| Club: | Western New York Flash |
| Season: | 2016 Western New York Flash |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Alexandra Sahlen |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Paul Riley |
| Stadium: | Rochester Rhinos Stadium |
| League: | NWSL |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | 2016 NWSL Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,449 (Aug. 27 vs. Houston)[1] |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,235 (June 17 vs. Portland)[2] |
| Average Attendance: | 3,868[3] |
| League Topscorer: | Lynn Williams (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Lynn Williams (14) |
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| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 season was Western New York Flash's ninth season, the fourth in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The season ended with the Flash's first finals appearance since the 2013 NWSL season and the franchise's first NWSL Championship victory. It was also the final season of the NWSL franchise's existence in Rochester, New York, or as the Western New York Flash, after being purchased by the North Carolina FC organization, moved to Cary, North Carolina, and rebranded as the North Carolina Courage in January 2017.[4] It was replaced in March 2017 by a new Buffalo-based Western New York Flash team in United Women's Soccer.[5]
The Flash announced their preseason schedule on March 11, 2016.[6]
Source: NWSL
Squad statistics are of regular season only
| 16 | FW | Lady Andrade | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Halimatu Ayinde | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Janice Cayman | 3 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | GL | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Abby Dahlkemper | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 57% | 4 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | MF | Makenzy Doniak | 20 | 15 | 1144 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | Elizabeth Eddy | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 63% | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | 17 | 16 | 1474 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | MF | Michaela Hahn | 13 | 8 | 659 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Kristen Hamilton | 12 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Jaelene Hinkle | 15 | 15 | 1325 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 75% | 12 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Ga Eul Jeon | 2 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Alanna Kennedy | 15 | 15 | 1298 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 55% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | 10 | 3 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 19 | 19 | 1665 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 34 | 56% | 8 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | MF | Samantha Mewis | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 44% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Courtney Niemiec | 6 | 4 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 9 | 8 | 702 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 45% | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Taylor Smith | 18 | 5 | 726 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 24% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | Meredith Speck | 6 | 5 | 369 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Lynn Williams | 19 | 19 | 1670 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 34 | 49% | 6 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 12 | 11 | 1011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 20 | — | 19799 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 325 | 153 | 47% | 60 | 117 | 47 | 181 | 148 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 1 | GK | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 16 | 1.45 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 52 | 35 | 67% | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 89% | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 67% | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 26 | 1.30 | 4 | 5 | 189 | 94 | 67 | 71% | 0 | 0 | |||