2016 Sky Blue FC season explained

Club:	Sky Blue FC
Season:	2016
Chrtitle:	President & CEO
Chairman:	Thomas Hofstetter
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Christy Holly
Stadium:	Yurcak Field
League:	NWSL
League Result:	7th
Highest Attendance:	3,780 (Sep 25 vs. Portland)^[1]
Lowest Attendance:	1,252 (May 7 vs. Western New York)^[2]
Average Attendance:	2,162^[3]
League Topscorer:	Sam Kerr (5)
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Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

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

Match results

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

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

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27	GL	Caroline Casey	10	9	860	14	1.40	1	1	122	46	32	70%	0	0
18	GK	Caroline Stanley	11	11	940	16	1.45	1	1	125	49	33	67%	1	0
Team Total			20	—	1800	30	1.50	2	2	247	95	65	68%	1	0

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

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

NWSL Player of the Week

References

Match reports (preseason)

Match reports (regular season)

See also

• 2016 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2016 in American soccer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sky Blue FC Unable to Hold Off Portland in 2016 Season Finale. Sky Blue FC. September 25, 2016. December 21, 2016.
2. Web site: Sky Blue FC Suffers 2-1 Defeat to Flash. May 7, 2016. December 21, 2016. Sky Blue FC.
3. Web site: 2016 NWSL Statistics. September 25, 2016. December 21, 2016. National Women's Soccer League.
4. Web site: ABOUT SKY BLUE SOCCER. skybluefc.com. May 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506114836/http://www.skybluefc.com/about/. May 6, 2016. dead.
5. Web site: 2016 ROSTER. skybluefc.com.
6. Web site: ORLANDO PRIDE'S ASHLYN HARRIS VOTED GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR . NWSL . October 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161006035554/http://nwslsoccer.com/orlando-pride-s-ashlyn-harris-voted-goalkeeper-of-the-year?sf37813665=1 . October 6, 2016 . dead . mdy-all . nwslsoccer.com.
7. Web site: Sky Blue FC Forward Samantha Kerr Voted Player of the Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20161010130542/http://nwslsoccer.com/sky-blue-fc-forward-samantha-kerr-voted-player-of-the-week. dead. October 10, 2016. NWSL. April 30, 2019. September 13, 2016.