2016 Saint Louis FC season

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The 2016 Saint Louis FC season was the franchise's second season in the United Soccer League, the third division of soccer in the United States.

After playing their first season in the Eastern Conference of the USL, due to the addition of new teams to the league the club moved to the Western Conference for 2016.[1]

The club also renewed their affiliation with the

Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer for the 2016 season, having partnered with them the previous year.[2]

Current squad

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.
As of May 21, 2016. Sources:
[3]

No. Position Player Nation
0 GK Eduardo Cortes  Mexico
1 GK Mark Pais  United States
2 DF Richard Dixon  Jamaica
3 DF Sam Fink  United States
4 DF A. J. Cochran  United States
5 DF Mitchell Lurie  United States
6 MF Parker Maher  United States
7 MF Jamiel Hardware  Jamaica
8 MF Chad Bond  Wales
9 FW
Jeremie Lynch
 Jamaica
10 MF Kentaro Takada  Japan
11 MF Charles Renken  United States
12 MF Tyler David  United States
13 GK Ryan Thompson  Jamaica
14 DF James Musa  New Zealand
15 FW Mike Ambersley  United States
16 DF Jake Bond  United States
17 MF Jacob Bushue  United States
18 MF
Chicago Fire
)
 United States
19 FW Irvin Herrera  El Salvador
20 MF Vince Cicciarelli  United States
21 DF Chad Vandegriffe  United States
22 DF
Chicago Fire
)
 United States
23 FW Jordan Roberts  England
25 MF Brandon Barklage  United States
32 MF Schillo Tshuma  Zimbabwe
55 DF Aedan Stanley  United States
91 MF Seth Rudolph  United States

Player movement

Returning Players from 2015

No. Position Player Nation Date Signed Ref
15 Forward Mike Ambersley United States United States January 13, 2015 [4]
17 Midfielder Jacob Bushue United States United States January 15, 2015 [4]
2 Defender Richard Dixon Jamaica Jamaica January 15, 2015 [4]
1 Goalkeeper Mark Pais United States United States January 15, 2015 [4]
10 Midfielder Kentaro Takada[OFF 1] Japan Japan January 15, 2015 [4]
11 Midfielder Charles Renken United States United States January 20, 2015 [4]
6 Midfielder Parker Maher United States United States February 13, 2015 [4]
14 Defender James Musa[OFF 2] New Zealand New Zealand February 25, 2015 [4]
3 Defender Sam Fink United States United States March 7, 2015 [4]
7 Midfielder Jamiel Hardware Jamaica Jamaica March 7, 2015 [4]
9 Forward
Jeremie Lynch
Jamaica Jamaica March 10, 2015 [4]
23 Forward Jordan Roberts England England March 10, 2015 [4]
21 Defender Chad Vandegriffe[OFF 3] United States United States March 13, 2015 [4]
25 Midfielder Brandon Barklage United States United States March 20, 2015 [4]

Notes

  1. St. Louis Ambush during the USL offseason[5]
  2. Team Wellington during the USL offseason[6]
  3. St. Louis Ambush during the USL offseason[7]

New Signings

No. Position Player Nation Previous Team Date Signed Ref
8 Midfielder Chad Bond Wales Wales
Tulsa Roughnecks
January 7, 2016 [8]
19 Forward Irvin Herrera El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador Santa Tecla February 18, 2016 [9]
20 Midfielder Vince Cicciarelli United States United States United States Des Moines Menace
United States Saint Louis Billikens
March 3, 2016 [10]
13 Goalkeeper Ryan Thompson Jamaica Jamaica
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
March 3, 2016 [10]
4 Defender A. J. Cochran United States United States
Houston Dynamo
March 6, 2016 [11]
12 Midfielder Tyler David United States United States United States Saint Louis Billikens March 6, 2016 [11]
16 Defender Jake Bond United States United States United States Kitsap Pumas March 16, 2016 [12]
5 Defender Mitchell Lurie United States United States United States Rutgers Scarlet Knights March 16, 2016 [12]
32 Midfielder Schillo Tshuma Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Arizona United
March 25, 2016 [13]
0 Goalkeeper Eduardo Cortes Mexico Mexico United States IUPUI Jaguars March 31, 2016 [14]
91 Midfielder Seth Rudolph United States United States Sweden Sandvikens IF April 22, 2016 [15]
24 Goalkeeper Sean Clancy United States United States
UMKC Kangaroos
Date Unknown

Academy Signings

No. Position Player Nation Previous Team Date Signed Ref
44 Midfielder Wan Kuzain Malaysia Malaysia
St. Louis Scott Gallagher
May 21, 2016 [16]
55 Defender Aedan Stanley United States United States
St. Louis Scott Gallagher
May 21, 2016 [17]

Loans

In

No. Position Player Nation Loaned From Date Loaned Notes Ref
18 Midfielder Drew Conner United States United States
Chicago Fire
March 25, 2016 Season-long loan (with option to recall) [17]
22 Defender Patrick Doody United States United States
Chicago Fire
March 25, 2016 Season-long loan (with option to recall) [17]
26 Defender Eric Gehrig United States United States
Chicago Fire
March 28, 2016 [18]
30 Goalkeeper Patrick McLain United States United States
Chicago Fire
April 22, 2016 Single-game loan [19]
27 Midfielder Collin Fernandez United States United States
Chicago Fire
August 10, 2016 Season-long loan (with option to recall) [20]
29 Midfielder Alex Morrell United States United States
Chicago Fire
August 10, 2016 Season-long loan (with option to recall) [20]
28 Midfielder Jason Plumhoff United States United States United States Jacksonville Armada August 26, 2016 [21]

Out

No. Position Player Nation Loaned To Date Loaned Notes Ref
9 Forward
Jeremie Lynch
Jamaica Jamaica United States Wilmington Hammerheads July 28, 2016 Season-long loan [22]

United Soccer League season

Preseason

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers v Saint Louis FC
February 27
Conway, SC
9:00 AM CST 32'
58'
Source
Source
Source
Source
Source
Lynch 12'
Roberts
74'
Stadium: CCU Soccer Field
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each
February 27
Charleston, SC
3:00 PM CST Portillo 59' Source
Source
Lynch
70'
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each
March 13
Springfield, MO
2:00 PM CDT Source Stadium: Lake Country Soccer Complex
March 16
Evansville, IN
5:00 PM CDT McGrath 76' Report Roberts 25', 50' Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium
March 16
Evansville, IN
7:30 PM CDT Smart 64' Report Herrera 46' Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium
March 19
Edwardsville, IL
3:00 PM CDT Report Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium

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 8 10 12 42 44  −2 34 4 7 4 23 20  +3 4 3 8 19 24  −5

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
StadiumAAAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAHHHHAHHAAHA
ResultLLWDDWPWLWDDLWLWLDLLWDDLDLDLWLD
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

March 26 01
Sandy, UT
8:00 PM CDT Orellana 90+1' Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Musa Yellow card 43'
C. Bond Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium:
Rio Tinto Stadium

Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
Oklahoma City Energy v Saint Louis FC
April 9 04
Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT Dalgaard 9'
Gonzalez Yellow card 39'
Craft 60'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Cicciarelli 23'
Doody 36'
Bushue Yellow card 64'
Fink Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
April 16 05
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Musa Yellow card 65' Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,531
Referee: Malik Badawi
April 23 06
Sacramento, CA
9:30 PM CDT Foran Yellow card 90+5' Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Musa Yellow card 24'
Ambersley 59'
Dixon Yellow card 71'
McLain Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium:
Bonney Field

Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Michael Zapata
April 30 07
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Note: Postponed due to inclement weather,[23] rescheduled for May 25[24]
May 7 08
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Tshuma 11'
C. Bond 39', Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 79'
Herrera 52'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Ballo Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 45+1' Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,028
May 14 09
Louisville, KY
6:30 PM CDT Davis 77'
Lancaster 90' (pen.)
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Conner Yellow card 67'
Pais Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,859
Referee: Aaron Hernandez
Saint Louis FC v Vancouver Whitecaps 2
May 25 11
Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Fink Yellow card 21'
Barklage Yellow card 25'
Cochran Yellow card 45+4'
Hardware 62'
C. Bond Yellow card 90+3'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Levis 23'
Seymore Yellow card 45+4'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,763
Note: Rescheduled from April 30 due to inclement weather[23][24]
May 29 12
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Dixon Yellow card 45+3'
Herrera 76'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Escalante 69'
James Yellow card 89'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,704
June 4 13
Colorado Springs, CO
8:00 PM CDT Maybin 3'
Gonzalez 18'
Suggs Yellow card 41'
Report (USL) Bushue Yellow card 59' Stadium:
Switchbacks Stadium

Attendance: 3,910
June 11 14
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Rudolph 4', 50'
Herrera 17', 52'
Hardware 38'
Roberts 76'
Cicciarelli 78'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Mata Yellow card 37'
Peters Yellow card 39'
Abidor Yellow card 60'
Morgan Yellow card 65'
Ramos Carpio 85'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,749
Saint Louis FC v Portland Timbers 2
June 25 16
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Musa Yellow card 32'
Herrera 58' (pen.)
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Clarke Yellow card 54'
Gallagher Yellow card 59'
Casiple Yellow card 83'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,513
July 6 18
Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Fink 87' Report (USL) Alihodžić 12' Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,400
July 9 19
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Cummings 8'
McMahon Yellow card 58'
Mohamed Yellow card 60'
Stevenson 78'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Ambersley Yellow card 26'
Fink Yellow card 61'
Tshuma 85'
Barklage Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,502
Saint Louis FC v Colorado Springs Switchbacks
July 23 21
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Musa 26'
Herrera 45+2'
Report (USL) Maybin 54' Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,771
July 30 22
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Report (USL) Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,370
August 3 23
Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Cochran Yellow card 53'
Herrera 64'
David Yellow card 68'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Didic
Yellow card 64'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,582
August 13 24
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Ambersley 26'
Roberts 74'
C. Bond 90'
Report (USL) Koval 5'
Iwasa 11', 57'
Guzmán 17'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,453
Saint Louis FC v San Antonio FC
August 27 26
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Report (USL)
Castillo
45+1'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,262
August 31 27
Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,209
San Antonio FC v Saint Louis FC
September 10 29
San Antonio, TX
7:30 PM CDT Alvarez 32'
Morgan Yellow card 42'
Bradnock-Brennan Yellow card 90+4'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Herrera 12', 16', 54'
Pais Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 17 30
Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT Roberts 17'
Dixon Yellow card 25'
Musa Red card 35'
Ambersley Yellow card 69'
David Yellow card 75'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Dacres 38'
Lancaster 40'
Rasmussen 51', 56'
Ilić 79'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,004
September 24 31
Oklahoma City, OK
6:00 PM CDT Pitter 1'
König 26'
Craven Yellow card 59'
Report (STLFC)
Report (USL)
Roberts Yellow card 15'
Tshuma 21'
David 23'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,712
Referee: Travis Haight

Standings

Western Conference Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sacramento Republic 30 14 10 6 43 27 +16 52 Conference Playoffs
2 Rio Grande Valley Toros 30 14 9 7 47 24 +23 51
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 30 14 7 9 37 27 +10 49
4
Swope Park Rangers
30 14 6 10 45 36 +9 48
5
LA Galaxy II
30 12 11 7 52 42 +10 47
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 30 12 9 9 44 44 0 45
7
Oklahoma City Energy
30 10 13 7 32 30 +2 43
8
Orange County Blues
30 12 4 14 39 41 −2 40
9 Portland Timbers 2 30 12 4 14 38 42 −4 40
10 San Antonio FC 30 10 8 12 36 36 0 38
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

Matches

May 18
Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Takada Yellow card 19'
Hardware 22'
Roberts 77'
Report (STLFC) V. Bell Yellow card 41'
McGivern Yellow card 86'
Manfut Yellow card 87'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,195
June 1
Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT Cochran Yellow card 45+1' Report (STLFC) Lowe Yellow card 56'
Venegas 69'
Blake 90+3'
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,065

Player statistics

As of December 15, 2016

Goals

Place Name USL USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 El Salvador Irvin Herrera 14 0 0 14
2 United States Vince Cicciarelli 5 0 0 5
2 England Jordan Roberts 4 0 1 5
4 Zimbabwe Schillo Tshuma 4 0 0 4
5 New Zealand James Musa 3 0 0 3
5 Jamaica Jamiel Hardware 2 0 1 3
7 United States Mike Ambersley 2 0 0 2
7 United States Chad Bond 2 0 0 2
7 United States Patrick Doody 2 0 0 2
7 United States Seth Rudolph 2 0 0 2
11 United States Tyler David 1 0 0 1
11 United States Sam Fink 1 0 0 1

Assists

Place Name USL USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 El Salvador Irvin Herrera 4 0 0 4
2 United States Jason Plumhoff 3 0 0 3
2 Jamaica Richard Dixon 3 0 0 3
2 United States Mike Ambersley 3 0 0 3
2 New Zealand James Musa 3 0 0 3
6 Jamaica Jamiel Hardware 2 0 0 2
6 United States Chad Bond 2 0 0 2
6 United States A. J. Cochran 2 0 0 2
6 Japan Kentaro Takada 1 0 1 2
10 England Jordan Roberts 1 0 0 1
10 United States Tyler David 1 0 0 1
10 United States Brandon Barklage 1 0 0 1

Shutouts

Place Name USL USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 United States Mark Pais 3 0 1 4
2 Jamaica Ryan Thompson 1 0 0 1
2 United States Patrick McLain 1 0 0 1

Kit

Supplier: Nike[26][27] / Sponsor: Electrical Connection, NECA/IBEW Local 1[26][27]

Home
Away
Third
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2

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