# 2014 FC Kansas City season

The 2014 season was FC Kansas City's second season of existence. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. FC Kansas City won its first NWSL championship in 2014, defeating Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL Playoffs final.

## Club
### Roster

As of July 1, 2014
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Sara Keane | United States |
| 2 | FW | Melissa Henderson | United States |
| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | United States |
| 5 | FW | Liz Bogus | United States |
| 6 | MF | Jen Buczkowski | United States |
| 7 | MF | Jenna Richmond | United States |
| 8 | FW | Amy Rodriguez | United States |
| 9 | MF | Merritt Mathias | United States |
| 10 | FW | Frances Silva | United States |
| 11 | MF | Morgan Marlborough | United States |
| 12 | FW | Lauren Holiday | United States |
| 13 | DF | Leigh Ann Robinson | United States |
| 14 | DF | Kassey Kallman | United States |
| 15 | MF | Erika Tymrak | United States |
| 16 | DF | Nia Williams | United States |
| 17 | DF | Amy LePeilbet | United States |
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | United States |
| 19 | FW | Katrina Gorry | Australia |
| 20 | MF | Molly Dreska | United States |
| 22 | GK | Cecilia Santiago | Mexico |
| 23 | DF | Nikki Phillips | United States |
| 24 | FW | Sarah Hagen | United States |
| 25 | MF | Mandy Laddish | United States |
| 28 | MF | Missy Geha | United States |

### Team management

FC Kansas City's ownership group is composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome. Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), was head coach for the 2013 season.

## Match results

Win  Draw  Loss

### NWSL
#### Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

#### Regular-season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 54 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | FC Kansas City (C) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 41 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Portland Thorns FC | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 36 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 34 | |
| 7 | Western New York Flash | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 28 | |
| 8 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 20 | |
| 9 | Houston Dash | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 18 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: July 19, 2014. Source: Match reports
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Stadium | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L |

### NWSL Championship Playoffs
#### Championship
## Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 5 | FW | Liz Bogus | 13 | 8 | 598 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jen Buczkowski | 24 | 24 | 2087 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Molly Dreska | 1 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Missy Geha | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Katrina Gorry | 9 | 3 | 376 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Sarah Hagen | 9 | 7 | 529 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Melissa Henderson | 5 | 3 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Lauren Holiday | 21 | 21 | 1766 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 35 | 5 | 96 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Kassey Kallman | 18 | 18 | 1479 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Mandy Laddish | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Amy LePeilbet | 11 | 4 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Morgan Marlborough | 9 | 2 | 247 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Merritt Mathias | 20 | 16 | 1436 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Nikki Phillips | 23 | 23 | 1970 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jenna Richmond | 22 | 20 | 1754 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Leigh Ann Robinson | 23 | 23 | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Amy Rodriguez | 22 | 21 | 1808 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | 22 | 22 | 1935 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Frances Silva | 18 | 5 | 568 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Erika Tymrak | 21 | 18 | 1540 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Nia Williams | 5 | 2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | 22 | 22 | 1935 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 210 | 100 | 71 | 29 | 1.318 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | GK | Sarah Keane | 2 | 2 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |