For the United States Football League team which played in Boston in 1983 and subsequently moved to Portland, Oregon, see Portland Breakers. The Boston Breakers were a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The team began play in 2001. The league announced on September 15, 2003 it was suspending operations.
Return of the Breakers in 2008
Tonya Antonucci, CEO of the Women's Soccer Initiative, Inc. announced on April 18, 2007 that the Boston Breakers women's professional soccer team will return to the city in 2008 after a five-year absence. The re-launched women's league will also include teams in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., St. Louis, Dallas, Chicago, the New York/New Jersey area and a market to be named later.
On September 21, 2007, former U.S. women's national soccer team coach Tony DiCicco was named coach of the re-launched Breakers.[1] In 2003, the Breakers were the regular season champions with a record of 10-4-7. They were eliminated from the playoffs by the Washington Freedom in penalty kicks in the semifinal round.
Year-by-Year Regular Season Record
| Year | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 4-6-1 | 4-4-2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 34 | 5-0-5 | 1-8-2 |
| 2003 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 5-2-4 | 5-2-3 |
2003
2003 Roster
- 1 GK Tracy Ducar
- 2 D/M Sarah Popper
- 3 D/M Devvyn Hawkins
- 4 M Rebekah Splaine
- 5 D Jena Kluegel
- 6 F Maren Meinert
- 7 D Monica Gonzalez
- 8 M/F Erin O'Grady
- 9 F Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
- 11 M Angela Hucles
- 12 D Heather Aldama
- 13 M Kristine Lilly
- 14 F Dagny Mellgren
- 15 D Kate Sobrero
- 16 D Chrisy McCann
- 18 GK Kristin Slater
- 19 M Mary-Frances Monroe
- 20 M Rebekah McDowell
- 22 M Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe
- 23 GK Karina LeBlanc
- Coach: Pia Sundhage
2003 Honors
- Maren Meinert - WUSA MVP
- Maren Meinert - All Star Game MVP
- Maren Meinert, Dagny Mellgren, Kristine Lilly - All-WUSA, 1st Team
- Angela Hucles, Kate Sobrero, Karina LeBlanc - All-WUSA, 2nd Team
- Joe Cummings - Executive of the Year
- Pia Sundhage - Coach of the Year
