2016 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2016 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's 21st year of existence, and their sixth season in the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid, playing in the United Soccer League Eastern Conference. They entered the season as defending USL champions and made it back to the playoffs, but were eliminated in the conference semi-finals by the New York Red Bulls II.

Rochester Rhinos
2016 season
OwnersDavid and Wendy Dworkin
Head coachBob Lilley
StadiumRochester Rhinos Stadium
USLConference: 4th, Eastern Conference
USL PlayoffsConference semi-finals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round

Roster

as of March 24, 2015[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Adam Grinwis  United States
2 Midfielder Marcos Ugarte  United States
3 Defender Bradley Kamdem  France
4 Defender Sean Totsch  United States
5 Defender Vassilios Apostolopoulos  Greece
6 Midfielder Michel Guilavogui  Guinea
7 Midfielder Ryan James  Canada
8 Midfielder Andre Fortune II  Trinidad and Tobago
9 Forward Christian Volesky  United States
10 Forward Duba  Cape Verde
11 Midfielder Kenardo Forbes  Jamaica
12 Forward Asani Samuels  Jamaica
13 Midfielder Mike Garzi  United States
15 Defender Joe Farrell  United States
16 Midfielder Sean Reilly  United States
17 Defender Wal Fall  Germany
18 Goalkeeper Tomas Gomez  United States
20 Defender Tony Walls  United States
21 Defender Dominic Samuel  Canada
22 Midfielder Brandon Beresford  Guyana
23 Midfielder Jordan Becker  United States
29 Midfielder Sofiane Tergou  France
33 Goalkeeper Daniel Lynd  United States

Competitions

Preseason
March 4, 2016 PreseasonBuffalo Bulls1–1Rochester RhinosAmherst, New York
Stadium: University at Buffalo Stadium
March 6, 2016 PreseasonRochester Rhinos2–0Colgate RaidersVictor, New York
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility
March 10, 2016 PreseasonRochester Rhinos3–3Ottawa Fury FCVictor, New York
Volesky  2nd quarter'
Duba  3rd quarter',  3rd quarter'		 Paulo Jr.  2nd quarter' (pen.)
Gyorio  4th quarter'
Bruna  4th quarter'		 Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility
Note: Was played with four 30-minute quarters
March 26, 2016 PreseasonRochester Rhinos1–0Syracuse OrangeVictor, New York
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility

USL Regular season
Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Louisville City FC 30 17 9 4 52 27 +25 60 Conference Playoffs
3 FC Cincinnati 30 16 8 6 41 27 +14 56
4 Rochester Rhinos 30 13 12 5 38 25 +13 51
5 Charlotte Independence 30 14 8 8 48 29 +19 50
6 Charleston Battery 30 13 9 8 38 33 +5 48
Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

April 2, 2016 1Pittsburgh Riverhounds0–1Rochester RhinosPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Report Volesky  7'
Apostolopoulos  62'
Ugarte  64'
Totsch  85'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Leland Grant
April 9, 2016 2Richmond Kickers1–0Rochester RhinosRichmond, Virginia
5:00pm Imura  61' Report Garzi  73' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,990
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 17, 2016 3New York Red Bulls II0–0Rochester RhinosHarrison, New Jersey
4:00pm Powder  66' Report Ugarte  42'
Farrell  68'
Duba  93'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
April 23, 2016 4Rochester Rhinos2–1FC MontrealRochester, New York
5:00pm Volesky  52', 56' (pen.)
Forbes  90+4'		 Report Joly  48'
Dominguez  50'
Gagnon-Laparé  56'
Béland-Goyette  66'
Kacher  86'
Charbonneau  90+6'
Fisher  90+7'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
April 30, 2016 5Rochester Rhinos2–1Harrisburg City IslandersRochester, New York
6:00pm Forbes  23'
Kamdem  40'
James  61'
Apostolopoulos  73'
Fortune  85'
Samuel  90+2'		 Report Johnson  36'
Thomas  68'  88'
Foster  86'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,513
May 6, 2016 6Rochester Rhinos3–2Charleston BatteryRochester, New York
7:00pm Farrell  11'
Garzi  22'
Forbes  28'
Volesky  37'
Kamdem  68'  75' (pen.)		 Report Williams  15'
Chang  21'
Garbonzo  49'
Hackshaw  73'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,162
May 14, 2016 7Rochester Rhinos0–0Charlotte IndependenceRochester, New York
6:00pm Fall  14'
Samuel  62'		 Report Ekra  42' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,142
May 22, 2016 8Orlando City B2–1Rochester RhinosMelbourne, Florida
7:30pm Barry  41', 57'
Turner  90'		 Report Garzi  42'
Apostolopoulos  74'
Dos Santos  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
Referee: 925
May 28, 2016 9Rochester Rhinos2–2Bethlehem Steel FCRochester, New York
6:00pm Farrell  13', 90+4'  69'
Volesky  27'		 Report Richter  24' (pen.)
Chambers  27'
Daly  58'
Carreiro  90'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
June 4, 2016 10FC Montreal0–2Rochester RhinosMontreal, Quebec
3:00pm Mkungilwa  90+4' Report Volesky  45'
Duba  49'		 Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Attendance: 248
June 11, 2016 11Toronto FC II1–2Rochester RhinosVaughan, Ontario
7:30pm Hundal  34'
Osorio  54'
Uccello  77'
Simonin  89'
Johnson  90+1'		 Report Apostolopoulos  68'
Farrell  90+2'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
June 18, 2016 12Rochester Rhinos0–1Louisville City FCRochester, New York
6:00pm Kamdem  80' Report Lubahn  28'
Del Piccolo  45'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Referee: Patrick Rosas
June 25, 2016 13Rochester Rhinos2–1Pittsburgh RiverhoundsRochester, New York
6:00pm Farrell  8'
Garzi  60'		 Report Hertzog  45' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,543
July 2, 2016 14New York Red Bulls II0–0Rochester RhinosHarrison, New Jersey
4:00pm Long  10'
Williams  55'
Allen  71'		 Report Fall  80' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
July 6, 2016 15Rochester Rhinos2–1FC CincinnatiRochester, New York
7:00pm Garzi  34'
Dos Santos  65' (pen.)		 Report Delbridge  64'
Okoli  75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,023
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
July 10, 2016 16Rochester Rhinos0–0Orlando City BRochester, New York
6:00pm Fall  31' Report Mendoza  24' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
July 16, 2016 17Rochester Rhinos3–1FC MontrealRochester, New York
7:00pm Volesky  32'
Duba  49'
Fall  59'  79'
Samuel  81'		 Report Mkungilwa  12' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,560
July 20, 2016 18Toronto FC II1–1Rochester RhinosVaughan, Ontario
7:30pm Osorio  31'
Thomas  77'		 Report Volesky  27' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,072
Referee: Yusri Rudolph
July 24, 2016 19Bethlehem Steel FC1–1Rochester RhinosBethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00pm Jones  20'
Conneh  45+4'
Burke  79'		 Report Forbes  57' Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 29, 2016 20Harrisburg City Islanders1–1Rochester RhinosHarrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Thomas  9'
Pettis  31'
Leverock  87'
Jankouskas  90+'		 Report Totsch  87' Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,923
August 3, 2016 21Rochester Rhinos0–1Richmond KickersRochester, New York
7:00pm Kamdem  74' Report Roberts  54'
Sekyere  60'
Asante  70'
Imura  75'
Ownby  77'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Charles Murphy
August 6, 2016 22Rochester Rhinos2–0Wilmington Hammerheads FCRochester, New York
6:00pm Volesky  43'
dos Santos  46'		 Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
August 13, 2016 23Louisville City FC1–1Rochester RhinosLouisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Craig  84' Report Volesky  12' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,373
August 20, 2016 24Rochester Rhinos3–0Pittsburgh RiverhoundsRochester, New York
6:00pm Tergou  7'
Tergou  39'
Reilly  56'		 Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
August 24, 2016 25FC Cincinnati1–1Rochester RhinosCincinnati, Ohio
7:00pm Berry  26' Report dos Santos  41' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 14,157
August 27, 2016 26Wilmington Hammerheads FC2–2Rochester RhinosWilmington, North Carolina
7:00pm Moose  35'
Caldini Perone  90'		 Report Volesky  77'
Fall  90'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
September 3, 2016 27Charleston Battery1–2Rochester RhinosCharleston, South Carolina
7:30pm Portillo  14' Report Volesky  24'
Bakayoko  80'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
September 10, 2016 28Rochester Rhinos1–1New York Red Bulls IIRochester, New York
5:00pm Samuels  57' Report Bezecourt  88' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,505
September 17, 2016 29Charlotte Independence0–1Rochester RhinosCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Report dos Santos  41' Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,471
September 24, 2016 30Rochester Rhinos1–0Toronto FC IIRochester, New York
5:00pm dos Santos  6' Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup
Further information: 2016 U.S. Open Cup
May 18, 2016 Second roundRochester Rhinos 7–0 Southie FCRochester, New York
7:00pm Volesky  5' (pen.)
Fortune  8'
Ugarte  29'
Samuels  44', 45', 48'
 79' ??		 Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Referee: Stephen Montanino
June 1, 2016 Third roundRochester Rhinos 2–0 Lansdowne Bhoys FCRochester, New York
7:00pm Fortune  59'
Volesky  70'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel
June 15, 2016 Fourth roundRochester Rhinos 0–1 New York Red BullsRochester, New York
7:00pm Report Kljestan  20' (pen.) Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Referee: Charles Murphy

USL Playoffs
Further information: 2016 USL Playoffs

References
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