2016 FC Kansas City season

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.

FC Kansas City

2016 season
Owner	Brian Budzinski, Chris Likens, Brad Likens, Greg Likens
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium	Swope Soccer Village
National Women's Soccer League	6th
NWSL Playoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Shea Groom (6)
Highest home attendance	8,022 (Apr. 16 vs. Western New York)
Lowest home attendance	2,013 (July 16 vs. Washington)
Average home league attendance	3,162
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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First-team squad

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   USA Katelyn Rowland 2 FW   USA Shea Groom 4 DF   USA Becky Sauerbrunn 5 FW   USA Liz Bogus 6 MF   USA Jen Buczkowski 7 DF   USA Meghan Lisenby 8 FW   USA Amy Rodriguez 9 MF   USA Heather O'Reilly 10 MF   USA Kaysie Clark 11 FW   USA Frances Silva 13 DF   USA Brittanny Taylor

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   USA Yael Averbuch 15 MF   USA Erika Tymrak 17 DF   USA Amanda Frisbie 18 GK   USA Nicole Barnhart 20 MF   USA Tiffany McCarty 21 MF   NZL Katie Bowen 22 FW   USA Sydney Leroux 23 FW   USA Caroline Kastor 25 MF   USA Mandy Laddish — MF   CAN Desiree Scott

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

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

UMKC Kangaroos v FC Kansas City

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

Missouri Tigers v FC Kansas City

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   38'	Stadium: Audrey J. Walton Stadium

Kansas Jayhawks v FC Kansas City

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

Nebraska Cornhuskers v FC Kansas City

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

UMKC Kangaroos v FC Kansas City

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

FC Kansas City v Minnesota Golden Gophers

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

Main article: 2016 National Women's Soccer League season

Regular season

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

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

April 16 1	FC Kansas City	0–1	Western New York Flash	Kansas 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

FC Kansas City v Portland Thorns FC

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),   41'   47'	FCKC Report POR Report	Lindsey Horan   78' (Tobin Heath)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

May 1 3	Seattle Reign FC	1–0	FC Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
6:00 p.m. CT	Kim Little   56' Lindsay Elston   90+'	Boxscore Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Greg Dopka

FC Kansas City v Houston Dash

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   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

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

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   39'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,217 Referee: Chipalo Street

Boston Breakers v FC Kansas City

May 22 6	Boston Breakers	1–0	FC Kansas City	Boston, Massachusetts
5:30 p.m. CT	Whitney Engen   19' (Kristie Mewis) Whitney Engen   91+'	Report		Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Chris Spivey

FC Kansas City v Orlando Pride

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

Sky Blue FC v FC Kansas City

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

Houston Dash v FC Kansas City

June 19 9	Houston Dash	0–1	FC Kansas City	Houston, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT	Cari Roccaro   89'	Report	Becky Sauerbrunn   80'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,570 Referee: Matthew Franz

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

June 25 10	FC Kansas City	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas 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

Washington Spirit v FC Kansas City

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

Portland Thorns FC v FC Kansas City

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   51' Shea Groom   54' (Tiffany McCarty) Yael Averbuch   90+'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,942 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

FC Kansas City v Washington Spirit

July 16 13	FC Kansas City	2–3	Washington Spirit	Kansas 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

Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City

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

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

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

FC Kansas City v Boston Breakers

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

FC Kansas City v Sky Blue FC

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

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

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   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

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

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

Orlando Pride v FC Kansas City

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   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 v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W

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

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

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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