2016 United Women's Soccer season

United Women's Soccer

Season	2016
Champions	Santa Clarita Blue Heat
Matches played	50
Goals scored	185 (3.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Krystyna Freda (NJC) (15)
Biggest home win	RSL 5-0 COP (July 7) LAN 6-1 TSF (July 9)
Biggest away win	HOU 1-10 SAC (May 21)
Highest scoring	HOU 1-10 SAC (May 21)
Longest winning run	7 games New Jersey Copa FC (May 29 – July 16)
Longest unbeaten run	9 games New Jersey Copa FC (May 21 – July 16)
Longest losing run	6 games New York Magic (June 18 – July 17)
← Inaugural Season 2017 → All statistics correct as of July 30, 2016.

The 2016 United Women's Soccer season is the 22nd season of pro-am women's soccer in the United States, and the 1st season of the new UWS league. The regular season began on May 14 and ended on July 23.

The league was announced with eight teams ^[1] in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada in December ^[2] after the USL W-League had folded a few months previously. Five teams in a western division were added in January ^[3] before the Canadian Soccer Association refused entry of two Quebec clubs into UWS, leaving the league at 11 teams for its inaugural season.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

Lancaster

Long Island

New England

New Jersey

New York

North Jersey

Pride

Storm

Houston

Salt Lake

Santa Clarita

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Locations of announced teams for the 2016 United Women's Soccer season

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Kit producer	Shirt sponsor
Colorado Pride	Richard Simonyi	Adidas
Colorado Storm	Brian Haynes	Nike
Houston Aces	Aguinaldo Ferreira	Under Armour
Lancaster Inferno	Francisco Cleaves	Under Armour	Lancaster Regional Medical Center
Long Island Rough Riders	Steve Cadet	Adidas	Rechler Equity Partners, LLC
New England Mutiny	Joe Abele	Macron	AAA Insurance
New Jersey Copa FC	Roberto Aguas	Adidas	Jersey Mike's Subs
New York Magic	Nino DePasquali	Legea
Real Salt Lake Women	Mark Davis	Adidas	DOMO
Santa Clarita Blue Heat	Guilherme Mitrovitch	Nike	Uni-Sport
TSF Academy Valkyries	Mark White	Adidas

Competition format

• Each team will play each conference opponent once at home and once away.
• The championship match will be played between the winners of each conference.

East Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Jersey Copa FC	10	8	1	1	31	11	+20	25	Championship match
2	New England Mutiny	10	6	0	4	21	16	+5	18
3	Long Island Rough Riders	10	4	3	3	16	10	+6	15
4	Lancaster Inferno	10	4	1	5	16	15	+1	13
5	TSF Academy Valkyries	10	3	3	4	14	23	−9	12
6	New York Magic	10	0	2	8	11	34	−23	2

Source: UWS East

West Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santa Clarita Blue Heat	8	4	3	1	28	13	+15	15	Championship match
2	Real Salt Lake Women	8	4	2	2	17	9	+8	14
3	Houston Aces	8	4	1	3	13	21	−8	13
4	Colorado Pride	8	2	2	4	11	18	−7	8
5	Colorado Storm	8	1	2	5	7	15	−8	5

Source: UWS West

UWS Championship

July 30, 2016 (2016-07-30)

5:00 pm PDT

Santa Clarita Blue Heat	2–1 (a.e.t.)	New Jersey Copa FC
Hernandez 9', 119'	Report	Nunez 73' (pen.)

The Master's College
Santa Clarita, California

Championship MVP: Julia Hernandez (Santa Clarita Blue Heat)

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Goals
1	Krystyna Freda	CYP	New Jersey Copa FC	15
2	Kate Howarth	USA	New England Mutiny	9
3	Christina Bellero	USA	Long Island Rough Riders	6
	Jeanine Nunez	USA	New Jersey Copa FC
5	Shani Abrahams	USA	New York Magic	5
	Julia Hernandez	USA	Santa Clarita Blue Heat
	Kodi Lavrusky	USA	Santa Clarita Blue Heat
	Kasandra Massey	USA	Santa Clarita Blue Heat
9	Teresa Rynier	USA	Lancaster Inferno	4
	Stefanie Scholz	USA	TSF Academy Valkyries

Source: ^[4]

League awards

Individual awards

• Player of the Year: Krystyna Freda (NJC)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Rebecca Ritchie (RSL)
• Coach of the Year: Roberto Aguas & J.R. Balzarini (NJC)

All-League Team

F: Krystyna Freda (NJC), Kate Howarth (NEM), Kasandra Massey (SAC)
M: Tatiana Ariza (HOU), Jackie Bruno (NJC), Chloe Castaneda (SAC)
D: Carol Sanchez (LAN), Natalie Norris (RSL), Kelly Eagan (LIR), Yadira Toraya (SAC)
G: Rebecca Ritchie (RSL) ^[5]

References

1. "Finding A Footprint: United Women's Soccer will be an East-West loop". Charles Cuttone. BigAppleSoccer.com. February 19, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
2. "New women's league plans to launch". Paul Kennedy. SoccerAmerica. December 22, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
3. "New league, new coach: Former BYU-Hawaii soccer coach to guide RSL Women". Sean Walker. KSL. January 23, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
4. "2016 UWS statistics". Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
5. "2016 All-United Women's Soccer Team". United Women's Soccer (UWS). August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

External links

• Official website