New England Mutiny

New England Mutiny is an American women's soccer club, which competes at the pro-am level of women's soccer in the US, in the United Women's Soccer league.

New England Mutiny
Full nameNew England Mutiny
Nickname(s)Mutiny
Founded1999
StadiumLusitano Stadium
Ludlow, Massachusetts
ChairmanUnited States Joe Ferrara
ManagerUnited States Joe Abele
LeagueUnited Women's Soccer
20173rd, East Conference
Playoffs: DNQ
WebsiteClub website

The club plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium.

Team history

Established in 1999 as Springfield Sirens, the club played in the amateur W-League. After winning the W-2 (second division) championship in 2000,[1] the club played one more season in the W-League, then a season as an exhibition team before changing the team name to the New England Mutiny and accepting promotion to WPSL as one of the founding members of the East Division.[2]

On July 29, 2004, in a match preparing women's national team of China for international tournament, the Mutiny surprised the fifth ranked team in the world, in front of 3000 fans in Agawam, Massachusetts, with a 3–1 lead, and losing 4–3 only in the final minutes. The Mutiny consider this match one of their two crowning achievements.

After the folding of WPS in 2012, the club joined the new Women's Premier Soccer League Elite, which included three former WPS teams. Although they finished fifth out of the eight WPSLE teams, they recorded wins over the Chicago Red Stars and Boston Breakers as well as a draw at the Western New York Flash – the former WPS teams – in the last month of the season. Their win over the Breakers is the first occurrence of an amateur side beating a professional side in US women's soccer, (Chicago fielded an amateur roster in WPSLE,) and is the second of the Mutiny's crowning achievements. WPSL-Elite lasted just one year as the former WPS teams joined the newly formed National Women's Soccer League, while the remaining teams either folded or, like the Mutiny, returned to the WPSL in 2013.

The Mutiny spent three further years in the WPSL, but after dissatisfaction with playoff procedures and handling in the WPSL, the team branched off to join the inaugural 2016 season of United Women's Soccer.[3]

Players

The following former players have played at the senior international and/or professional level:[4]

Year-by-year
Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs
1999 3 W-2 1st, North Division National Final
2000 3 W-2 1st, North Division Champions
2001 2 W-1 4th, Northern Conference did not qualify
2002 Exhibition Season
2003 2 WPSL 1st, East National semifinals
2004 2 WPSL 1st, East National Final
2005 2 WPSL 1st, East National semifinals (3rd)
2006 2 WPSL 3rd, East – North did not qualify
2007 2 WPSL 1st, East – North National Final
2008 2 WPSL 2nd, East – North National semifinals
2009 2 WPSL 8th, East (Conf.) East Semifinals
2010 2 WPSL 3rd, East – Northeast did not qualify
2011 2 WPSL 4th, East – Northeast East Quarterfinals
2012 1 WPSLE 5th did not qualify
2013 2 WPSL 1st, East – Northeast National semifinals
2014 2 WPSL 4th, East – Northeast did not qualify
2015 2 WPSL 1st, Power 5 East Regional final
2016 2 UWS 2nd, East did not qualify
2017 2 UWS 3rd, East did not qualify
2018 2 UWS 6th, East did not qualify

Honors
  • W-2 North Division regular season champions (2): 1999, 2000
  • W-2 National Champions (1): 2000
  • WPSL divisional regular season champions (6): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015
  • WPSL East Regional Champions (5): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013
  • WPSL National Runners-up (2): 2004, 2007

Coaches
  • United States Tony Horta 2007–2014
  • United States Joe Abele 2015–present

Stadia

References
  1. ""The W-League (USL) (1995–2005)"". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "Womens Premier Soccer League". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. Ryan, Conor. "After struggles with former league, New England Mutiny helping form new United Women's Soccer league". MassLive Sports. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. "Scanlan could be set for professional soccer return". Fingal Independent. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. "Five More UWS Alumnae Sign Pro Deals" (Press release). United Women's Soccer. August 17, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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