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{{Infobox football club season
| club        = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
| season      = 2016
| league      = [[2016 USL season|USL]]
| chrtitle    = General manager
| chairman    = Kurt Austin
| mgrtitle    = Head coach
| manager     = [[Marc Dos Santos]]
| stadium            = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
| league result = Conference: 4th
| cup1        = [[2016 USL Playoffs|USL Playoffs]]
| cup1 result = Championship final
| highest attendance = 6,812<br><small>(Mar. 26 vs. [[Portland Timbers 2|Portland 2]] at [[Children's Mercy Park]])</small>
| lowest attendance =  926<br><small>(Jun. 8 vs. [[Rio Grande Valley FC Toros|Rio Grande Valley]])</small>
| average attendance =  {{formatnum:{{#expr: ((+6812+1524+1163+926+1314)/5) round 0}}}}
| league topscorer = [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez]] (5)
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The '''2016 [[Swope Park Rangers]] season''' was the club's inaugural year of existence, and their first season in the Western Conference of the [[USL Championship|United Soccer League]], the third tier of the [[United States soccer league system|United States soccer pyramid]]. 

== Roster ==
''As of March 25, 2016.''<ref name=ChristianDuke>{{cite web|title=Christian Duke returns to KC as Swope Park Rangers' first signing|url=http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2015/11/20/christian-duke-returns-kc-swope-park-rangers-first-signing|publisher=sportingkc.com|access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name=DaneKelly>{{cite web|title=USL's All-Time Scoring Leader Kelly Joins Rangers |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210590591 |publisher=United Soccer League (USL) |access-date=December 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133551/http://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210590591 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 }}</ref>
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{{Football squad start2|date= |<!---<ref name="players">{{cite web|title=Players|url=http://www.sportingkc.com/players|publisher=Sporting Kansas City|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref>--->|bg=0E213F|color=ffffff}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=1  |nat=USA |pos=GK |first=Jon|last=Kempin|other=[[Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)|HGP]]; on loan from [[Sporting Kansas City]]}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=26 |nat=USA |pos=DF |first=Tommy |last=Meyer}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=28 |nat=USA |pos=GK |first=Zac |last=Lubin}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=30 |nat=HUN |pos=FW |first=Dániel |last=Sallói|other=[[Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)|HGP]]; on loan from [[Sporting Kansas City]]}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=31 |nat=NGR |pos=MF |first=Nansel |last=Selbol}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=32 |nat=USA |pos=MF |first=Christian |last=Duke|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=33 |nat=USA |pos=DF |first=Jacob |last=VanCompernolle}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=35 |nat=BRA |pos=MF |first= |last=Ualefi}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=44 |nat=SLV |pos=MF |first=Tomás |last=Granitto}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=47 |nat=CAN |pos=FW |first=Mark Anthony |last=Gonzalez}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=49 |nat=USA |pos=MF |first=Will |last=Little III}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=50 |nat=USA |pos=FW |first=Kris |last=Tyrpak}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=55 |nat=CAN |pos=DF |first=Amer |last=Didic}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=56 |nat=USA |pos=DF |first=Ezra |last=Armstrong}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=67 |nat=USA |pos=DF |first=Jaylin |last=Lindsey}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=74 |nat=USA |pos=MF |first=Jimmy |last=Mulligan|other=on loan from [[New York Cosmos (2010)|New York Cosmos]]}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=77 |nat=CAN |pos=MF |first=Tyler |last=Pasher}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=81 |nat=MLI |pos=DF |first=Oumar |last=Ballo|dab=Oumar Ballo (footballer)}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=88 |nat=CPV |pos=MF |first=Kévin |last=Oliveira}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=90 |nat=CAN |pos=DF |first=Johnny |last=Grant|dab=Jonathan Grant (soccer)}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=92 |nat=USA |pos=MF |first=Alex |last=Molano}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=98 |nat=USA |pos=GK |first=Steven |last=Tekesky}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=99 |nat=JAM |pos=FW |first=Dane |last=Kelly}}
{{Fs player2 sort |no=-- |nat=BRA |pos=MF |first=|last=Ayrton|dab=Ayrton Pinheiro Victor}}
{{Football squad end2}}

===Staff===
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Marc Dos Santos]] – ''Head Coach''
* {{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Popovic – ''Assistant Coach''<ref name="staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/01/13/nikola-popovic-and-alec-dufty-join-swope-park-rangers-technical-staff|title=Nikola Popovic and Alec Dufty join Swope Park Rangers technical staff|work=Sporting Kansas City}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alec Dufty]] – ''Goalkeeping Coach''<ref name="staff"/>
* {{flagicon|USA}} Josh McAllister – ''Fitness Coach''

== Competitions ==

=== Preseason ===
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{{legend2|#FFFFBB|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{footballbox collapsible
|date = February 17, 2016
|time = 18:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 Desert Diamond Cup|DDC]] 1
|team1 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
|score = 1–3
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/02/17/swope-park-rangers-earn-3-1-win-over-colorado-rapids-first-ever-game Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Dominique Badji|Badji]] {{goal|19}}<br>[[Jared Watts|Watts]] {{yel|44}}
|goals2 = [[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{goal|1}}<br>[[Jacob VanCompernolle|VanCompernolle]] {{yel|18}}<br>[[Alberto Sanchez (soccer)|Sanchez]] {{goal|63}}<br>[[Will Little (soccer)|Little]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Kino Sports Complex]] North Stadium
|location = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
|attendance =
|referee =Baboucarr Jallow
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = February 20, 2016
|time =  ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 Desert Diamond Cup|DDC]] 2
|team1 = [[Arizona United SC]]
|score = 0–0
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/02/20/swope-park-rangers-play-0-0-draw-arizona-united-sc Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Blair Gavin|Gavin]] {{yel|17}}<br>[[Spencer Johnson (soccer)|Johnson]] {{yel|73}}
|goals2 = [[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{yel|28}}<br>[[Hakim Diaw|Diaw]] {{yel|65}}
|stadium = [[Kino Sports Complex]] North Stadium
|location = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
|attendance =
|referee =Robi Hullner
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = February 24, 2016
|time =  ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 Desert Diamond Cup|DDC]] 3
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2–2
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/02/24/swope-park-rangers-score-late-claim-2-2-draw-columbus-crew-sc Report]
|team2 = [[Columbus Crew SC]]
|goals1 =[[Tomás Granitto|Granitto]] {{goal|38}}<br>[[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Federico Higuaín|Higuaín]] {{goal|35}}<br>[[Chad Barson|Barson]] {{yel|57}}<br>[[Ethan Finlay|Finlay]] {{goal|66}}<br>[[Tyson Wahl|Wahl]] {{yel|72}}
|stadium = [[Kino Sports Complex]] North Stadium
|location = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
|attendance =
|referee =Drew Fisher
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = February 27, 2016
|time = 17:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 Desert Diamond Cup|DDC]] 4
|team1 = [[FC Tucson]]
|score = 0–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/02/27/dane-kelly-s-goal-sees-swope-park-rangers-past-fc-tucson Report]
|team2 =[[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 =[[Eddie Guerra|Guerra]] {{yel|73}}
|goals2 =[[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium = [[Kino Sports Complex]] North Stadium
|location = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
|attendance =
|referee =Noah Kenyawani
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = March 12, 2016
|time = 15:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = Scrimmage 1
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 4–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/03/12/preseason-recap-swope-park-rangers-claim-4-1-win-over-rockhurst-university Report]
|team2 = [[Rockhurst Hawks]]
|goals1 = [[Tyler Pasher|Pasher]] {{goal|5}}<br>[[Amer Didic|Didic]] {{goal|19}}<br>[[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{goal|27}}<br>[[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|74}}<br>[[Nansel Selbol|Selbol]] {{yel|78}}
|goals2 =Gianluca Bottoni {{goal|22}}<br>Tom McDonald {{yel|57}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance =
|referee = Jon Freemon
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = March 19, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = Scrimmage 2
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 1–2
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/03/19/swope-park-rangers-suffer-2-1-loss-creighton-university-close-out-preseason Report]
|team2 = [[Creighton Bluejays men's soccer|Creighton Bluejays]]
|goals1 =[[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|7}}
|goals2 =[[Eric DeJulio|DeJulio]] {{goal|20}}<br>[[Myles Englis|Englis]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Joel Rydstrand|Rydstrand]] {{yel|57}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance =
|referee = Kevin Diemer
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = April 16, 2016
|time = 16:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = Scrimmage 3
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 0–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/04/16/young-swope-park-rangers-side-falls-1-0-scrimmage-against-university-tulsa Report]
|team2 = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's soccer|Tulsa Golden Hurricane]]
|goals1 =[[Jaylin Lindsey|Lindsey]] {{yel|55}}<br>[[Dániel Sallói|Sallói]] {{yel|61}}
|goals2 =[[Juan Sanchez (soccer)|Sanchez]] {{goal|9}}<br>[[Rollie Rocha|Rocha]] {{yel|61}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance =
|referee =Jack Feldman
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}

=== USL Regular season ===
{{main|2016 USL season}}

==== Standings ====
{{2016 USL Western Conference table|showteam=SPR|show_limit=5}}

====Matches====
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{{legend2|#FFFFBB|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFFF|Upcoming fixture|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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|date = March 26, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 1
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/03/26/recap-swope-park-rangers-win-inaugural-game-2-1-against-portland-timbers-2 Report]
|team2 = [[Portland Timbers 2]]
|goals1 = [[Kévin Oliveira|Oliveira]] {{goal|48|pen.}} {{yel|54}} <br> [[Dániel Sallói|Sallói]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = [[Villyan Bijev|Bijev]] {{yel|38}} <br> [[Nick Besler|Besler]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Children's Mercy Park]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Kansas]]
|attendance = 6,812
|referee = Jon Freemon
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = April 2, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 2
|team1 = [[FC Tulsa (USL)|Tulsa Roughnecks FC]]
|score = 1–2
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/04/02/recap-swope-park-rangers-earn-2-1-win-road-against-tulsa-roughnecks-fc Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Taylor Morgan|Morgan]] {{goal|90+5}} 
|goals2 = [[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{goal|11}} <br> [[Nansel Selbol|Selbol]] {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium = [[ONEOK Field]]
|location = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
|attendance = 4,103
|referee = Andrew Musashe
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = April 9, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 3
|team1 = [[San Antonio FC]]
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/04/09/recap-swope-park-rangers-remain-unbeaten-following-1-1-draw-san-antonio-fc-0 Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Danny Garcia (soccer, born 1993)|Garcia]] {{goal|42}} <br> [[Michael Reed (soccer)|Reed]] {{yel|73}} <br> [[Victor Araujo|Araujo]] {{yel|90+4}}
|goals2 = [[Dániel Sallói|Sallói]] {{goal|2}} <br> [[Tommy Meyer|Meyer]] {{yel|59}}
|stadium = [[Toyota Field]]
|location = [[San Antonio]], Texas
|attendance = 8,466
|referee = Michael Lavergne
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = April 23, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 4
|team1 = [[Oklahoma City Energy FC]]
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/04/23/recap-swope-park-rangers-fall-1-0-defeat-against-okc-energy-fc Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Kalen Ryden|Ryden]] {{goal|22}} 
|goals2 = [[Christian Duke|Duke]] {{yel|36}} <br> [[Nansel Selbol|Selbol]] {{yel|63}} <br> [[Kévin Oliveira|Oliveira]] {{yel|82}}
|stadium = [[Taft Stadium]]
|location = [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]
|attendance = 5,690
|referee = Luis Guardia
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = April 27, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 5
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 1–2
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/04/27/recap-swope-park-rangers-suffer-2-1-defeat-vancouver-whitecaps-fc-2 Report]
|team2 = [[Whitecaps FC 2]]
|goals1 = [[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{goal|15}} {{yel|39}} <br> [[Jimmy Mulligan|Mulligan]] {{yel|48}} <br> [[Jordi Quintillà|Quintillà]] {{yel|58}}
|goals2 = [[Kyle Greig|Greig]] {{goal|30|pen.}} <br> [[Daniel Haber (soccer)|Haber]] {{yel|42}} <br> [[Ben McKendry|McKendry]] {{yel|53}} {{goal|55}}  
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 1,524
|referee = Elvis Mahmutovic
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = May 7, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 6
|team1 = [[Saint Louis FC]]
|score = 3–0
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/05/07/recap-swope-park-rangers-fall-3-0-defeat-saint-louis-fc Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Schillo Tshuma|Tshuma]] {{goal|11}} <br> [[Chad Bond|Bond]] {{goal|39}} {{sent off|2|43|79}} <br> [[Irvin Herrera|Herrera]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2 = [[Oumar Ballo (footballer)|Ballo]] {{sent off|2|17|45}}
|stadium = [[World Wide Technology Soccer Park]]
|location = [[Fenton, Missouri]]
|attendance = 5,023
|referee = Luigi Lazareno
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = May 14, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 7
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/05/14/swope-park-rangers-earn-2-1-victory-over-tulsa-roughnecks-fc Report]
|team2 = [[FC Tulsa (USL)|Tulsa Roughnecks FC]]
|goals1 = [[Tyler Pasher|Pasher]] {{goal|47||81}}
|goals2 = [[Sammy Ochoa|Ochoa]] {{goal|79}} <br> [[Matt Whatley (footballer)|Whatley]] {{yel|81}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 1,163
|referee = Michael Lavergne
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = May 21, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 8
|team1 = [[Rio Grande Valley FC Toros]]
|score = 4–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/05/21/recap-swope-park-rangers-suffer-4-1-defeat-rio-grande-valley-fc Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Memo Rodriguez|Rodriguez]] {{goal|13||26}} <br> [[José Escalante|Escalante]] {{yel|45}} <br> [[Kai Greene (soccer)|Greene]] {{yel|51}} <br> [[Charlie Ward (footballer)|Ward]] {{yel|81}} <br> [[Rob Lovejoy|Lovejoy]] {{goal|89}} <br> [[Emilio García Montoya|Montoya]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Dániel Sallói|Sallói]] {{goal|40}} <br> [[Kévin Oliveira|Oliveira]] {{yel|49}}
|stadium = [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley|UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex]]
|location = [[Edinburg, Texas]]
|attendance = 2,065
|referee = Victor Rivas
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = May 28, 2016
|time = 21:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 9
|team1 = [[Sacramento Republic FC]]
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/05/29/recap-swope-park-rangers-battle-1-1-road-draw-sacramento-republic-fc Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Derek Foran|Foran]] {{yel|32}} <br> [[Agustin Cazarez|Cazarez]] {{yel|66}} <br> [[Cameron Iwasa|Iwasa]] {{goal|76}}
|goals2 = [[Tyler Pasher|Pasher]] {{yel|60}} <br> [[Kévin Oliveira|Oliveira]] {{goal|73}} <br> [[Ualefi]] {{yel|85}} <br> [[Jimmy Mulligan|Mulligan]] {{yel|86}}
|stadium = [[Bonney Field]]
|location = [[Sacramento, California]]
|attendance = 11,569
|referee = Joseph Dickerson
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = June 4, 2016
|time = 20:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 10
|team1 = [[Portland Timbers 2]]
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/06/04/recap-swope-park-rangers-fall-2-1-portland-timbers-2 Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Neco Brett|Brett]] {{goal|27}} <br> [[Michael Gallagher (soccer)|Gallagher]] {{yel|55}} <br> [[Victor Arboleda|Arboleda]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Rocky Mountain High School (Idaho)|Rocky Mountain High School]]
|location = [[Meridian, Idaho]]
|attendance = 4,352
|referee = Tyler Ploeger
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = June 8, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 11
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 4–0
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/06/08/recap-swope-park-rangers-cruise-4-0-victory-over-rio-grande-valley-fc Report]
|team2 = [[Rio Grande Valley FC Toros]]
|goals1 = [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|23||27}} <br> [[Kévin Oliveira|Oliveira]] {{goal|43}} <br> [[Dániel Sallói|Sallói]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 926
|referee = Guido Gonzales Jr.
|result = w
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = June 12, 2016
|time = 16:00 ([[Central Standard Time|CST]])
|round = [[United Soccer League|USL]] 12
|team1 = [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2]]
|score = 3–2
|report = [http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/06/12/recap-swope-park-rangers-suffer-3-2-defeat-against-vancouver-whitecaps-fc-2 Report]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Marco Bustos|Bustos]] {{goal|5||23}} <br> [[Kyle Greig|Greig]] {{yel|38}} <br> [[Ben McKendry|McKendry]] {{yel|57}} <br> [[Sam Adekugbe|Adekugbe]] {{yel|77}} <br> [[Alphonso Davies|Davies]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = [[Ayrton Pinheiro Victor|Ayrton]] {{yel|15}} <br> [[Ualefi]] {{yel|26}} <br> [[Jimmy Mulligan|Mulligan]] {{yel|77}} <br> [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|86}} <br> [[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Thunderbird Stadium]]
|location = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
|attendance = 1,494
|referee = Alain Ruch
|result  = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = June 18, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 13
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 1–3
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/06/18/recap-swope-park-rangers-fall-3-1-okc-energy-fc
|team2 = [[Oklahoma City Energy FC]]
|goals1 = [[Ayrton Pinheiro Victor|Ayrton]] {{goal|7}} {{yel|38}} <br> [[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{yel|43}} <br> [[Ualefi]] {{yel|75}}
|goals2 = [[Michael Thomas (American soccer)|Thomas]] {{goal|45}} <br> [[Wojciech Wojcik|Wojcik]] {{goal|64}} <br> [[Daniel Gonzalez (soccer, born 1992)|Gonzalez]] {{goal|74}} <br> [[Danni König|König]] {{yel|80}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 1,314
|referee = Jon Freemon
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = June 26, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Standard Time|CST]])
|round = [[United Soccer League|USL]] 14
|team1 = [[Seattle Sounders FC 2]]
|score = 0–2
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/06/26/recap-swope-park-rangers-earn-2-0-road-win-over-seattle-sounders-fc-2
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Jordy Delem|Delem]] {{yel|62}}
|goals2 = [[Alex Molano|Molano]] {{yel|3}} <br> [[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{yel|46}} <br> [[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{goal|65}} <br> [[Jonathan Grant|Grant]] {{yel|85}} <br> [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Starfire Sports Complex]]
|location = [[Tukwila, Washington]]
|attendance = 1,309
|referee = Victor Rivas
|result  = W
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = July  2, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 15
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 1–0
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/07/03/recap-swope-park-rangers-battle-1-0-home-win-over-saint-louis-fc
|team2 = [[Saint Louis FC]]
|goals1 = [[Tyler Pasher|Pasher]] {{goal|2}}
|goals2 = [[Jamiel Hardware|Hardware]] {{yel|45}} <br> [[Chad Bond|Bond]] {{yel|65}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 933
|referee = Sorin Stoica
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = July 9, 2016
|time = 21:30 ([[Central Standard Time|CST]])
|round = [[United Soccer League|USL]] 16
|team1 = [[Arizona United SC]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/07/10/recap-swope-park-rangers-claim-1-1-road-draw-arizona-united-sc
|team2      = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1     = [[Long Tan (footballer)|Tan]] {{goal|17|pen.}}<br>[[Adam West (soccer)|West]] {{yel|35}}<br>[[Luke Rooney (footballer)|Rooney]] {{yel|53}}<br>[[Matheus Silva (footballer, born 1996)|Silva]] {{sentoff|0|63}}<br>[[Sam Garza|Garza]] {{yel|85}}
|goals2     = [[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{goal|31|pen.}}<br>[[Amer Didic|Didic]] {{yel|49}}<br>[[Ayrton Pinheiro Victor|Ayrton]] {{sentoff|0|63}}<br>[[Christian Duke|Duke]] {{yel|76}}<br>[[Tyler Pasher|Pasher]] {{yel|82}}<br>[[Oumar Ballo (footballer)|Ballo]] {{yel|90+1}}
|stadium    = [[Peoria Sports Complex]]
|location   = [[Peoria, Arizona]]
|attendance = 1,012
|referee    = Daniel Radford
|result     = D
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = July 12, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 17
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 0–2
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/07/12/recap-swope-park-rangers-falls-2-0-okc-energy-fc
|team2 = [[Oklahoma City Energy FC]]
|goals1= [[Christian Duke|Duke]] {{yel|6}} 
|goals2= [[Coy Craft|Craft]] {{goal|84}} <br> [[Timo Pitter|Pitter]] {{goal|89}} 
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance=1,233
|referee= Rosendo Mendoza
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = July 20, 2016
|time = 20:00 ([[Central Standard Time|CST]])
|round = [[United Soccer League|USL]] 18
|team1 = [[Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC]]
|score = 1–1
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/07/20/recap-swope-park-rangers-claim-dramatic-1-1-draw-colorado-springs-switchbacks-fc
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Josh Suggs|Suggs]] {{yel|37}} <br> [[Mike Seth|Seth]] {{goal|60}} <br> [[Miguel González (footballer, born 1990)|González]] {{yel|70}}
|goals2 = [[Chance Myers|Myers]] {{yel|34}} <br> [[Ever Alvarado|Alvarado]] {{yel|68}} <br> [[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{yel|72}} <br> [[Alex Molano|Molano]] {{yel|84}} {{goal|90+1}} 
|stadium = [[Switchbacks Stadium]]
|location = [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
|referee = Chipalo Street
|attendance = 2,212
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = July 23, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 19
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 3–0
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/07/23/recap-swope-park-rangers-cruise-3-0-win-over-orange-county-blues-fc
|team2 = [[Orange County Blues FC]]
|goals1 = [[Ever Alvarado|Alvarado]] {{yel|28}} <br> [[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{goal|43}} <br> [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|78}} <br> [[Jonathan Grant|Grant]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Roy Meeus|Meesu]] {{yel|49}} <br> [[Matthew Sheldon|Sheldon]] {{yel|90}} <br> [[Ivan Mirković|Mirković]] {{yel|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 1,068
|referee = Jon Freemon
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = July 30, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 20
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2–1
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/07/30/recap-swope-park-rangers-earn-2-1-win-over-san-antonio-fc
|team2 = [[San Antonio FC]]
|goals1 = [[Ualefi]] {{yel|3}} <br> [[Ever Alvarado|Alvarado]] {{yel|48}} <br> [[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{goal|71}} <br> [[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Michael Reed (soccer)|Reed]] {{goal|30}} <br> [[Jason Johnson (Jamaican footballer)|Johnson]] {{yel|65}} <br> [[Biko Bradnock-Brennan|Bradnock-Brennan]] {{yel|76}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 1,448
|referee = Luis Guardia
|result = w
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = August 3, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 21
|team1 = [[Saint Louis FC]]
|score = 1–1
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/08/03/recap-swope-park-rangers-and-saint-louis-fc-split-points-1-1-draw
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[A. J. Cochran|Cochran]] {{yel|53}} <br> [[Irvin Herrera|Herrera]] {{goal|65|pen.}} <br> [[Tyler David|David]] {{yel|68}}
|goals2 = [[Tommy Meyer|Meyer]] {{yel|20}} <br> [[Diego Rubio|Rubio]] {{goal|34}} <br> [[Amer Didic|Didic]] {{yel|64}}
|stadium = [[World Wide Technology Soccer Park]]
|location = [[Fenton, Missouri]]
|attendance = 4,582
|referee = Andrew Musashe
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = August 6, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 22
|team1 = [[FC Tulsa (USL)|Tulsa Roughnecks FC]]
|score = 
|report = http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2016/08/06/postponed-swope-park-rangers-game-tulsa-roughnecks-fc-due-unsafe-field-conditions
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[ONEOK Field]]
|location = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|note= Postponed due to unsafe field conditions.
|result = P
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = August 13, 2016
|time = 20:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 23
|team1 = [[Real Monarchs]]
|score = 1-0
|report = [http://www.uslsoccer.com/game/show/13218275?subseason=280291&referrer=2356920 Summary]
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = [[Emilio Orozco|Orozco]] {{goal|8}}<br>[[James Moberg|Moberg]] {{yel}}<br>[[Alec Sundly|Sundly]] {{yel}}<br>[[Amass Amankona|Amankona]] {{yel}}
|goals2 = [[Ayrton Pinheiro Victor|Ayrton]] {{yel}}<br>[[Kris Tyrpak|Tyrpak]] {{yel}}
|stadium = [[Rio Tinto Stadium]]
|location = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = August 21, 2016
|time = 18:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 24
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 1-1
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/22/united-states/mls-reserve-league/swope-park-rangers/saint-louis-fc/2197161/ Summary]
|team2 = [[Saint Louis FC]]
|goals1 = [[Akeil Barrett|Barrett]] {{goal|89}} {{yel|89}}
|goals2 = [[James Musa|Musa]] {{yel|4}}<br>[[Jordan Roberts (footballer, born 1993)|Roberts]] {{yel|71}}<br>[[Vince Cicciarelli|Cicciarelli]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Children's Mercy Park]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Kansas]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = D
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = August 27, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 25
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2-1
|report = [http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2197173 Summary] 
|team2 = [[LA Galaxy II]]
|goals1 = [[Christian Duke|Duke]] {{goal|16}}<br>[[Mark Anthony Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[Ayrton Pinheiro Victor|Ayrton]] {{yel|47}}<br>[[Dane Kelly|Kelly]] {{yel|80}}<br>Adrian Zendejas {{yel|90+2}}
|goals2 = [[Bradford Jamieson IV|Jamieson]] {{goal|2}}<br>[[Jose Villarreal (soccer)|Villarreal]] {{yel|45+2}}<br>[[Oscar Sorto|Sorto]] {{yel|47}}<br>[[Ethan Zubak|Zubak]] {{yel|56}}<br>[[Jaime Villarreal|Villarreal]] {{yel|68}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result =W 
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = August 31, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 26
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2-1
|report = [http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2197185 Summary]
|team2 = [[San Antonio FC]]
|goals1 = [[Ayrton Pinheiro Victor|Ayrton]] {{goal|3}} {{goal|90+5|pen.}}<br>[[Amer Didic|Didic]] {{yel|80}}
|goals2 = [[Fejiro Okiomah|Okiomah]] {{goal|8}}<br>[[Biko Bradnock-Brennan|Bradnock-Brennan]] {{yel|71}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = September 3, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 27
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 0-2
|report = [http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=match&id=2197191 Summary] 
|team2 = [[Rio Grande Valley FC Toros]]
|goals1 = [[Ualefi]] {{yel|48}}<br>[[Amer Didic|Didic]] {{yel|78}}<br>[[Diego Rubio|Rubio]] {{yel|88}}
|goals2 = [[Rubén Luna|Luna]] {{goal|8}}<br>[[Emilio García Montoya|García]] {{yel|50}}<br>[[T. J. Casner|Casner]] {{goal|67}}<br>[[Eric Bird|Bird]] {{yel|75}}
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = L
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = September 10, 2016
|time = 19:30 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 28
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2-0
|report = 
|team2 = [[FC Tulsa (USL)|Tulsa Roughnecks FC]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
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|date = September 18, 2016
|time = 18:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 29
|team1 = [[Oklahoma City Energy FC]]
|score = 0-3
|report = 
|team2 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Taft Stadium]]
|location = [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|date = September 24, 2016
|time = 19:00 ([[Central Daylight Time|CDT]])
|round = [[2016 USL season|USL]] 30
|team1 = [[Swope Park Rangers]]
|score = 2-0
|report = 
|team2 = [[Seattle Sounders FC 2]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Swope Soccer Village]]
|location = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = W
|stack = yes
}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{2016 USL season by team}}
{{2016 in American soccer}}

[[Category:2016 USL season|Swope]]
[[Category:American soccer clubs 2016 season|Swope]]
[[Category:Sporting Kansas City II seasons]]