2016 Orlando City SC season

Orlando City
2016 season
President Phil Rawlins
Manager Jason Kreis
Stadium Camping World Stadium FKA Orlando Citrus Bowl
MLS Conference: 8th
Overall: 15th
MLS Playoffs 41 Pts. / Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Larin (17)
All: Larin (17)
Highest home attendance 60,147
(Mar. 6 vs. Real Salt Lake)
Lowest home attendance League: 23,802
(August 24 vs. Toronto FC)
All: 3,162
(Jun. 29 vs. Fort Lauderdale)
Average home league attendance League: 31,323 (2nd)***
All:21,692
Home colors
Away colors

The 2016 Orlando City SC season was the club's sixth season of existence in Orlando, and second season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system.

Background

On July 15, 2015, Orlando City opened an additional 4,000 seats for sale to potential season ticket holders, bringing the total available season tickets to 18,000.[1] The extra allotment sold out on August 18, 2015.[2] Season tickets are again sold out for the 2016 season.[3]

On October 15, 2015, Orlando City announced that they would field an owned-and-operated team in the United Soccer League, Orlando City B. The team will begin play in the 2016 season at Eastern Florida State College's Melbourne campus.[4]

On January 13, 2016, Orlando City announced that they would play the entire 2016 season at Camping World Stadium. They had hoped to move into their new soccer-specific stadium in September, but construction delays made that impossible. The team will instead move in 2017.[5] [Attendance figures due to the squad playing in Camping World Stadium, which seats 65,000 (40,000 in the lower bowl). The Seattle Sounders share CenturyLink Field with the NFL's Seahawks.]

Squad information

Orlando City SC first team squad [6]

NumberNat.PlayerPositionDate of birthPrevious club2016 MLS
appearances		2016 MLS
goals		Notes
Goalkeepers
1United StatesJoe BendikGKApril 25, 1989Canada Toronto FC345 CS*–
36United StatesEarl Edwards, Jr.GKJanuary 24, 1992United States UCLA Bruins–––
Defenders
2United StatesTyler TurnerRBMarch 4, 1996United States IMG Academy Bradenton––HGP, #
3EnglandSeb HinesCBMay 29, 1988England Middlesbrough F.C.263
4UruguayJosé AjaCBMay 10, 1993Uruguay Club Nacional de Football10–INT, LOAN
12United StatesKevin AlstonDFMay 5, 1988United States New England Revolution24––
14EnglandLuke BodenLBNovember 26, 1988England Sheffield Wednesday F.C.20–#
16HondurasDevron GarcíaCB/DMFebruary 17, 1996Honduras C.D. Victoria––INT
20United StatesBrek SheaLB/LWFebruary 28, 1990England Stoke City F.C.273–
23United StatesConor DonovanCBJanuary 8, 1996United States NC State Wolfpack––GA
27PortugalRafael RamosRBJanuary 9, 1995Portugal S.L. Benfica Juniors U-1912–INT, #
29United StatesTommy ReddingCBJanuary 24, 1997United States FC America18–HGP, #
44SpainDavid MateosCBApril 22, 1987Hungary Ferencvárosi TC21–INT
45United StatesMikey AmbroseDFOctober 5, 1993United States Orlando City B5––
Midfielders
5United StatesServando CarrascoDMAugust 13, 1988United States Sporting Kansas City31––
6CanadaRichie LaryeaAMJanuary 7, 1995United States Akron Zips––GA
7ColombiaCristian HiguitaDMJanuary 14, 1994Colombia Deportivo Cali211INT
8EnglandHarrison HeathDMApril 16, 1996England Norwich City U-183–HGP, #
10BrazilKaká (captain)AMApril 22, 1982Italy A.C. Milan249INT, DP
11ColombiaCarlos RivasFW/LWApril 15, 1994Colombia Deportivo Cali213INT, DP
18Trinidad and TobagoKevin MolinoAM/RWJune 17, 1990Trinidad and Tobago Ma Pau SC3011#
19BrazilJúlio BaptistaAMOctober 1, 1981Brazil Cruzeiro236INT
22ItalyAntonio NocerinoDMApril 9, 1985Italy A.C. Milan21–INT
30ArgentinaMatías Pérez GarcíaAMOctober 13, 1984United States San Jose Earthquakes13–INT, DP
46United StatesTony RochaCM/DMAugust 21, 1993United States Orlando City B8–
Forwards
13GuineaHadji BarryFWDecember 8, 1992United States Philadelphia Union8––
15BrazilPedro RibeiroAM/SSJune 13, 1990United States UCF Knights3––
21CanadaCyle LarinFWApril 17, 1995United States Connecticut Huskies3214GA, INT

CS*: Clean Sheets (no goals allowed)
# denotes players who were retained from the USL Pro side.
† denotes player who made appearances but left the club before the end of the season.

Transfers

In

Date Player Position From Fee/notes Source
November 9, 2015United States Mason StajduharGKUnited States Orlando City AcademyMLS Home Grown Player[7]
December 17, 2015United States Kevin AlstonDFUnited States New England RevolutionMLS Re-Entry Draft[8]
December 21, 2015United States Joe BendikGKUnited States Toronto FCTraded for a conditional 2017 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick[9]
January 14, 2016Canada Richie LaryeaMFUnited States University of AkronSuperDraft[10]
January 14, 2016Guinea Hadji BarryMFUnited States University of Central FloridaSuperDraft[10]
January 19, 2016United States Antonio MatarazzoMFUnited States Columbia UniversitySuperDraft[11]
January 19, 2016Nigeria Tobenna UzoFWUnited States Coastal Carolina UniversitySuperDraft[11]
January 27, 2016Honduras Devron GarcíaDFHonduras C.D. VictoriaUndisclosed Fee[12]
February 18, 2016Italy Antonio NocerinoMFItaly A.C. MilanT.A.M and G.A.M to D.C. United[13]
March 23, 2016Brazil Júlio BaptistaFWBrazil CruzeiroUndisclosed Fee[14]
August 3, 2016Argentina Matías Pérez GarcíaMFUnited States San Jose EarthquakesTraded for Darwin Cerén[15]
August 4, 2016United States Mikey AmbroseDFUnited States Orlando City B[16]
August 4, 2016United States Tony RochaMFUnited States Orlando City B[16]

Out

Date Player Position To Fee/notes Source
November 25, 2015 United States Corey Ashe DF United States Columbus Crew Declined Contract Option [17]
November 25, 2015 Democratic Republic of the Congo Danny Mwanga FW United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Declined Contract Option [18]
November 25, 2015 United States Tally Hall GK United States D.C. United Declined Contract Option [19]
November 25, 2015United States Josh FordGKUnited States San Antonio FCDeclined Contract Option[20]
November 25, 2015 United States Eric Avila MF United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Declined Contract Option [21]
November 25, 2015 United States Tony Cascio MF United States Arizona United SC Expired Contract [22]
November 25, 2015 England Lewis Neal MF United States Orlando City B Declined Contract Option [19]
November 25, 2015 United States Adam Bedell FW Unattached Declined Contract Option [19]
November 25, 2015 United States Sidney Rivera FW Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC Declined Contract Option [19]
January 19, 2016Nigeria Tobenna UzoFWUnattachedUnsigned Draft Pick
February 1, 2016 Portugal Estrela MF Cyprus APOEL F.C. Released From Team [23]
March 11, 2016 United States Antonio Matarazzo DF United States Orlando City B Unsigned Draft Pick [24]
April 29, 2016 France Aurélien Collin DF United States New York Red Bulls 2017 MLS Super Draft Fourth Round Pick [25]
July 5, 2016 Switzerland Adrian Winter MF Switzerland FC Zürich Mutual Termination [26]
August 3, 2016 El Salvador Darwin Cerén MF United States San Jose Earthquakes Traded for Matías Pérez García [15]

Loan In

Position Player Loaned from Start End Source
DFUruguay José AjaUruguay Club Nacional de FootballJuly 21, 2016December 2016[27]

Loan Out

No. Position Player Loaned to Start End Source
2DFUnited States Tyler TurnerUnited States Orlando City BMarch 25, 2016—[28]
6MFCanada Richmond LaryeaUnited States Orlando City BMarch 25, 2016—[28]
8DFEngland Harrison HeathUnited States Orlando City BMarch 25, 2016—[28]
13FWGuinea Hadji BarryUnited States Orlando City BMarch 25, 2016—[28]
25GKUnited States Mason StajduharUnited States Orlando City BMarch 25, 2016—[28]
35FWHonduras Bryan RóchezUnited States Orlando City BMarch 25, 2016—[28]
16DFHonduras Devron GarcíaUnited States Orlando City BApril 15, 2016—[29]
23DFUnited States Conor DonovanUnited States Orlando City BMay 1, 2016—
14DFEngland Luke BodenUnited States Orlando City BMay 7, 2016May 8, 2016
35FWHonduras Bryan RóchezHonduras Real EspañaJuly 22, 2016End of 2016 season

Competitions

Friendlies

Major League Soccer

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00) except where otherwise noted.

It was announced on December 22, 2015, that, just like the 2015 season, Orlando City would open the campaign at home, this year against Real Salt Lake. The remainder of the schedule was released on January 7, 2016.[3]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 9 14 11 55 60  −5 41 6 7 4 31 28  +3 3 7 7 24 32  −8

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHAAAHHAAHHAAHAAHAH
ResultDDWWLDLDDLWDDDWLDLDDWLDDLWWLLLDLWW

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Standings

Eastern Conference table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42 Knockout round
7 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
8 Orlando City SC 34 9 11 14 55 60 −5 41
9 Columbus Crew SC 34 8 14 12 50 58 −8 36
10 Chicago Fire 34 7 17 10 42 58 −16 31
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
13 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42
14 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
15 Orlando City SC 34 9 11 14 55 60 −5 41
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 10 15 9 45 52 −7 39
17 San Jose Earthquakes 34 8 12 14 32 40 −8 38
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ↑

U.S. Open Cup

On May 21, 2016, Orlando City was drawn to face the winner of the third round match between Jacksonville Armada FC, and the winner of the second round match between The Villages SC and Charleston Battery.[30] Although The Villages SC won the match on penalty shootout, they were subsequently disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[31] Jacksonville Armada ultimately won the third round matchup, setting up a match in Jacksonville against Orlando City, a rematch of their preseason match.[32]

Bracket
Fourth Round
June 14–15 		Round of 16
June 28–29 		Quarterfinals
July 20 		Semifinals
August 9–10 		Final
September 13
               
MLS Portland Timbers 2
MLS San Jose Earthquakes 0
MLS Portland Timbers 0
MLS LA Galaxy 1
MLS LA Galaxy 4*
USASA La Máquina FC 1
MLS LA Galaxy 4
MLS Seattle Sounders FC 2
MLS Real Salt Lake 2(3)
USL Wilmington Hammerheads FC 2(1)
MLS Real Salt Lake 1(1)
MLS Seattle Sounders FC 1(4)
MLS Seattle Sounders FC 2
PDL Kitsap Pumas 0
MLS LA Galaxy 1
MLS FC Dallas 2*
MLS Houston Dynamo 4
USL San Antonio FC 0
MLS Houston Dynamo 3
MLS Sporting Kansas City 1
NASL Minnesota United FC 1
MLS Sporting Kansas City 2*
MLS Houston Dynamo 0
MLS FC Dallas 1
MLS FC Dallas 2(6)
USL Oklahoma City Energy FC 2(5)
MLS FC Dallas 2*
MLS Colorado Rapids 1
MLS Colorado Rapids 1
USL Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0
MLS FC Dallas 4
MLS New England Revolution 2
MLS New York City FC 0
NASL New York Cosmos 1
NASL New York Cosmos 2
MLS New England Revolution 3
NASL Carolina RailHawks 0
MLS New England Revolution 1*
MLS New England Revolution 1(4)
MLS Philadelphia Union 1(2)
MLS Philadelphia Union 3
USL Harrisburg City Islanders 2
MLS Philadelphia Union 2
MLS New York Red Bulls 1
USL Rochester Rhinos 0
MLS New York Red Bulls 1
MLS New England Revolution 3
MLS Chicago Fire 1
MLS Chicago Fire 1(4)
NASL Indy Eleven 1(3)
MLS Chicago Fire 2
MLS Columbus Crew SC 1
MLS Columbus Crew SC 4
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 0
MLS Chicago Fire 3
NASL Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0
NASL Jacksonville Armada FC 0
MLS Orlando City SC 1
MLS Orlando City SC 1
NASL Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2*
MLS D.C. United 0(3)
NASL Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0(4)

Host team listed first
Bold winner

* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Player Statistics

Top scorers

Place Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 FW 9 Canada Cyle Larin 14 0 0 14
2 MF 18 Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Molino 11 0 1 12
3 MF 10 Brazil Kaká 9 0 0 9
4 MF 19 Brazil Julio Baptista 6 0 0 6
5 FW 11 Colombia Carlos Rivas 3 0 0 3
MF 20 United States Brek Shea 3 0 0 3
DF 3 England Seb Hines 3 0 0 3
6 MF 7 Colombia Christian Higuita 1 0 0 1
DF 2 Spain David Mateos 0 0 1 1
Total 50 0 2 52

Notable Events

On April 26, 2016, Florida Citrus Sports announced that they had sold naming rights for the stadium to Camping World. Camping World would also be the presenting sponsor of the stadium's college football kickoff series for at least its first four years, through 2019.[33]

Adrian Heath was sacked by Orlando City on July 7, 2016, following a 4–0 defeat against FC Dallas. Bobby Murphy was the interim head coach until the hiring of former NYCFC manager Jason Kreis on July 19.[34]

On October 2, the Lions were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with a 1-0 loss at Montreal.[35]

The season ended on October 23, in the final game at Camping World Stadium, with a 4-2 win against D.C. United.[35]

Media

Any matches that are not featured in the MLS national television package on either ESPN2, Fox Sports 1 or UniMás will air locally on WRDQ 27. Jeff Radcliffe will call play-by-play, with Lewis Neal providing color commentary. They will also air pregame and postgame shows for each match, and a weekly highlight show. They are working on affiliate agreements to air matches out-of-market.[36]

On the radio, matches will air on WTKS-FM "Real Radio 104.1" in English,[37] with Tom Traxler and Adam Schick providing the call. When City is on a nationally televised match, Jeff Radcliffe will call the match on WTKS with Tom Traxler. Matches will also air on WONQ "La Grande 1030" in Spanish. The Spanish play-by-play announcer is Israel Herredia, with color commentary by Sergio Ruiz. The Spanish radio feed will be used as the SAP Spanish feed on Fox Sports Florida and Sun Sports.[38]

Orlando City will black out matches not on the MLS national television package on MLS Live this season. Local fans will be unable to watch locally televised matches via live stream during the matches, though they will become available immediately upon completion.[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Orlando City Increases Season Ticket Capacity to 18,000; Begins Season Ticket Renewal for 2016". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  2. ↑ "Orlando City Sells Out New Season Ticket Inventory for 2016". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  3. 1 2 "Orlando City to Face Real Salt Lake March 6 at Orlando Citrus Bowl". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  4. ↑ "Orlando City Announces Orlando City B, Signs Defenders Mikey Ambrose, Kyle Callan-McFadden, Midfielder Tony Rocha". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  5. ↑ "Your City Your Stadium: Update on Proposed Stadium Opening". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  6. ↑ Oshan, Jeremiah (June 30, 2014). "Kaka signs with MLS club Orlando City". sbnation.com. SB Nation. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. ↑ "Orlando City announce US U-20 goalkeeper Mason Stajduhar as Homegrown Player signing".
  8. ↑ "Orlando City selects Kevin Alston in stage 2 of MLS re-entry draft".
  9. ↑ "Toronto FC Acquires Draft Pick From Orlando". Toronto FC. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Orlando City Selects Midfielder Richie Laryea and Forward Hadji Barry in the First Round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  11. 1 2 "Orlando City Select Antonio Matarazzo and Tobenna Uzo in 2016 MLS SuperDraft". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  12. ↑ "Orlando City Acquires Honduran U-20 National Team Defender Devron García".
  13. ↑ "Orlando City sign Italian star Antonio Nocerino after trade with DC United".
  14. ↑ "Ex Real Madrid Star Julio Baptista Signs with Orlando City". ESPN.
  15. 1 2 "San Jose trade Matias Perez Garcia to Orlando for Darwin Ceren". MLS. August 3, 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Orlando City Acquires OCB Defender Mikey Ambrose From FC Dallas". Orlando City Soccer Club. August 4, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Columbus Crew SC signs free agent Corey Ashe".
  18. ↑ "Tampa Bay Rowdies sign forward Danny Mwanga". Archived from the original on February 15, 2016.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Orlando City Announces Roster Moves Following Inaugural MLS Campaign".
  20. ↑ "San Antonio FC signs goalkeeper Josh Ford". Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  21. ↑ "Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Midfielder Eric Avila". Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  22. ↑ "Arizona United SC Signs Gilbert-native Tony Cascio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  23. ↑ "Orlando City releases Portuguese midfielder Estrela".
  24. ↑ "Orlando City B Acquires Antonio Matarazzo, Keegan Smith and Alejandro García".
  25. ↑ "New York Red Bulls Acquire Defender Aurelien Collin from Orlando City SC".
  26. ↑ "Orlando City Midfielder Adrian Winter to Return to Switzerland".
  27. ↑ MLSSoccer.com. "Orlando City adds Uruguayan center back Jose Aja on six-month loan". MLS.
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Orlando City SC Loan Seven Players to OCB".
  29. ↑ "Orlando City SC Loans Defender/Midfielder Devron García to OCB".
  30. ↑ "2015 U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round: Match scenarios set for entry of MLS teams". May 21, 2016.
  31. ↑ "2016 U.S. Open Cup Round 2: Charleston Battery advance after The Villages field ineligible player (updated)". May 21, 2016.
  32. ↑ "2016 U.S. Open Cup Round 3: Jacksonville Armada need OT to earn first tournament win, 2-1 over Charleston Battery". June 3, 2016.
  33. ↑ Camping World stadium Wikipedia page
  34. ↑ Orlando City SC Wikipedia page
  35. 1 2 results
  36. ↑ Austin David (January 6, 2016). "Orlando City Announces WRDQ TV 27 as New Local TV Partner". The Mane Land.
  37. ↑ Michael Citro. "Orlando City Announces All Games Will Air on 104.1 FM". The Mane Land.
  38. ↑ "Orlando City Games to be aired in Spanish through La Grande 1030 AM". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  39. ↑ "MLS LIVE blackout policies". MLSsoccer.com.
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