2016 Orlando City SC season

Orlando City
2016 season
President Phil Rawlins
Manager Jason Kreis
Stadium Camping World Stadium FKA Orlando Citrus Bowl
MLS Conference: 8th
Overall: 15th
MLS Playoffs 41 Pts. / Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Larin (17)
All: Larin (17)
Highest home attendance 60,147
(Mar. 6 vs. Real Salt Lake)
Lowest home attendance League: 23,802
(August 24 vs. Toronto FC)
All: 3,162
(Jun. 29 vs. Fort Lauderdale)
Average home league attendance League: 31,323 (2nd)***
All:21,692
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2016 Orlando City SC season was the club's sixth season of existence in Orlando, and second season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system.

Background

On July 15, 2015, Orlando City opened an additional 4,000 seats for sale to potential season ticket holders, bringing the total available season tickets to 18,000.[1] The extra allotment sold out on August 18, 2015.[2] Season tickets are again sold out for the 2016 season.[3]

On October 15, 2015, Orlando City announced that they would field an owned-and-operated team in the United Soccer League, Orlando City B. The team will begin play in the 2016 season at Eastern Florida State College's Melbourne campus.[4]

On January 13, 2016, Orlando City accounced that they would play the entire 2016 season at Camping World Stadium. They had hoped to move into their new soccer-specific stadium in September, but construction delays made that impossible. The team will instead move in 2017.[5] [Attendance figures due to the squad playing in Camping World Stadium, which seats 65,000 (40,000 in the lower bowl). The Seattle Sounders share CenturyLink field with the NFL's Seahawks.]

Squad information

Orlando City SC first team squad [6]

Number Nat. Player Position Date of birth Previous club 2016 MLS
appearances 		2016 MLS
goals 		Notes
Goalkeepers
1United StatesJoe Bendik GK April 25, 1989Canada Toronto FC – – –
36United StatesEarl Edwards, Jr. GK January 24, 1992United States UCLA Bruins – – –
Defenders
2United StatesTyler Turner RB March 4, 1996United States IMG Academy Bradenton – – HGP, #
3EnglandSeb Hines CB May 29, 1988England Middlesbrough F.C. – –
4UruguayJosé Aja CB May 10, 1993Uruguay Club Nacional de Football – – INT, LOAN
12United StatesKevin Alston DF May 5, 1988United States New England Revolution – – –
14EnglandLuke Boden LB November 26, 1988England Sheffield Wednesday F.C. – – #
16HondurasDevron García CB/DM February 17, 1996Honduras C.D. Victoria – – INT
20United StatesBrek Shea LB/LW February 28, 1990England Stoke City F.C. – – –
23United StatesConor Donovan CB January 8, 1996United States NC State Wolfpack – – GA
27PortugalRafael Ramos RB January 9, 1995Portugal S.L. Benfica Juniors U-19 – – INT, #
29United StatesTommy Redding CB January 24, 1997United States FC America – – HGP, #
44SpainDavid Mateos CB April 22, 1987Hungary Ferencvárosi TC – – INT
45United StatesMikey Ambrose DF October 5, 1993United States Orlando City B – – –
Midfielders
5United StatesServando Carrasco DM August 13, 1988United States Sporting Kansas City – – –
6CanadaRichie Laryea AM January 7, 1995United States Akron Zips – – GA
7ColombiaCristian Higuita DM January 14, 1994Colombia Deportivo Cali – – INT
8EnglandHarrison Heath DM April 16, 1996England Norwich City U-18 – – HGP, #
10BrazilKaká AM April 22, 1982Italy A.C. Milan – – INT, DP
11ColombiaCarlos Rivas FW/LW April 15, 1994Colombia Deportivo Cali – – INT, DP
18Trinidad and TobagoKevin Molino AM/RW June 17, 1990Trinidad and Tobago Ma Pau SC – – #
19BrazilJúlio Baptista AM October 1, 1981Brazil Cruzeiro – – INT
22ItalyAntonio Nocerino DM April 9, 1985Italy A.C. Milan – – INT
30ArgentinaMatías Pérez García AM October 13, 1984United States San Jose Earthquakes – – INT, DP
46United StatesTony Rocha CM/DM August 21, 1993United States Orlando City B – –
Forwards
13GuineaHadji Barry FW December 8, 1992United States Philadelphia Union – – –
15BrazilPedro Ribeiro AM/SS June 13, 1990United States UCF Knights – – –
21CanadaCyle Larin FW April 17, 1995United States Connecticut Huskies – – GA, INT

# denotes players who were retained from the USL Pro side.
† denotes player who made appearances but left the club before the end of the season.

Transfers

In

Date Player Position From Fee/notes Source
November 9, 2015 United States Mason Stajduhar GK United States Orlando City Academy MLS Home Grown Player[7]
December 17, 2015 United States Kevin Alston DF United States New England Revolution MLS Re-Entry Draft[8]
December 21, 2015 United States Joe Bendik GK United States Toronto FC Traded for a conditional 2017 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick[9]
January 14, 2016 Canada Richie Laryea MF United States University of Akron SuperDraft [10]
January 14, 2016 Guinea Hadji Barry MF United States University of Central Florida SuperDraft [10]
January 19, 2016 United States Antonio Matarazzo MF United States Columbia University SuperDraft [11]
January 19, 2016 Nigeria Tobenna Uzo FW United States Coastal Carolina University SuperDraft [11]
January 27, 2016 Honduras Devron García DF Honduras C.D. Victoria Undisclosed Fee [12]
February 18, 2016 Italy Antonio Nocerino MF Italy A.C. Milan T.A.M and G.A.M to D.C. United [13]
March 23, 2016 Brazil Júlio Baptista FW Brazil Cruzeiro Undisclosed Fee [14]
August 3, 2016 Argentina Matías Pérez García MF United States San Jose Earthquakes Traded for Darwin Cerén [15]
August 4, 2016 United States Mikey Ambrose DF United States Orlando City B [16]
August 4, 2016 United States Tony Rocha MF United States Orlando City B [16]

Out

Date Player Position To Fee/notes Source
November 25, 2015 United States Corey Ashe DF United States Columbus Crew Declined Contract Option [17]
November 25, 2015 Democratic Republic of the Congo Danny Mwanga FW United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Declined Contract Option [18]
November 25, 2015 United States Tally Hall GK United States D.C. United Declined Contract Option [19]
November 25, 2015 United States Josh Ford GK United States San Antonio FC Declined Contract Option [20]
November 25, 2015 United States Eric Avila MF United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Declined Contract Option [21]
November 25, 2015 United States Tony Cascio MF United States Arizona United SC Expired Contract [22]
November 25, 2015 England Lewis Neal MF United States Orlando City B Declined Contract Option [19]
November 25, 2015 United States Adam Bedell FW Unattached Declined Contract Option [19]
November 25, 2015 United States Sidney Rivera FW Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC Declined Contract Option [19]
January 19, 2016 Nigeria Tobenna Uzo FW Unattached Unsigned Draft Pick
February 1, 2016 Portugal Estrela MF Cyprus APOEL F.C. Released From Team [23]
March 11, 2016 United States Antonio Matarazzo DF United States Orlando City B Unsigned Draft Pick [24]
April 29, 2016 France Aurélien Collin DF United States New York Red Bulls 2017 MLS Super Draft Fourth Round Pick [25]
July 5, 2016 Switzerland Adrian Winter MF Switzerland FC Zürich Mutual Termination [26]
August 3, 2016 El Salvador Darwin Cerén MF United States San Jose Earthquakes Traded for Matías Pérez García [27]

Loan In

Position Player Loaned from Start End Source
DF Uruguay José Aja Uruguay Club Nacional de Football July 21, 2016 December 2016 [28]

Loan Out

No. Position Player Loaned to Start End Source
2 DF United States Tyler Turner United States Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — [29]
6 MF Canada Richmond Laryea United States Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — [29]
8 DF England Harrison Heath United States Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — [29]
13 FW Guinea Hadji Barry United States Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — [29]
25 GK United States Mason Stajduhar United States Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — [29]
35 FW Honduras Bryan Róchez United States Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — [29]
16 DF Honduras Devron García United States Orlando City B April 15, 2016 — [30]
23 DF United States Conor Donovan United States Orlando City B May 1, 2016 —
14 DF England Luke Boden United States Orlando City B May 7, 2016 May 8, 2016
35 FW Honduras Bryan Róchez Honduras Real España July 22, 2016 End of 2016 season

Competitions

Friendlies

Major League Soccer

Further information: 2016 Major League Soccer season
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00) except where otherwise noted.

It was announced on December 22, 2015, that, just like the 2015 season, Orlando City would open the campaign at home, this year against Real Salt Lake. The remainder of the schedule was released on January 7, 2016.[3]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 9 14 11 55 60  −5 41 6 7 4 31 28  +3 3 7 7 24 32  −8

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHAAAHHAAHHAAHAAHAH
Result D D W W L D L D D L W D D D W L D L D D W L D D L W W L L L D L W W

Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Standings

Eastern Conference table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42 Knockout round
7 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
8 Orlando City SC 34 9 11 14 55 60 −5 41
9 Columbus Crew SC 34 8 14 12 50 58 −8 36
10 Chicago Fire 34 7 17 10 42 58 −16 31
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
13 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 52 55 −3 42
14 New England Revolution 34 11 14 9 44 54 −10 42
15 Orlando City SC 34 9 11 14 55 60 −5 41
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 10 15 9 45 52 −7 39
17 San Jose Earthquakes 34 8 12 14 32 40 −8 38
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ↑

U.S. Open Cup

On May 21, 2016, Orlando City was drawn to face the winner of the third round match between Jacksonville Armada FC, and the winner of the second round match between The Villages SC and Charleston Battery.[31] Although The Villages SC won the match on penalty shootout, they were subsequently disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[32] Jacksonville Armada ultimately won the third round matchup, setting up a match in Jacksonville against Orlando City, a rematch of their preseason match.[33]

Notable Events

On April 26, 2016, Florida Citrus Sports announced that they had sold naming rights for the stadium to Camping World. Camping World would also be the presenting sponsor of the stadium's college football kickoff series for at least its first four years, through 2019.[34]

Adrian Heath was sacked by Orlando City on July 7, 2016, following a 4–0 defeat against FC Dallas. Bobby Murphy was the interim head coach until the hiring of former NYCFC manager Jason Kreis on July 19.[35]

On October 2, the Lions were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with a 1-0 loss at Montreal.[36]

The season ended on October 23, in the final game at Camping World Stadium, with a 4-2 win against D.C. United.[36]

Media

Any matches that are not featured in the MLS national television package on either ESPN2, Fox Sports 1 or UniMás will air locally on WRDQ 27. Jeff Radcliffe will call play-by-play, with Lewis Neal providing color commentary. They will also air pregame and postgame shows for each match, and a weekly highlight show. They are working on affiliate agreements to air matches out-of-market.[37]

On the radio, matches will air on WTKS-FM "Real Radio 104.1" in English,[38] with Tom Traxler and Adam Schick providing the call. When City is on a nationally-televised match, Jeff Radcliffe will call the match on WTKS with Tom Traxler. Matches will also air on WONQ "La Grande 1030" in Spanish. The Spanish play-by-play announcer is Israel Herredia, with color commentary by Sergio Ruiz. The Spanish radio feed will be used as the SAP Spanish feed on Fox Sports Florida and Sun Sports.[39]

Orlando City will black out matches not on the MLS national television package on MLS Live this season. Local fans will be unable to watch locally televised matches via live stream during the matches, though they will become available immediately upon completion.[40]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Orlando City Increases Season Ticket Capacity to 18,000; Begins Season Ticket Renewal for 2016". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  2. ↑ "Orlando City Sells Out New Season Ticket Inventory for 2016". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  3. 1 2 "Orlando City to Face Real Salt Lake March 6 at Orlando Citrus Bowl". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  4. ↑ "Orlando City Announces Orlando City B, Signs Defenders Mikey Ambrose, Kyle Callan-McFadden, Midfielder Tony Rocha". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  5. ↑ "Your City Your Stadium: Update on Proposed Stadium Opening". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  6. ↑ Oshan, Jeremiah (2014-06-30). "Kaka signs with MLS club Orlando City". sbnation.com. SB Nation.
  7. ↑ "Orlando City announce US U-20 goalkeeper Mason Stajduhar as Homegrown Player signing".
  8. ↑ "Orlando City selects Kevin Alston in stage 2 of MLS re-entry draft".
  9. ↑ "Toronto FC Acquires Draft Pick From Orlando". Toronto FC. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Orlando City Selects Midfielder Richie Laryea and Forward Hadji Barry in the First Round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  11. 1 2 "Orlando City Select Antonio Matarazzo and Tobenna Uzo in 2016 MLS SuperDraft". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  12. ↑ "Orlando City Acquires Honduran U-20 National Team Defender Devron García".
  13. ↑ "Orlando City sign Italian star Antonio Nocerino after trade with DC United".
  14. ↑ "Ex Real Madrid Star Julio Baptista Signs with Orlando City". ESPN.
  15. ↑ MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/08/03/san-jose-trade-matias-perez-garcia-orlando-darwin-ceren. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. 1 2 Orlando City Soccer Club http://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2016/08/04/orlando-city-acquires-ocb-defender-mikey-ambrose-fc-dallas. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ "Columbus Crew SC signs free agent Corey Ashe".
  18. ↑ "TAMPA BAY ROWDIES SIGN FORWARD DANNY MWANGA".
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Orlando City Announces Roster Moves Following Inaugural MLS Campaign".
  20. ↑ http://uslsanantonio.com/2016/02/san-antonio-fc-signs-goalkeeper-josh-ford/
  21. ↑ "Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Midfielder Eric Avila".
  22. ↑ "Arizona United SC Signs Gilbert-native Tony Cascio".
  23. ↑ "Orlando City releases Portuguese midfielder Estrela".
  24. ↑ "Orlando City B Acquires Antonio Matarazzo, Keegan Smith and Alejandro García".
  25. ↑ "New York Red Bulls Acquire Defender Aurelien Collin from Orlando City SC".
  26. ↑ "Orlando City Midfielder Adrian Winter to Return to Switzerland".
  27. ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/08/03/san-jose-trade-matias-perez-garcia-orlando-darwin-ceren. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  28. ↑ MLSSoccer.com. "Orlando City adds Uruguayan center back Jose Aja on six-month loan". MLS.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Orlando City SC Loan Seven Players to OCB".
  30. ↑ "Orlando City SC Loans Defender/Midfielder Devron García to OCB".
  31. ↑ http://thecup.us/2015/05/21/us-open-cup-fourth-round-match-scenarios-set-for-entry-of-mls-teams/
  32. ↑ http://thecup.us/2016/05/21/2016-us-open-cup-round-2-charleston-battery-advance-after-the-villages-field-ineligible-player-updated/
  33. ↑ http://thecup.us/2016/06/03/2016-us-open-cup-round-3-jacksonville-armada-need-ot-to-earn-first-tournament-win-2-1-over-charleston-battery/
  34. ↑ Camping World stadium Wikipedia page
  35. ↑ Orlando City SC Wikipedia page
  36. 1 2 results
  37. ↑ Austin David (6 January 2016). "Orlando City Announces WRDQ TV 27 as New Local TV Partner". The Mane Land.
  38. ↑ Michael Citro. "Orlando City Announces All Games Will Air on 104.1 FM". The Mane Land.
  39. ↑ "Orlando City Games to be aired in Spanish through La Grande 1030 AM". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  40. ↑ "MLS LIVE blackout policies". MLSsoccer.com.
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