The 2014

Seattle Reign FC Seattle Reign FC is an American professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2012, it is one of eight inaugural members of the NWSL. Since June 2024, the Reign ar ...

season was the club's second season of play and their second season in the

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, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Review and events

Preseason

Following an inaugural 2013 season that saw the team finish 7th out of 8 teams, the roster was significantly overhauled by Head Coach and GM

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, with only 9 players returning for the 2014 season. In November, the team acquired US National team forward

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in a trade with the

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. Two days later, they signed

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international

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— who had previously played for Harvey at

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— after acquiring her NWSL rights in a trade with the

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. In the January

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, the team selected Amanda Frisbie of

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(1st round), Megan Brigman of

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(2nd round), and Ellen Parker of

(4th round). In February, they announced that they would be moving home stadiums from

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in Tukwila to Memorial Stadium, located near downtown

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. On February 10 they announced the signing of their third international player, adding Japanese national team midfielder

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on loan from Japanese club side

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Regular season

During the 2014 season, the Reign set a league record unbeaten streak of 16 games. During the 16 game stretch, the Reign compiled a 13–0–3 record. The streak came to an end July 12, 2014, in a match against the

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that ended 1–0 in favor of the Red Stars. The team finished first in the regular season clinching the

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for the first time. Following the regular season, the team earned several league awards.

won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards;

was named Coach of the Year;

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, Little and

were named to the NWSL Best XI team while goalkeeper

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and defenders

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and

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were named to the Second XI team.

Playoffs

After defeating the

2–1 in the playoff semi-finals, the Reign were defeated 2-1 by

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during the championship final.

Club

Coaching staff

Roster

Competitions

Preseason

Regular season

Regular-season standings

= Results summary

= Results by matchday

Playoffs

Statistics

Goals and assists

:Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Disciplinary record

Awards

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* FIFA Women's World Player of the Year:

(nominee) * FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football:

(nominee)

Season Awards

* NWSL Golden Boot –

(16 goals) * NWSL Coach of the Year –

* NWSL Most Valuable Player –

* NWSL Best XI –

* NWSL Second XI –

NWSL Player of the Month

, April 2014. *

, May 2014. *

, July 2014.

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, Week 4 *

, Week 13, 16

Player of the Match

: (Team awards for select matches) *

vs.

, April 13, 2014. *

vs.

, April 23, 2014. *

vs.

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, April 27, 2014. *

and

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, May 10, 2014. * Keelin Winters vs.

, May 14, 2014. *

vs.

, June 7, 2014. *

vs.

, July 6, 2014. *

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, July 20, 2014. *

vs.

, July 27, 2014. *

vs.

, August 24, 2014 (Playoff semifinal)

Transfers

In

Out

Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed Key to positions: FW –

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, MF –

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, DF – Defender, GK –

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Seattle Reign Football Club Season Seattle Reign FC seasons

Seattle Reign Seattle Reign FC is an American professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2012, it is one of eight inaugural members of the NWSL. Since June 2024, the Reign ar ...

NWSL Shield–winning seasons

Review and events

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Club

Coaching staff

Roster

Competitions

Preseason

Regular season

Regular-season standings

= Results summary

= Results by matchday

Playoffs

Statistics

Goals and assists

Disciplinary record

Awards

2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or The 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the fifth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 12 January 2015. Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ba ...

Season Awards

NWSL Player of the Month

NWSL Player of the Week The National Women's Soccer League Player of the Week was a weekly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2013 to 2023. The honor was awarded by popular social media vote to the player deemed to ...

Player of the Match

Transfers

In

Out

Squad statistics

See also

References

External links