2016 Sky Blue FC season

Sky Blue FC
2016 season
President & CEO	Thomas Hofstetter
Head coach	Christy Holly
Stadium	Yurcak Field
NWSL	7th
Top goalscorer	Sam Kerr (5)
Highest home attendance	3,780; (Sept. 25 vs. Portland)[1]
Lowest home attendance	1,252; (May 7 vs. Western New York)[2]
Average home league attendance	2,162[3]
Home colors	Away colors

The 2016 Sky Blue FC season was the team's seventh season. Sky Blue played the 2016 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.[4]

Team

Roster

The first team roster of Sky Blue FC.[5]

Current 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
2	MF	USA	Shawna Gordon
3	DF	USA	Christie Rampone
5	DF	USA	Maya Hayes
6	MF	USA	Taylor Lytle
7	MF	USA	Nikki Stanton
8	MF	USA	Ashley Nick
10	MF	USA	Erica Skroski
11	MF	CRC	Raquel Rodriguez
12	MF	USA	Kim DeCesare
13	DF	USA	Kristin Grubka
15	DF	USA	CoCo Goodson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	USA	Sarah Killion
18	GK	USA	Caroline Stanley
19	DF	USA	Kelley O'Hara
20	FW	AUS	Samantha Kerr
21	FW	ENG	Leah Galton
22	DF	USA	Rachel Breton
24	MF	USA	Kelly Conheeney
27	GK	USA	Caroline Casey
32	FW	USA	Natasha Kai
33	FW	USA	Erin Simon
44	MF	USA	Theresa Diederich

Match results

Preseason

Sun Mar 20 preseason	Sky Blue FC	1–0	St. John's Red Storm	Scotch Plains, New Jersey
2:00pm ET	Killion 37' (pen.)	[p 1]		Stadium: Wexler Field

Sat Mar 26 preseason	Sky Blue FC	2–0	North Carolina Tar Heels	Lakewood Township, New Jersey
2:00pm ET	Kai 4' DeCesare 61'	[p 2]		Stadium: Georgian Court University

Regular season

Sun Apr 17 1	Seattle Reign FC	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
	Merritt Mathias 52' (Jessica Fishlock) Hope Solo 37' Rachel Corsie 81'	[m 1]	Tasha Kai 15' (Kelley O'Hara) Kelly Conheeney 67' (Taylor Lytle)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Karen Abt

Sun Apr 24 2	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Maya Hayes 66' (Taylor Lytle) Kelley O'Hara 74'	[m 2]	Ali Krieger 40' (Tori Huster) Shelina Zadorsky 46+' Diana Matheson 56' (Crystal Dunn)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,571

Fri Apr 29 3	Houston Dash	0–0	Sky Blue FC	Houston
		[m 3]	Raquel Rodriguez 32'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,081 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Sat May 7 4	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Maya Hayes 35' (Raquel Rodriguez) Nikki Stanton 41' Caroline Stanley 71'	[m 4]	Abby Dahlkemper 4' Jaelene Hinkle 71' (penalty) Samantha Mewis 86' (unassisted) Kristen Hamilton 90+3'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Fri May 13 5	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Own Goal (Kassey Kallman) 41'	[m 5]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Guido Gonzeles, Jr.

Sat May 21 6	Western New York Flash	5–2	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
		[m 6]		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,910 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Sun May 29 7	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Sofia Huerta 34' (Jen Hoy)	[m 7][m 8][m 9]	Leah Galton 69' (Taylor Lytle) 57'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sat Jun 11 8	Sky Blue FC	1–1	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Sarah Killion 30' (pen.)	[m 10]	Shea Groom 27' (Erika Tymrak)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Karen Abt

Sun Jun 19 9	Sky Blue FC	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
		[m 11]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Margaret Domka

Sat Jun 25 10	Washington Spirit	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Diana Matheson 77' (Estefania Banini)	[m 12]	Raquel Rodriguez 8' (Leah Galton) Samantha Kerr 64' (Leah Galton)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Sat Jul 2 11	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Portland, Oregon
	Dagny Brynjarsdottir 38' Nadia Nadim 62' (pen)	[m 13]	Tasha Kai 30'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,287 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Sat Jul 9 12	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Taylor Lytle 54'	[m 14]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,732 Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo

Sun Jul 17 13	Boston Breakers	2–3	Sky Blue FC	Boston, Massachusetts
	Angela Salem 3' Julie King 85'	[m 15]	Sarah Killion 28' (pen) Leah Galton 37' Erica Skroski 74'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,314 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sat Jul 23 14	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Leah Galton 24'	[m 16]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Sat Jul 30 15	Washington Spirit	3–1	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
		[m 17]		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,930 Referee: Victor Rivas

Sat Aug 27 16	Sky Blue FC	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Samantha Kerr 92+' (Leah Galton)	[m 18][m 19]	Stephanie McCaffrey 31' (unassisted) Christen Press 73' (Vanessa DiBernardo) Sofia Huerta 80' (Arin Gilliland) Alyssa Mautz 92+'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky

Sun Sep 4 17	FC Kansas City	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Tiffany McCarty 46+' (unassisted) Yael Averbuch 85' (unassisted)	[m 20]	Samantha Kerr 40' (Leah Galton)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,414 Referee: Victor Rivas

Wed Sep 7 18	Sky Blue FC	1–1	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Sam Kerr 80' Nikki Stanton 90+'	[m 21]	Alex Morgan 23' (Maddy Evans)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,055 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sat Sep 10 19	Orlando Pride	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Orlando, Florida
	Kristen Edmonds 42' (unassisted) Toni Pressley 70'	[m 22]	Sam Kerr 48' (unassisted) Christie Rampone 49' Maya Hayes 53' (unassisted)	Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 6,788 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Sun Sep 25 20	Sky Blue FC	1–3	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Natasha Kai 6' (kelley O'Hara) Kristin Grubka 59'	Report	Allie Long 41' (Tobin Heath) Lindsey Horan 57' (Nadia Nadim) Allie Long 84' (Hayley Raso)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Christina Unkel

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) Champion.

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	26	7	8	5	24	30	−6	2	3	3	9	12	−3	5	5	2	15	18	−3

Last updated: September 25, 2016
Source: Soccerway
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2016. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	PK	Shot	SOG	SOG%	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC
27	GK	Caroline Casey	10	9	860	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Kelly Conheeney	13	6	590	1	0	0	11	6	55%	1	2	4	12	7	1
12	MF	Kim DeCesare	6	3	242	0	0	0	3	1	33%	0	0	1	2	2	0
21	FW	Leah Galton	14	10	1021	3	4	0	19	8	42%	5	10	9	10	8	1
2	MF	Shawna Gordon	10	5	427	0	0	0	3	1	33%	0	2	3	0	1	0
13	DF	Kristin Grubka	15	14	1267	0	1	0	3	2	67%	0	0	2	15	6	2
4	FW	Maya Hayes	16	8	765	3	0	0	13	7	54%	0	3	3	7	8	0
32	FW	Tasha Kai	20	17	1410	4	1	0	38	22	58%	1	1	25	13	19	3
20	FW	Samantha Kerr	9	6	616	5	0	0	27	15	56%	0	1	5	5	5	0
16	MF	Sarah Killion	18	18	1620	3	1	3	13	7	54%	0	22	0	17	25	0
6	MF	Taylor Lytle	18	18	1506	1	4	0	12	2	17%	1	0	4	3	3	0
8	MF	Ashley Nick	3	1	103	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF	Kelley O'Hara	12	11	1033	1	2	0	25	8	32%	0	33	7	10	15	1
3	DF	Christie Rampone	20	20	1800	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	2	7	10	1
26	DF	Domi Richardson	2	0	54	0	0	0	2	1	50%	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	MF	Raquel Rodriguez	18	17	1461	1	1	0	22	10	45%	1	0	0	18	26	1
88	MF	Danielle Schulmann	3	0	42	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	0	3	0
33	DF	Erin Simon	19	18	1590	0	2	0	1	0	0%	0	0	4	17	16	1
10	MF	Erica Skroski	20	20	1784	1	0	0	4	3	75%	1	0	0	6	4	0
18	GK	Caroline Stanley	11	11	940	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	1
7	MF	Nikki Stanton	12	4	412	0	0	0	2	1	50%	0	0	0	10	1	3
29	FW	Catherine Zimmerman	5	4	257	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	5	7	0
Team Total			20	—	19800	23	16	3	201	95	47%	10	74	69	160	168	15

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKA	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%	YC
27	GL	Caroline Casey	10	9	860	14	1.40	1	1	122	46	32	70%	0
18	GK	Caroline Stanley	11	11	940	16	1.45	1	1	125	49	33	67%	1
Team Total			20	—	1800	30	1.50	2	2	247	95	65	68%	1

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

Player	Award	Ref.
Raquel Rodríguez	Rookie of the Year	[6]
Christie Rampone	Second X1	[6]

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
18	Won	Sam Kerr	[7]

References

"Sky Blue FC Unable to Hold Off Portland in 2016 Season Finale". Sky Blue FC. September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
"Sky Blue FC Suffers 2-1 Defeat to Flash". Sky Blue FC. May 7, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
"2016 NWSL Statistics". National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
"ABOUT SKY BLUE SOCCER". skybluefc.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"2016 ROSTER". skybluefc.com.
"ORLANDO PRIDE'S ASHLYN HARRIS VOTED GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. October 4, 2016. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016.
"Sky Blue FC Forward Samantha Kerr Voted Player of the Week". NWSL. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

Match reports (preseason)

"SKY BLUE FC EARNS VICTORY IN 2016 PRESEASON OPENER". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC BLANKS NORTH CAROLINA WITH 2–0 VICTORY". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

Match reports (regular season)

"SKY BLUE FC HANDS SEATTLE REIGN FC ITS FIRST-EVER LOSS AT MEMORIAL STADIUM". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 2–1". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"DASH HELD TO SCORELESS DRAW BY SKY BLUE FC". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC SUFFERS 2–1 DEFEAT TO FLASH". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
"Resilient Sky Blue FC Side Earns Three Home Points Over Boston Breakers". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
"Sky Blue FC Suffers Road Defeat to Flash". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
"Huerta Scores as Chicago Ties Sky Blue FC 1–1". chicagoredstars.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
"Galton Fires Second Half Equalizer to Help Sky Blue FC Earn Road Point". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
"MAY 29, 2016 – Chicago Red Stars vs. Sky Blue FC". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
"Midfielder Sarah Killion Converts First Half Penalty Kick in Draw". skybluefc.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
"Two Sides Play to a Scoreless Stalemate at Yurcak Field". skybluefc.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
"Leah Galton Assists on Goals by Raquel Rodriguez, Sam Kerr". skybluefc.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
"SECOND HALF PENALTY KICK IS DIFFERENCE AS SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO PORTLAND THORNS FC". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
"TAYLOR LYTLE ROCKETS GAME-WINNER TO LEAD SKY BLUE FC PAST HOUSTON DASH". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC COMPLETES SEASON SWEEP OF BOSTON BREAKERS". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC WINS THIRD STRAIGHT MATCH, BLANKS WASHINGTON SPIRIT". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC FALLS ON THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON SPIRIT". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
"Sky Blue FC Suffers 3-1 Home Defeat to Chicago Red Stars at Yurcak Field". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
"Chicago Attack Flexes Muscles in 3-1 Win at Sky Blue FC". chicagoredstars.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
"KANSAS CITY RALLIES TO WIN 2-1 OVER SKY BLUE FC". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC COMES BACK TO EARN 1-1 DRAW WITH ORLANDO". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
"SKY BLUE FC RALLIES FOR 2-1 ROAD WIN OVER ORLANDO PRIDE". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

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