2016 FC Kansas City season

The 2016 season is FC Kansas City's fourth season. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

FC Kansas City
2016 season
OwnerBrian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head CoachVlatko Andonovski
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
National Women's Soccer League6th
NWSL PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerShea Groom (6)
Highest home attendance8,022
(Apr. 16 vs. Western New York)
Lowest home attendance2,013
(July 16 vs. Washington)
Average home league attendance3,162

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
0 GK Katelyn Rowland
2 FW Shea Groom
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn
5 FW Liz Bogus
6 MF Jen Buczkowski
7 DF Meghan Lisenby
8 FW Amy Rodriguez
9 MF Heather O'Reilly
10 MF Kaysie Clark
11 FW Frances Silva
13 DF Brittanny Taylor
No. Position Player
14 MF Yael Averbuch
15 MF Erika Tymrak
17 DF Amanda Frisbie
18 GK Nicole Barnhart
20 MF Tiffany McCarty
21 MF Katie Bowen
22 FW Sydney Leroux
23 FW Caroline Kastor
25 MF Mandy Laddish
MF Desiree Scott

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

FC Kansas City announced their preseason schedule on February 24, 2016.[1]

Sun, March 20 1UMKC Kangaroos0–7FC Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri
1:00pm CT Report Clark  12'
Newfield  28' (pen.)
Kastor  34', 45'
McCarty  37'
Menchel  43'
Ayers  72'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Mon, March 21 2Missouri Tigers1–3FC Kansas CityColumbia, Missouri
5:30pm CT Donaldson  22' Report O'Reilly  16', 30', 64'
Laddish  38'		 Stadium: Audrey J. Walton Stadium
Sat, March 26 3Kansas Jayhawks0–3FC Kansas CityLawrence, Kansas
12:00pm CT Report Groom  7', 63'
Tymrak  16'		 Stadium: Rock Chalk Park
Sun, April 3 4Nebraska Cornhuskers0–4FC Kansas CityLincoln, Nebraska
3:00pm CT Report Silva  14'
Groom  32', 72'
Frisbie  37'		 Stadium: Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium
Sat, April 9 5UMKC Kangaroos0–2FC Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri
1:00pm CT Report Groom  38'
Averbuch  45'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Note: 45-minute game
Sat, April 9 6FC Kansas City1–0Minnesota Golden GophersKansas City, Missouri
2:00pm CT Silva  43' Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Note: 45-minute game

National Women's Soccer League
Main article: 2016 National Women's Soccer League season

Regular season

On February 18, NWSL announced the 2016 season schedule.[2]

Sat April 16 1FC Kansas City0–1Western New York FlashKansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Heather O'Reilly  74' Report Sam Mewis  71' (pen.) Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 8,022
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sat April 23 2FC Kansas City1–1Portland Thorns FCKansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Shea Groom  30' (Heather O'Reilly),  41'  47' FCKC Report
POR Report		 Lindsey Horan  78' (Tobin Heath) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sun May 1 3Seattle Reign FC1–0FC Kansas CitySeattle, Washington
6:00 p.m. CT Kim Little  56'
Lindsay Elston  90+'		 Boxscore
Report		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat May 7 4FC Kansas City1–2Houston DashKansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Yael Averbuch  87' (pen.) Report
Boxscore		 Rachel Daly  45+2'
Denise O'Sullivan  56' (Chioma Ubogagu)
Chioma Ubogagu  71' (Rachel Daly)
Ellie Brush  82'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,282
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Fri May 13 5FC Kansas City0–0Chicago Red StarsKansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Report
Report
Box score		 Samantha Johnson  39' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Chipalo Street
Sun May 22 6Boston Breakers1–0FC Kansas CityBoston, Massachusetts
5:30 p.m. CT Whitney Engen  19' (Kristie Mewis)
Whitney Engen  91+'		 Report Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,288
Referee: Chris Spivey
Sat May 28 7FC Kansas City2–0Orlando PrideKansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Yael Averbuch  53'
Erika Tymrak  77'		 Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sat June 11 8Sky Blue FC1–1FC Kansas CityPiscataway, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. CT Sarah Killion  30' (pen.) Report Shea Groom  27' (Erika Tymrak) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Karen Abt
Sun June 19 9Houston Dash0–1FC Kansas CityHouston, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT Cari Roccaro  89' Report Becky Sauerbrunn  80' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sat June 25 10FC Kansas City0–0Seattle Reign FCKansas City, Missouri
6:00 p.m. CT Desiree Scott  59'
Becky Sauerbrunn  90+'		 Report Rachel Corsie  18'
Carson Pickett  90'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,041
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat July 2 11Washington Spirit2–0FC Kansas CityBoyds, Maryland
6:00 p.m. CT Francisca Ordega  79'
Tori Huster  85'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat July 9 12Portland Thorns FC1–2FC Kansas CityPortland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. CT Kat Williamson  76' Report Shea Groom  23Tiffany McCarty'
Brianne Reed  51'
Shea Groom  54' (Tiffany McCarty)
Yael Averbuch  90+'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,942
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sat July 16 13FC Kansas City2–3Washington SpiritKansas City, Missouri
6:00 p.m. CT Lo'eau LaBonta  28'
Frances Silva  69' (Erika Tymrak)
Shea Groom  78'  90+1'		 Report Estefania Banini  45+2'
Joanna Lohman  58'
Caprice Dydasco  62'
Shea Groom  78'
Estefania Banini  83'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
Sat July 23 14Western New York Flash0–1FC Kansas CityRochester, New York
6:00 p.m. CT Report Shea Groom  60' (Tiffany McCarty) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sat July 30 15Chicago Red Stars1–0FC Kansas CityBridgeview, Illinois
7:00 p.m. CT Stephanie McCaffrey  53' (unassisted) Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Andrew Musashe
Sun August 28 16FC Kansas City0–2Boston BreakersKansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CT Report Katie Schoepfer  38' (Brooke Elby)
Kristie Mewis  81' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,206
Referee: Christina Unkel
Sun September 4 17FC Kansas City2–1Sky Blue FCKansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CT Tiffany McCarty  46+' (unassisted)
Yael Averbuch  85' (unassisted)		 Report Samantha Kerr  40' (Leah Galton) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,414
Referee: Victor Rivas
Wed September 7 18Chicago Red Stars2–3FC Kansas CityBridgeview, Illinois
6:00 p.m. CT Christen Press  13' (Taylor Comeau)
Sofia Huerta  87' (Arin Gilliland)
Julie Johnston  93+'		 Report Shea Groom  7' (Heather O'Reilly)
Frances Silva  62' (Tiffany McCarty)
Shea Groom  77' (Caroline Kastor)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,068
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sun September 11 19FC Kansas City0–0Chicago Red StarsKansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CT Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,303
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat September 24 20Orlando Pride1–2FC Kansas CityOrlando, Florida
4:00 p.m. CT Jasmyne Spencer  16' (unassisted) Report Tiffany McCarty  47' (unassisted)
Alex Arlitt  80'
Heather O'Reilly  84' (penalty)
Frances Silva  91+'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,454
Referee: Margaret Domka

Postseason playoff

FC Kansas City ended in 6th position on regular season and did not qualify for the 2016 NWSL playoffs.

Regular season standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portland Thorns FC 20 12 5 3 35 19 +16 41 NWSL Shield
2 Washington Spirit 20 12 3 5 30 21 +9 39 NWSL Playoffs
3 Chicago Red Stars 20 9 6 5 24 20 +4 33
4 Western New York Flash (C) 20 9 5 6 40 26 +14 32
5 Seattle Reign FC 20 8 6 6 29 21 +8 30
6 FC Kansas City 20 7 5 8 18 20 −2 26
7 Sky Blue FC 20 7 5 8 24 30 −6 26
8 Houston Dash 20 6 4 10 29 29 0 22
9 Orlando Pride 20 6 1 13 20 30 −10 19
10 Boston Breakers 20 3 2 15 14 47 −33 11
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
20 7 5 8 18 20  −2 26 2 4 4 8 10  −2 5 1 4 10 10  0

Last updated: September 24, 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHHAHHAHAAHAAHAAHHAHA
ResultLDLLDLWDWDLWLWLLWWDW
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAPKShotSOGSOG%CroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
5DFAlex Arlitt118710000200%0004310
10MFYael Averbuch2020178830118844%14119910
18GKNicole Barnhart2020180000011100%0000200
21DFKatie Bowen13119590104250%10013500
6MFJen Buczkowski554270004375%0003300
17DFAmanda Frisbie33270000100%1201000
2FWShea Groom19191659800482552%4119311821
23FWCaroline Kastor532890204125%0025000
1FWLo'eau LaBonta1076900009111%0006410
7MFMandy Laddish1919167600022941%003151200
20FWTiffany McCarty161092324017424%2014181200
24MFMolly Menchel3218500000—1204110
88MFAlexa Newfield822380004250%0304400
9MFHeather O'Reilly14141209121291345%9509121420
22DFBrianne Reed7544100000—1005410
4DFBecky Sauerbrunn141412601002150%0006510
3DFDesiree Scott141412600005240%100161020
11FWFrances Silva191099020015747%105151610
13DFBrittany Taylor2020180000014429%10010800
15MFErika Tymrak1714116612018739%2223102200
16MFTiffany Weimer401700000—0000000
Team Total20—19757181122179041%258456197152131
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinGAGA/GPKAPKFShotSOGSavSav%YCRC
18GKNicole Barnhart20201800201.00222151038381%00
Team total20—1800201.00222151038381%00

Notes

    References
    1. "FC KANSAS CITY ANNOUNCES 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". FCKansasCity.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
    2. "AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE 2016 SCHEDULE; A sampling of some of the key matches fans can look forward to seeing this season". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

    See also
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