2016 Western New York Flash season

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Rochester Rhinos Stadium
NWSL4th
2016 NWSL PlayoffsWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Lynn Williams (11)
All: Lynn Williams (14)
Highest home attendance6,449
(Aug. 27 vs. Houston)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,235
(June 17 vs. Portland)[2]
Average home league attendance3,868[3]
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The 2016 season was

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Katelyn Rowland
1 GK Canada CAN Sabrina D'Angelo
2 MF United States USA Michaela Hahn
3 FW United States USA Makenzy Doniak
4 MF United States USA Elizabeth Eddy
5 MF United States USA
Samantha Mewis
6 DF New Zealand NZL Abby Erceg
7 MF United States USA McCall Zerboni
9 FW United States USA Lynn Williams
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW United States USA Taylor Smith
13 MF United States USA Abby Dahlkemper
14 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald
15 DF United States USA
Jaelene Hinkle
17 FW United States USA Kristen Hamilton
19 FW Canada CAN Adriana Leon
22 DF United States USA Laura Liedle
23 DF United States USA Courtney Niemiec
24 DF Australia AUS Alanna Kennedy
25 MF United States USA Meredith Speck
28 GK United States USA Britt Eckerstrom

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 50'
Andrade 80'
Zimmerman 82'		 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 37' 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 13'
Doniak 20'
McDonald 24'
Ayinde 45'		 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 71' (penalty) 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
28' (unassisted)		 Report Stadium:
Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,529
Fri Apr 29 3 Western New York Flash 0–3 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
Elizabeth Eddy Yellow card 80' Report
Report		 Diana Matheson 4' (Crystal Dunn), 72' (p.k.)
Elizabeth Eddy 82' (o.g.)		 Stadium:
Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash
Sat May 7 4
Sky Blue FC
1–2 Western New York Flash Piscataway, New Jersey
Caroline Stanley
Yellow card 71'		 Report
Samantha Mewis 86' (unassisted)
Kristen Hamilton
Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,252
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Orlando Pride v Western New York Flash
Sat May 14 5 Orlando Pride 1–0 Western New York Flash Orlando, Florida
Morgan 79' Report Erceg Yellow card 50'Yellow card 89' Red card Stadium:
Sky Blue FC
Sat May 21 6
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 15'
Williams 64' (Hahn)
Williams 65' (Speck)
Dahlkemper 78' (pen.)		 Report Beckmann Yellow card 90' 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 4' (McDonald)
Speck Yellow card 47+'
Leon Yellow card 83'		 Report Spencer Yellow card 76' Stadium:
Sahlen's Stadium

Attendance: 4,526
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovi
Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC
Fri Jun 17 9 Western New York Flash 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
Samantha Mewis Yellow card 47'
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 55'
Makenzy Doniak
Yellow card 90'		 Report Christine Sinclair 46' (Allie Long)
Nadia Nadim 73' (pen.)
Hayley Raso Yellow card 81'		 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
Jaelene Hinkle
)		 Report
Report		 Christen Westphal 38' Stadium:
Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Western New York Flash
v Chicago Red Stars
Fri Jul 1 11 Western New York Flash 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
Lianne Sanderson 37'
Lynn Williams 74' (Jessica McDonald)
McCall Zerboni Yellow card 78'		 Report Stadium:
Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky
Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC
Sat Jul 9 12 Western New York Flash 3–2 Seattle Reign FC Rochester, New York
19:00 Erceg 39' 45+4'
Williams 83'		 Summary
Report		 Kawasumi 22'
Winters Yellow card 64'
Mathias Yellow card 82'
Utsugi 90+1'		 Stadium:
Frontier Field
Attendance: 4,314
Referee: United States Karen Abt
Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash
Sat Jul 16 13 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 Western New York Flash Seattle
22:00
Reed
Yellow card 74'		 Summary
Report		 McDonald 45'
Zerboni Yellow card 47'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,521
Referee: United States Ekaterina Koroleva
Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City
Sat Jul 23 14 Western New York Flash 0–1 FC Kansas City Rochester, New York
19:05 Janice Cayman Yellow card 20'
Hahn Yellow card 45+3'		 Summary
Report		 Molly Menchel Yellow card 54'
Groom 60'		 Stadium:
Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: United States Maraget Domka
Sat Jul 30 15 Houston Dash 3–3 Western New York Flash Houston
Kealia Ohai 47' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai 63' (Stephanie Ochs)
Caity Heap
Yellow card 92+'		 Report
Jaelene Hinkle Yellow card 93+'
Abby Dahlkemper
Yellow card 96+'		 Stadium:
BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Matthew Franz
Western New York Flash v Houston Dash
Sat Aug 27 16 Western New York Flash 2–2 Houston Dash Rochester, New York
19:00 Sanderson 36'
Doniak 58'		 Summary
Ohai 53'
Daly
Yellow card 86'		 Stadium:
Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,449
Referee: United States Victor Rivas
Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash
Sat Sep 3 17 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
Katie Stengel 64' (Crystal Dunn)
Diana Matheson Yellow card 85'		 Report
Samantha Mewis
86' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,527
Referee: Chris Spivey
Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash
Thu Sep 8 18
Boston, Massachusetts
Kyah Simon 4' (J King)
Natasha Dowie Yellow card 9'; 51' (Louise Schillgard)
Julie King Yellow card 61'
Eunice Beckmann Yellow card 68'		 Report
Samantha Mewis)
Lynn Williams 76' (Makenzy Doniak
)		 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 27' (penalty)
Christine Sinclair 37'
Tobin Heath Yellow card 58'
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 69' (T Heath)
Michelle Betos Yellow card 71'		 Report
Jaelene Hinkle Yellow card 27'
Jessica McDonald 77' (Elizabeth Eddy)
Lynn Williams
80' ([J McDonald)		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Marco Vega
Sat Sep 24 20
Boston, Massachusetts
Angela Salem Yellow card 45'+3
Katie Schoepfer Yellow card 70'
Whitney Engen Yellow card 71'		 Report
Samantha Mewis 45' (McCall Zerboni)
Alanna Kennedy Yellow card 61'
Abby Dahlkemper
68' (penalty)		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Karen Abt

Postseason playoff

Sun Oct 2 2:00 pm PDT NWSL Semifinals
UTC-08
Brynjarsdottir)
Heath
Yellow card 114'		 Report
Mewis)
Eddy Yellow card 109'
D'Angelo
Yellow card 121+'		 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 (
UTC-05
Oyster) 91' (Krieger)
Wys
Yellow card 122+'		 Report
Mewis 14' (Williams)
Zerboni Yellow card 84'
Williams 124+' (McDonald
)		 Stadium:
BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,255
Referee: Christina Unkel
Penalties
Krieger soccer ball with red X
Nairn soccer ball with check mark
Stengel soccer ball with check mark
Huster soccer ball with red X
Matheson soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark
Mewis
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
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 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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920
StadiumAAHAAHHHHHHHAHAHAAAA
ResultWLLWLWWWLWWWDLDDDDLW
Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2016. Source: National Women's Soccer League
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
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
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

  1. ^ "Flash Earn Draw in Home Finale". Western New York Flash. August 27, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "2016 NWSL Statistics". National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Jamie (January 9, 2017). "Western New York Flash officially moving to Cary, North Carolina". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  5. Buffalo News
    . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "WNY Flash Announce Preseason Schedule". WNYFlash.com. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Graham Hays (October 2, 2016). "Sooner than expected, Western New York Flash arrive at NWSL title game". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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See also

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