West Michigan Firewomen

West Michigan Firewomen

Full name	West Michigan Firewomen
Nickname(s)	The Firewomen
Founded	2004
Ground	Jenison HS Stadium
Chairman	Brock West
Manager	Neathan Gibson
League	USL W-League
2008	8th, Midwest Division
Home colours Away colours

West Michigan Firewomen is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2004. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Midwest Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo Outrage, Medina and Minneapolis.

The team plays its home games in the stadium on the campus of Jenison High School in the city of Jenison, Michigan, 9 miles (14 km) south-west of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. The club's colors are red and white.

The team is a sister organization of the men's Chicago Fire Premier team, which plays in the USL Premier Development League, and an affiliate of the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer franchise.

Players

Current Roster

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Kristina Nasturzio 1 GK Colleen Doughtery 2 DF Amber Bloem 3 MF Hannah Lankford 5 DF Carly Bykerk 6 MF Mary Koscielniak 7 MF Erin Mruz 8 MF Courtney Nash 9 DF Ellen Phillips 10 MF Molly Gerst 11 FW Irie Dennis 12 MF Tara Wegner 13 MF Lauren King

No. Position Player 14 DF Kourtney Willert 15 FW Erica Rohern 16 MF Erin DeYoung 17 MF Rebecca Reese 18 FW Jill Hayes 19 DF Kristen Pelkki 20 DF Ali Nicoles 21 FW Jacquie Lacek 22 MF Jenna Fagerman 23 FW Jennifer Tafler 25 MF Julie Drummond 26 DF Sarah Kaufman GK Catherine Howard

Year-by-year

External links

• West Michigan Firewomen