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| Head coach | Vlatko Andonovski | |||
| Stadium | Shawnee Mission District Stadium | |||
| NWSL | 2nd | |||
| NWSL Playoffs | Semifinals | |||
| Top goalscorer | Lauren Cheney (12) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 6,784 (Apr 13 vs. POR) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,057 (Jun 23 vs. WAS) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 4,604 | |||
| Biggest win | 3–0 (Jul 24 vs. BOS) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 1–3 (Jun 16 vs. CHI) | |||
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The 2013 season was FC Kansas City's first season of existence, in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
On January 11, 2013, FC Kansas City announced a new logo,[1] which would remain the club's logo until its dissolution in 2017. The team was the league's first to unveil its kits in March, using the same standard templates as the rest of the league in blue, white, and black colors. Overland Park-based Title Boxing Club sponsored the fronts of the shirts.[2]
In November 2012, it was confirmed that a Kansas City-based women's professional soccer team had been accepted into a new women's professional soccer league, later named National Women's Soccer League.[3] The KC ownership group was composed of Chris Likens, his two sons Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski, the same owners of the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[4][5]
On January 14, 2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Nicole Barnhart (USA), Lauren Cheney (USA), Renae Cuéllar (MEX), Marylin Diaz (MEX), Becky Sauerbrunn (USA), Desiree Scott (CAN), and Lauren Sesselmann (CAN) were named to the team.[6][7][8][9]
On January 18, the team selected Kristie Mewis, Erika Tymrak, Whitney Berry, and Nia Williams in the 2013 NWSL College Draft.[10] [11] The team signed Sinead Farrelly, Jen Buczkowski, and Leigh Ann Robinson as free agents.[12]
During the February 7 Supplemental Draft, the Blues selected Courtney Jones, Bianca Henninger, Merritt Mathias, Casey Nogueira, Tina DiMartino, and Casey Berrier.[13]
FC Kansas City held open tryouts in February, calling back nine players to be amateur reserves of the 65 who attended: forward Gisela Arrieta, goalkeeper Colleen Boyd, forward Ariana Calderon, defender Natalie Carter, midfielder Molly Dreska, midfielder Jaime French, defender Natalie Norris, forward Andrea Rodriguez, and midfielder Vendula Strnadova.[14]
On April 13, 2013, FC Kansas City hosted Portland Thorns FC in the first regular-season match in NWSL history. In the 3rd minute of the match, Renae Cuéllar scored the first goal in the histories of both FC Kansas City and the NWSL. The match drew a sellout crowd of 6,784 and ended in a 1–1 draw.[15][16]
Due to the search for suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Boston Breakers were unable to travel to Kansas City for their scheduled match against Kansas City on April 19, resulting in a postponement.[17] Kansas City won its first game in its second match, defeating Seattle Reign FC 2–0 at home on April 26.[18]
On July 1, head coach Vlatko Andonovski traded Cuéllar to Seattle Reign FC for Teresa Noyola.[19]
FC Kansas City clinched its first playoff qualification after defeating Portland Thorns FC 3–2 on August 4, with Lauren Holiday scoring a brace and Kristie Mewis scoring the match-winning goal in the 74th minute. The road match set a league attendance record of 17,619.[20]
However, despite opportunities to clinch the NWSL Shield, Kansas City lost to the Boston Breakers on August 10[21] and the Chicago Red Stars on August 18,[22] resulting in a three-way tie atop the table for points. With the league's first tiebreaker being head-to-head record, the Western New York Flash won the 2013 Shield, Kansas City finished second, and Portland finished third.[23]
The loss to the Breakers snapped a 10-match unbeaten streak, the season's longest, and was the last time an opponent would shutout Kansas City in any competition until Sky Blue FC in the opening match of the 2015 season, a streak of 25 regular-season matches and 28 including playoffs.[24]: 369 The team's 11 shutouts on the season set a league record that stood until North Carolina Courage recorded 12 in the 2017 season, which was two matches longer.[24]: 371
On August 24, Kansas City hosted Portland in the first-ever NWSL Playoffs match in the league's history. After taking a 2–0 lead at halftime on goals by Erika Tymrak and Melissa Henderson, Portland scored twice in the second half to draw in regulation and force extra time.[25] Thorns midfielder Allie Long scored the match-winning goal in the 103rd minute and Kansas City were unable to equalize, eliminating Kansas City from the postseason. The loss was the seventh time in all of the season's competitions that Kansas City had led by two or more goals during a match but failed to win.[26]
FC Kansas City swept the league's postseason individual awards, led by Holiday winning the golden boot and most valuable player awards. Her 12 goals and 9 assists led the league in both categories, and she scored a goal or assist in 10 consecutive appearances, interrupted only by international duty and her wedding to Jrue Holiday.[27]
On February 6, the club announced its home matches would be played at Shawnee Mission District StadiuminOverland Park, Kansas, a 6,150-capacity high-school gridiron football and track and field stadium with artificial turf. Season tickets were initially priced from $135 to $255.[28]
As of August 1, 2013[update].[29]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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| 1 | GK | Bianca Henninger |  United States
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| 2 | FW | Melissa Henderson | United States
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| 3 | FW | Tiffany Cameron |  Canada
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| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | United States
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| 6 | MF | Jen Buczkowski | United States
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| 7 | FW | Casey Loyd | United States
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| 8 | DF | Courtney Jones | United States
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| 9 | DF | Merritt Mathias | United States
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| 10 | MF | Teresa Noyola |  Mexico
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| 11 | MF | Desiree Scott | Canada
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| 12 | FW | Lauren Cheney | United States
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| 13 | DF | Leigh Ann Robinson | United States
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| 14 | DF | Lauren Sesselmann | Canada
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| 15 | MF | Erika Tymrak | United States
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| 16 | DF | Nia Williams | United States
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| 17 | MF | Sinead Farrelly | United States
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| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | United States
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| 19 | MF | Kristie Mewis | United States
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| 20 | DF | Katie Kelly | United States
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| 22 | DF | Natalie Norris (reserve) | United States
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| 23 | MF | Missy Geha (reserve) | United States
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| 26 | FW | Jaime French | United States
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| — | MF | Vendula Strnadová (reserve) |  Czech Republic
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Renae Cuéllar and 3rd-round pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft traded to Seattle Reign FC for Teresa Noyola, rights to 
Nikki Krzysik, and a 2nd-round pick in the 2014 draft.[19] Jaime French signed[30]FC Kansas City's ownership group was composed of Chris, Brad and Greg Likens, and Brian Budzinski. The group also owns the Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[31] Budzinski is also owner of the Kansas City Soccerdome.[32] On December 12, 2012, the team announced the hiring of Vlatko Andonovski, a former professional player and head coach of the Kansas City Kings of the PASL and Missouri Olympic Development Program (ODP), as head coach for the season.[33]
Win Draw Loss
| April 6, 2013 1 | FC Kansas City | 8–0 | Nebraska Cornhuskers' Women's Soccer | Parkville, Missouri |
| 14:30 | Cuéllar  16', 20', 44', 55', 67' Jones 17' Farrelly 51' |
Report | Stadium: Julian Field Attendance: 410 Referee: Brandon Marshall |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
Last updated: August 18, 2013.
Source: Match reports
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| Stadium | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | D | P | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L |
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)
| April 13, 2013 1 | FC Kansas City | 1–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Cuéllar 3' Mewis  43' |
KC Report Portland Report |
Sinclair 66' (pen.) Washington 70'Williamson 82' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Kari Seitz |
| April 20, 2013 2 | FC Kansas City | Postponed[34] | Boston Breakers | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Boston Marathon bombing | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium |
| April 26, 2013 3 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Farrelly 21' Cuéllar 71' |
Report | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4064 Referee: Christina Unkel |
| May 4, 2013 4 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Tukwila, Washington |
| 22:00 | Reed 29' Fishlock 32' |
Report | Sesselmann 58' Cuéllar 69' |
Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Margaret Domka |
| May 11, 2013 5 | Western New York Flash | 2–1 | FC Kansas City | Rochester, New York |
| 18:35 | Wambach 34', 39' Heyboer 95' |
Report | Cheney 53' Sesselmann 91' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
| May 18, 2013 6 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Boston Breakers | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Cuéllar 17' Mathias 23'Cheney 64' |
Report | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,362 Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr. |
| May 25, 2013 7 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 | Sesselmann  22' |
Report | Schmidt 23' (pen.) |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4186 Referee: John McCloskey |
| June 6, 2013 8 | Portland Thorns FC | 4–3 | FC Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
| 21:30 | Morgan 13', 66' 80' Wetzel 20'Foxhoven 48' |
Report | Cheney 31' (pen.), 56' Tymrak 81'Jones 89' |
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 10,886 Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr |
| June 9, 2013 9 | Seattle Reign FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Tukwila, Washington |
| 21:00 | Kyle 92' |
Report | Tymrak 63' |
Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
| June 13, 2013 10 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–2 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
| 18:30 | Vandenbergh 34' |
Report | Loyd 27' (pen.) Jones 66' |
Stadium: Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
| June 16, 2013 11 | FC Kansas City | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Cuéllar 4' Wiliams 79' |
Report | Grings 29' 43' Masar 58'Fuss 91' (pen.) |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Juliana Duncan |
| June 23, 2013 12 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Cheney 17', 65' |
Summary | Pressley 29' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
| June 26, 2013 13 | Sky Blue FC | 2–2 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:35 | Ocampo 85', 90+2' |
Summary | Tymrak 14' Cheney 74' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| June 30, 2013 14 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Cheney 10' Mathias 71' |
Summary | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,774 Referee: Christina Unkel |
| July 3, 2013 15 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | FC Kansas City | Germantown, Maryland |
| 18:30 | Matheson 86' (pen.) |
Report | Tymrak 55' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,467 |
| July 7, 2013 16 | FC Kansas City | 0–0 | Western New York Flash | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Robinson 61' |
Report | Reynolds 30' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,031 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
| July 14, 2013 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–3 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
| 15:00 | Dominguez 41' Masar 90'Chalupny 96+' |
Report | Holiday 17' Hemmings 43' (o.g.)Tymrak 87' |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,549 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
| July 20, 2013 18 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 (PST) | Holiday 39' Tymrak 86' |
Report | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Boris Senic |
| July 24, 2013 2R | FC Kansas City | 3–0 | Boston Breakers | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 19:35 (PST) | McNeill 72' (o.g.) Jones 85'Mathias 90' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 5,024 |
| July 28, 2013 19 | Sky Blue FC | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 17:00 | Jones 76' |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,302 |
| August 4, 2013 20 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–3 | FC Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
| 16:00 | Foxhoven 51' Morgan 89' |
Holiday 23' 55' Mewis 74' |
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 17,619 |
| August 10, 2013 21 | Boston Breakers | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| 17:00 | Leroux 65' |
Report | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
| August 18, 2013 22 | FC Kansas City | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 15:10 | Jones 20' |
Report | Hoy 45', 92' Grings 65' Santacaterina 68' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Elvid Mahmutovic |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Western New York Flash | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 38 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | FC Kansas City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 38 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 38 | |
| 4 | Sky Blue FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 36 | |
| 5 | Boston Breakers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 30 | |
| 6 | Chicago Red Stars | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 30 | |
| 7 | Seattle Reign FC | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 18 | |
| 8 | Washington Spirit | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 14 |
| N | P | Nation | Name | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cros | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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| 6 | MF | USA |
Jen Buczkowski | 22 | 22 | 1,980[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA |
Leigh Ann Robinson | 22 | 22 | 1,900 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CAN |
Desiree Scott | 20 | 20 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA |
Kristie Mewis | 20 | 20 | 1,784 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | USA |
Merritt Mathias | 22 | 19 | 1,738 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA |
Becky Sauerbrunn | 19 | 19 | 1,710 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CAN |
Lauren Sesselmann | 19 | 19 | 1,633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | USA |
Lauren Cheney | 18 | 18 | 1,620 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA |
Erika Tymrak | 21 | 16 | 1,453 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | USA |
Melissa Henderson | 17 | 13 | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA |
Sinead Farrelly | 16 | 10 | 896 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MEX |
Renae Cuéllar | 11 | 8 | 682 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | USA |
Courtney Jones | 22 | 6 | 670 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA |
Casey Loyd | 4 | 3 | 275 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CAN |
Katie Kelly | 7 | 2 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA |
Nia Williams | 4 | 2 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MEX |
Teresa Noyola | 7 | 1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA |
Jaime French | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | CAN |
Tiffany Cameron | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA |
Missy Geha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | USA |
Natalie Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N | P | Nation | Name | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Save | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
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| 18 | GK | USA |
Nicole Barnhart | 20 | 20 | 1,800 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 187 | 86 | 67 | 19 | 0.95 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | GK | USA |
Bianca Henninger | 2 | 2 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| August 24, 2013 Semifinal | FC Kansas City | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Portland Thorns FC | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 13:00 CDT | Tymrak 12' Henderson 25' Scott 73' Buczkowski 86' |
Heath 33' Dougherty 50' Long 61' 103' Weimer 66' |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,016 Referee: Christina Unkel |
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