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{{Short description|Football team in the Independent Women's Football League}}
{{USFootball team
| logo          = ManchesterFreedom.PNG
| pixels        = 200px
| founded       = 2001
| league        = [[Independent Women's Football League]]
| history       = New Hampshire Freedom (2001-2004)<br>Manchester Freedom (2005-2011)
| stadium       = [[Manchester High School West|West Memorial Field]]
| city          = [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]
| colors        = green, gold, black
| owner         = Ray Simoneau
| coach         = Jim Gallatto
| championships = 0
| titles        = 1 (2007)<ref name="NY2007">{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.nysharksfootball.com/2007/07/14/new-york-28-manchester-0-2/|url-status=dead|title=New York 28 @ Manchester 0|date=14 July 2007|website=New York Sharks|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200925165421/https://www.nysharksfootball.com/2007/07/14/new-york-28-manchester-0-2/|archive-date=25 September 2020|access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>
| dancers       =
| mascot        =
}}

The '''Manchester Freedom''' was an [[American football]] team in the [[Independent Women's Football League]] based in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]. Home games were played at West Memorial Field on the campus of [[Manchester High School West]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Zhe|first=Mike|url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/sports/2004/05/23/gridiron-girls/50252679007/|title=Gridiron girls|date=23 May 2004|website=[[Seacoast Online]]|access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>

Russian women's national hockey team member [[Yekaterina Pashkevich]] played several seasons for the club.<ref name="sochi" />

Julie Carignan and Jen Pirog were attached to the team in 2010, when they played for the U.S. team that won the nation's first International Federation of American Football Women’s World Championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manchester players help Team USA tackle history |url=https://www.keenesentinel.com/sports/local_sports/manchester-players-help-team-usa-tackle-history/article_4e97c54b-a6d8-5b13-bc50-fb3bfe958b49.html |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=[[Keene Sentinel]] |date=7 July 2010 |language=en}}</ref> Despite the presence of national team players on its roster, the team only won one game in the 2010 season.<ref name="all star" /> 

The team improved to 4-4 in 2011.<ref name="all star" /> The Freedom disbanded after the 2011 season.<ref name="sochi">{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Steve |title=From football in Manchester to women's hockey in Sochi, Russian trailblazer has had long career |url=https://www.unionleader.com/sports/from-football-in-manchester-to-womens-hockey-in-sochi-russian-trailblazer-has-had-long-career/article_284ba48e-b4e8-5aed-a908-943ca32927be.html |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Union Leader |agency=Reuters |date=12 February 2014 |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2025|reason=Team appears to have officially ceased operations in August 2013, not in 2011}} 

Freedom running back and linebacker Kimberly Boroyan was named to the league's All-Star team in 2007, 2009, and 2011.<ref name="all star">{{cite news |last1=Hurley |first1=Christopher |title=Melrose native Kim Boroyan heads to IWFL All-Star Game |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/melrose-free-press/2011/07/28/melrose-native-kim-boroyan-heads/64921176007/ |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Melrose-Free Press |date=28 July 2011}}</ref>

==Season-by-season==
{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''New Hampshire Freedom (IWFL)'''
|-
|2001 || colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="center" | Results Unknown
|-
|2002 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 6th East Division || --
|-
|2003 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 3rd East North Atlantic || --
|-
|2004 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 3rd East Mid-Atlantic || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Manchester Freedom (IWFL)'''
|-
|2005 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 4th East Mid-Atlantic || --
|-
|2006 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 2nd East North Atlantic || --
|-
|2007 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 1st East Northeast || Lost Eastern Conference Qualifier ([[New York Sharks|New York]])<ref name="NY2007" />
|-
|2008 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 3rd Tier II North Atlantic || --
|-
|2009 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 8th Tier II || Lost Tier II Quarterfinal ([[Montreal Blitz|Montreal]])
|-
|2010 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 5th Tier II East Northeast ||
|-
|2011 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 3rd East North Atlantic<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.iwflsports.com/|url-status=usurped|title=Standings|website=Independent Women's Football League|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111031164828/https://www.iwflsports.com/|archive-date=31 October 2011|access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref> ||
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''New Hampshire Freedom (IWFL)'''<ref name="NHF2">{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=http://www.newhampshirefreedom.com/|url-status=dead|title=New Hampshire Freedom|website=New Hampshire Freedom|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130127012835/http://www.newhampshirefreedom.com/|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2012 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 3rd East North Atlantic<ref name="NHF2" /><ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.iwflsports.com/|url-status=usurped|title=Standings|website=Independent Women's Football League|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120821001215/https://www.iwflsports.com/|archive-date=21 August 2012|access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref> ||
|-
!Totals || 36 || 50 || 1
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
{{s-end}}

==Season schedules==

===2009===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
![[Home team|Home]]/Away
!Result
|-
|April 11
|[[Connecticut Crushers]]
|Away
|Won 27-15
|-
|April 18
|[[Boston Militia]]
|Away
|Lost 42-0
|-
|April 25
|[[Central PA Vipers]]
|Home
|Won 47-0
|-
|May 2
|[[New England Intensity]]
|Away
|Lost 13-0
|-
|May 9
|New England Intensity
|Home
|Lost 20-8
|-
|May 16
|[[Southern Maine Rebels]]
|Away
|Won 13-8
|-
|May 30
|[[Erie Illusion]]
|Home
|Lost 20-13
|-
|June 13
|Southern Maine Rebels
|Away
|Won 19-6
|-
|June 27
|[[Montreal Blitz]] (Tier II Quarterfinal)
|Away
|Lost 68-0
|}

===2010===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
![[Home team|Home]]/Away
!Result
|-
|April 3
|[[Jersey Justice]]
|Away
|Lost 32-0
|-
|April 10
|[[New England Intensity]]
|Away
|Lost 25-6
|-
|April 17
|[[Montreal Blitz]]
|Away
|Lost 41-14
|-
|May 1
|[[Holyoke Hurricanes]]
|Home
|Won 2-0
|-
|May 8
|New England Intensity
|Home
|Lost 20-0
|-
|May 15
|[[Southern Maine Rebels]]
|Home
|Won 21-0
|-
|May 22
|[[Connecticut Crushers]]
|Away
|Lost 46-0
|-
|June 5
|[[New York Nemesis]]
|Home
|Lost 38-0
|}

===2011===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
![[Home team|Home]]/Away
!Result
|-
|April 9
|[[Montreal Blitz]]
|Away
|Lost 12-6
|-
|April 16
|[[Jersey Justice]]
|Home
|Won 8-0
|-
|April 30
|[[New England Intensity]]
|Away
|Lost 27-7
|-
|May 7
|[[Montreal Blitz]]
|Home
|Lost 25-13
|-
|May 14
|[[Southern Maine Rebels]]
|Home
|Won 40-8
|-
|May 21
|[[New England Intensity]]
|Home
|Lost 7-0
|-
|June 4
|[[Southern Maine Rebels]]
|Away
|Won 37-0
|-
|June 11
|[[Philadelphia Firebirds (IWFL)|Philadelphia Firebirds]]
|Home
|Won 26-0
|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.manchesterfreedom.com/ Manchester Freedom official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602012330/http://www.manchesterfreedom.com/ |date=2009-06-02 }}
*[http://www.iwflsports.com/ IWFL official website]
{{IWFL}}
{{New Hampshire Sports}}

[[Category:Independent Women's Football League]]
[[Category:Sports in Manchester, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:American football teams established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Women in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:American football teams disestablished in 2011]]


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