2016 Boston Breakers season explained

Club:	Boston Breakers
Season:	2016
Manager:	Matt Beard
Chairman:	Boston Women's Soccer, LLC
Stadium:	Jordan Field Boston, Massachusetts
League:	NWSL
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chrtitle:	Owner
Highest Attendance:	4,007 (June 10 vs. Washington)
Lowest Attendance:	3,288 (May 22 vs. Kansas City)
Average Attendance:	3570
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017
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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

First-team squad

As of July 12, 2016

Competitions

Key

Preseason

As in previous seasons, Breakers spent time in Florida during preseason.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

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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			20	—	19799	14	7	1	191	74	39%	65	65	38	181	169	24	1

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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			20	—	1800	47	2.35	5	5	288	134	88	66%	1	0

See also

• 2016 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2016 in American soccer

Notes and References

1. Web site: BREAKERS HEADING TO FLORIDA FOR 2016 PRESEASON; The club will spend eight days in Florida, departing Boston on March 23 and returning March 31. nwslsoccer.com. February 16, 2016. February 19, 2016.