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
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2015

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 20 1	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 21 2	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 26 3	Kansas Jayhawks	0 – 3	FC Kansas City	Lawrence, Kansas
12:00pm CT		Report	Groom 7', 63' Tymrak 16'	Stadium: Rock Chalk Park

Sun, April 3 4	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 9 5	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 9 6	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 16 1	FC Kansas City	0 – 1	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
		Report	Sam Mewis 71' (penalty)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park

Sat April 23 2	FC Kansas City	1 – 1	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Shea Groom 30' (Heather O'Reilly) Shea Groom 41' 47'	Report Report	Lindsey Horan 78' (Tobin Heath)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Sun May 1 3	Seattle Reign FC	1 - 0	FC Kansas City	Seattle
	Little 56' Elston 90+'	Box Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,083

Sat May 7 4	FC Kansas City	v	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Fri May 13 5	FC Kansas City	v	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sun May 22 6	Boston Breakers	v	FC Kansas City	Boston, Massachusetts
				Stadium: Jordan Field

Sat May 28 7	FC Kansas City	v	Orlando Pride	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sat June 11 8	Sky Blue FC	v	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
				Stadium: Yurcak Field

Sun June 19 9	Houston Dash	v	FC Kansas City	Houston
				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Sat June 25 10	FC Kansas City	v	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sat July 2 11	Washington Spirit	v	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat July 9 12	Portland Thorns FC	v	FC Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Providence Park

Sat July 16 13	FC Kansas City	v	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sat July 23 14	Western New York Flash	v	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Sat July 30 15	Chicago Red Stars	v	FC Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
				Stadium: Toyota Park

Sun August 28 16	FC Kansas City	v	Boston Breakers	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sun September 4 17	FC Kansas City	v	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: TBD

Wed September 7 18	Chicago Red Stars	v	FC Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
				Stadium: Toyota Park

Sun September 11 19	FC Kansas City	v	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sat September 24 20	Orlando Pride	v	FC Kansas City	Orlando, Florida
				Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl

Postseason playoff

to be determined

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) Champions

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
3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1	0	1	1	1	2	−1	0	0	1	0	1	−1

Last updated: May 1, 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by Round

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Notes

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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