2016 Western New York Flash season
2016 Western New York Flash season | |
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President | Alexandra Sahlen |
Head coach | Paul Riley |
Stadium | Rochester Rhinos Stadium |
NWSL | 4th |
2016 NWSL Playoffs | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: Lynn Williams (11) All: Lynn Williams (14) |
Highest home attendance | 6,449 (Aug. 27 vs. Houston)[1] |
Lowest home attendance | 2,235 (June 17 vs. Portland)[2] |
Average home league attendance | 3,868[3] |
The 2016 season was Western New York Flash's ninth season, the fourth in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The season ended with the Flash's first finals appearance since the 2013 NWSL season and the franchise's first NWSL Championship victory. It was also the final season of the NWSL franchise's existence in Rochester, New York, or as the Western New York Flash, after being purchased by the North Carolina FC organization, moved to Cary, North Carolina, and rebranded as the North Carolina Courage in January 2017.[4] It was replaced in March 2017 by a new Buffalo-based Western New York Flash team in United Women's Soccer.[5]
First-team squad
[edit ]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match results
[edit ]Pre-season
[edit ]The Flash announced their preseason schedule on March 11, 2016.[6]
Doniak 20'
McDonald 24'
Ayinde 45' Report Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: Closed-door
Regular season
[edit ]Report Diana Matheson 4' (Crystal Dunn), 72' (p.k.)
Elizabeth Eddy 82' (o.g.) Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,615
Nikki Stanton Yellow card 41'
Caroline Stanley Yellow card 71' Report Abby Dahlkemper Yellow card 4'
Jaelene Hinkle 71' (penalty)
Samantha Mewis 86' (unassisted)
Kristen Hamilton Yellow card 90+3' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,252
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Attendance: 7,841
Referee: Levi Rippy
Williams 64' (Hahn)
Williams 65' (Speck)
Dahlkemper 78' (pen.) Report Beckmann Yellow card 90' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,940
Referee: Andrew Musashe
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 55'
Makenzy Doniak Yellow card 90' Report Christine Sinclair 46' (Allie Long)
Nadia Nadim 73' (pen.)
Hayley Raso Yellow card 81' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Victor Rivas
Jessica McDonald 28' (Samantha Mewis), 43' (Liz Eddy), 49' (Lynn Williams)
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 35'
Makenzy Doniak 45+2' (Samantha Mewis)
McCall Zerboni Yellow card 60'
Taylor Smith 63' (Jaelene Hinkle) Report
Report Christen Westphal 38' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Lynn Williams 74' (Jessica McDonald)
McCall Zerboni Yellow card 78' Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky
Williams 83' Summary
Report Kawasumi 22'
Winters Yellow card 64'
Mathias Yellow card 82'
Utsugi 90+1' Stadium: Frontier Field
Attendance: 4,314
Referee: United States Karen Abt
Winters Yellow card 33'
Reed Yellow card 74' Summary
Report McDonald 45'
Zerboni Yellow card 47' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,521
Referee: United States Ekaterina Koroleva
Hahn Yellow card 45+3' Summary
Report Molly Menchel Yellow card 54'
Groom 60' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: United States Maraget Domka
Kealia Ohai 47' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai 63' (Stephanie Ochs)
Caity Heap Yellow card 92+' Report Lianne Sanderson 3' (Lynn Williams)
Jessica McDonald 70' (Lynn Williams)
Lynn Williams 93+' (Jessica McDonald)
Jaelene Hinkle Yellow card 93+'
Abby Dahlkemper Yellow card 96+' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Matthew Franz
Doniak 58' Summary O'Sullivan 27' Yellow card 41'
Ohai 53'
Daly Yellow card 86' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,449
Referee: United States Victor Rivas
Diana Matheson Yellow card 85' Report Elizabeth Eddy Yellow card 40'
Samantha Mewis 86' (unassisted) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,527
Referee: Chris Spivey
Natasha Dowie Yellow card 9'; 51' (Louise Schillgard)
Julie King Yellow card 61'
Eunice Beckmann Yellow card 68' Report Jessica McDonald 38' (Samantha Mewis)
Lynn Williams 76' (Makenzy Doniak) Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 1,435
Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo
Christine Sinclair 37'
Tobin Heath Yellow card 58'
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 69' (T Heath)
Michelle Betos Yellow card 71' Report Jaelene Hinkle Yellow card 27'
Jessica McDonald 77' (Elizabeth Eddy)
Lynn Williams 80' ([J McDonald) Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Marco Vega
Katie Schoepfer Yellow card 70'
Whitney Engen Yellow card 71' Report Jessica McDonald 2' (Makenzy Doniak)
Lynn Williams 24' (unassisted)
Samantha Mewis 45' (McCall Zerboni)
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 61'
Abby Dahlkemper 68' (penalty) Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Karen Abt
Postseason playoff
[edit ]Brynjarsdottir Yellow card 75'
Sonnett 78'
Horan 106+' (Brynjarsdottir)
Heath Yellow card 114' Report Mewis 16'
Kennedy Yellow card 28'
Doniak 38' (McDonald)
Dahlkemper Yellow card 76'
Williams 98'
Williams 104' (Mewis)
Eddy Yellow card 109'
D'Angelo Yellow card 121+' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 20,086
Referee: Marco Vega
(2–3 p) Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
Wys Yellow card 122+' Report Mewis 14' (Williams)
Zerboni Yellow card 84'
Williams 124+' (McDonald) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,255
Referee: Christina Unkel
Nairn soccer ball with check mark
Stengel soccer ball with check mark
Huster soccer ball with red X
Matheson soccer ball with red X soccer ball with check mark Dahlkemper
soccer ball with check mark Hinkle
soccer ball with red X McDonald
soccer ball with check mark Williams
soccer ball with red X Mewis
Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
20 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
Last updated: September 24, 2016
Source: National Women's Soccer League
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
- Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Stadium | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A |
Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | W |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics
[edit ]Source: NWSL
Squad statistics are of regular season only
N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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16 | FW | Lady Andrade | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | MF | Halimatu Ayinde | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | Janice Cayman | 3 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1 | GL | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | Abby Dahlkemper | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 57% | 4 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
3 | MF | Makenzy Doniak | 20 | 15 | 1144 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4 | MF | Elizabeth Eddy | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 63% | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
6 | DF | Abby Erceg | 17 | 16 | 1474 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
2 | MF | Michaela Hahn | 13 | 8 | 659 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
17 | FW | Kristen Hamilton | 12 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | Jaelene Hinkle | 15 | 15 | 1325 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 75% | 12 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
8 | MF | Ga Eul Jeon | 2 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | Alanna Kennedy | 15 | 15 | 1298 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 55% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
19 | FW | Adriana Leon | 10 | 3 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 19 | 19 | 1665 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 34 | 56% | 8 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
5 | MF | Samantha Mewis | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 44% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
23 | DF | Courtney Niemiec | 6 | 4 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 9 | 8 | 702 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 45% | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
11 | FW | Taylor Smith | 18 | 5 | 726 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 24% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
25 | FW | Meredith Speck | 6 | 5 | 369 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | Lynn Williams | 19 | 19 | 1670 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 34 | 49% | 6 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 12 | 11 | 1011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Team Total | 20 | — | 19799 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 325 | 153 | 47% | 60 | 117 | 47 | 181 | 148 | 23 | 1 |
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
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1 | GK | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 16 | 1.45 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 52 | 35 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 89% | 0 | 0 |
0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 26 | 1.30 | 4 | 5 | 189 | 94 | 67 | 71% | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Flash Earn Draw in Home Finale". Western New York Flash. August 27, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "WNY Flash 3-Game Win Streak Comes to an End". Western New York Flash. June 17, 2016. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "2016 NWSL Statistics". National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ Goldberg, Jamie (January 9, 2017). "Western New York Flash officially moving to Cary, North Carolina". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ Tsujimoto, Ben (March 30, 2017). "WNY Flash tab Bruce to coach United Women's Soccer team". Buffalo News . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^ "WNY Flash Announce Preseason Schedule". WNYFlash.com. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Graham Hays (October 2, 2016). "Sooner than expected, Western New York Flash arrive at NWSL title game". ESPN . Retrieved November 14, 2016.