 7 | MF | USA | Sinead Farrelly |
| 8 | DF | USA | Julie King |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Natasha Dowie |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Louise Schillgard |
| 11 | FW | USA | Brittany Ratcliffe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | GK | USA | Abby Smith |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Kyah Simon |
| 19 | MF | USA | Kristie Mewis |
| 20 | DF | USA | Mollie Pathman |
| 21 | DF | USA | Christen Westphal |
| 22 | MF | USA | Stephanie Verdoia |
| 23 | DF | USA | Brooke Elby |
| 24 | DF | USA | Rachel Wood |
| 26 | MF | USA | Angela Salem |
| 88 | MF | USA | Katie Schoepfer |
| 99 | FW | GER | Eunice Beckmann |

## Competitions
### Key

Win  Tie  Loss

### Preseason

As in previous seasons, Breakers spent time in Florida during preseason.

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portland Thorns FC | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 41 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Washington Spirit | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 39 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 33 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Western New York Flash (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 32 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Seattle Reign FC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 30 | |
| 6 | FC Kansas City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 26 | |
| 7 | Sky Blue FC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 26 | |
| 8 | Houston Dash | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | Orlando Pride | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 19 | |
| 10 | Boston Breakers | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 11 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 32 | −27 |
Last updated: September 11, 2016 Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings 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 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L |

## Squad statistics

Source: NWSL
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 99 | FW | Eunice Beckmann | 11 | 8 | 658 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 31% | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Natasha Dowie | 7 | 7 | 605 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 48% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Brooke Elby | 13 | 11 | 919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Whitney Engen | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kassey Kallman | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Ghoutia Karchouni | 3 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Julie King | 18 | 17 | 1523 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 45% | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | Jami Kranich | 9 | 9 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | Elisa Krieghoff | 6 | 0 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Morgan Marlborough | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Stephanie McCaffrey | 12 | 10 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53% | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Kristie Mewis | 14 | 13 | 1122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 26% | 4 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mollie Pathman | 13 | 12 | 1055 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Brittany Ratcliffe | 15 | 5 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 29% | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Angela Salem | 19 | 19 | 1699 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 43% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Louise Schillgard | 18 | 16 | 1429 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 67% | 9 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Katie Schoepfer | 12 | 8 | 597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 36% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Kyah Simon | 17 | 14 | 1293 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 24% | 8 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Abby Smith | 2 | 2 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Libby Stout | 10 | 9 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Kylie Strom | 7 | 3 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Stephanie Verdoia | 10 | 5 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Christen Westphal | 13 | 7 | 579 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Rachel Wood | 7 | 2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 8 | 8 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 19799 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 191 | 74 | 39% | 65 | 65 | 38 | 181 | 169 | 24 | 1 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
| 2 | GK | Jami Kranich | 9 | 9 | 810 | 25 | 2.78 | 3 | 3 | 130 | 64 | 39 | 61% | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Abby Smith | 2 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 88% | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Libby Stout | 10 | 9 | 868 | 21 | 2.10 | 2 | 2 | 139 | 62 | 42 | 68% | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 47 | 2.35 | 5 | 5 | 288 | 134 | 88 | 66% | 1 | 0 |