2016 Western New York Flash season
2016 Western New York Flash season | |||
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President | Alexandra Sahlen | ||
Head coach | Paul Riley | ||
Stadium | Rochester Rhinos Stadium | ||
NWSL | 4th | ||
2016 NWSL Playoffs | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Lynn Williams (11) All: Lynn Williams (14) | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,449 (Aug. 27 vs. Houston)[1] | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,235 (June 17 vs. Portland)[2] | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,868[3] | ||
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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]
First-team squad[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match results[]
Pre-season[]
The Flash announced their preseason schedule on March 11, 2016.[6]
Sat Mar 19 1 | Western New York Flash | 3–0 | West Virginia Mountaineers | Elma, New York |
Eddy ![]() Andrade ![]() Zimmerman ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Sports Park Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Greg Irwin |
Sat Apr 2 2 | 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 2 2 | Syracuse Orange | 0–1 | Western New York Flash | Syracuse, New York |
Report | Williams ![]() |
Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: 45-minute match. |
Sat Apr 2 3 | Western New York Flash | 4–0 | Vermont Catamounts | Syracuse, New York |
Zimmerman ![]() Doniak ![]() McDonald ![]() Ayinde ![]() |
Report | Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: Closed-door | ||
Note: 45-minte match. |
Regular season[]
Sat Apr 16 1 | FC Kansas City | 0–1 | Western New York Flash | Kansas City, Missouri |
Report | Sam Mewis ![]() |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 8,022 |
Sat Apr 23 2 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Western New York Flash | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Casey Short ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,529 |
Fri Apr 29 3 | Western New York Flash | 0–3 | Washington Spirit | Rochester, New York |
Elizabeth Eddy ![]() |
Report Report |
Diana Matheson ![]() Elizabeth Eddy ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,615 |
Sat May 7 4 | Sky Blue FC | 1–2 | Western New York Flash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
Maya Hayes ![]() Nikki Stanton ![]() Caroline Stanley ![]() |
Report | Abby Dahlkemper ![]() Jaelene Hinkle ![]() Samantha Mewis ![]() Kristen Hamilton ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
Sat May 14 5 | Orlando Pride | 1–0 | Western New York Flash | Orlando, Florida |
Morgan ![]() |
Report | Erceg ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 7,841 Referee: Levi Rippy |
Sat May 21 6 | 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 27 7 | Western New York Flash | 4–0 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
Smith ![]() Williams ![]() Williams ![]() Dahlkemper ![]() |
Report | Beckmann ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
Sat Jun 11 8 | Western New York Flash | 1–0 | Orlando Pride | Rochester, New York |
Doniak ![]() Speck ![]() Leon ![]() |
Report | Spencer ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,526 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovi |
Fri Jun 17 9 | Western New York Flash | 0–2 | Portland Thorns FC | Rochester, New York |
Samantha Mewis ![]() Alanna Kennedy ![]() Makenzy Doniak ![]() |
Report | Christine Sinclair ![]() Nadia Nadim ![]() Hayley Raso ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,235 Referee: Victor Rivas |
Fri Jun 24 10 | Western New York Flash | 7–1 | Boston Breakers | Rochester, New York |
7:00 p.m. ET | Lynn Williams ![]() Jessica McDonald ![]() Alanna Kennedy ![]() Makenzy Doniak ![]() McCall Zerboni ![]() Taylor Smith ![]() |
Report Report |
Christen Westphal ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
Fri Jul 1 11 | Western New York Flash | 2–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Rochester, New York |
Lianne Sanderson ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() McCall Zerboni ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky |
Sat Jul 9 12 | Western New York Flash | 3–2 | Seattle Reign FC | Rochester, New York |
19:00 | Erceg ![]() ![]() Williams ![]() |
Summary Report |
Kawasumi ![]() Winters ![]() Mathias ![]() Utsugi ![]() |
Stadium: Frontier Field Attendance: 4,314 Referee: ![]() |
Sat Jul 16 13 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Western New York Flash | Seattle |
22:00 | Melis ![]() Winters ![]() Reed ![]() |
Summary Report |
McDonald ![]() Zerboni ![]() |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,521 Referee: ![]() |
Sat Jul 23 14 | Western New York Flash | 0–1 | FC Kansas City | Rochester, New York |
19:05 | Janice Cayman ![]() Hahn ![]() |
Summary Report |
Molly Menchel ![]() Groom ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,556 Referee: ![]() |
Sat Jul 30 15 | Houston Dash | 3–3 | Western New York Flash | Houston |
Rachel Daly ![]() Kealia Ohai ![]() Kealia Ohai ![]() Caity Heap ![]() |
Report | Lianne Sanderson ![]() Jessica McDonald ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() Jaelene Hinkle ![]() Abby Dahlkemper ![]() |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,329 Referee: Matthew Franz |
Sat Aug 27 16 | Western New York Flash | 2–2 | Houston Dash | Rochester, New York |
19:00 | Sanderson ![]() Doniak ![]() |
Summary | O'Sullivan ![]() ![]() Ohai ![]() Daly ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,449 Referee: ![]() |
Sat Sep 3 17 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Western New York Flash | Boyds, Maryland |
Katie Stengel ![]() Diana Matheson ![]() |
Report | Elizabeth Eddy ![]() Samantha Mewis ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,527 Referee: Chris Spivey |
Thu Sep 8 18 | Boston Breakers | 2–2 | Western New York Flash | Boston, Massachusetts |
Kyah Simon ![]() Natasha Dowie ![]() ![]() Julie King ![]() Eunice Beckmann ![]() |
Report | Jessica McDonald ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo |
Sun Sep 11 19 | Portland Thorns FC | 3–2 | Western New York Flash | Portland, Oregon |
Nadia Nadim ![]() Christine Sinclair ![]() Tobin Heath ![]() Dagný Brynjarsdóttir ![]() Michelle Betos ![]() |
Report | Jaelene Hinkle ![]() Jessica McDonald ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Marco Vega |
Sat Sep 24 20 | Boston Breakers | 0–4 | Western New York Flash | Boston, Massachusetts |
Angela Salem ![]() Katie Schoepfer ![]() Whitney Engen ![]() |
Report | Jessica McDonald ![]() Lynn Williams ![]() Samantha Mewis ![]() Alanna Kennedy ![]() Abby Dahlkemper ![]() |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Karen Abt |
Postseason playoff[]
Sun Oct 2 2:00 pm PDT NWSL Semifinals | Portland Thorns FC | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Western New York Flash | Portland, Oregon |
14:00 UTC-08 | Sinclair ![]() Brynjarsdottir ![]() Sonnett ![]() Horan ![]() Heath ![]() |
Report | Mewis ![]() Kennedy ![]() Doniak ![]() Dahlkemper ![]() Williams ![]() Williams ![]() Eddy ![]() D'Angelo ![]() |
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 CDT 2016 NWSL Championship | Washington Spirit | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | Western New York Flash | Houston, Texas |
16:00 UTC-05 | Dunn ![]() ![]() Wys ![]() |
Report | Mewis ![]() Zerboni ![]() Williams ![]() |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 8,255 Referee: Christina Unkel |
Penalties | ||||
Krieger ![]() Nairn ![]() Stengel ![]() Huster ![]() Matheson ![]() |
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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[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
20 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Squad statistics[]
Source: NWSL
Squad statistics are of regular season only
N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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16 | FW | Lady Andrade | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | MF | Halimatu Ayinde | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | Janice Cayman | 3 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1 | GL | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | Abby Dahlkemper | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 57% | 4 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
3 | MF | Makenzy Doniak | 20 | 15 | 1144 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4 | MF | Elizabeth Eddy | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 63% | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
6 | DF | Abby Erceg | 17 | 16 | 1474 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
2 | MF | Michaela Hahn | 13 | 8 | 659 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
17 | FW | Kristen Hamilton | 12 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
15 | DF | Jaelene Hinkle | 15 | 15 | 1325 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 75% | 12 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
8 | MF | Ga Eul Jeon | 2 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | Alanna Kennedy | 15 | 15 | 1298 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 55% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
19 | FW | Adriana Leon | 10 | 3 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 19 | 19 | 1665 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 34 | 56% | 8 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
5 | MF | Samantha Mewis | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 44% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
23 | DF | Courtney Niemiec | 6 | 4 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 9 | 8 | 702 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 45% | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
11 | FW | Taylor Smith | 18 | 5 | 726 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 24% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
25 | FW | Meredith Speck | 6 | 5 | 369 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | Lynn Williams | 19 | 19 | 1670 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 34 | 49% | 6 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 12 | 11 | 1011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Team Total | 20 | — | 19799 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 325 | 153 | 47% | 60 | 117 | 47 | 181 | 148 | 23 | 1 |
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
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1 | GK | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 16 | 1.45 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 52 | 35 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 89% | 0 | 0 |
0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 26 | 1.30 | 4 | 5 | 189 | 94 | 67 | 71% | 0 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "Flash Earn Draw in Home Finale". Western New York Flash. August 27, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "WNY Flash 3-Game Win Streak Comes to an End". Western New York Flash. June 17, 2016. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "2016 NWSL Statistics". National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ Goldberg, Jamie (9 January 2017). "Western New York Flash officially moving to Cary, North Carolina". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Tsujimoto, Ben (March 30, 2017). "WNY Flash tab Bruce to coach United Women's Soccer team". Buffalo News. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^ "WNY Flash Announce Preseason Schedule". WNYFlash.com. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Graham Hays (October 2, 2016). "Sooner than expected, Western New York Flash arrive at NWSL title game". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
External links[]
See also[]
- Western New York Flash seasons
- 2016 National Women's Soccer League season
- American soccer clubs 2016 season
- 2016 in sports in New York (state)