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| Full name | New England Mutiny | ||
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| Nickname | Mutiny | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Stadium | Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts | ||
| Chairman |  Joe Ferrara | ||
| Manager | Joe Abele | ||
| League | United Women's Soccer | ||
| 2017 | 3rd, East Conference Playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | http://www.mutinysoccer.com | ||
New England Mutiny is an American women'ssoccer club, which competes at the pro-am level of women's soccer in the US, in theUnited Women's Soccer league.
The club plays its home games atLusitano Stadium.
Established in 1999 asSpringfield Sirens, the club played in the amateurW-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 toWPSL as one of the founding members of the East Division.[2]
On July 29, 2004, in a match preparingwomen'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 ofWPS in 2012, the club joined the newWomen'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 theChicago Red Stars andBoston Breakers as well as a draw at theWestern 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,[3] (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 formedNational 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,[4] the team branched off to join the inaugural 2016 season ofUnited Women's Soccer.[5]
The following former players have played at the senior international and/or professional level:[6]
Sylvia Gee (Springfield Sirens)Ellie Jean[7]Sonya Maher (Springfield Sirens)Geraldine O'Shea (Springfield Sirens)Margaret Saurin (Springfield Sirens)Claire Scanlan (Springfield Sirens)| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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| 1999 | 3 | W-2 | 1st, North Division | Runner up |
| 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 | Runner up |
| 2005 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East | National semifinals (3rd) |
| 2006 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, East – North | did not qualify |
| 2007 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, East – North | Runner up |
| 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 |
| 2019 | 2 | UWS | 1st East | Conference Finals |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due toCOVID-19 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | UWS | 8th, East | did not qualify |
| 2022 | 4 | UWS | 1st, New England Division | Conference Semifinal |
| 2023 | 4 | UWS | 6th, East | East First Round |
| 2024 | 4 | UWS | 1st, East | Runner up |
| 2025 | 4 | UWS | 1st, East | Runner up |
Tony Horta 2007–2014Joe Abele 2015–present
