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FC Buffalo is an American women's soccer club based in Buffalo, New York, United States. Founded in 2021, the team plays in United Women's Soccer (UWS), a pro-am league at the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the East Conference. FC Buffalo is the sister club of NPSL club FC Buffalo.

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FC Buffalo

Full name	FC Buffalo
Founded	2021; 1 year ago (2021)
Stadium	Dobson Field Buffalo, New York
Owners	Nick Mendola Scott Frauenhofer
Head Coach	Nikki Bartholomew[1]
League	United Women's Soccer
Website	Club website
Home colors

The team plays its home games at Dobson Field on the campus of D'Youville University in the Front Park neighborhood of Buffalo.[2] The team's colors are blue, gold and white.

History

In 2021, club owner Nicholas Mendola announced the launch of a women's soccer team, which started play in May. On March 5, the club announced Nikki Bartholomew as the first manager of FC Buffalo. In their first UWS season, FC Buffalo finished in first place in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 7-2-1.[3] FC Buffalo hosted the East Conference playoffs, winning their first match against Lancaster Inferno FC 3-2. In the Eastern Conference Final FC Buffalo lost 2-0 against CT Fusion.[4]

On May 9, 2022, the team announced that they would play their home games for the 2022 season at Dobson Field on the campus of D'Youville University while All-High Stadium is renovated.[5] The club again only lost once in the regular season, then winning a pair of playoff games to reach the National Championship weekend.

Players and staff

Current squad

As of 27 July 2022[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Jessica Jones 1 GK  USA Emily Kelly 3 DF  CAN Emily Lazenby 4 DF  USA Erin Weir 5 DF  CAN Gurjeena Jandu 6 MF  USA Julia Schurr 8 FW  USA Carissima Cutrona 9 DF  USA Waniya Hudson 10 FW  USA Hope Balling 12 MF  USA Katherine Camper 16 MF  CAN Danielle Vis 18 DF  USA Maya Palmer 20 MF  USA Bizzy Moore 21 MF  USA Victoria Colotti 22 DF  USA Tess Ford

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  USA Hannah Callaghan - FW  USA Cashlin Copley - MF  USA Nicole Grichen - DF  USA Alexis Horwedel - MF  USA Maddie Keister - DF  USA Emma Klein - MF  USA Abby Pearson - MF  CAN Payton Robertson - FW  USA Tatyjana Scalisi - DF  USA Rory Schaeffer - MF  USA Ella Rudney - FW  USA Djeynaba Thiam - MF  USA Sarah Woods - MF  USA Morgan Kulniszewski

Management and staff

As of June 16, 2021

Executive Staff
Position	Staff
Owner	Nick Mendola
Director of Women's Soccer	Liz Mantel
Director of Operations	Rasha Elghorour
Technical Staff
Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nikki Bartholomew
Assistant Coach	Gabrielle Wilson

All-time record

Year	League	W-L-D	GF	GA	GD	Regular Season	Playoffs
2021	United Women's Soccer	7-2-1	23	14	+9	1st, East Division	Lost East Conference Finals
2022	United Women's Soccer	7-1-2	23	7	+16	1st, Penn-NY Division	Lost National Semi-Finals
Total	2 Seasons	14-3-3	46	21	+25		0 Championships

Playoff results

Season	Game	Visiting	Home
2021	East Conference Semi-Finals	Lancaster Inferno 2	FC Buffalo 3
	East Conference Finals	CT Fusion 2	FC Buffalo 0
2022	East Conference Semi-Finals	FC Buffalo 2	New England Mutiny 1
	East Conference Finals	FC Buffalo 3	Coppermine United 2
	National Semi-Finals	Calgary Foothills 4	FC Buffalo 1

Honors

• UWS Eastern Conference Regular Season Champions: 2021
• UWS Penn-NY Division Champions: 2022
• UWS Eastern Conference Champions: 2022

References

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