2017 Sky Blue FC season

Sky Blue FC
2017 season
President & CEO	Thomas Hofstetter
Head coach	Christy Holly (until Aug. 16); Dave Hodgson (after Aug. 16)
Stadium	Yurcak Field; Piscataway, New Jersey; (Capacity: 5,000)
NWSL	6th
Top goalscorer	Samantha Kerr (17)
Highest home attendance	3,451; (May 27 vs. Orlando)
Lowest home attendance	2,008; (September 10 vs. Washington)
Average home league attendance	2,613
Home colors	Away colors
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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.^[2]

President & CEOThomas Hofstetter

Head coachChristy Holly (until Aug. 16)
Dave Hodgson^[1] (after Aug. 16)

StadiumYurcak Field
Piscataway, New Jersey
(Capacity: 5,000)

NWSL6th

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25 March 2017 (2017-03-25)	Sky Blue FC	3–1	St. John's University	Queens, NY
	Hayes 12' (Corboz) O'Hara 14' (Mills) Killion 43'	^{[Report Pre 1]}	Bellero 6'	Stadium: Belson Stadium

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01)	Sky Blue FC	1–0	University of North Carolina	Lakewood, NJ
	Rodriguez 16' (Hayes)	^{[Report Pre 2]}		Stadium: Georgian Court University

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)	Sky Blue FC	3–0	Penn State University	Lakewood, NJ
	Kerr 28' (Mills), 62' (Hayes) Corboz 90' (Meehan)	^{[Report Pre 3]}		Stadium: Georgian Court University

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 1	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PST	Killion 62' (pen.)	^{[Report 1]} ^{[Report 2]} ^{[Report 3]}	Rapinoe 56' (pen.) Mathias 62'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: Jeremy Weed, Cephas Quartson Fourth official: Levi Rippy Man of the Match: Christie Pearce

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) 2	Boston Breakers	1–0	Sky Blue FC	Boston, MA
4:00 p.m. EST		^{[Report 4]} ^{[Report 5]} ^{[Report 6]}	Dowie 37' (Lavelle) Salem 86'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 2,329 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten, Tom Felice Fourth official: Michael Dee Man of the Match: Sarah Killion

2017 Sky Blue FC season

Review

Team

First-team roster

Competitions

National Women's Soccer League

Preseason

Regular season

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Honors and awards

NWSL Monthly Awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Individual Awards

NWSL Player of the Month

NWSL Team of the Month

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

NWSL Goal of the Week

NWSL Save of the Week

Statistics

References

External links

See also

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30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) 3	Sky Blue FC	1–0	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, NJ
6:00 p.m. EST	Rodriguez 73', 83' (Freeman) Tiernan 90+1'	^{[Report 7]} ^{[Report 8]} ^{[Report 9]}		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Kevin Broadley Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan, Gjovalin Bori Fourth official: Joe Zawistowski Man of the Match: Raquel Rodriguez

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 4	Washington Spirit	4–3	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, MD
7:00 p.m. EST	Ordega 6' (Jensen), 56' Simon 25' (o.g.) Solaun 34' (Ordega), 85'	^{[Report 10]} ^{[Report 11]} ^{[Report 12]}	O'Hara 12' Simon 39' Killion 50' (O'Hara), 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,190 Referee: Danielle Chesky Assistant referees: Adrienne McDonald, Brooke Mayo Fourth official: Ali Saheli Man of the Match: Kelley O'Hara

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 5	Houston Dash	1–3	Sky Blue FC	Houston, TX
3:00 p.m. CST	Poliana 76' (Ohai) Brooks 87'	^{[Report 13]} ^{[Report 14]} ^{[Report 15]}	Kerr 17' Killion 33' (pen.) Galton 53' (Kerr) Rodriguez 65' Kerr 87' (Meehan)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,369 Referee: Michael Radchuk Assistant referees: Francisco Bermudez, Jeremy Kieso Fourth official: Mike Arrington Man of the Match: Samantha Kerr
Note: Televised live on Lifetime.

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 6	Sky Blue FC	2–1	Houston Dash	Piscataway, NJ
4:00 p.m. EST	Killion 20' (pen.) Rodriguez 85' Tiernan 89'	^{[Report 16]} ^{[Report 17]} ^{[Report 18]}	Daly 21' Andressinha 40' Privett 84'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,476 Referee: Christina Unkel Assistant referees: Tom Felice, Maggie Short Fourth official: Luis Arroyo Man of the Match: Christie Pearce
Note: Televised live on Lifetime.

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) 7	North Carolina Courage	2–0	Sky Blue FC	Cary, NC
7:30 p.m. EST	Williams 20' (Smith) Erceg 26' Mewis 42'	^{[Report 19]} ^{[Report 20]} ^{[Report 21]}	Killion 47' Stanton 59'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Kevin Broadley Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten, Gregory Brigman Fourth official: Javier Rodriguez Man of the Match: Kailen Sheridan

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) 8	Sky Blue FC	2–1	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Kerr 43' (Corboz) Hayes 82' (Kerr)	^{[Report 22]} ^{[Report 23]} ^{[Report 24]}	Spencer 18' (Camila)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Robi Hullner Assistant referees: John Krill, Ben Pilgrim Fourth official: Amber O’Connor Man of the Match: Maya Hayes

3 June 2017 (2017-06-03) 9	Sky Blue FC	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Mills 20' O'Hara 89'	^{[Report 25]} ^{[Report 26]} ^{[Report 27]}	Horan 20' (Nadim), 42' (Klingenberg), 59' Cox 77'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,418 Referee: Marco Vega Assistant referees: Amanda Ross, Tom Felice Fourth official: Lorant Varga Man of the Match: Madison Tiernan

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) 10	Portland Thorns FC	1–3	Sky Blue FC	Portland, OR
7:00 p.m. PST	Sinclair 90+5' (pen.) Henry 90+1'	^{[Report 28]} ^{[Report 29]} ^{[Report 30]}	Rodriguez 1' (Kerr) O'Hara 74' Kerr 70' (Hayes), 88' (Tiernan) Stanton 90'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Timothy Ford Assistant referees: Deleana Quan, JJ Blodgett Fourth official: Cephas Quartson

25 June 2017 (2017-06-25) 11	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, IL
5:00 p.m. CST	DiBernardo 63' Huerta 67' (Short)	^{[Report 31]} ^{[Report 32]} ^{[Report 33]}	Tiernan 3' (Lytle)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Karen Abt Assistant referees: TJ Zablocki, Jeremy Kieso Fourth official: Calin Radosav

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 12	Sky Blue FC	2–3	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	O'Hara 45' (pen.) Kerr 46' (Hayes) Stanton 90+4'	^{[Report 34]} ^{[Report 35]}	Ubogagu 11' Spencer 75' Marta 77' Hill 86' (Catley)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Danielle Chesky Assistant referees: Jeffrey Skinner, Victor Vazqez Fourth official: Luis Arroyo

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) 14	Sky Blue FC	3–2	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Skroski 45+4' Kerr 78' (O'Hara), 81' (Corboz), 90' (Taylor Lytle)	^{[Report 37]}	Bowen 29' (Gibbons) Gibbons 42' (Scott) Groom 45+4'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Amber O'Connor
Note: 100th match in franchise history.

Pos	Team v t e	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
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	11	6	7	33	30	+3	39
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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	10	3	11	42	51	−9	33	6	2	4	21	22	−1	4	1	7	21	29	−8

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

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 13	North Carolina Courage	0–1	Sky Blue FC	Cary, NC
3:30 p.m. EST	Skroski 67' Kerr 84' (Hayes)	^{[Report 36]}	Witteman 80'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Greg Dopka Assistant referees: Cory Richardson, Trent Vanhaitsma Fourth official: Javier Rodriguez
Note: Televised live on Lifetime.

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 15	Sky Blue FC	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Stanton 2' Kerr 38', 90' (Killion) Erica Skroski 75' Kelley O'Hara 79' Hayes 32'	Report	Huerta 4' (Press) Press 26' (Vanessa DiBernardo)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,529

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 16	Seattle Reign FC	5–4	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PST	Rapinoe 27' 47' (pen.) 80' 87' Mathias 30' Yanez 49' Skroski 56' (o.g.)	Report	O'Hara 60' (pen.) Galton 64' Corboz 72' Kerr 75' Tiernan 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,464 Referee: Greg Dopka Assistant referees: Brooke Mayo, Andrew Deuker Fourth official: Jeff Arthurholtz

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4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) 17	Sky Blue FC	1–4	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Hayes 2'	Report	Ship 51' Church 57' Williams 61' Dougherty 73' Solaun 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,496 Referee: Gustavo Solorio Assistant referees: Giovalin Bori, Victor Vásquez Fourth official: Luis Arroyo

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 18	Orlando Pride	5–0	Sky Blue FC	Orlando, FL
7:30 p.m. EST	Morgan 4' 47' Weatherholt 43' Marta 53' 58'	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,243 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Ben Wooten, Ian Mckay Fourth official: Erika Barahona

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 19	Sky Blue FC	5–4	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Kerr 48' 68' 71' 90+4' Hayes 81' 90+1'	Report	Johnson 3' Fishlock 18' Kawasumi 45+2' Dallstream 85'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Chris Spivey Assistant referees: Jeremy Weed, Amilcar Sicaju Fourth official: Henrik Karlsson

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 20	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Kerr 5' Stanton 57'	Report	Leon 60' King 90+1'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Christina Unkel Assistant referees: Amanda Ross, Trent Vanhaitsma Fourth official: Joseph Zawistowski

3 September 2017 (2017-09-03) 21	FC Kansas City	4–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, MO
5:00 p.m. CST	LaBonta 39' Groom 44' 64' Leroux 90+4'	Report	Tiernan 83'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,571 Referee: Luis Guardia Assistant referees: Thomas Zablocki, Emily Fletcher Fourth official: Devin Blazek

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 22	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, NJ
6:00 p.m. EST	Hayes 43'	Report	Church 75' Pugh 85'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,008 Referee: Becky Pagan Assistant referees: Tom Felice, Ian Mckay Fourth official: Jared Simons

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 23	Sky Blue FC	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Piscataway, NJ
6:00 p.m. EST	Rodriguez 75' (Kerr)	Report	Hatch 27' (Hamilton)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,690

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 24	Boston Breakers	3–4	Sky Blue FC	Boston, MA
7:00 p.m. EST	Dowie 25' (Purce), 28' (Weimer) Casey 85' (o.g.)	Report	Kerr 34' (Hayes) Tiernan 76' (O'Hara) Skroski 78' (Lytle) O'Hara 87' (Galton)	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,497

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	^[8]
June	Samantha Kerr	3 goals, 1 assist in 4 games; 30th career goal	^[9]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
May	Kailen Sheridan		Sarah Killion	Samantha Kerr	^[10]
June				Samantha Kerr	^[11]

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
3	Nominated	Raquel Rodriguez	^[13]
5	Nominated	Leah Galton	^[14]
9	Nominated	Samantha Kerr	^[15]
10	Nominated	Madison Tiernan	^[16]
11	Won	Samantha Kerr	^[17]^[18]

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
7	Nominated	Kailen Sheridan	^[19]
9	Nominated		^[20]
10	Nominated		^[21]

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