2016 Orlando Pride season

Orlando Pride
2016 season
OwnerFlavio Augusto da Silva
Phil Rawlins
Head coachTom Sermanni
StadiumCamping World Stadium
National Women's Soccer League9th of 10
2016 NWSL PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerKristen Edmonds (6)
Highest home attendance23,403
(April 23 vs. Houston)
Lowest home attendance5,842
(July 10 vs. Boston)
Average home league attendance8,785
2017 →

The 2016 season was Orlando Pride's inaugural season. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Team launch

The team was launched at a press conference held at Lake Eola Park in Downtown Orlando on October 20, 2015. At that time, it was announced that Tom Sermanni, previously the manager of both the Australian and United States women's national teams, would be the team's first manager. It was also announced that the team would share its home with Orlando City SC, beginning at Camping World Stadium in 2016, and eventually moving to Orlando City Stadium.[1]

Squad information

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Tom Sermanni

Last updated: October 26, 2015
Source: Orlando Pride: Staff

Roster

The NWSL held an Expansion Draft to populate the Pride's roster on November 2, 2015.[2] The Pride held the first pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, though it traded that pick to Portland Thorns FC in exchange for Alex Morgan and Kaylyn Kyle.[3] It will get the first pick in the subsequent rounds of the College Draft. Orlando will also receive top priority in player discovery and the waiver wire.[1]

Number Nat. Player Position Date of birth Previous club 2016 NWSL
appearances		 2016 NWSL
goals		 2016 NWSL
assists		 Notes
Goalkeepers
1 United States Ashlyn Harris GK (1985-10-19) October 19, 1985 (age 39) United States Washington Spirit 10 0 0 –
19 United States Aubrey Bledsoe GK (1991-11-20) November 20, 1991 (age 33) Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 1 0 0 injured
25 United States Kaitlyn Savage GK (1990-10-27) October 27, 1990 (age 34) New Zealand Glenfield Rovers FC 2 0 0 –
Defenders
2 United States Camille Levin DF (1990-04-24) April 24, 1990 (age 34) United States Sky Blue FC 3 0 0 –
3 United States Toni Pressley DF (1990-02-19) February 19, 1990 (age 34) United States Houston Dash 8 0 0 –
5 Australia Laura Alleway DF (1989-11-28) November 28, 1989 (age 35) Australia Melbourne City 9 0 0 -
7 Australia Steph Catley DF (1994-01-26) January 26, 1994 (age 30) Australia Melbourne City 11 1 1 –
9 Canada Josée Bélanger DF (1986-05-14) May 14, 1986 (age 38) Sweden FC Rosengård 11 0 0 –
12 United States Kristen Edmonds DF (1987-05-22) May 22, 1987 (age 37) United States Western New York Flash 12 3 1 -
21 Brazil Mônica DF (1987-04-21) April 21, 1987 (age 37) Brazil Flamengo 11 0 0 –
Midfielders
6 Canada Kaylyn Kyle MF (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 36) United States Portland Thorns FC 10 0 0 –
14 United States Becky Edwards MF (1988-05-22) May 22, 1988 (age 36) United States Western New York Flash 11 0 0 –
16 Brazil Leah Fortune MF (1990-12-13) December 13, 1990 (age 34) United States Charlotte Lady Eagles 2 0 0 –
17 United States Dani Weatherholt MF (1994-03-17) March 17, 1994 (age 30) United States Santa Clara Broncos 5 0 0 –
18 United States Maddy Evans MF (1991-04-21) April 21, 1991 (age 33) United States Boston Breakers 10 0 0 –
26 United States Samantha Witteman MF (1994-02-26) February 26, 1994 (age 30) United States California Golden Bears 11 0 0 –
Forwards
4 United States Jamia Fields FW (1993-09-24) September 24, 1993 (age 31) United States Western New York Flash 7 0 0 –
8 United States Sarah Hagen FW (1989-11-18) November 18, 1989 (age 35) United States FC Kansas City 11 1 1 –
10 England Lianne Sanderson FW (1988-02-03) February 3, 1988 (age 36) Cyprus Apollon Limassol 8 2 1 transferred
10 Australia Lisa De Vanna FW (1984-11-14) November 14, 1984 (age 40) Australia Melbourne City 3 0 0
11 Mexico Christina Burkenroad FW (1993-07-12) July 12, 1993 (age 31) United States Cal State Fullerton 5 0 0 –
13 United States Alex Morgan FW (1989-07-02) July 2, 1989 (age 35) United States Portland Thorns FC 10 4 1 –
23 United States Jasmyne Spencer FW (1990-08-27) August 27, 1990 (age 34) United States Western New York Flash 13 4 1 –

Preseason non-roster invitees

No. Position Player Nation
— MF Leah Fortune  Brazil
— GK Julia Kantor  United States
— FW Chelsea Leiva  United States
— MF Sierra Lelii  United States
— MF Kim Reynolds  United States
— DF Jackie Simpson  United States
— MF Lauren Smith  United States
— FW Allie Wisner  United States

NWSL College Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2016 NWSL College Draft was held on January 15, 2016. Orlando had three selections.[4]

Round Pick Player Pos. College Status
1 10 United States Samantha Witteman DF California University of California, Berkeley Signed
2 15 Mexico Christina Burkenroad FW California Cal State Fullerton Signed
4 31 United States Dani Weatherholt MF California Santa Clara University Signed

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

March 19, 2016 Eastern Florida State 0–8 Orlando Pride Melbourne, Florida
4:30pm Report Morgan 4' (pen.), 11', 37', 42'
Edmonds 17', 19'
Mônica 25'
Wisner 49'		 Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
March 22, 2016 Orlando Pride 5–1 University of Florida Sanford, Florida
Morgan 37', 54'
Hagen 51'
Burkenroad 64', 85'		 Report Bigic 90' Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park
Attendance: Closed scrimmage
March 30, 2016 University of South Florida 0–3 Orlando Pride Melbourne, Florida
Report Spencer 42'
Mônica 53'
Catley 74'		 Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
April 2, 2016 Orlando Pride 1–0 Florida State University Orlando, Florida
Sanderson 24' Report Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Note: Abandoned after 32mins due to weather

National Women's Soccer League

Further information: 2016 National Women's Soccer League season
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00).

It was announced on February 17, 2016, that the Pride would open their inaugural season on the road on April 17 at Portland Thorns FC, and would host Houston Dash for their home opener on April 23. The remainder of the schedule was released the next day.[5]

The Pride's "local opponent" by league definition is the Houston Dash. They will play the Dash four times this year, and every other team home-and-away.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 6 1 13 20 30  −10 19 5 0 5 13 11  +2 1 1 8 7 19  −12

Last updated: September 24, 2016.
Source: Match reports

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StadiumAHAHHAAAAHHHHAAHAAHH
ResultLWLWWWLLLWLWLLLLLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

April 17, 2016 1 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Orlando Pride Portland, Oregon
Brynjarsdóttir 25'
Horan 81'		 Report Catley 12' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,073
Referee: Ekaterina Korolyova
April 23, 2016 2 Orlando Pride 3–1 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Andressa 46' (o.g.)
Sanderson 57'
Morgan 61'		 Report Andressa 75' Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 23,403
Referee: Brandon Artis
May 1, 2016 3 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
Press 65' Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,024
Referee: Victor Rivas
May 8, 2016 4 Orlando Pride 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Orlando, Florida
5:00pm Hagen 11'
Sanderson 87'		 Report Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 8,211
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
May 14, 2016 5 Orlando Pride 1–0 Western New York Flash Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Morgan 79' Report Erceg Yellow card 50'Yellow card 89' Red card Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,841
Referee: Levi Rippy
May 20, 2016 6 Houston Dash 0–1 Orlando Pride Houston, Texas
Report
Report		 Edmonds 81' (Sanderson) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,293
Referee: Greg Dopka
May 28, 2016 7 FC Kansas City 2–0 Orlando Pride Kansas City, Missouri
8:30pm Averbuch 53' (unassisted)
Tymrak 77' (Kastor)		 Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Margaret Domka
June 11, 2016 8 Western New York Flash 1–0 Orlando Pride Rochester, New York
Makenzy Doniak 4' (Jessica McDonald)
Meredith Speck Yellow card 45+'
Michaela Hahn Yellow card 83'		 Report Jasmyne Spencer Yellow card 76' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,526
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
June 18, 2016 9 Washington Spirit 2–0 Orlando Pride Boyds, Maryland
Estefania Banini 9'
Shelina Zadorsky Yellow card 11'
Francisca Ordega 40'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Christopher Spivey
June 23, 2016 10 Orlando Pride 1–0 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Spencer 91' (Hagen) Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 6,870
Referee: Marco Vega
June 26, 2016 11 Orlando Pride 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Orlando, Florida
5:00pm Jasmyne Spencer 67' (unassisted)
Laura Alleway Yellow card 78'
Kaylyn Kyle Yellow card 89'		 Report Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 25' (Tobin Heath)
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir Yellow card 45'
Lindsey Horan 81' (Tobin Heath)
Meghan Klingenberg Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,143
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
July 10, 2016 12 Orlando Pride 2–1 Boston Breakers Orlando, Florida
5:00pm Jasmyne Spencer Yellow card 21'
Kristen Edmonds 90', 93+' (Leah Fortune)		 Report Mollie Pathman 5'
Brooke Elby Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 89'
Louise Schillgard Yellow card 49'
Jami Kranich Yellow card 93+'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 16, 2016 13 Orlando Pride 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Maddy Evans Yellow card 94+' Report Taylor Comeau 23' (Sofia Huerta)
Arin Gilliland Yellow card 44'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,247
Referee: Victor Rivas
Note: lightning delayed at minute 74 for 1 hour
July 23, 2016 14 Seattle Reign FC 5–2 Orlando Pride Seattle, Washington
Kim Little 21' (penalty)
Jessica Fishlock 30' (unassisted)
Manon Melis 47' (unassisted)
Kendall Fletcher 56' (Lauren Barnes)
Kiersten Dallstream Yellow card 81'
Own Goal 87' (Toni Pressley)		 Report Jasmyne Spencer 52' (Jamia Fields)
Kristen Edmonds 89' (Sarah Hagen)		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,103
Referee: Christopher Spivey
July 31, 2016 15 Boston Breakers 1–0 Orlando Pride Boston, Massachusetts
Natasha Dowie 10' (unassisted)
Louise Schillgard Yellow card 29'		 Report Toni Pressley Yellow card 90' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,379
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
August 26, 2016 16 Orlando Pride 1–2 Washington Spirit Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Toni Pressley Yellow card 28'
Sarah Hagen 71' (Cami Levin)		 Report Ali Krieger Yellow card 35'
Cheyna Williams 37' (Caprice Dydasco)
Christine Nairn 57' (Katie Stengel)		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Marco Vega
September 3, 2016 17 Houston Dash 4–2 Orlando Pride Houston
Janine Beckie 24' (Carli Lloyd)
Polina 49' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai 62' (unassisted), 95+' (J Becky)
Cari Roccaro Yellow card 76'
Amber Brooks Yellow card 79'		 Report Alex Morgan 80' (K Edmonds) Yellow card 78'
Kristen Edmonds 87' (unassisted)		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,819
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
September 7, 2016 18 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Orlando Pride Piscataway, New Jersey
Sam Kerr 80'
Nikki Stanton Yellow card 90+'		 Report Alex Morgan 23' (Maddy Evans) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,055
Referee: Matthew Franz
September 10, 2016 19 Orlando Pride 1–2 Sky Blue FC Orlando, Florida
7:30pm Kristen Edmonds 42' (unassisted)
Toni Pressley Yellow card 70'		 Report Sam Kerr 48' (unassisted)
Christie Rampone Yellow card 49'
Maya Hayes 53' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 6,788
Referee: Danielle Chesky
September 24, 2016 20 Orlando Pride 1–2 FC Kansas City Orlando, Florida
5:00pm Jasmyne Spencer 16' (unassisted) Report Tiffany McCarty 47' (unassisted)
Alex Arlitt Yellow card 80'
Heather O'Reilly 84' (penalty)
Frances Silva Yellow card 91+'		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,454
Referee: Margaret Domka

League 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) Champions

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Team of the Year

Team Position Player Ref.
Best XI Goalkeeper United States Ashlyn Harris [6]

NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year

Player Saves Goals-Against-Average Appearances Ref.
United States Ashlyn Harris 62 1.33 15 [7]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
12 Won United States Kristen Edmonds [8]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Won Australia Steph Catley [9]
5 Won United States Alex Morgan [10]
10 Won United States Jasmyne Spencer [11]
12 Won United States Kristen Edmonds [12]
17 Won United States Alex Morgan [13]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
2 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [14]
3 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [15]
4 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [16]
6 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [17]
8 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [18]
9 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [19]
10 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [20]
18 Won United States Ashlyn Harris [21]

Media

All NWSL matches not aired through their national contract with Fox Sports 1 are livestreamed on the NWSL's YouTube channel. Orlando Pride home matches are being called by Orlando City play-by-play announcer Jeff Radcliffe and color commentator Becky Burleigh, head coach of the Florida Gators women's soccer team.[22]

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
5 DF Laura Alleway 11 9 781 0 0 0 6 3 50% 0 1 0 4 3 2 0
9 FW Josee Belanger 14 14 1084 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0 13 13 2 0
19 GK Aubrey Bledsoe 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Christina Burkenroad 7 2 253 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 4 1 0 0
7 DF Stephanie Catley 11 11 990 1 1 0 9 6 67% 11 22 1 8 10 0 0
10 FW Lisa De Vanna 3 2 154 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 2 1 3 0 0
12 MF Kristen Edmonds 19 19 1701 6 2 0 30 16 53% 6 41 1 8 22 1 0
14 MF Becky Edwards 16 10 808 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0 0 0 13 7 1 0
18 DF Maddy Evans 16 12 1108 0 1 0 9 3 33% 2 0 0 15 15 2 0
4 MF Jamia Fields 12 6 627 0 1 0 6 1 17% 6 0 3 8 3 0 0
16 FW Leah Fortune 3 0 43 0 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Sarah Hagen 17 8 587 2 2 0 9 7 78% 0 0 1 2 6 0 0
1 GK Ashlyn Harris 15 15 1350 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 DF Monica Hickmann 16 15 1376 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 0 0 7 0 0 0
6 MF Kaylyn Kyle 18 16 1436 0 0 0 5 1 20% 0 1 5 18 9 2 0
2 DF Cami Levin 10 9 836 0 1 0 2 1 50% 2 0 2 1 5 0 0
13 FW Alex Morgan 15 15 1350 4 1 0 44 20 45% 3 0 10 7 19 1 0
3 DF Toni Pressley 14 11 1027 0 0 0 8 1 13% 0 5 1 12 4 2 0
10 FW Lianne Sanderson 8 3 419 2 1 0 7 3 43% 2 12 1 5 11 0 0
26 GK Kaitlyn Savage 4 4 360 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Jasmyne Spencer 20 17 1564 4 0 0 30 18 60% 7 0 15 12 33 2 0
17 MF Dani Weatherholt 12 9 786 0 0 0 7 3 43% 2 0 0 9 5 0 0
26 DF Sam Witteman 16 12 1070 0 0 0 7 4 57% 7 0 0 8 17 0 0
Team Total 20 — 19800 19 11 0 194 93 48% 52 82 44 155 187 15 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot SOG Sav Sav% YC RC
19 GK Aubrey Bledsoe 1 1 90 2 2.00 0 0 11 4 2 50% 0 0
1 GK Ashlyn Harris 15 15 1350 20 1.33 1 1 161 82 62 76% 0 0
25 GK Kaitlyn Savage 4 4 360 8 2.00 1 1 50 26 19 73% 0 0
Team Total 20 — 1800 30 1.50 2 2 222 112 83 74% 0 0

Images

April 23, 2016, a NWSL record crowd of 23,403 at Camping World Stadium on Orlando Pride's first Home Game.

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "Breaking Down The Entire Orlando Pride Expansion Draft Class". OrlandoCitySC.com. November 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Orlando Pride Acquires Alex Morgan, Kaylyn Kyle and Sarah Hagen". OrlandoCitySC.com. October 26, 2015.
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  5. ^ "Orlando Pride's Inaugural 2016 NWSL Schedule Available". Orlando City Soccer Club.
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  8. ^ "ORLANDO PRIDE DEFENDER KRISTEN EDMONDS VOTED PLAYER OF THE WEEK". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. September 26, 2016. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride's @stephcatley on her goal being selected by the fans as the #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 1!". Twitter.com. NWSL. April 22, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride's @alexmorgan13 on being selected by the fans as the #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 5!". Twitter.com. NWSL. May 20, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  11. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride forward @Jas_it_Up on being selected by fans as the #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 10!". Twitter.com. NWSL. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  12. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride Kristen Edmonds on being voted #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 12 by the fans!". Twitter.com. NWSL. July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  13. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Alex Morgan – Week 17". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. September 7, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
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  16. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride's @Ashlyn_Harris on her save being selected by the fans as #NWSL Save of the Week – Week 4!". Twitter.com. NWSL. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  17. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride's @Ashlyn_Harris on her save being selected by the fans as #NWSL Save of the Week – Week 6!". Twitter.com. NWSL. May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
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  19. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride's @Ashlyn_Harris on being selected by fans as the #NWSL Save of the Week – Week 9!". Twitter.com. NWSL. June 24, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  20. ^ "Congrats to @ORLPride's @Ashlyn_Harris on being selected by fans as the #NWSL Save of the Week – Week 10!". Twitter.com. NWSL. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  21. ^ "Save of the Week Winner: Ashlyn Harris – Week 18". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  22. ^ "Becky Burleigh Joins Announce Team for Orlando Pride Home Debut".
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