# 2014 Seattle Reign FC season

The 2014 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's second season of play and their second season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

## Review and events
### Preseason

Following an inaugural 2013 season that saw the team finish 7th out of 8 teams, the roster was significantly overhauled by Head Coach and GM Laura Harvey, with only 9 players returning for the 2014 season. In November, the team acquired US National team forward Sydney Leroux in a trade with the Boston Breakers. Two days later, they signed Scottish international Kim Little — who had previously played for Harvey at Arsenal — after acquiring her NWSL rights in a trade with the Washington Spirit.
In the January 2014 NWSL College Draft, the team selected Amanda Frisbie of Portland (1st round), Megan Brigman of North Carolina (2nd round), and Ellen Parker of Portland (4th round). In February, they announced that they would be moving home stadiums from Starfire Sports in Tukwila to Memorial Stadium, located near downtown Seattle in Seattle Center. On February 10 they announced the signing of their third international player, adding Japanese national team midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi on loan from Japanese club side INAC Kobe Leonessa.

### Regular season

During the 2014 season, the Reign set a league record unbeaten streak of 16 games. During the 16 game stretch, the Reign compiled a 13–0–3 record. The streak came to an end July 12, 2014, in a match against the Chicago Red Stars that ended 1–0 in favor of the Red Stars. The team finished first in the regular season clinching the NWSL Shield for the first time. Following the regular season, the team earned several league awards. Kim Little won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards; Laura Harvey was named Coach of the Year; Kendall Fletcher, Jess Fishlock, Little and Nahomi Kawasumi were named to the NWSL Best XI team while goalkeeper Hope Solo and defenders Lauren Barnes and Stephanie Cox were named to the Second XI team.

### Playoffs

After defeating the Washington Spirit 2–1 in the playoff semi-finals, the Reign were defeated 2-1 by FC Kansas City during the championship final.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| General Manager & Head Coach | Laura Harvey |
| Assistant Coach | Sam Laity |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Ben Dragavon |
Last updated: April 4, 2014 Source:

### Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | USA | Lauren Barnes |
| 23 | DF | USA | Megan Brigman |
| 14 | DF | USA | Stephanie Cox |
| 25 | DF | USA | Kiersten Dallstream |
| 4 | DF | USA | Kate Deines |
| 10 | MF | WAL | Jess Fishlock |
| 13 | DF | USA | Kendall Fletcher |
| 12 | DF | USA | Amanda Frisbie |
| 18 | MF | USA | Danielle Foxhoven |
| 17 | FW | USA | Beverly Goebel (on loan from INAC Kobe Leonessa) |
| 19 | DF | USA | Holly Hein |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | JPN | Nahomi Kawasumi (on loan from INAC Kobe Leonessa) |
| 28 | GK | USA | Haley Kopmeyer |
| 2 | FW | USA | Sydney Leroux |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Kim Little |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Carmelina Moscato |
| 20 | MF | SAM | Mariah Nogueira |
| 15 | MF | USA | Megan Rapinoe |
| 7 | DF | USA | Elli Reed |
| 1 | GK | USA | Hope Solo |
| 11 | MF | USA | Keelin Winters (captain) |

## Competitions

Win  Tie  Loss

### Regular season
#### 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 |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 24 | 54 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 |
Last updated: September 5, 2014 Source: 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 matchday

| 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 | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* ↑ SRFC's position at the end of the day in which their match was played.

### Playoffs
## Statistics
### Goals and assists

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    As of match played August 31, 2014
| No. | Pos. | Name | NWSL Regular Season | NWSL Regular Season | NWSL Regular Season | NWSL Playoffs | NWSL Playoffs | NWSL Playoffs | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |
| 3 | DF | Lauren Barnes | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Megan Brigman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Stephanie Cox | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Kiersten Dallstream | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Kate Deines | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jess Fishlock | 22 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | DF | Kendall Fletcher | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Danielle Foxhoven | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Amanda Frisbie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Beverly Goebel | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 |
| 19 | DF | Holly Hein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nahomi Kawasumi | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 |
| 28 | GK | Haley Kopmeyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Sydney Leroux | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kim Little | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | Carmelina Moscato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mariah Nogueira | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Megan Rapinoe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | Elli Reed | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | GK | Hope Solo | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Keelin Winters | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Carli Lloyd (WNY) | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | |
| Total | Total | Total | --- | 46 | 30 | --- | 3 | 1 | --- | 49 | 31 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played August 31, 2014
| No. | Pos. | Name | NWSL Regular Season | NWSL Regular Season | NWSL Regular Season | NWSL Playoffs | NWSL Playoffs | NWSL Playoffs | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Lauren Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Megan Brigman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Stephanie Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Kiersten Dallstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kate Deines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jess Fishlock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Kendall Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Danielle Foxhoven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Amanda Frisbie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Beverly Goebel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Holly Hein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nahomi Kawasumi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Haley Kopmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Sydney Leroux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kim Little | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Carmelina Moscato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mariah Nogueira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Megan Rapinoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Elli Reed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Hope Solo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Keelin Winters | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards
### 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or

* FIFA Women's World Player of the Year: Nahomi Kawasumi (nominee)
* FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football: Laura Harvey (nominee)

### Season Awards

* NWSL Golden Boot – Kim Little (16 goals)
* NWSL Coach of the Year – Laura Harvey
* NWSL Most Valuable Player – Kim Little
* NWSL Best XI – Kendall Fletcher, Jess Fishlock, Kim Little, Nahomi Kawasumi
* NWSL Second XI – Hope Solo, Lauren Barnes, Stephanie Cox

### NWSL Player of the Month

* Kim Little, April 2014.
* Kim Little, May 2014.
* Kim Little, July 2014.

### NWSL Player of the Week

* Sydney Leroux, Week 4
* Nahomi Kawasumi, Week 13, 16

### Player of the Match

    (Team awards for select matches)
* Kim Little vs. Boston Breakers, April 13, 2014.
* Jess Fishlock vs. Washington Spirit, April 23, 2014.
* Kim Little vs. Houston Dash, April 27, 2014.
* Kim Little and Hope Solo at Portland Thorns FC, May 10, 2014.
* Keelin Winters vs. FC Kansas City, May 14, 2014.
* Sydney Leroux vs. Chicago Red Stars, June 7, 2014.
* Nahomi Kawasumi vs. Boston Breakers, July 6, 2014.
* Beverly Goebel vs Chicago Red Stars, July 20, 2014.
* Nahomi Kawasumi vs. Portland Thorns FC, July 27, 2014.
* Hope Solo vs. Washington Spirit, August 24, 2014 (Playoff semifinal)

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Pos | Previous Club | Notes |
| September 10, 2013 | Carmelina Moscato | DF | Boston Breakers | Traded for Kaylyn Kyle |
| October 23, 2013 | Mariah Nogueira | MF | Boston Breakers | Traded for Seattle's 3rd round draft pick in 2014 and 3rd round draft pick in 2015 |
| October 25, 2013 | Nikki Marshall | DF | Washington Spirit | Traded along with Washington's 2014 3rd round pick and the NWSL rights to Alina Garciamendez for Renae Cuellar, Seattle's 2014 3rd round draft pick and the rights to Jodie Taylor |
| November 7, 2013 | Kristie Mewis | MF | FC Kansas City | Traded for the rights to Amy Rodriguez |
| November 18, 2013 | Sydney Leroux | FW | Boston Breakers | Traded for Kristie Mewis, Michelle Betos, and Seattle's 1st and 2nd round picks in the 2015 draft |
| November 20, 2013 | Kim Little | MF | Arsenal LFC | Signed as an International free agent |
| November 26, 2013 | Danielle Foxhoven | FW | Portland Thorns FC | Traded for Jessica McDonald and the NWSL rights to Rebecca Moros |
| December 5, 2013 | Beverly Goebel | FW | INAC Kobe Leonessa | Acquired on loan for the 2014 season |
| January 3, 2014 | Arianna Romero | DF | Nebraska Cornhuskers | New allocation from FMF |
| February 10, 2014 | Nahomi Kawasumi | MF | INAC Kobe Leonessa | Acquired on loan for the 2014 season |
| February 11, 2014 | Kendall Fletcher | DF | Canberra United | Signed as a free agent |
| February 12, 2014 | Amanda Frisbie | DF | Portland Pilots | Seattle's 1st round draft pick |
| February 13, 2014 | Haley Kopmeyer | GK | | Signed as a free agent |
| March 14, 2014 | Niki Cross | DF | FC Bayern Munich | Signed and immediately traded to Washington for a 2nd round draft pick. |
| March 31, 2014 | Megan Brigman | DF | North Carolina Tar Heels | Seattle's 2nd round draft pick |
| July 30, 2014 | Holly Hein | DF | | Signed as a free agent |

### Out

| Date | Player | Pos | Destination Club | Notes |
| September 9, 2013 | Kristina Larsen | MF | | Included in end-of-season Waiver Draft |
| September 9, 2013 | Kristen Meier | MF | | Included in end-of-season Waiver Draft |
| September 10, 2013 | Kaylyn Kyle | MF | Boston Breakers | Traded for Carmelina Moscato |
| October 25, 2013 | Renae Cuellar | FW | Washington Spirit | Traded along with Seattle's 2014 3rd round draft pick and the rights to Jodie Taylor for Nikki Marshall, Washington's 2014 3rd round pick, and the NWSL rights to Alina Garciamendez |
| November 5, 2013 | Emily van Egmond | FW | | Waived |
| November 18, 2013 | Kristie Mewis | MF | Boston Breakers | Traded along with Michelle Betos and Seattle's 1st and 2nd round picks in the 2015 draft for Sydney Leroux |
| November 18, 2013 | Michelle Betos | GK | Boston Breakers | Traded along with Kristie Mewis and Seattle's 1st and 2nd round picks in the 2015 draft for Sydney Leroux |
| November 20, 2013 | Christine Nairn | MF | Washington Spirit | Traded for the NWSL rights to Kim Little |
| November 26, 2013 | Jessica McDonald | FW | Portland Thorns FC | Traded along with the NWSL rights to Rebecca Moros for Danielle Foxhoven |
| December 5, 2013 | Liz Bogus | FW | FC Kansas City | Traded along with Seattle's 3rd round 2014 draft pick for Kansas City's 2nd round 2014 and 3rd round 2015 draft picks |
| December 10, 2013 | Nikki Marshall | DF | Portland Thorns FC | Traded along with Seattle's 2nd round 2014 draft pick for Portland's 1st round 2014 and 2nd round 2015 draft picks |
| January 3, 2014 | Jenny Ruiz | DF | | Removed from allocation by FMF |
| January 3, 2014 | Emily Zurrer | DF | | Removed from allocation by CSA |
| January 10, 2014 | Arianna Romero | DF | Houston Dash | Selected by Houston in 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft |
| March 14, 2014 | Niki Cross | DF | Washington Spirit | Signed and immediately traded to Washington for a 2nd round draft pick. |

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | Lauren Barnes | 23 | 22 | 1898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Megan Brigman | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Stephanie Cox | 21 | 20 | 1776 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Kiersten Dallstream | 15 | 8 | 768 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kate Deines | 18 | 9 | 859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jessica Fishlock | 22 | 22 | 1976 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Kendall Fletcher | 23 | 22 | 1917 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Danielle Foxhoven | 12 | 3 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Beverly Goebel | 24 | 21 | 1736 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nahomi Kawasumi | 20 | 17 | 1531 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 29 | 5 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Sydney Leroux | 22 | 21 | 1873 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kim Little | 23 | 22 | 1966 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Carmelina Moscato | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mariah Nogueira | 15 | 6 | 588 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Megan Rapinoe | 9 | 6 | 567 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Elli Reed | 22 | 19 | 1813 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Keelin Winters | 23 | 22 | 1963 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
| 28 | GK | Haley Kopmeyer | 4 | 4 | 360 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | GK | Hope Solo | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 162 | 83 | 65 | 18 | 0.900 | 2 | 3 | 5 |