2016 Arizona United SC season

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Arizona United SC
2016 season
OwnersUnited States Kyle Eng
United States Brett M. Johnson
United States Diplo
United States Pete Wentz & others
ManagerCanada Frank Yallop
StadiumPeoria Sports Complex
USL13th, Western Conference
USL PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
U.S. Open Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLong Tan (10)
Highest home attendance3,374
(April 30 v. Portland)
Lowest home attendance753
(August 31 v. LA Galaxy II)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,470
All: 1,487
Away colors
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The 2016 Arizona United SC season is the club's third season of United Soccer League play.

Friendlies[]

All times from this point are on Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00)

February 20, 2016 2016 Desert Diamond Cup Arizona United SC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
4:30pm Gavin Yellow card 17'
Johnson Yellow card 73'		 Report Kelly Yellow card 28'
Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
North Grandstand
Referee: Robi Hullner
February 24, 2016 2016 Desert Diamond Cup FC Tucson 1–3 Arizona United SC Tucson, Arizona
3:30pm Bevans 50' Report Bardsley 38'
Cortez 65', 67'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
North Grandstand
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.
February 27, 2016 2016 Desert Diamond Cup Colorado Rapids 3–0 Arizona United SC Tucson, Arizona
6:30pm Ringhof 17' (o.g.)
Doyle 31'
Gashi 63'		 Report Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
North Grandstand
Referee: Ismail Elfath
March 4, 2016 Preseason Arizona United SC 0–4 Indy Eleven Casa Grande, Arizona
3:00pm Report
Report		 Wojcik 55', 71', 80'
Lacroix 69'		 Stadium:
March 10, 2016 Preseason Arizona United SC 0–0 Orange County Blues Casa Grande, Arizona
2:00pm Report Stadium:
March 15, 2016 Preseason Grand Canyon University 1–2 Arizona United SC Phoenix, Arizona
9:30am ? 83' (pen.) Report Cascio 17'
Skácel 59'		 Stadium: GCU Soccer Field
April 17, 2016 International Friendly Arizona United SC United States 1–2 Mexico Mexico U-20 Peoria, Arizona
2:00pm Tan 35' (pen.) 19'
21'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex

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USL[]

Further information: 2016 USL season

All times from this point on Mountain Standard Time (UTC−07:00)

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
30 9 7 14 40 46  −6 34 5 4 6 20 21  −1 4 3 8 20 25  −5

Source: Match reports

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAAAAAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAAHHAHHA
ResultLWLLWDDDLLWWDDLDLWLWWWLLLLDLWL
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Results[]

March 26, 2016 1 LA Galaxy II 2–0 Arizona United SC Carson, California
7:30pm Lassiter 10' (pen.), 30'
McBean Yellow card 47'
Garcia Yellow card 50'
Sorto Red card 62'		 Report
Report		 Granger Yellow card 60'
Costa Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 2,715
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
March 30, 2016 2 Seattle Sounders 2 0–2 Arizona United SC Tukwila, Washington
7:30pm O'Ojong Yellow card 78'
Mathers Yellow card 89'		 Report
Report		 Bardsley 16'
Cortez 24'
Granger Yellow card 42'
Antúnez Yellow card 49'
Gavin Yellow card 53'
Costa Yellow card 90+'
Cuevas Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Referee: Levi Rippy
April 2, 2016 3 Sacramento Republic FC 1–0 Arizona United SC Sacramento, California
7:30pm Christian Yellow card 45+'
Iwasa 84'
Guzman Yellow card 85'		 Report
Report		 Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
April 9, 2016 4 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 2–0 Arizona United SC Colorado Springs, Colorado
1:30pm Maybin 22' Yellow card 42'
Burt Yellow card 45'
Argueta Yellow card 50'
González Yellow card 55'
Phillips Yellow card 59'
Seth 62'
Greer Yellow card 89'		 Report
Report		 Poltronieri Yellow card 40' Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Leland Grant
April 15, 2016 5 Real Monarchs 0–1 Arizona United SC Orem, Utah
7:00pm Rolfe Yellow card 24'
Amankona Yellow card 48'
Copeland Yellow card 76'
Frater Yellow card 90+'		 Report
Report		 Rooney Yellow card 12'
Blackwood 72'		 Stadium: Clyde Field
Referee: Mitch Lillywhite
April 30, 2016 6 Arizona United SC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2 Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Garza 80'
Costa Yellow card 81'		 Report
Report		 Arboleda 1'
Gallagher Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,374
Referee: Michael Lavergne
May 7, 2016 7 Arizona United SC 0–0 Oklahoma City Energy FC Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Rooney Yellow card 73'
Woszczynski Yellow card 90+'		 Report
Report		 König Yellow card 55'
Harris Yellow card 86'
Thomas Yellow card 90+'
Rideout Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,108
Referee: Malik Badawi
May 14, 2016 8 Orange County Blues 1–1 Arizona United SC Irvine, California
7:00pm Popara Yellow card 30'
McCracken Yellow card 47'
Caesar Yellow card 62'
Baccielo 78'		 Report Timm Yellow card 51'
Rooney 59'		 Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 885
Referee: Ramy Touchan
May 21, 2016 9 Arizona United SC 1–3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Granger Yellow card 9'
Ringhof 16' Yellow card 79'
Rooney Yellow card 87'		 Report Suggs 7'
González 32'
Maybin Yellow card 52'
Robinson 76' Red card 86'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Luis Guardia
May 28, 2016 10 LA Galaxy II 4–1 Arizona United SC Carson, California
7:30pm Fujii 20', 33'
McBean 23', 85'
Zubak Yellow card 29'
Villarreal Yellow card 57'
Mendiola Yellow card 76'		 Report
Report		 Kelly Yellow card 45+'
Tan 75' (pen.)
Garza Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: StubHub Center Track and Field Stadium
Referee: Malik Badawi
June 11, 2016 11 Arizona United SC 2–0 Orange County Blues Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Tan Yellow card 8'
Cortez 41'
Gavin Yellow card 81'
Garza 90+'		 Report McCracken Yellow card 60'
Ajeakwa Red card 65'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,707
Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo
June 18, 2016 12 Arizona United SC 2–1 Saint Louis FC Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Blackwood 10'
Tan 58'		 Report
Report		 Hardware Yellow card 19'
Bushue Yellow card 79'
Ambersley Yellow card 80'
Roberts 90+'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Chipalo Street
June 22, 2016 13 Rio Grande Valley Toros 1–1 Arizona United SC Edinburg, Texas
7:30pm Bird 21' Report Blackwood 63' Stadium: UTRGV Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,656
Referee: Michael Lavergne
June 25, 2016 14 Arizona United SC 1–1 Sacramento Republic FC Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Blackwood 54'
Rooney Yellow card 76'
Kelly Yellow card 90'		 Report
Report		 Alvarez Yellow card 66'
Kiffe Yellow card 90'
Pridham 90+'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
July 1, 2016 15 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 3–2 Arizona United SC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:30pm Ochoa 7'
Taylor 14'
Mata 40'
Peters Red card 87'		 Tan 28', 57'
West Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,323
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 9, 2016 16 Arizona United SC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Tan 17' (pen.)
West Yellow card 35'
Rooney Yellow card 53'
[[Matheus Silva (footballer, born 1996) |Silva]] Red card 63'
Garza Yellow card 85'		 Report
Report		 Tyrpak 31' (pen.)
Didic Yellow card 49'
Ayrton Red card 63'
Duke Yellow card 76'
Pasher Yellow card 82'
Ballo Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 16, 2016 17 Arizona United SC 2–3 Seattle Sounders 2 Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Cortez 29'
Tan 36'
Uzo Yellow card 88'
Ringhof Yellow card 90+'
Stagmiller Yellow card 90+'		 Report
Report		 Jones 25', 56'
Schweitzer 45' Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,325
Referee: Marco Vega
July 22, 2016 18 Real Monarchs 0–3 Arizona United SC Orem, Utah
6:00pm Schuler Yellow card 45+'
Acosta Yellow card 57'		 Report
Report		 Antúnez Yellow card 21'
Rooney Yellow card 24'
Cortez 49'
Blackwood 57'
Tan 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Clyde Field
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
July 30, 2016 19 Arizona United SC 1–2 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Granger Yellow card 35'
Schafer 61' (o.g.)
Rooney Yellow card 90'		 Report
Report		 Mata 3', 90+'
Manhebo Yellow card 31'
Ballew Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,217
Referee: Robi Hullner
August 3, 2016 20 Arizona United SC 3–2 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Granger Yellow card 41'
Rooney 65', 78'
Cortez 90+'		 Report
Report		 Wynne Yellow card 27'
Haber 45+'
Safiu 54' Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 803
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
August 7, 2016 21 Orange County Blues 1–3 Arizona United SC Irvine, California
7:00pm Karapetyan 28'
Pluntke Yellow card 56'
Mirković Yellow card 88'		 Report
Report		 Rooney Yellow card 22' Red card 82'
Tan 42'
Cortez 54'
Blackwood 86'		 Stadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 580
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 13, 2016 22 Arizona United SC 1–0 San Antonio FC Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Blackwood 73'
Silva Yellow card 85'
Gavin Yellow card 90+'		 Report
Report		 Morgan Yellow card 7'
Salazar Yellow card 24'
Elizondo Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 17, 2016 23 San Antonio FC 3–2 Arizona United SC San Antonio, Texas
7:30pm Tayou Yellow card 26' 43'
Alvarez 32'
Elizondo Yellow card 45+' 56'
Bradnock-Brennan Yellow card 86'		 Report
Report		 West Yellow card 20'
Rooney 45+', 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 4,326
Referee: Marco Vega
August 21, 2016 24 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 3–1 Arizona United SC Langley Township, British Columbia
3:00pm McKendry Yellow card 19'
Chung Yellow card 33'
Greig Yellow card 61'
de Wit Yellow card 71'
Sanner 84', 87', 90+'		 Report
Report		 Blackwood 17'
Gavin Yellow card 37' Red card 59'		 Stadium: McLeod Stadium
Attendance: 2,107
August 27, 2016 25 Arizona United SC 0–1 Real Monarchs Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Silva Red card 52' Report Sundly Yellow card 1'
Orellana 24'
Kavita Yellow card 65'
Amankona Yellow card 90+'
Ramírez Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,384
Referee: Robi Hullner
August 31, 2016 26 Arizona United SC 1–2 LA Galaxy II Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Rooney 28' Report
Report		 Lassiter 16'
Amaya 73'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 753
Referee: Brandon Marshall
September 4, 2016 27 San Antonio FC 1–1 Arizona United SC San Antonio, Texas
5:00pm Alvarez 43'
Gunderson Yellow card 56'
Cardone Yellow card 79'		 Report
Report		 Tan 9' Yellow card 72'
Ringhof Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 5,569
Referee: Patrick Muana
September 13, 2016 28 Arizona United SC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2 Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Cascio 22'
Granger Yellow card 29'
Gavin Yellow card 59'
Rooney Yellow card 64'		 Report Williams 59'
Lewis Yellow card 61'
Brett 90+'
McIntosh Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 964
Referee: Robi Hullner
September 17, 2016 29 Arizona United SC 3–2 Real Monarchs Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Rooney 13'
Kelly 64'
Tan 75'		 Report
Report		 Báez 45' Yellow card 45+'
Ramírez 60'
Leal Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,239
Referee: Paul Nothman
September 24, 2016 30 Portland Timbers 2 3–2 Arizona United SC Portland, Oregon
7:00pm Clarke Yellow card 19'
Williams 28'
Bijev 35', 45+'		 Report Rooney 21' Yellow card 66'
Cortez 72'
Poltronieri Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 3,602
Referee: Chipalo Street

Western Conference Standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Real Monarchs 30 10 6 14 31 41 −10 36
12 Seattle Sounders 2 30 9 8 13 35 50 −15 35
13 Arizona United 30 9 7 14 40 46 −6 34
14 Saint Louis FC 30 8 10 12 42 44 −2 34
15 Tulsa Roughnecks 30 5 4 21 25 64 −39 19
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

U.S. Open Cup[]

Further information: 2016 U.S. Open Cup
May 18, 2016 Second Round FC Tucson 0–5 Arizona United SC Tucson, Arizona
7:30pm Yellow card 27'
Yellow card 43'		 Report Rooney 28'
Tan 33', 68'
Bardsley Yellow card 41' Red card 54' 45+'
Blackwood 48'
Woszczynski Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
June 1, 2016 Third Round Arizona United SC 0–3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Peoria, Arizona
7:30pm Rooney Yellow card 16'
Gavin Yellow card 44'
Blackwood Yellow card 49'		 Report
Report		 Vercollone 39', 83' Yellow card 61'
King 59'
Ibeagha Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,750

Statistics[]

[4][5][6][7]

# Pos. Name GP GS Min. Goals Assists A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
29 FW China Long Tan 30 2,149 10 6 2 0
17 FW England Tyler Blackwood 26 2,043 8 1 0 0
10 MF England Luke Rooney 24 1,972 8 5 10 1
9 FW United States Chris Cortez 26 1,767 7 4 1 0
11 MF United States Sam Garza 23 638 2 0 2 0
21 DF Germany Julian Ringhof 28 2,316 1 0 4 0
24 DF United States Peter Kelly 20 1,291 1 2 2 0
14 MF United States Tony Cascio 22 959 1 3 0 0
7 MF United States Gibson Bardsley 9 393 1 0 0 0
6 MF South Africa Miguel Timm 15 1,034 0 2 1 0
8 MF United States Blair Gavin 28 2,427 0 1 6 1
4 DF United States Brock Granger 23 1,489 0 1 6 0
5 DF United States Daniel Antúnez 19 1,163 0 1 2 0
31 DF United States Adam West 12 1,033 0 1 3 0
26 DF England Peter Ramage 11 945 0 1 0 0
2 DF Nigeria Uchenna Uzo 23 1,583 0 0 1 0
3 DF United States Nick Costa 14 958 0 0 3 0
35 MF Brazil Matheus Silva 16 947 0 0 0 1
11 MF Costa Rica Brandon Poltronieri 13 547 0 0 1 0
25 MF United States Duncan McCormick 11 527 0 0 0 0
33 DF Cyprus Tom Williams 5 352 0 0 0 0
12 MF United States Christian Silva 9 198 0 0 1 1
16 MF United States Freddy Ruiz 3 48 0 0 0 0
19 FW United States Minh Vu 2 25 0 0 0 0
10 MF United States Jose Cuevas 3 13 0 0 0 0

Goalkeepers[]

# Name GP GS Min. SV GA GAA SO A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 United States Carl Woszczynski 24 24 2,160 79 37 1.542 5 0 0
13 United States Jordan Stagmiller 6 6 540 17 9 1.500 1 1 0

Transfers[]

Loan in[]

Start date End date Position No. Player From club
May 13, 2016 End of Season Midfielder 35 Brazil Matheus Silva San Jose Earthquakes[7]

Loan out[]

Start date End date Position No. Player To club
April 8, 2016 End of Season Midfielder 10 United States Jose Cuevas Oklahoma City Energy FC[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Columbus Crew, AZ United Join Desert Diamond Cup". FC Tucson. December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Arizona United SC Announces Preseason Schedule". Arizona United SC. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "AZ United To Host Mexican National Under-20 Team". Arizona United SC. March 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ 2016 Arizona United Stats
  5. ^ "Arizona United Pro Roster". Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Arizona United SC Sends Midfielder Jose 'Chiva' Cuevas On Season-Long Loan To OKC Energy FC". Arizona United SC. April 8, 2016. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Arizona United Picks Up Matheus Silva on Loan From San Jose Earthquakes". Arizona United SC. May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
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