FC Kansas City
The FC Kansas City is a women's football franchise from Kansas City. It was founded in 2012 and plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the highest league in women's soccer in the U.S. since 2013.
History
On 24 November 2012, the creation of a new women's football professional league in the U.S. was announced. It was also announced that wird.Im a team from Kansas City to participate connection was announced that the team from Kansas City wird.Das carry the name of FC Kansas City franchise is called with nickname blues. On December 15, 2012 it was announced that the new League National Women's Soccer League is hot.
The franchise was directed by Chris Likens and his two sons, Brad and Greg Likens and Brian Budzinski. The family Likens includes the Missouri Comets team that play in the Major Indoor Soccer League. On 12 December, took over the former football player and assistant coach of the Comets, Vlatko Andonovski, the position of the coach of the team.
The first season in the NWSL took place in 2013. The Blues secured at the end of the regular season in second place and thus qualified for the play-offs. There, the team retired, however, from the semi-finals. With Lauren Holiday, the FC Kansas City's first scorer in the league. In addition, Holiday has been appointed in this season most valuable player. Erika Tymrak was awarded the "Rookie of the Year " award and Becky Sauerbrunn declared the best defender in the league.
Stadium
- Shawnee Mission District Stadium ( 6,150 seats); Overland Park, Kansas ( 2013)
- Stanley H. Durwood Stadium ( 3,200 seats); Kansas City, Missouri ( since 2014)
The FC Kansas City wore its home games of the 2013 season in the Shawnee Mission District Stadium in Overland Park from. For the 2014 season they moved to the smaller but more centrally located Stanley H. Durwood to stage. Another advantage was called that the current stadium did not have a pure football pitch, but at the same time had Gridiron mark.