# 2017 Sky Blue FC season

The 2017 Sky Blue FC season was the team's eighth season as a professional women's soccer team. Sky Blue FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

## Review

After a 7th-place finish in 2016, Sky Blue FC finished the 2017 season in 6th place, five points out of playoff contention. Sam Kerr scored a league-record 17 goals, won the league's Golden Boot award, and was named MVP, the first time a player on a non-playoff team had won the award.
Raquel Rodriguez set the NWSL record for fastest goal scored with a 25-second strike against Portland Thorns FC on June 17.
Head coach Christy Holly resigned mid-season on August 16, and was replaced by four assistant coaches, Jill Loyden, Dave Hodgson, Paul Greig, and Maria Dorris. A full-time replacement for Holly was not announced until November 15, 2017, when Sky Blue FC hired Washington Spirit assistant coach and former Jersey Sky Blue head coach Denise Reddy.
Soon after Holly's resignation, center back and team captain Christie Rampone announced that she would miss the rest of the season due to an accumulation of injuries.

## Team
### First-team roster

    As of June 17, 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Kailen Sheridan |
| 2 | FW | USA | McKenzie Meehan |
| 3 | DF | USA | Christie Pearce |
| 5 | FW | USA | Maya Hayes |
| 6 | MF | USA | Taylor Lytle |
| 7 | MF | USA | Nikki Stanton |
| 8 | DF | USA | Erica Skroski |
| 10 | MF | USA | Daphne Corboz |
| 11 | MF | CRC | Raquel Rodriguez |
| 12 | FW | USA | Kim DeCesare |
| 15 | DF | USA | Kayla Mills |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | USA | Sarah Killion |
| 17 | DF | USA | Domi Richardson |
| 19 | FW | USA | Kelley O'Hara |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Samantha Kerr |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Leah Galton |
| 22 | DF | USA | Mandy Freeman |
| 27 | GK | USA | Caroline Casey |
| 32 | FW | USA | Natasha Kai |
| 33 | DF | USA | Erin Simon |
| 73 | MF | USA | Madison Tiernan |

## Competitions
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Carolina Courage | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 49 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 47 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Orlando Pride | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 40 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 39 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 34 | |
| 6 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Kansas City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Houston Dash | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 24 | |
| 9 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 19 | |
| 10 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 19 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 30, 2017. Source: NWSLsoccer.com

### 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 | 23 | 24 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |

## Honors and awards
### NWSL Yearly Awards
#### NWSL Individual Awards

| Player | Awards | Yearly Statline | Ref. |
| Samantha Kerr | Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Best X1 | 17 Goals; 4 Assists; 2 Hat tricks, 1 4-Goal Game | |

#### NWSL Player of the Month

| Month | Player of the Month | Statline | Ref. |
| May | Samantha Kerr | 2 goals, 2 assists in 5 games; Sky Blue FC 3–2–0 in May | |
| June | Samantha Kerr | 3 goals, 1 assist in 4 games; 30th career goal | |

#### NWSL Team of the Month

| Month | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Ref. |
| May | Kailen Sheridan | | Sarah Killion | Samantha Kerr | |
| June | | | | Samantha Kerr | |

### NWSL Weekly Awards
#### NWSL Player of the Week

| Week | Player of the Week | Statline | Ref. |
| 9 | Samantha Kerr | 2 goals, 1 assist; road win at Portland | |

#### NWSL Goal of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 3 | Nominated | Raquel Rodriguez |
| 5 | Nominated | Leah Galton |
| 9 | Nominated | Samantha Kerr |
| 10 | Nominated | Madison Tiernan |
| 11 | Won | Samantha Kerr |

#### NWSL Save of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 7 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan |
| 9 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan |
| 10 | Nominated | Kailen Sheridan |

## Statistics

    As of June 18, 2017
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | CK | Off | Foul | YC | RC |
| 16 | MF | Sarah Killion | 10 | 10 | 900 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 66.67% | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Samantha Kerr | 9 | 8 | 752 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 73.91% | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Raquel Rodriguez | 9 | 8 | 710 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 61.54% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kelley O'Hara | 8 | 8 | 720 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53.33% | 35 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Maya Hayes | 8 | 3 | 295 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 66.67% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Leah Galton | 10 | 6 | 540 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.00% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | McKenzie Meehan | 7 | 2 | 239 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 66.67% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mandy Freeman | 10 | 10 | 900 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | Madison Tiernan | 8 | 2 | 257 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25.00% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Daphne Corboz | 7 | 3 | 292 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Kim DeCesare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Christie Pearce | 8 | 8 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Erica Skroski | 8 | 8 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Dominique Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Taylor Lytle | 8 | 8 | 614 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16.67% | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nikki Stanton | 5 | 4 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Erin Simon | 5 | 5 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Kailen Sheridan | 10 | 10 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Tasha Kai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Kayla Mills | 9 | 7 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Caroline Casey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 139 | 110 | 9900 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 92 | 56 | 60.87% | 49 | 19 | 101 | 12 | 0 |