# 2014 Western New York Flash season

The 2014 season was Western New York Flash's seventh season of existence, and the second in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

## Club
### Roster

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 | AUS | Lydia Williams |
| 3 | MF | USA | Courtney Wetzel |
| 4 | FW | AUS | Samantha Kerr |
| 5 | FW | USA | Courtney Verloo |
| 6 | DF | USA | Angela Salem |
| 7 | MF | USA | McCall Zerboni |
| 8 | FW | ESP | Sonia Bermudez |
| 10 | MF | USA | Carli Lloyd |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Adriana Martín |
| 12 | DF | USA | Kristen Edmonds |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | USA | Brittany Taylor |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Vicky Losada |
| 15 | FW | USA | Jasmyne Spencer |
| 16 | DF | USA | Katherine Reynolds |
| 17 | DF | USA | Kathryn Williamson |
| 19 | GK | USA | Kelsey Wys |
| 20 | FW | USA | Abby Wambach |
| 22 | DF | USA | Amy Barczuk |
| 23 | DF | USA | Haley Palmer |
| 24 | GK | USA | Adrianna Franch |

### Team management
## Match results
### 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 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 20 | +5 |
Last updated: August 16, 2014 Source: National Women's Soccer League 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 | 23 | 24 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D |

## 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 | DF | Teigen Allen | 4 | 2 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Amy Barczuk | 19 | 9 | 886 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Sonia Bermudez | 21 | 9 | 837 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Kristen Edmonds | 22 | 19 | 1739 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Samantha Kerr | 20 | 20 | 1660 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Emma Kete | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Carli Lloyd | 19 | 19 | 1710 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 51 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Vicky Losada | 23 | 18 | 1624 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Adriana Martin | 19 | 12 | 1195 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Haley Palmer | 7 | 5 | 357 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Katherine Reynolds | 19 | 19 | 1628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Angela Salem | 23 | 22 | 1858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Jasmyne Spencer | 22 | 9 | 933 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Brittany Taylor | 24 | 24 | 2160 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Courtney Verloo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Abby Wambach | 10 | 10 | 835 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Courtney Wetzel | 8 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Kathryn Williamson | 21 | 20 | 1699 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 24 | 23 | 2036 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
| 25 | GK | DiDi Haracic | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3.000 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Lydia Williams | 14 | 14 | 1183 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 125 | 65 | 49 | 15 | 1.071 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | GK | Kelsey Wys | 10 | 9 | 887 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 143 | 66 | 47 | 20 | 2.000 | 2 | 2 | 1 |