The Breakers played their home games at Jordan Field in Boston and were managed in their final season by Matt Beard.

[2] Joe Cummings was named the President and General Manager and he had previously worked for the Breakers franchise in the WUSA.

[4] The club acquired Amy Rodriguez as the first overall pick in the 2009 WPS Soccer Draft in St. Louis on January 30, 2009.

[5] The Breakers played their debut match in the inaugural season of Women's Professional Soccer against FC Gold Pride in Santa Clara, California, losing 2–1.

On January 16, 2012, the Breakers announced that they signed United States U-23 national team defender, Bianca D'Agostino.

[8] The Breakers also acquired Australian national team forward Kyah Simon in anticipation of the 2012 season.

[17] The other players assigned to the Breakers were Anisa Guajardo, Adriana Leon, Sydney Leroux, Cecilia Santiago, and Rhian Wilkinson.

After failed last-minute attempts to sell the club to the owners of the New England Revolution[19] and to local commercial real estate developers,[20] the Boston Breakers officially folded on January 25, 2018 and did not participate in the NWSL in 2018.

[21] Reports generally blamed lack of marketing and resultant limited fanbase for the club's demise.

[22][23] The Boston Breakers played their home games for their final four seasons at Jordan Field, a 4,100 seat, multi-purpose facility located on the campus of Harvard University in Allston, Massachusetts.

[26] As of 2017, Boston Breakers games were streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.

[27] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.

[37][38] Michael Stoller was the managing partner of Boston Women's Soccer, LLC, the ownership group overseeing the Breakers.

[41] In summer 2009, the Breakers began a tradition of honoring legends from the past with commemorative banners at Harvard Stadium.