The 2013
Boston Breakers
The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...
season, is the club's eighth overall year of existence, fourth consecutive year, and first year as a member of the
National Women's Soccer League.
Background
The foundation of the league was announced on November 21, 2012, with Boston selected as a host for one of the eight teams.
Lisa Cole was announced as the head coach on December 7, 2012, returning after leading the Breakers during a successful run in the
Women's Premier Soccer League Elite
The Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite) was a women's semi-professional soccer league created by the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) to support the sport in the United States, both from continued interest by WPSL teams in profess ...
the previous year.
Club
Executive staff
Coaching staff
On August 2, 2013, the Breakers fired head coach
Lisa Cole and appointed defender
Cat Whitehill as interim head coach. On Sept. 3, 2013, the Breakers hired
Tom Durkin as the team's new head coach.
Roster
Competitions
Key
Regular season
April
May
June
July
August
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW –
Forward, MF –
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, DF –
Defender, GK –
Goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
Note: jersey numbers were reassigned during the season, when a player left and another joined
See also
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2013 National Women's Soccer League season
The 2013 National Women's Soccer League season was the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Socce ...
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2013 in American soccer
The 2013 season is the 101st season of competitive soccer in the United States.
National teams
Men
Senior
=Goal scorers=
Under-20
Under-18
Under-17
Women
Senior ...
References
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2013 National Women's Soccer League season
American soccer clubs 2013 season
Boston Breakers seasons
2013 in sports in Massachusetts
2013 in Boston