Wikipedia

2016 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2016 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's 21st year of existence, and their sixth season in the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid, playing in the United Soccer League Eastern Conference. They entered the season as defending USL champions and made it back to the playoffs, but were eliminated in the conference semi-finals by the New York Red Bulls II.

Rochester Rhinos
2016 season
OwnersDavid and Wendy Dworkin
Head coachBob Lilley
StadiumRochester Rhinos Stadium
USLConference: 4th, Eastern Conference
USL PlayoffsConference semi-finals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
← 2015
2017 →

Roster edit

as of March 24, 2015[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Adam Grinwis   United States
2 MF Marcos Ugarte   United States
3 DF Bradley Kamdem   France
4 DF Sean Totsch   United States
5 DF Vassilios Apostolopoulos   Greece
6 MF Michel Guilavogui   Guinea
7 MF Ryan James   Canada
8 MF Andre Fortune II   Trinidad and Tobago
9 FW Christian Volesky   United States
10 FW Duba   Cape Verde
11 MF Kenardo Forbes   Jamaica
12 FW Asani Samuels   Jamaica
13 MF Mike Garzi   United States
15 DF Joe Farrell   United States
16 MF Sean Reilly   United States
17 DF Wal Fall   Germany
18 GK Tomas Gomez   United States
20 DF Tony Walls   United States
21 DF Dominic Samuel   Canada
22 MF Brandon Beresford   Guyana
23 MF Jordan Becker   United States
29 MF Sofiane Tergou   France
33 GK Daniel Lynd   United States

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

March 4, 2016 Preseason Buffalo Bulls 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Amherst, New York
Stadium: University at Buffalo Stadium
March 6, 2016 Preseason Rochester Rhinos 2–0 Colgate Raiders Victor, New York
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility
March 10, 2016 Preseason Rochester Rhinos 3–3 Ottawa Fury FC Victor, New York
Volesky   2nd quarter'
Duba   3rd quarter',   3rd quarter'		 Paulo Jr.   2nd quarter' (pen.)
Gyorio   4th quarter'
Bruna   4th quarter'		 Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility
Note: Was played with four 30-minute quarters
March 26, 2016 Preseason Rochester Rhinos 1–0 Syracuse Orange Victor, New York
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility

USL Regular season edit

Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Louisville City FC 30 17 9 4 52 27 +25 60 Conference Playoffs
3 FC Cincinnati 30 16 8 6 41 27 +14 56
4 Rochester Rhinos 30 13 12 5 38 25 +13 51
5 Charlotte Independence 30 14 8 8 48 29 +19 50
6 Charleston Battery 30 13 9 8 38 33 +5 48
Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches edit

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

April 2, 2016 1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–1 Rochester Rhinos Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Report Volesky   7'
Apostolopoulos   62'
Ugarte   64'
Totsch   85'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Leland Grant
April 9, 2016 2 Richmond Kickers 1–0 Rochester Rhinos Richmond, Virginia
5:00pm Imura   61' Report Garzi   73' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,990
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 17, 2016 3 New York Red Bulls II 0–0 Rochester Rhinos Harrison, New Jersey
4:00pm Powder   66' Report Ugarte   42'
Farrell   68'
Duba   93'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
April 23, 2016 4 Rochester Rhinos 2–1 FC Montreal Rochester, New York
5:00pm Volesky   52', 56' (pen.)
Forbes   90+4'		 Report Joly   48'
Dominguez   50'
Gagnon-Laparé   56'
Béland-Goyette   66'
Kacher   86'
Charbonneau   90+6'
Fisher   90+7'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
April 30, 2016 5 Rochester Rhinos 2–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Rochester, New York
6:00pm Forbes   23'
Kamdem   40'
James   61'
Apostolopoulos   73'
Fortune   85'
Samuel   90+2'		 Report Johnson   36'
Thomas   68'   88'
Foster   86'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,513
May 6, 2016 6 Rochester Rhinos 3–2 Charleston Battery Rochester, New York
7:00pm Farrell   11'
Garzi   22'
Forbes   28'
Volesky   37'
Kamdem   68'   75' (pen.)		 Report Williams   15'
Chang   21'
Garbonzo   49'
Hackshaw   73'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,162
May 14, 2016 7 Rochester Rhinos 0–0 Charlotte Independence Rochester, New York
6:00pm Fall   14'
Samuel   62'		 Report Ekra   42' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,142
May 22, 2016 8 Orlando City B 2–1 Rochester Rhinos Melbourne, Florida
7:30pm Barry   41', 57'
Turner   90'		 Report Garzi   42'
Apostolopoulos   74'
Dos Santos   86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
Attendance: 925
May 28, 2016 9 Rochester Rhinos 2–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Rochester, New York
6:00pm Farrell   13', 90+4'   69'
Volesky   27'		 Report Richter   24' (pen.)
Chambers   27'
Daly   58'
Carreiro   90'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
June 4, 2016 10 FC Montreal 0–2 Rochester Rhinos Montreal, Quebec
3:00pm Mkungilwa   90+4' Report Volesky   45'
Duba   49'		 Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Attendance: 248
June 11, 2016 11 Toronto FC II 1–2 Rochester Rhinos Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pm Hundal   34'
Osorio   54'
Uccello   77'
Simonin   89'
Johnson   90+1'		 Report Apostolopoulos   68'
Farrell   90+2'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
June 18, 2016 12 Rochester Rhinos 0–1 Louisville City FC Rochester, New York
6:00pm Kamdem   80' Report Lubahn   28'
Del Piccolo   45'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Referee: Patrick Rosas
June 25, 2016 13 Rochester Rhinos 2–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester, New York
6:00pm Farrell   8'
Garzi   60'		 Report Hertzog   45' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,543
July 2, 2016 14 New York Red Bulls II 0–0 Rochester Rhinos Harrison, New Jersey
4:00pm Long   10'
Williams   55'
Allen   71'		 Report Fall   80' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
July 6, 2016 15 Rochester Rhinos 2–1 FC Cincinnati Rochester, New York
7:00pm Garzi   34'
Dos Santos   65' (pen.)		 Report Delbridge   64'
Okoli   75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,023
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
July 10, 2016 16 Rochester Rhinos 0–0 Orlando City B Rochester, New York
6:00pm Fall   31' Report Mendoza   24' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
July 16, 2016 17 Rochester Rhinos 3–1 FC Montreal Rochester, New York
7:00pm Volesky   32'
Duba   49'
Fall   59'   79'
Samuel   81'		 Report Mkungilwa   12' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,560
July 20, 2016 18 Toronto FC II 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pm Osorio   31'
Thomas   77'		 Report Volesky   27' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,072
Referee: Yusri Rudolph
July 24, 2016 19 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00pm Jones   20'
Conneh   45+4'
Burke   79'		 Report Forbes   57' Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 29, 2016 20 Harrisburg City Islanders 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Thomas   9'
Pettis   31'
Leverock   87'
Jankouskas   90+'		 Report Totsch   87' Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,923
August 3, 2016 21 Rochester Rhinos 0–1 Richmond Kickers Rochester, New York
7:00pm Kamdem   74' Report Roberts   54'
Sekyere   60'
Asante   70'
Imura   75'
Ownby   77'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Charles Murphy
August 6, 2016 22 Rochester Rhinos 2–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Rochester, New York
6:00pm Volesky   43'
dos Santos   46'		 Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
August 13, 2016 23 Louisville City FC 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Craig   84' Report Volesky   12' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,373
August 20, 2016 24 Rochester Rhinos 3–0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester, New York
6:00pm Tergou   7'
Tergou   39'
Reilly   56'		 Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
August 24, 2016 25 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00pm Berry   26' Report dos Santos   41' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 14,157
August 27, 2016 26 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 2–2 Rochester Rhinos Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00pm Moose   35'
Caldini Perone   90'		 Report Volesky   77'
Fall   90'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
September 3, 2016 27 Charleston Battery 1–2 Rochester Rhinos Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm Portillo   14' Report Volesky   24'
Bakayoko   80'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
September 10, 2016 28 Rochester Rhinos 1–1 New York Red Bulls II Rochester, New York
5:00pm Samuels   57' Report Bezecourt   88' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,505
September 17, 2016 29 Charlotte Independence 0–1 Rochester Rhinos Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Report dos Santos   41' Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,471
September 24, 2016 30 Rochester Rhinos 1–0 Toronto FC II Rochester, New York
5:00pm dos Santos   6' Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup edit

Further information: 2016 U.S. Open Cup
May 18, 2016 Second round Rochester Rhinos   7–0   Southie FC Rochester, New York
7:00pm Volesky   5' (pen.)
Fortune   8'
Ugarte   29'
Samuels   44', 45', 48'
  79' ??		 Report Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Stephen Montanino
June 1, 2016 Third round Rochester Rhinos   2–0   Lansdowne Bhoys FC Rochester, New York
7:00pm Fortune   59'
Volesky   70'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,429
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel
June 15, 2016 Fourth round Rochester Rhinos   0–1   New York Red Bulls Rochester, New York
7:00pm Report Kljestan   20' (pen.) Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,596
Referee: Charles Murphy

USL Playoffs edit

Further information: 2016 USL Playoffs

References edit

  1. ^ "rhinossoccer.com: Roster". Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2016_Rochester_Rhinos_season&oldid=1192705882"