2016 Western New York Flash season

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Western New York Flash
2016 Western New York Flash season
President Alexandra Sahlen
Head coach Paul Riley
Stadium Rochester Rhinos Stadium
NWSL 4th
2016 NWSL Playoffs Winners
Top goalscorerLeague: Lynn Williams (11)
All: Lynn Williams (14)
Highest home attendance6,449
(Aug. 27 vs. Houston) [1]
Lowest home attendance2,235
(June 17 vs. Portland) [2]
Average home league attendance3,868 [3]
  2015
2017  

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]

Contents

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.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katelyn Rowland
1 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Sabrina D'Angelo
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michaela Hahn
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Makenzy Doniak
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Elizabeth Eddy
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Samantha Mewis
6 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Abby Erceg
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA McCall Zerboni
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lynn Williams
No.Pos.NationPlayer
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Smith
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abby Dahlkemper
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica McDonald
15 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jaelene Hinkle
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristen Hamilton
19 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Adriana Leon
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Laura Liedle
23 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Courtney Niemiec
24 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alanna Kennedy
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meredith Speck
28 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Britt Eckerstrom

Match results

Pre-season

The Flash announced their preseason schedule on March 11, 2016. [6]

Sat Mar 191 Western New York Flash 3–0 West Virginia Mountaineers Elma, New York
Eddy Soccerball shade.svg50'
Andrade Soccerball shade.svg80'
Zimmerman Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Stadium: Sahlen's Sports Park
Attendance: 1,052
Referee: Greg Irwin
Sat Apr 22 Western New York Flash Cancelled Penn State Nittany Lions Elma, New York
Cancellation Stadium: Sahlen's Sports Park
Note: Cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.
Sat Apr 22 Syracuse Orange 0–1 Western New York Flash Syracuse, New York
Report Williams Soccerball shade.svg37'Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: 45-minute match.
Sat Apr 23 Western New York Flash 4–0 Vermont Catamounts Syracuse, New York
Zimmerman Soccerball shade.svg13'
Doniak Soccerball shade.svg20'
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg24'
Ayinde Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: 45-minte match.

Regular season

Sat Apr 161 FC Kansas City 0–1 Western New York Flash Kansas City, Missouri
Report Sam Mewis Soccerball shade.svg71' (penalty)Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 8,022
Sat May 74 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
Maya Hayes Soccerball shade.svg35' (Raquel Rodriguez)
Nikki Stanton Yellow card.svg 41'
Caroline Stanley Yellow card.svg 71'
Report Abby Dahlkemper Yellow card.svg 4'
Jaelene Hinkle Soccerball shade.svg71' (penalty)
Samantha Mewis Soccerball shade.svg86' (unassisted)
Kristen Hamilton Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,252
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat May 145 Orlando Pride 1–0 Western New York Flash Orlando, Florida
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Erceg Yellow card.svg 50'Yellow card.svg 89' Red card.svgStadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,841
Referee: Levi Rippy
Sat May 216 Western New York Flash 5–2 Sky Blue FC Rochester, New York
Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,910
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Fri May 277 Western New York Flash 4–0 Boston Breakers Rochester, New York
Smith Soccerball shade.svg15'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg64' (Hahn)
Williams Soccerball shade.svg65' (Speck)
Dahlkemper Soccerball shade.svg78' (pen.)
Report Beckmann Yellow card.svg 90'Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,940
Referee: Andrew Musashe
Sat Jun 118 Western New York Flash 1–0 Orlando Pride Rochester, New York
Doniak Soccerball shade.svg4' (McDonald)
Speck Yellow card.svg 47+'
Leon Yellow card.svg 83'
Report Spencer Yellow card.svg 76'Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,526
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovi
Fri Jul 111 Western New York Flash 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
Lianne Sanderson Soccerball shade.svg37'
Lynn Williams Soccerball shade.svg74' (Jessica McDonald)
McCall Zerboni Yellow card.svg 78'
Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky
Sat Jul 912 Western New York Flash 3–2 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
19:00 Erceg Soccerball shade.svg39'Soccerball shade.svg45+4'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg83'
Summary
Report
Kawasumi Soccerball shade.svg22'
Winters Yellow card.svg 64'
Mathias Yellow card.svg 82'
Utsugi Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Stadium: Frontier Field
Attendance: 4,314
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Karen Abt
Sat Jul 1613 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 Western New York Flash Seattle
22:00 Melis Soccerball shade.svg3'
Winters Yellow card.svg 33'
Reed Yellow card.svg 74'
Summary
Report
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg45'
Zerboni Yellow card.svg 47'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,521
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat Jul 2314 Western New York Flash 0–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:05Janice Cayman Yellow card.svg 20'
Hahn Yellow card.svg 45+3'
Summary
Report
Molly Menchel Yellow card.svg 54'
Groom Soccerball shade.svg60'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Maraget Domka
Sat Jul 3015 Houston Dash 3–3 Western New York Flash Houston
Rachel Daly Soccerball shade.svg32' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai Soccerball shade.svg47' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai Soccerball shade.svg63' (Stephanie Ochs)
Caity Heap Yellow card.svg 92+'
Report Lianne Sanderson Soccerball shade.svg3' (Lynn Williams)
Jessica McDonald Soccerball shade.svg70' (Lynn Williams)
Lynn Williams Soccerball shade.svg93+' (Jessica McDonald)
Jaelene Hinkle Yellow card.svg 93+'
Abby Dahlkemper Yellow card.svg 96+'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sat Aug 2716 Western New York Flash 2–2 Houston Dash Rochester, New York
19:00 Sanderson Soccerball shade.svg36'
Doniak Soccerball shade.svg58'
Summary O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg27'Yellow card.svg 41'
Ohai Soccerball shade.svg53'
Daly Yellow card.svg 86'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,449
Referee: Flag of the United States.svg Victor Rivas

Postseason playoff

Sun Oct 2 2:00 pm PDTNWSL Semifinals Portland Thorns FC 3–4 (a.e.t.) Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
14:00 UTC-08 Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg39' (Reynolds)
Brynjarsdottir Yellow card.svg 75'
Sonnett Soccerball shade.svg78'
Horan Soccerball shade.svg106+' (Brynjarsdottir)
Heath Yellow card.svg 114'
Report Mewis Soccerball shade.svg16'
Kennedy Yellow card.svg 28'
Doniak Soccerball shade.svg38' (McDonald)
Dahlkemper Yellow card.svg 76'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg98'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg104' (Mewis)
Eddy Yellow card.svg 109'
D'Angelo Yellow card.svg 121+'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 20,086
Referee: Marco Vega
Note: Flash Head Coach Paul Riley was ejected at 40' for arguing with officials. Assistant Coach Scott Vallow replaced Riley for the remainder of the match, as well as in the finals, for which Riley was also suspended. [7]
Sun Oct 9 4:00 pm CDT2016 NWSL Championship Washington Spirit 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
Western New York Flash Houston, Texas
16:00 UTC-05 Dunn Soccerball shade.svg9' (Oyster)Soccerball shade.svg91' (Krieger)
Wys Yellow card.svg 122+'
Report Mewis Soccerball shade.svg14' (Williams)
Zerboni Yellow card.svg 84'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg124+' (McDonald)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,255
Referee: Christina Unkel
Penalties
Krieger Soccerball shade cross.svg
Nairn Soccerball shad check.svg
Stengel Soccerball shad check.svg
Huster Soccerball shade cross.svg
Matheson Soccerball shade cross.svg
Soccerball shad check.svg Dahlkemper
Soccerball shad check.svg Hinkle
Soccerball shade cross.svg McDonald
Soccerball shad check.svg Williams
Soccerball shade cross.svg Mewis
Note: Flash Head Coach Paul Riley was suspended from coaching the team due to his ejection in the semifinals match against Portland. Assistant Coach Scott Vallow replaced Riley in the finals. [7]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Portland Thorns FC 2012533519+1641 NWSL Shield
2 Washington Spirit 2012353021+939 NWSL Playoffs
3 Chicago Red Stars 209652420+433
4 Western New York Flash (C)209564026+1432
5 Seattle Reign FC 208662921+830
6 FC Kansas City 207581820226
7 Sky Blue FC 207582430626
8 Houston Dash 2064102929022
9 Orlando Pride 20611320301019
10 Boston Breakers 20321514473311
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
20329654026 +146312413 +113341613 +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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
StadiumAAHAAHHHHHHHAHAHAAAA
ResultWLLWLWWWLWWWDLDDDDLW
Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2016. Source: National Women's Soccer League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season only

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAPKShotSOGSOG%CroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
16FWLady Andrade2051000000000000
10MFHalimatu Ayinde1145000100%0001000
20MFJanice Cayman319700022100%0001410
1GLSabrina D'Angelo1111990000000000000
13MFAbby Dahlkemper2020180021214857%4600111120
3MFMakenzy Doniak2015114434015853%131161510
28GKBritt Eckerstrom33270000000100100
4MFElizabeth Eddy202017540208563%681211230
6DFAbby Erceg1716147421013431%01114621
2MFMichaela Hahn1386591109222%0003410
17FWKristen Hamilton12012500011100%0003110
15DFJaelene Hinkle1515132513112975%123809920
8MFGa Eul Jeon2185000000101400
24DFAlanna Kennedy1515129801011655%01120830
19FWAdriana Leon10334200012325%0028220
14FWJessica McDonald191916651070613456%8313101100
5MFSamantha Mewis14141260521391744%300221310
23DFCourtney Niemiec643970002150%0002300
0GKKatelyn Rowland66540000000000000
10FWLianne Sanderson98702300221045%31351300
11FWTaylor Smith18572620017424%11091110
25FWMeredith Speck653690103133%1123010
9FWLynn Williams191916701150703449%602215400
7MFMcCall Zerboni1211101101013431%301171620
Team Total20197994029432515347%6011747181148231
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinGAGA/GPKAPKFShotSOGSavSav%YCRC
1GKSabrina D'Angelo1111990161.4534105523567%00
28GKBritt Eckerstrom3327020.671129181689%00
0GKKatelyn Rowland6654081.330055241667%00
Team Total201800261.3045189946771%00

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