The 2019

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season is the team's tenth season as a professional women's soccer team. Sky Blue FC plays in the

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, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. Since the 2018 Sky Blue finished in last place and only won one game, 2019 offered opportunities for improvement. The off-season didn't get off to a promising start as two of the team's top draft picks,

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(2nd overall pick) and

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(6th overall pick) chose not to sign with the club. Mace signed with

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and Ashley with

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. Sky Blue's third and fourth picks, Paige Monaghan (10th overall pick) and

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(11th overall pick) did however choose to come to preseason and were ultimately signed. During preseason training two Sky Blue players suffered season-ending injuries. Defender

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ruptured her Achilles tendon and midfielder

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tore her ACL and MCL. On April 9, 2019 General Manager and President Tony Novo resigned from his position, Sky Blue Vice-President Alyse LaHue was appointed to take over as interim general manager. Kyra Carusa, Sky Blue's 19th overall pick in the 2019 Draft signed with

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in France on April 25, making her the third Sky Blue draft pick to sign in Europe. On June 28, Denise Reddy was fired as the team's head coach. Her record as head coach was 1-8-24. Goalkeeper coach Hugo Macedo filled in on a temporary basis until the club named Freya Coombe interim head coach on September 4. Sky Blue played their first ever game at Red Bull Arena on August 18 against

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. They set a club record with 9,415 in attendance for the game, which finished in a 1–1 draw. The positive feedback and high demand led the club to move their September 29 home finale to Red Bull Arena, where they drew 8,314 for a 1–1 draw against the

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Team

First-team roster

As of July 19, 2019

Competitions

Preseason

Regular season

Regular-season standings

= Results summary

= Results by round

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Top assists

Shutouts

Player transactions

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Awards

NWSL Team of the Month The National Women's Soccer League Team of the Month is a monthly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League. The NWSL Media Association, composed of journalists who regularly cover the league, select a Best XI o ...

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Goal of the Week

NWSL Save of the Week The National Women's Soccer League Save of the Week is a weekly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League since 2016. The honor is awarded by popular social media vote to the player deemed to have scored the be ...