New England Mutiny Explained

Clubname:New England Mutiny
Fullname:New England Mutiny
Nickname:Mutiny
Founded:1999
Stadium:Lusitano Stadium
Ludlow, Massachusetts
Chairman: Joe Ferrara
Manager: Joe Abele
Website:http://www.mutinysoccer.com
League:United Women's Soccer
Season:2017
Position:3rd, East Conference
Playoffs: DNQ
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New England Mutiny is an American women's soccer club, which competes at the pro-am level of women's soccer in the US, in the United Women's Soccer league.

The club plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium.

Team history

Established in 1999 as Springfield Sirens, the club played in the amateur W-League. After winning the W-2 (second division) championship in 2000,[1] the club played one more season in the W-League, then a season as an exhibition team before changing the team name to the New England Mutiny and accepting promotion to WPSL as one of the founding members of the East Division.[2]

On July 29, 2004, in a match preparing women's national team of China for international tournament, the Mutiny surprised the fifth ranked team in the world, in front of 3000 fans in Agawam, Massachusetts, with a 3–1 lead, and losing 4–3 only in the final minutes. The Mutiny consider this match one of their two crowning achievements.

After the folding of WPS in 2012, the club joined the new Women's Premier Soccer League Elite, which included three former WPS teams. Although they finished fifth out of the eight WPSLE teams, they recorded wins over the Chicago Red Stars and Boston Breakers as well as a draw at the Western New York Flash – the former WPS teams – in the last month of the season. Their win over the Breakers is the first occurrence of an amateur side beating a professional side in US women's soccer, (Chicago fielded an amateur roster in WPSLE,) and is the second of the Mutiny's crowning achievements. WPSL-Elite lasted just one year as the former WPS teams joined the newly formed National Women's Soccer League, while the remaining teams either folded or, like the Mutiny, returned to the WPSL in 2013.

The Mutiny spent three further years in the WPSL, but after dissatisfaction with playoff procedures and handling in the WPSL, the team branched off to join the inaugural 2016 season of United Women's Soccer.[3]

Players

The following former players have played at the senior international and/or professional level:[4]

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueReg. SeasonPlayoffs
19993W-21st, North Divisionbgcolor=silverRunner up
20003W-21st, North DivisionChampions
20012W-14th, Northern Conferencedid not qualify
2002Exhibition Season
20032WPSL1st, EastNational semifinals
20042WPSL1st, Eastbgcolor=silverRunner up
20052WPSL1st, EastNational semifinals (3rd)
20062WPSL3rd, East – Northdid not qualify
20072WPSL1st, East – Northbgcolor=silverRunner up
20082WPSL2nd, East – NorthNational semifinals
20092WPSL8th, East (Conf.)East Semifinals
20102WPSL3rd, East – Northeastdid not qualify
20112WPSL4th, East – NortheastEast Quarterfinals
20121WPSLE5thdid not qualify
20132WPSL1st, East – NortheastNational semifinals
20142WPSL4th, East – Northeastdid not qualify
20152WPSL1st, Power 5East Regional final
20162UWS2nd, Eastdid not qualify
20172UWS3rd, Eastdid not qualify
20182UWS6th, Eastdid not qualify
20192UWS1st EastConference Finals
2020Season cancelled due to COVID-19
20214UWS8th, Eastdid not qualify
20224UWS1st, New England DivisionConference Semifinal
20234UWS6th, EastEast First Round
20244UWS1st, Eastbgcolor=silverRunner up

Honors

Coaches

Stadia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "The W-League (USL) (1995–2005)". The American Soccer History Archives. 26 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627021816/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/usl-w.html. 27 June 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Womens Premier Soccer League. The American Soccer History Archives. 26 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510011112/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/wpsl.html. 10 May 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: Ryan. Conor. After struggles with former league, New England Mutiny helping form new United Women's Soccer league. MassLive Sports. 26 May 2016. 15 December 2015 .
  4. News: Scanlan could be set for professional soccer return . 24 April 2022 . Fingal Independent . 22 September 2000.
  5. Five More UWS Alumnae Sign Pro Deals . August 17, 2020 . June 10, 2023 . United Women's Soccer.