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.
Review
After a 7th-place finish in 2016, 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.
Raquel Rodriguez set the NWSL record for fastest goal scored with a 25-second strike against Portland Thorns FC 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 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 Player Awards Yearly Statline Ref. Samantha Kerr Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Best X1 17 Goals; 4 Assists; 2 Hat tricks, 1 4-Goal Game
NWSL Player of the Month
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 June 3 goals, 1 assist in 4 games; 30th career goal
NWSL Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref. May Kailen Sheridan Sarah Killion Samantha Kerr June Samantha Kerr
NWSL Weekly Awards
NWSL Player of the Week
Week Player of the Week Statline Ref. 9 Samantha Kerr 2 goals, 1 assist; road win at Portland
NWSL Goal of the Week
Week Result Player Ref. 3 Raquel Rodriguez 5 Leah Galton 9 Samantha Kerr 10 Madison Tiernan 11 Samantha Kerr
NWSL Save of the Week
Week Result Player Ref. 7 Kailen Sheridan 9 10
Statistics
16MFSarah Killion10109005069666.67%1181020FWSamantha Kerr98752930231773.91%0791011MFRaquel Rodriguez9871030013861.54%00152019FWKelley O'Hara8872011015853.33%35414205FWMaya Hayes832951103266.67%0120021FWLeah Galton10654010044100.00%110002FWMcKenzie Meehan722390109666.67%0120022DFMandy Freeman101090001011100.00%0020073MFMadison Tiernan822570104125.00%0092010MFDaphne Corboz7329201022100.00%11120012FWKim DeCesare00000000--000003DFChristie Pearce8872000000--000008DFErica Skroski8868000000--0190017DFDominique Richardson00000000--000006MFTaylor Lytle886140006116.67%122007MFNikki Stanton54298000100.00%0062033DFErin Simon5543800000--004101GKKailen Sheridan1010900000100.00%0000032FWTasha Kai00000000--0000015DFKayla Mills97645000100.00%00171027GKCaroline Casey00000000--00000Team Total 13911099001596925660.87%4919101120
References
Match reports (pre-season)
Match reports (regular season)
External links
See also
2017 National Women's Soccer League season 2017 in American soccer