2016 Swope Park Rangers season

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Swope Park Rangers
2016 season
General managerKurt Austin
Head coach Marc Dos Santos
Stadium Swope Soccer Village
USL Conference: 4th
USL Playoffs Championship final
Top goalscorer Mark Anthony Gonzalez (5)
Highest home attendance6,812
(Mar. 26 vs. Portland 2 at Children's Mercy Park)
Lowest home attendance926
(Jun. 8 vs. Rio Grande Valley)
Average home league attendance2,348
2017  →

The 2016 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's inaugural year of existence, and their first season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid.

Contents

Roster

As of March 25, 2016. [1] [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.Player Nation
1 GK Jon Kempin (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26 DF Tommy Meyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
28 GK Zac Lubin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
30 FW Dániel Sallói (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
31 MF Nansel Selbol Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
32 MF Christian Duke (Captain)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
33 DF Jacob VanCompernolle Flag of the United States.svg  United States
35 MF Ualefi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
44 MF Tomás Granitto Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
47 FW Mark Anthony Gonzalez Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
49 MF Will Little III Flag of the United States.svg  United States
50 FW Kris Tyrpak Flag of the United States.svg  United States
55 DF Amer Didic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
56 DF Ezra Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States
67 DF Jaylin Lindsey Flag of the United States.svg  United States
74 MF Jimmy Mulligan (on loan from New York Cosmos)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
77 MF Tyler Pasher Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
81 DF Oumar Ballo Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
88 MF Kévin Oliveira Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
90 DF Johnny Grant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
92 MF Alex Molano Flag of the United States.svg  United States
98 GK Steven Tekesky Flag of the United States.svg  United States
99 FW Dane Kelly Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
-- MF Ayrton Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Staff

Competitions

Preseason

  Win  Draw  Loss

February 17, 2016 DDC 1 Colorado Rapids 1–3 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
18:30 (CDT) Badji Soccerball shade.svg19'
Watts Yellow card.svg 44'		 Report Tyrpak Soccerball shade.svg1'
VanCompernolle Yellow card.svg 18'
Sanchez Soccerball shade.svg63'
Little Soccerball shade.svg90'		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Baboucarr Jallow
February 20, 2016 DDC 2 Arizona United SC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
(CDT) Gavin Yellow card.svg 17'
Johnson Yellow card.svg 73'		 Report Kelly Yellow card.svg 28'
Diaw Yellow card.svg 65'		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Robi Hullner
February 24, 2016 DDC 3 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Columbus Crew SC Tucson, Arizona
(CDT) Granitto Soccerball shade.svg38'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Higuaín Soccerball shade.svg35'
Barson Yellow card.svg 57'
Finlay Soccerball shade.svg66'
Wahl Yellow card.svg 72'		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Drew Fisher
February 27, 2016 DDC 4 FC Tucson 0–1 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
17:00 (CDT) Guerra Yellow card.svg 73' Report Kelly Soccerball shade.svg32'Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Noah Kenyawani
March 12, 2016Scrimmage 1 Swope Park Rangers 4–1 Rockhurst Hawks Kansas City, Missouri
15:00 (CDT) Pasher Soccerball shade.svg5'
Didic Soccerball shade.svg19'
Tyrpak Soccerball shade.svg27'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg74'
Selbol Yellow card.svg 78'		 Report Gianluca Bottoni Soccerball shade.svg22'
Tom McDonald Yellow card.svg 57'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 16, 2016Scrimmage 3 Swope Park Rangers 0–1 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Kansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Lindsey Yellow card.svg 55'
Sallói Yellow card.svg 61'		 Report Sanchez Soccerball shade.svg9'
Rocha Yellow card.svg 61'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Referee: Jack Feldman

USL Regular season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
2 Rio Grande Valley Toros 3014974724+2351 Conference Playoffs
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 3014793727+1049
4 Swope Park Rangers 30146104536+948
5 LA Galaxy II 30121175242+1047
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 3012994444045
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

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

March 26, 2016 USL 1 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 Portland Timbers 2 Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT) Oliveira Soccerball shade.svg48' (pen.)Yellow card.svg 54'
Sallói Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Report Bijev Yellow card.svg 38'
Besler Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 6,812
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 2, 2016 USL 2 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa, Oklahoma
19:00 (CDT) Morgan Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Kelly Soccerball shade.svg11'
Selbol Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 4,103
Referee: Andrew Musashe
April 9, 2016 USL 3 San Antonio FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers San Antonio, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Garcia Soccerball shade.svg42'
Reed Yellow card.svg 73'
Araujo Yellow card.svg 90+4'		 Report Sallói Soccerball shade.svg2'
Meyer Yellow card.svg 59'		Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 8,466
Referee: Michael Lavergne
April 23, 2016 USL 4 Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–0 Swope Park Rangers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
19:00 (CDT) Ryden Soccerball shade.svg22' Report Duke Yellow card.svg 36'
Selbol Yellow card.svg 63'
Oliveira Yellow card.svg 82'		Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,690
Referee: Luis Guardia
April 27, 2016 USL 5 Swope Park Rangers 1–2 Whitecaps FC 2 Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Tyrpak Soccerball shade.svg15'Yellow card.svg 39'
Mulligan Yellow card.svg 48'
Quintillà Yellow card.svg 58'		 Report Greig Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
Haber Yellow card.svg 42'
McKendry Yellow card.svg 53'Soccerball shade.svg55'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,524
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 7, 2016 USL 6 Saint Louis FC 3–0 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Tshuma Soccerball shade.svg11'
Bond Soccerball shade.svg39'Yellow card.svg 43' Yellow-red card.svg 79'
Herrera Soccerball shade.svg52'		 Report Ballo Yellow card.svg 17' Yellow-red card.svg 45'Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Luigi Lazareno
May 14, 2016 USL 7 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Pasher Soccerball shade.svg47', 81' Report Ochoa Soccerball shade.svg79'
Whatley Yellow card.svg 81'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,163
Referee: Michael Lavergne
May 21, 2016 USL 8 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 4–1 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg13', 26'
Escalante Yellow card.svg 45'
Greene Yellow card.svg 51'
Ward Yellow card.svg 81'
Lovejoy Soccerball shade.svg89'
Montoya Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Sallói Soccerball shade.svg40'
Oliveira Yellow card.svg 49'		Stadium: UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Victor Rivas
May 28, 2016 USL 9 Sacramento Republic FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Sacramento, California
21:30 (CDT) Foran Yellow card.svg 32'
Cazarez Yellow card.svg 66'
Iwasa Soccerball shade.svg76'		 Report Pasher Yellow card.svg 60'
Oliveira Soccerball shade.svg73'
Ualefi Yellow card.svg 85'
Mulligan Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
June 4, 2016 USL 10 Portland Timbers 2 2–1 Swope Park Rangers Meridian, Idaho
20:00 (CDT) Brett Soccerball shade.svg27'
Gallagher Yellow card.svg 55'
Arboleda Soccerball shade.svg70'		 Report Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg80'Stadium: Rocky Mountain High School
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
June 8, 2016 USL 11 Swope Park Rangers 4–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg23', 27'
Oliveira Soccerball shade.svg43'
Sallói Soccerball shade.svg70'		 Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 926
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
June 12, 2016 USL 12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 3–2 Swope Park Rangers Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 (CST) Bustos Soccerball shade.svg5', 23'
Greig Yellow card.svg 38'
McKendry Yellow card.svg 57'
Adekugbe Yellow card.svg 77'
Davies Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report Ayrton Yellow card.svg 15'
Ualefi Yellow card.svg 26'
Mulligan Yellow card.svg 77'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg86'
Tyrpak Soccerball shade.svg88'		Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,494
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 18, 2016 USL 13 Swope Park Rangers 1–3 Oklahoma City Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ayrton Soccerball shade.svg7'Yellow card.svg 38'
Kelly Yellow card.svg 43'
Ualefi Yellow card.svg 75'		 Report Thomas Soccerball shade.svg45'
Wojcik Soccerball shade.svg64'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg74'
König Yellow card.svg 80'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,314
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 26, 2016 USL 14 Seattle Sounders FC 2 0–2 Swope Park Rangers Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (CST) Delem Yellow card.svg 62' Report Molano Yellow card.svg 3'
Kelly Yellow card.svg 46'
Tyrpak Soccerball shade.svg65'
Grant Yellow card.svg 85'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg88'		Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Victor Rivas
July 2, 2016 USL 15 Swope Park Rangers 1–0 Saint Louis FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Pasher Soccerball shade.svg2' Report Hardware Yellow card.svg 45'
Bond Yellow card.svg 65'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 933
Referee: Sorin Stoica
July 9, 2016 USL 16 Arizona United SC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Peoria, Arizona
21:30 (CST) Tan Soccerball shade.svg17' (pen.)
West Yellow card.svg 35'
Rooney Yellow card.svg 53'
Silva Red card.svg 63'
Garza Yellow card.svg 85'		 Report Tyrpak Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.)
Didic Yellow card.svg 49'
Ayrton Red card.svg 63'
Duke Yellow card.svg 76'
Pasher Yellow card.svg 82'
Ballo Yellow card.svg 90+1'		Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 12, 2016 USL 17 Swope Park Rangers 0–2 Oklahoma City Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Duke Yellow card.svg 6' Report Craft Soccerball shade.svg84'
Pitter Soccerball shade.svg89'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,233
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 20, 2016 USL 18 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Colorado Springs, Colorado
20:00 (CST) Suggs Yellow card.svg 37'
Seth Soccerball shade.svg60'
González Yellow card.svg 70'		 Report Myers Yellow card.svg 34'
Alvarado Yellow card.svg 68'
Tyrpak Yellow card.svg 72'
Molano Yellow card.svg 84'Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Chipalo Street
July 23, 2016 USL 19 Swope Park Rangers 3–0 Orange County Blues FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Alvarado Yellow card.svg 28'
Kelly Soccerball shade.svg43'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg78'
Grant Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report Meesu Yellow card.svg 49'
Sheldon Yellow card.svg 90'
Mirković Yellow card.svg 90+1'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,068
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 30, 2016 USL 20 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 San Antonio FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ualefi Yellow card.svg 3'
Alvarado Yellow card.svg 48'
Kelly Soccerball shade.svg71'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report Reed Soccerball shade.svg30'
Johnson Yellow card.svg 65'
Bradnock-Brennan Yellow card.svg 76'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,448
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 3, 2016 USL 21 Saint Louis FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Cochran Yellow card.svg 53'
Herrera Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen.)
David Yellow card.svg 68'		 Report Meyer Yellow card.svg 20'
Rubio Soccerball shade.svg34'
Didic Yellow card.svg 64'		Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,582
Referee: Andrew Musashe
August 6, 2016 USL 22 Tulsa Roughnecks FC v Swope Park Rangers Tulsa, Oklahoma
19:30 (CDT) Report Stadium: ONEOK Field
Note: Postponed due to unsafe field conditions.
August 27, 2016 USL 25 Swope Park Rangers 2-1 LA Galaxy II Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Duke Soccerball shade.svg16'
Gonzalez Soccerball shade.svg25'
Ayrton Yellow card.svg 47'
Kelly Yellow card.svg 80'
Adrian Zendejas Yellow card.svg 90+2'		 Summary Jamieson Soccerball shade.svg2'
Villarreal Yellow card.svg 45+2'
Sorto Yellow card.svg 47'
Zubak Yellow card.svg 56'
Villarreal Yellow card.svg 68'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

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