2016 FC Kansas City season

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
	← 2015 2017 →

Last updated January 22, 2023

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.

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]

Sun, March 201	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 212	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

Sat, March 263	Kansas Jayhawks	0–3	FC Kansas City	Lawrence, Kansas
12:00pm CT		Report	Groom 7', 63' Tymrak 16'	Stadium: Rock Chalk Park

Sun, April 34	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 95	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 96	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

Regular season

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

Sat April 161	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

Sat April 232	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

Sun May 13	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

Sat May 74	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

Fri May 135	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

Sun May 226	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

Sat May 287	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

Sat June 118	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

Sun June 199	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

Sat June 2510	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

Sat July 211	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

Sat July 912	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

Sat July 1613	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

Sat July 2314	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

Sat July 3015	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

Sun August 2816	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

Sun September 417	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

Wed September 718	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

Sun September 1119	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

Sat September 2420	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) Champion

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

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References

↑ "FC KANSAS CITY ANNOUNCES 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". FCKansasCity.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
↑ "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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[1] "FC KANSAS CITY ANNOUNCES 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". FCKansasCity.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.

[sched-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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v t e 2016 NWSL season by team
Playoffs Records and statistics Annual awards Player of the Week Player of the Month
Boston Breakers Chicago Red Stars FC Kansas City Houston Dash Orlando Pride Portland Thorns FC Seattle Reign FC Sky Blue FC Washington Spirit Western New York Flash