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2016 FC Kansas City season

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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
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The 2016 season was 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.

First-team squad

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

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

Match results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

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

Sun, March 20 1 UMKC Kangaroos 0–7 FC Kansas City Kansas 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 2 Missouri Tigers 1–3 FC Kansas City Columbia, Missouri
5:30pm CT Donaldson 22' Report O'Reilly 16', 30', 64'
Laddish Yellow card 38'
Stadium: Audrey J. Walton Stadium
Sat, March 26 3 Kansas Jayhawks 0–3 FC Kansas City Lawrence, Kansas
12:00pm CT Report Groom 7', 63'
Tymrak 16'
Stadium: Rock Chalk Park
Sun, April 3 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers 0–4 FC Kansas City Lincoln, Nebraska
3:00pm CT Report Silva 14'
Groom 32', 72'
Frisbie 37'
Stadium: Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium
Sat, April 9 5 UMKC Kangaroos 0–2 FC Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri
1:00pm CT Report Groom 38'
Averbuch 45'
Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Note: 45-minute game
Sat, April 9 6 FC Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota Golden Gophers Kansas City, Missouri
2:00pm CT Silva 43' Report Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Note: 45-minute game

National Women's Soccer League

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Regular season

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

April 16 1 FC Kansas City 0–1 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Heather O'Reilly Yellow card 74' Report Sam Mewis 71' (pen.) Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 8,022
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
April 23 2 FC Kansas City 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Shea Groom 30' (Heather O'Reilly), Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 47' FCKC Report
POR Report
Lindsey Horan 78' (Tobin Heath) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Danielle Chesky
May 1 3 Seattle Reign FC 1–0 FC Kansas City Seattle, Washington
6:00 p.m. CT Kim Little 56'
Lindsay Elston Yellow card 90+'
Boxscore
Report
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Greg Dopka
May 7 4 FC Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Yael Averbuch 87' (pen.) Report
Boxscore
Rachel Daly Yellow card 45+2'
Denise O'Sullivan 56' (Chioma Ubogagu)
Chioma Ubogagu 71' (Rachel Daly)
Ellie Brush Yellow card 82'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,282
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 13 5 FC Kansas City 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Report
Report
Box score
Samantha Johnson Yellow card 39' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Chipalo Street
May 22 6 Boston Breakers 1–0 FC Kansas City Boston, Massachusetts
5:30 p.m. CT Whitney Engen 19' (Kristie Mewis)
Whitney Engen Yellow card 91+'
Report Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,288
Referee: Chris Spivey
May 28 7 FC Kansas City 2–0 Orlando Pride Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Yael Averbuch 53'
Erika Tymrak 77'
Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Margaret Domka
June 11 8 Sky Blue FC 1–1 FC Kansas City Piscataway, 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
June 19 9 Houston Dash 0–1 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT Cari Roccaro Yellow card 89' Report Becky Sauerbrunn 80' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Matthew Franz
June 25 10 FC Kansas City 0–0 Seattle Reign FC Kansas City, Missouri
6:00 p.m. CT Desiree Scott Yellow card 59'
Becky Sauerbrunn Yellow card 90+'
Report Rachel Corsie Yellow card 18'
Carson Pickett Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,041
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 2 11 Washington Spirit 2–0 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
6:00 p.m. CT Francisca Ordega 79'
Tori Huster 85'
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Karen Abt
July 9 12 Portland Thorns FC 1–2 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. CT Kat Williamson 76' Report Shea Groom 23Tiffany McCarty'
Brianne Reed Yellow card 51'
Shea Groom 54' (Tiffany McCarty)
Yael Averbuch 90+'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,942
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
July 16 13 FC Kansas City 2–3 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
6:00 p.m. CT Lo'eau LaBonta Yellow card 28'
Frances Silva 69' (Erika Tymrak)
Shea Groom Yellow card 78' 90+1'
Report Estefania Banini 45+2'
Joanna Lohman 58'
Caprice Dydasco Yellow card 62'
Shea Groom Yellow card 78'
Estefania Banini 83'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
July 23 14 Western New York Flash 0–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
6:00 p.m. CT Report Shea Groom 60' (Tiffany McCarty) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 30 15 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 FC Kansas City Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 p.m. CT Stephanie McCaffrey 53' (unassisted) Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Andrew Musashe
August 28 16 FC Kansas City 0–2 Boston Breakers Kansas 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
September 4 17 FC Kansas City 2–1 Sky Blue FC Kansas 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
September 7 18 Chicago Red Stars 2–3 FC Kansas City Bridgeview, Illinois
6:00 p.m. CT Christen Press 13' (Taylor Comeau)
Sofia Huerta 87' (Arin Gilliland)
Julie Johnston Yellow card 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
September 11 19 FC Kansas City 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CT Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,303
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
September 24 20 Orlando Pride 1–2 FC Kansas City Orlando, Florida
4:00 p.m. CT Jasmyne Spencer 16' (unassisted) Report Tiffany McCarty 47' (unassisted)
Alex Arlitt Yellow card 80'
Heather O'Reilly 84' (penalty)
Frances Silva Yellow card 91+'
Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,454
Referee: Margaret Domka

Postseason playoff

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

Regular-season standings

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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) Champions
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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
StadiumHHAHHAHAAHAAHAAHHAHA
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

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Source: NWSL

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
5 DF Alex Arlitt 11 8 710 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 4 3 1 0
10 MF Yael Averbuch 20 20 1788 3 0 1 18 8 44% 1 4 1 19 9 1 0
18 GK Nicole Barnhart 20 20 1800 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 DF Katie Bowen 13 11 959 0 1 0 4 2 50% 1 0 0 13 5 0 0
6 MF Jen Buczkowski 5 5 427 0 0 0 4 3 75% 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
17 DF Amanda Frisbie 3 3 270 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 FW Shea Groom 19 19 1659 8 0 0 48 25 52% 4 1 19 31 18 2 1
23 FW Caroline Kastor 5 3 289 0 2 0 4 1 25% 0 0 2 5 0 0 0
1 FW Lo'eau LaBonta 10 7 690 0 0 0 9 1 11% 0 0 0 6 4 1 0
7 MF Mandy Laddish 19 19 1676 0 0 0 22 9 41% 0 0 3 15 12 0 0
20 FW Tiffany McCarty 16 10 923 2 4 0 17 4 24% 2 0 14 18 12 0 0
24 MF Molly Menchel 3 2 185 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 1 1 0
88 MF Alexa Newfield 8 2 238 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0 3 0 4 4 0 0
9 MF Heather O'Reilly 14 14 1209 1 2 1 29 13 45% 9 50 9 12 14 2 0
22 DF Brianne Reed 7 5 441 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 0
4 DF Becky Sauerbrunn 14 14 1260 1 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 6 5 1 0
3 DF Desiree Scott 14 14 1260 0 0 0 5 2 40% 1 0 0 16 10 2 0
11 FW Frances Silva 19 10 990 2 0 0 15 7 47% 1 0 5 15 16 1 0
13 DF Brittany Taylor 20 20 1800 0 0 0 14 4 29% 1 0 0 10 8 0 0
15 MF Erika Tymrak 17 14 1166 1 2 0 18 7 39% 2 22 3 10 22 0 0
16 MF Tiffany Weimer 4 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 20 19757 18 11 2 217 90 41% 25 84 56 197 152 13 1
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot SOG Sav Sav% YC RC
18 GK Nicole Barnhart 20 20 1800 20 1.00 2 2 215 103 83 81% 0 0
Team total 20 1800 20 1.00 2 2 215 103 83 81% 0 0

References

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  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.
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