National Women's Soccer League 2016
National Women's Soccer League 2016 | |
master | Western New York Flash (1st title) |
Teams | 10 |
Games | 100 + 3 play-off games (of which 100 played) |
Gates | 263 (ø 2.63 per game) |
spectator | 555.775 (ø 5558 per game) |
Top scorer |
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The National Women's Soccer League in 2016 was the fourth season of the US women's soccer league National Women's Soccer League . The regular season began on April 16 and ended on September 25, 2016. This was followed by a play-off with the four best teams of the season, which played out the NWSL championship in two semi-finals and one final. The defending champion was FC Kansas City , which was able to secure the NWSL title for the second time in a row.
Due to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August , the game took a break between August 1st and 25th, and the end of the season was postponed again compared to previous years.
First place after the regular season and thus winner of the NWSL Shield was for the first time in the history of the franchise of Portland Thorns FC . In addition, the Chicago Red Stars (as in the previous year) and Washington Spirit (as in 2014 and 2015) and, for the first time after the final defeat in 2013, Western New York Flash qualified for the play-offs. The defending champions FC Kansas City finished only sixth and missed the play-offs.
Both semifinals were only decided in extra time; Washington prevailed 2-1 against Chicago, Portland lost its home game against Western New York 3-4. In the final, Washington and Western New York met each other. This was decided for the first time on penalties, in which Western New York was able to secure the title 3-2.
Franchises and venues
The nine preseason franchises took part in the 2016 season; Added to this were the newly founded Orlando Pride as the second expansion of the NWSL field of participants after the Houston Dash, who joined the league in 2014. The Chicago Red Stars moved from the Sports Complex at Benedictine University in Lisle to the much larger Toyota Park for the 2016 season .
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Players
Before the season, the so-called player allocation was used to allocate national players from the United States and Canada to the ten participating franchises. For the first time in the history of the NWSL, the Mexican Association did not release any players. In addition, a new mechanism for distributing further potential US national players came into effect for the 2016 season:
This was followed by a so-called draft round, in which the teams were able to sign college players:
mode
In the regular season, each team played a total of 20 games, ten of which were home and ten away. Each of the 10 teams initially played a home game and an away game against each other; Each team played one additional home and one away game against a local rival.
The four best-placed teams at the end of the season qualified for the play-offs.
statistics
table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Portland Thorns FC | 20th | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35:19 | +16 | 41 |
2. | Washington Spirit | 20th | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30:21 | +9 | 39 |
2. | Chicago Red Stars | 20th | 9 | 6th | 5 | 24:20 | +4 | 33 |
4th | Western New York Flash | 20th | 9 | 5 | 6th | 40:26 | +14 | 32 |
5. | Seattle Reign FC | 20th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 29:21 | +8 | 30th |
6th | Kansas City FC | 20th | 7th | 5 | 8th | 18:20 | −2 | 26th |
7th | Sky Blue FC | 20th | 7th | 5 | 8th | 24:30 | −6 | 26th |
8th. | Houston Dash | 20th | 6th | 4th | 10 | 29:29 | ± 0 | 22nd |
9. | Orlando Pride | 20th | 6th | 1 | 13 | 20:30 | −10 | 19th |
10. | Boston Breakers | 20th | 3 | 2 | 15th | 14:47 | −33 | 11 |
Results
The games are given for each team in chronological order, the results line by line from the perspective of the respective team.
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
Boston Breakers (BOS) | WHAT | SEA | POR | CHI | NJ | KC | WNY | WHAT | CHI | WNY | SEA | ORL | NJ | ORL | KC | HOU | POR | WNY | HOU | WNY |
0: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 7 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 5 | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | 0: 4 | |
Chicago Red Stars (CHI) | HOU | WNY | ORL | BOS | KC | SEA | NJ | POR | BOS | POR | WNY | WHAT | ORL | HOU | KC | NJ | SEA | KC | KC | WHAT |
1: 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | |
Houston Dash (HOU) | CHI | ORL | NJ | KC | WHAT | ORL | SEA | KC | ORL | NJ | POR | CHI | WNY | WHAT | WNY | BOS | ORL | POR | BOS | SEA |
3: 1 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 2 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 2 | 0: 3 | 4: 1 | 2: 3 | |
Kansas City FC (KC) | WNY | POR | SEA | HOU | CHI | BOS | ORL | NJ | HOU | SEA | WHAT | POR | WHAT | WNY | CHI | BOS | NJ | CHI | CHI | ORL |
0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | |
Orlando Pride (ORL) | POR | HOU | CHI | SEA | WNY | HOU | KC | WNY | WHAT | HOU | POR | BOS | CHI | SEA | BOS | WHAT | HOU | NJ | NJ | KC |
1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 5 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | |
Portland Thorns FC (POR) | ORL | KC | BOS | WHAT | SEA | WHAT | SEA | CHI | WNY | CHI | ORL | NJ | KC | HOU | SEA | SEA | BOS | HOU | WNY | NJ |
2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | |
Seattle Reign FC (SEA) | NJ | BOS | KC | ORL | POR | CHI | POR | HOU | NJ | KC | BOS | WNY | WNY | ORL | POR | POR | CHI | WHAT | WHAT | HOU |
1: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | |
Sky Blue FC (NJ) | SEA | WHAT | HOU | WNY | BOS | WNY | CHI | KC | SEA | WHAT | POR | HOU | BOS | WHAT | WHAT | CHI | KC | ORL | ORL | POR |
2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 5 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | |
Washington Spirit (WAS) | BOS | NJ | WNY | POR | HOU | POR | BOS | ORL | NJ | KC | CHI | KC | NJ | NJ | HOU | ORL | WNY | SEA | SEA | CHI |
1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | |
Western New York Flash (WNY) | KC | CHI | WHAT | NJ | ORL | NJ | BOS | ORL | POR | BOS | CHI | SEA | SEA | KC | HOU | HOU | WHAT | BOS | POR | BOS |
1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 5: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 7: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 4-0 |
1 The game was canceled on May 27th due to an approaching thunderstorm and was later postponed to August 18th.
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Home game | Away game | victory | draw | defeat |
List of goalscorers
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Houston Dash | 11 |
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Western New York Flash | 11 | |
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Western New York Flash | 10 |
4th |
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Portland Thorns FC | 9 |
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Kansas City FC | 8th |
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Chicago Red Stars | 8th | |
7th |
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Chicago Red Stars | 7th |
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Seattle Reign FC | 7th | |
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Orlando Pride | 6th |
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Seattle Reign FC | 6th | |
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Portland Thorns FC | 6th | |
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Portland Thorns FC | 6th |
Spectator table
society | spectator | per game | workload | |
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1. | Portland Thorns FC | 169,449 | 16,945 | 80.1% |
2. | Orlando Pride | 87,851 | 8,785 | 14.6% |
3. | Houston Dash | 56,963 | 5,696 | 81.4% |
4th | Seattle Reign FC | 46,018 | 4,602 | 76.7% |
5. | Western New York Flash 1 | 38,683 | 3,868 | 28.9% |
6th | Washington Spirit | 37,817 | 3,782 | 73.8% |
7th | Boston Breakers | 35,704 | 3,570 | 76% |
8th. | Kansas City FC 2 | 31,624 | 3,162 | 69.2% |
9. | Chicago Red Stars | 30,045 | 3,005 | 15% |
10. | Sky Blue FC | 21,621 | 2.162 | 43.2% |
NWSL Championship Play-offs
The four best-placed teams of the regular season qualified for the play-offs.
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place on September 30th and October 2nd, 2016. Washington prevailed with goals from Alexandra Krieger and Francisca Ordega in overtime with 2-1 against Chicago, for which Christen Press managed to equalize.
Portland lost in front of the play-off record crowd of 20,086 spectators at Providence Park against Western New York 3-4 after extra time. For Western New York, Samantha Mewis and Makenzy Doniak met in the first half. Christine Sinclair was able to make the connection before the break and Emily Sonnett equalized. In extra time, Lynn Williams made the decision with a brace, Lindsey Horan only scored one goal for Portland.
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Washington Spirit | 2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 1) | Chicago Red Stars |
Portland Thorns FC | 3: 4 n.V. (1: 2, 2: 2) | Western New York Flash |
final
The final was held on October 9, 2016 at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston . As in the previous season , a neutral location was determined where the final took place.
In its second final after 2013 , Western New York was able to secure the title for the first time. The team beat Washington Spirit on penalties.
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Kelsey Wys - Alexandra Krieger , Megan Oyster , Shelina Zadorsky , Whitney Church - Caprice Dydasco (22nd Alyssa Kleiner ), Christine Nairn , Tori Huster , Estefanía Banini (80th Diana Matheson ) - Francisca Ordega (112th Katie Stengel ), Crystal Dunn Trainer: Jim Gabarra |
Sabrina D'Angelo - Abby Dahlkemper , Abby Erceg , Alanna Kennedy , Jaelene Hinkle - Elizabeth Eddy , McCall Zerboni (106th Kristen Hamilton ), Samantha Mewis - Makenzy Doniak (80th Taylor Smith ), Jessica McDonald , Lynn Williams Trainer: Paul Riley |
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Player of the Match: Sabrina D'Angelo (Western New York Flash) |
Honors
The choice for the awards at the end of the regular season took place in a two-stage process by the franchise owners, the general managers and coaches, the players as well as selected journalists and - via online voting - the fans.
Laureate | |
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Most successful goalscorer (NWSL Golden Boot) |
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Rookie of the year |
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Goalkeeper of the Year |
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Coach of the year |
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Defender of the Year |
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Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) |
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NWSL Best XI | ||||||
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position | Best XI | Second team | ||||
goal |
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Orlando Pride | 62 parades |
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Chicago Red Stars | 1.0 goals conceded on average |
Defense |
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Seattle Reign FC | 1,775 minutes played |
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Chicago Red Stars | 1.0 goals conceded on average |
Defense |
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Chicago Red Stars | 1.0 goals conceded on average |
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Washington Spirit | 1.05 goals conceded per game |
Defense |
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Portland Thorns FC | 0.95 goals conceded on average |
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Sky Blue FC | 1,800 minutes of use |
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Kansas City FC | 1.0 goals conceded on average |
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Chicago Red Stars | 1,781 minutes played |
midfield |
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Portland Thorns FC | 1 goal, 10 assists |
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Chicago Red Stars | 1 goal, 2 assists |
midfield |
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Portland Thorns FC | 6 goals, 2 assists |
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Chicago Red Stars | 7 templates |
Forward / midfield |
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Western New York Flash | 10 goals, 7 assists |
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Seattle Reign FC | 1 goal, 4 assists |
Forward / midfield |
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Houston Dash | 11 goals, 4 assists |
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Seattle Reign FC | 6 goals, 2 assists |
Storm |
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Chicago Red Stars | 8 goals |
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Washington Spirit | 2 goals, 5 assists |
Storm |
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Western New York Flash | 11 goals, 5 assists |
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Kansas City FC | 8 goals |
Individual evidence
- ↑ NWSL announces full 2016 schedule ( memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ NWSL unveils new process for player allocations , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Dash vs. Spirit match postponed to a later date , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved May 31, 2016
- ↑ Dash vs. Spirit rescheduled for Thursday, Aug. 18 at 8 pm ET , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved July 19, 2016
- ↑ National Women's Soccer League announces 2016 NWSL Awards , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ WNY Flash forward Lynn Williams wins 2016 NWSL Golden Boot , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ Sky Blue FC's Raquel Rodriguez voted rookie of the year , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ Orlando Pride's Ashlyn Harris voted goalkeeper of the year , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ Portland Thorns FC's Mark Parsons voted coach of the year , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 4, 2016
- ↑ Seattle Reign FC's Lauren Barnes voted defender of the year , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ Western New York Flash Forward Lynn Williams voted NWSL MVP , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ↑ National Women's Soccer League announces 2016 Best XI , nwslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 7, 2016