The 2020 Sky Blue FC season was the team's eleventh season as a professional women's soccer team, and their eighth season as a member of the National Women's Soccer League. The season was originally scheduled to begin on March 18, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the start date was delayed. Preseason matches were cancelled on March 12 and on April 4 it was announced that a moratorium on training would continue through May 5, 2020. On April 24, the NWSL announced the moratorium on training would be extended through May 15. The start date of the season was further shifted to an indeterminate point, with the league promising to "include an appropriate preseason training period" before launching the season. Small group training resumed on May 25, and on May 27 the NWSL announced that the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup would mark the league's return to action following the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was hosted in Utah from June 27 to July 26. On June 22, 2020, the NWSL confirmed that the regular season had been cancelled and the Challenge Cup would act as the 2020 season. Sky Blue finished the preliminary round as the seventh seed before ultimately being eliminated in the semi-finals by the Chicago Red Stars.
On June 23, 2020, Sky Blue announced their twenty-six player roster for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. In the same announcement, the club confirmed that three players contracted to the club had been left out through injury. On June 26, Madison Tiernan was also ruled out of the tournament with an injury.
Coaching staff
Position
Staff
Head Coach
Freya Coombe
Assistant Coach
Rebecca Moros
Assistant Coach
Becki Tweed
Goalkeeper Coach
Dean O'Leary
High Performance Coach
Philip Congleton
Technical Advisor
Marcia McDermott
Head Physio
Joelle Muro
Competitions
Preseason
Preseason training and matches were originally scheduled to take place beginning on March 28, but on March 12 all preseason matches were cancelled.
The regular season schedule was announced on February 25, 2020. However, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was eventually cancelled and replaced by the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
Challenge Cup
Preliminary round
Standings
Results by matchday
Matches
Sky Blue were originally slated to play the Orlando Pride as part of the preliminary round of the competition. However, on June 22 it was reported that several of Orlando's players and staff had tested positive for COVID-19 and that Orlando would be withdrawing from the competition. A revised schedule was subsequently announced on June 23.
Freya Coombe
Rebecca Moros
Dean O'Leary