2016 Orlando City SC season

Orlando City
2016 season
President Phil Rawlins
Manager Adrian Heath
Stadium Camping World Stadium
MLS pending
MLS Playoffs pending
U.S. Open Cup pending
Top goalscorer League: Larin (3)
All: Kaká (6)
Highest home attendance 60,147 (v. RSL, 3/6
Lowest home attendance 29,041 (v. Chicago, 3/11
Average home league attendance 39,088
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2016 Orlando City SC season is 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]

Squad information

Orlando City SC first team squad [6]

Number Nat. Player Position Date of birth Previous club 2015 MLS
appearances 		2015 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. - -
12United StatesKevin Alston DF May 5, 1988United States New England Revolution - - -
14EnglandLuke Boden LB November 26, 1988England Sheffield Wednesday F.C. - - #
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
78FranceAurélien Collin CB March 8, 1986United States Sporting Kansas City - - -
Midfielders
5United StatesServando Carrasco MF August 13, 1988United States Sporting Kansas City - - -
7ColombiaCristian Higuita AM January 14, 1994Colombia Deportivo Cali - - INT
8EnglandHarrison Heath CM/DM April 16, 1996England Norwich City U-18 - - HGP, #
10BrazilKaká AM April 22, 1982Italy AC Milan - - INT, DP
11ColombiaCarlos Rivas FW/LW April 15, 1994Colombia Deportivo Cali - - INT, DP
17El SalvadorDarwin Cerén CM December 31, 1989El Salvador Juventud Independiente - - #
18Trinidad and TobagoKevin Molino AM/RW June 17, 1990Trinidad and Tobago Ma Pau SC - - #
19BrazilJúlio Baptista AM October 1, 1981Brazil Cruzeiro - - INT
32SwitzerlandAdrian Winter AM July 8, 1986Switzerland FC Luzern - - INT
55PortugalEstrela DM September 22, 1995Portugal S.L. Benfica Juniors U-19 - - INT, #
Forwards
15BrazilPedro Ribeiro AM/SS June 13, 1990United States Philadelphia Union - - -
21CanadaCyle Larin FW April 17, 1995United States Connecticut Huskies - - GA, INT
35HondurasBryan Róchez FW January 1, 1995Honduras Real C.D. España - - INT, DP

# 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
January 14, 2016 Canada Richie Laryea MF United States University of Akron SuperDraft [7]
January 14, 2016 Guinea Hadji Barry MF United States University of Central Florida SuperDraft [7]
January 19, 2016 Italy Antonio Matarazzo MF United States Columbia University SuperDraft [8]
January 19, 2016 Nigeria Tobenna Uzo FW United States Coastal Carolina University SuperDraft [8]

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
8 2 4 2 15 13  +2 10 1 3 0 9 6  +3 1 1 2 6 7  −1

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHAAAHHAAHHAAHAAHAH
Result D D W W L D L D                                                    

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
2 Philadelphia Union 8 4 3 1 11 8 +3 13 Conference Semi-finals[lower-alpha 1]
3 Toronto FC 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 11 Knockout round
4 Orlando City SC 9 2 2 5 16 14 +2 11
5 New York Red Bulls 10 3 6 1 13 18 −5 10
6 D.C. United 9 2 3 4 11 11 0 10
Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. 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. ↑ Since Montreal Impact is a Canadian team, the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League berth given to the Eastern Conference team with the best record would instead pass to the next best American team regardless of conference (in this case, Real Salt Lake).
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
10 Toronto FC 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 11
11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 3 5 2 12 15 −3 11
12 Orlando City SC 9 2 2 5 16 14 +2 11
13 Seattle Sounders FC 8 3 4 1 8 10 −2 10
14 New York Red Bulls 10 3 6 1 13 18 −5 10
Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2016. Source: 2016 MLS schedule
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

Information on the season's U.S. Open Cup will be posted once format information is released.

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.[9]

On the radio, matches will air on WTKS-FM "Real Radio 104.1" in English,[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

See also

References

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