The 2017
Sky Blue FC
Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...
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 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...
, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
Review
After a 7th-place finish in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, Sky Blue FC finished the 2017 season in 6th place, five points out of playoff contention.
Sam Kerr scored a league-record 17 goals, won the league's Golden Boot award, and was named MVP, the first time a player on a non-playoff team had won the award.
set the NWSL record for fastest goal scored with a 25-second strike against
Portland Thorns FC
Portland Thorns FC is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team NWSL ...
on June 17.
Head coach
Christy Holly resigned mid-season on August 16, and was replaced by four assistant coaches, Jill Loyden, Dave Hodgson, Paul Greig, and Maria Dorris.
A full-time replacement for Holly was not announced until November 15, 2017, when Sky Blue FC hired
Washington Spirit
The Washington Spirit are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the USL W-League (1995†...
assistant coach and former
Jersey Sky Blue head coach
Denise Reddy.
Soon after Holly's resignation, center back and team captain
Christie Rampone announced that she would miss the rest of the season due to an accumulation of injuries.
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
;Match reports (pre-season)
;Match reports (regular season)
External links
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See also
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2017 National Women's Soccer League season
The 2017 National Women's Soccer League season was the fifth 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 Soccer (2 ...
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2017 in American soccer
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Sky Blue FC
Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...
Sky Blue FC
Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...
Gotham FC seasons
Sky Blue FC
Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...