United Soccer League 2016
United Soccer League 2016 | |
master | New York Red Bulls II |
Teams | 28 |
Games | 435 (of which 435 played) |
Gates | 1140 (ø 2.62 per game) |
spectator | 1,496,493 (ø 3440 per game) |
Top scorer | Sean Okoli (16) |
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^ North American Soccer League 2016 |
The 6th United Soccer League season was the 27th season of a third soccer league in the United States. The season began with the regular season on March 25, 2016. The New York Red Bulls II won the regular season . The subsequent play-offs were also won for the first time by the New York Red Bulls II with a 5-1 final victory over Swope Park Rangers .
mode
The regular sesaon took place from March to September 2016. In this, the clubs competed in a round-robin tournament with a return game against the other clubs from the same conference. The other games were played against regional competitors from the same conference. The eight best clubs from the two conferences qualified for the play-offs, which took place on September 30, 2016. In these the respective conference champions were determined, the two conference winners then met in the final, the USL Championship , on October 23, 2016.
Changes compared to 2015
For the 2016 season, five more franchises are taking part in the United Soccer League. These are the Swope Park Rangers , Orlando City B , the Rio Grande Valley Toros , Cincinnati FC and Bethlehem Steel FC .
The Austin Aztex explained that the team will expose the season in 2016 because no suitable match was found. The actual home stadium, House Park , was damaged by a flood in 2015.
In August 2015, the league announced that in future each team would play 30 games in the regular season. In recent years, 28 games have been played per club.
Franchises
Venues for the franchises of the USL 2016 (red: Western Conference, blue: Eastern Conference) |
Regular season
As in previous seasons, if there is a tie, the number of wins is decisive, then goal difference and goals scored to determine the placement.
Eastern Conference
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | New York Red Bulls II | 30th | 21st | 6th | 3 | 61:21 | +40 | 69 |
2. | Louisville City FC | 30th | 17th | 9 | 4th | 52:27 | +25 | 60 |
3. | FC Cincinnati (N) | 30th | 16 | 8th | 6th | 41:27 | +14 | 56 |
4th | Rochester Rhinos (M) | 30th | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38:25 | +13 | 51 |
5. | Charlotte Independence | 30th | 14th | 8th | 8th | 48:29 | +19 | 50 |
6th | Charleston Battery | 30th | 13 | 9 | 8th | 38:33 | +5 | 48 |
7th | Richmond Kickers | 30th | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33:26 | +7 | 45 |
8th. | Orlando City B (N) | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 35:49 | −14 | 35 |
9. | Wilmington Hammerheads | 30th | 8th | 10 | 12 | 37:47 | −10 | 34 |
10. | Harrisburg City Islanders | 30th | 8th | 7th | 15th | 37:54 | −17 | 31 |
11. | Bethlehem Steel FC (N) | 30th | 6th | 10 | 14th | 32:43 | −11 | 28 |
12. | Toronto FC II | 30th | 7th | 5 | 18th | 36:58 | −22 | 26th |
13. | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 30th | 6th | 7th | 17th | 31:50 | −19 | 25th |
14th | FC Montréal | 30th | 7th | 2 | 21st | 35:57 | −22 | 23 |
(M) | Defending champion |
(N) | Newbie |
Western Conference
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Sacramento Republic | 30th | 14th | 10 | 6th | 43:27 | +16 | 52 |
2. | Rio Grande Valley Toros (N) | 30th | 14th | 9 | 7th | 47:24 | +23 | 51 |
3. | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 30th | 14th | 7th | 9 | 37:27 | +10 | 49 |
4th | Swope Park Rangers (N) | 30th | 14th | 6th | 10 | 45:36 | +9 | 48 |
5. | LA Galaxy II | 30th | 12 | 11 | 7th | 52:42 | +10 | 47 |
6th | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 30th | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44:44 | ± 0 | 45 |
7th | Oklahoma City Energy | 30th | 10 | 13 | 7th | 32:30 | +2 | 43 |
8th. | Orange County Blues | 30th | 12 | 4th | 14th | 39:41 | −2 | 40 |
9. | Portland Timbers 2 | 30th | 12 | 4th | 14th | 38:42 | −4 | 40 |
10. | San Antonio FC | 30th | 10 | 8th | 12 | 36:36 | ± 0 | 38 |
11. | Real monarchs | 30th | 10 | 6th | 14th | 31:41 | −10 | 36 |
12. | Seattle Sounders 2 | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 35:50 | −15 | 35 |
13. | Arizona United | 30th | 9 | 7th | 14th | 40:46 | −6 | 34 |
14th | Saint Louis FC | 30th | 8th | 10 | 12 | 42:44 | −2 | 34 |
15th | Tulsa roughnecks | 30th | 5 | 4th | 21st | 25:64 | −39 | 19th |
(N) | Newbie |
Play-offs
Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | USL Championship | |||||||||||||||
1 | New York Red Bulls II | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
8th | Orlando City B | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
New York Red Bulls II | 3 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
Rochester Rhinos | 3 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
4th | Rochester Rhinos | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Charlotte Independence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
New York Red Bulls II | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville City FC | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Cincinnati FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6th | Charleston Battery | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Charleston Battery | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Louisville City FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisville City FC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
7th | Richmond Kickers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
New York Red Bulls II | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Swope Park Rangers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Sacramento Republic | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Orange County Blues | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||||
Orange County Blues | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Swope Park Rangers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4th | Swope Park Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | LA Galaxy II | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Swope Park Rangers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6th | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma City Energy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
7th | Oklahoma City Energy | 3 |
Conference quarterfinals
Eastern Conference
Oct 1, 2016 6:05 PM EDT |
Rochester Rhinos | 3: 1 (2: 0) | Charlotte Independence |
Rochester Rhinos Stadium Spectators: 2,080 Referee: Henrik Karlsson |
Case 7 ′ Dos Santos 23 ′ Tergou 70 ′ |
report | Hassan 75 ′ |
Oct 2, 2016 4:00 PM EDT |
New York Red Bulls II | 4: 0 (1: 0) | Orlando City B |
Red Bull Arena spectators: 1,088 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
Long 32 ′ , 77 ′ Bezecourt 59 ′ Allen 67 ′ |
report |
Oct 2, 2016 4:00 PM EDT |
Cincinnati FC | 1: 2 (1: 1) | Charleston Battery | Nippert Stadium Spectators: 30,187 Referees: Kevin Terry Jr. |
Stevensen 19 ′ | report | Tsonis 40 ′ Prince 65 ′ |
Oct 2, 2016 7:00 PM EDT |
Louisville City FC | 2: 0 n.V. (0: 0; 0: 0) | Richmond Kickers | Louisville Slugger Field Spectators: 5,467 Umpire: Andrew Musashe |
Davis 92 ′ Hoffman 102 ′ |
report |
Western Conference
September 30, 2016 7:30 p.m. CDT |
Swope Park Rangers | 3: 0 (0: 0) | LA Galaxy II |
Swope Soccer Village Spectators: 1,885 Referees: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
Tyrpak 76 ′ Gonzalez 90 + 3 ′ , 90 + 5 ′ |
report |
September 30, 2016 7:00 p.m. MDT |
Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 1: 2 (1: 2) | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | Switchbacks Stadium Spectators: 2,405 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
Vercollone 7 ′ | report | Greig 17 ′ , Froese 31 ′ |
October 1, 2016 7:30 p.m. CDT |
Rio Grande Valley Toros | 2: 3 (1: 0) | Oklahoma City Energy | Toro Stadium Spectators: 2,701 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
Luna 33 ′ Bird 76 ′ |
report | Olsson 73 ′ Bonn 90 + 2 ′ , 90 + 3 ′ |
Oct. 1, 2016 7:30 PM PDT |
Sacramento Republic | 0: 0 n.v. (0: 0, 0: 0) | Orange County Blues | Bonney Field Spectators: 10,926 Umpire: Timothy Ford |
report |
penalties shoot | ||||
Trickett-Smith Iwasa Koval Guzmán Cole |
4: 5 |
Meeus Chaplow Stefanovic Barouch Crettenand |
Conference semifinals
Eastern Conference
Oct 7, 2016 7:00 PM EDT |
New York Red Bulls II | 3: 3 (2: 2, 2: 1) | Rochester Rhinos |
Red Bull Arena spectators: 1,229 Referee: Luis Guardia |
Etienne 20 ′ Allen 44 ′ , 119 ′ ( Penalty ) |
report | Dos Santos 22 ′ , 55 ′ Case 110 ′ |
penalties shoot | ||||
Long Etienne Allen Butcher Plewa |
5: 4 |
Case Farrell Apostolopoulos Dos Santos Kyriazis |
Oct 8, 2016 7:30 PM EDT |
Louisville City FC | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Charleston Battery | Louisville Slugger Field Spectators: 6,581 Umpire: Mark Kadlecik |
Dacres 53 ′ | report |
Western Conference
Oct 8, 2016 12:00 PM PDT |
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 3: 2 (1: 0) | Oklahoma City Energy | Thunderbird Stadium spectators: 1,308 |
Froes 27 ′ Greig 48 ′ Haber 89 ′ |
report | King 60 ′ Pitter 80 ′ |
Oct 9, 2016 3:00 PM PDT |
Swope Park Rangers | 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0) | Orange County Blues |
Swope Soccer Village Spectators: 2,181 Referee: Nima Saghafi. |
Gonzalez 20 ′ Kelly 105 ′ |
report | Rauhofer 70 ′ |
Conference finals
Eastern Conference
Oct 16, 2016 6:00 PM EDT |
New York Red Bulls II | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1) | Louisville City FC |
Red Bull Arena spectators: 2,709 referee: Robert Sibiga |
Valot 74 ′ | report | Craig 11 ′ |
penalties shoot | ||||
Etienne Long Allen Bezecourt |
4: 3 |
Lancaster Smith Quinn Kaye Newnam |
Western Conference
October 15, 2016 7:30 p.m. CDT |
Swope Park Rangers | 3: 0 (2: 0) | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 |
Swope Soccer Village Spectators: 2,922 Referee: Juan Guzman |
Typrak 8 ′ , 32 ′ Kelly 89 ′ |
report |
USL Championship
pairing | New York Red Bulls II - Swope Park Rangers |
Result | 5: 1 (2: 0) |
date | Oct 23, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. EDT |
Stadion | Red Bull Arena , Harrison |
spectator | 5,547 |
referee | Armando Villarreal |
Gates |
1: 0 Etienne (18th) 2: 0 Allen (39th) 2: 1 Granitto (74th) 3: 1 Allen (85th) 4: 1 Allen (88th) 5: 1 Bezecourt (90th + 2 ' ) |
New York Red Bulls II | Ryan Meara - Kevin O'Toole (66th Konrad Plewa), Aaron Long, Zach Carroll, David Najem - Dan Metzger, Tyler Adams, Vincent Bezecourt - Derrick Etienne Jr. (90th Benjamin Mines), Brandon Allen (89th Tim Schmoll ), Florian Valot (81st Stefano Bonomo) |
Swope Park Rangers | Adrian Zendejas - Oumar Ballo, Amer Didic, Johnny Grant (89th Akeil Barrett), Ever Alvarado - Emmanuel Appiah (46th Tomas Granitto), Christian Duke (89th Alex Molano), Ayrton (61st Mark Anthony Gonzalez) - Kris Tyrpak , Dane Kelly, Tyler Pasher |
yellow cards | Dan Metzger (72nd) - no |
statistics
List of goalscorers
If the number of goals is the same, the players are listed alphabetically.
Pl. | player | team | Gates |
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1. | Sean Okoli | Cincinnati FC | 16 |
2. | Brandon Allen | New York Red Bulls II | 15th |
Jack McBean | LA Galaxy II | ||
4th | Irvin Herrera | Saint Louis FC | 14th |
Chandler Hoffman | Louisville City FC | ||
6th | Corey Hertzog | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 13 |
7th | Cameron Iwasa | Sacramento Republic | 12 |
Status: end of season |
templates
If the number of templates is the same, the players are listed alphabetically.
Pl. | player | team | Gates |
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1. | Wiljan Bishev | Portland Timbers 2 | 10 |
2. | Danny Barrera | Sacramento Republic | 9 |
3. | Carlos Alvarez | San Antonio FC | 7th |
José Barril | Harrisburg City Islanders | ||
Jose Memo Rodríguez | Rio Grande Valley Toros FC | ||
Ayrton Pinheiro Victor | Swope Park Rangers | ||
Status: end of season |
Change of coach
date | society | Trainer | reason | successor | source |
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May 21, 2016 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Mark Steffens | exemption | Dave Brandt | |
15th August 2016 | Saint Louis FC | Dale Schilly | exemption | Tim Leonard (Interim) | |
19th August 2016 | Orange County Blues FC | Oliver Wyss | Promoted | Barry Venison |
Awards
Player awards
- Most Valuable Player: Sean Okoli ( FC Cincinnati )
- Rookie of the Year: Brandon Allen ( New York Red Bulls II )
- Defender of the Year: Aaron Long ( New York Red Bulls II )
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Mitch Hildebrandt ( FC Cincinnati )
- Coach of the Year: John Wolyniec ( New York Red Bulls II )
All-Star Team
goalkeeper | Defense | midfield | striker |
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Mitch Hildebrandt ( CIN ) |
Harrison Delbridge ( CIN ) |
Danny Barrera ( SAC ) |
Brandon Allen ( NYRB ) |
goalkeeper | Defense | midfield | striker |
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Devala Gorrick ( COL ) |
Zach Carroll ( NYRB ) |
José Barril ( HAR ) |
Irvin Herrera ( STL ) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mayor Cranley stating that USL "now with 29 teams"
- ↑ Houston Dynamo reach affiliate agreement to start USL club: "It's an important and necessary step" . MLSSoccer.com. 15th July 2015.
- ↑ Chad Hollingsworth: USL to Expand to Cincinnati in 2016 . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ↑ Philadelphia Union Announce 2016 USL Expansion Team . Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ↑ Austin Aztex Will Not Participate in the 2016 Season . United Soccer League (USL). October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ Chris Tavarez: Austin ISD assessing House Park after floods. In: Kxan.com. May 26, 2015, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Daily Five: 2016 USL Schedule To Grow. USL , Aug 6, 2015; archived from the original on March 22, 2016 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Nicholas Murray: Match Report - New York Red Bulls II vs. Swope Park Rangers. USL , October 23, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Patrick Bergabo: Swope Park Rangers fall in the 2016 USL Cup Final. Swope Park Rangers , October 23, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Statistics 2016 Regular Season. USL, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ^ Megan Ryan: Riverhounds name new head coach. May 23, 2016, accessed on May 23, 2018 .
- ^ Saint Louis Football Club Announces New Head Coach. August 5, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ^ Orange County Announces Change in Staff Duties. USL , August 19, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Cincinnati's Okoli Named USL Most Valuable Player. November 4, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ New York's Allen Named USL Rookie of the Year. November 3, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ^ New York's Long Named USL Defender of the Year. November 1, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Cincinnati's Hildebrandt Named Goalkeeper of the Year. October 31, 2016, accessed on May 23, 2018 .
- ^ New York's Wolyniec Named USL Coach of the Year. November 2, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b 2016 USL All-League Teams Unveiled. October 18, 2016, accessed May 23, 2018 .