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2016 Swope Park Rangers season

The 2016 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's inaugural year of existence, and their first season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid.

Swope Park Rangers
2016 season
General managerKurt Austin
Head coachMarc Dos Santos
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
USLConference: 4th
USL PlayoffsChampionship final
Top goalscorerMark Anthony Gonzalez (5)
Highest home attendance6,812
(Mar. 26 vs. Portland 2 at Children's Mercy Park)
Lowest home attendance926
(Jun. 8 vs. Rio Grande Valley)
Average home league attendance2,348
2017 →

Roster edit

As of March 25, 2016.[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Jon Kempin (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)   United States
26 DF Tommy Meyer   United States
28 GK Zac Lubin   United States
30 FW Dániel Sallói (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)   Hungary
31 MF Nansel Selbol   Nigeria
32 MF Christian Duke (Captain)   United States
33 DF Jacob VanCompernolle   United States
35 MF Ualefi   Brazil
44 MF Tomás Granitto   El Salvador
47 FW Mark Anthony Gonzalez   Canada
49 MF Will Little III   United States
50 FW Kris Tyrpak   United States
55 DF Amer Didic   Canada
56 DF Ezra Armstrong   United States
67 DF Jaylin Lindsey   United States
74 MF Jimmy Mulligan (on loan from New York Cosmos)   United States
77 MF Tyler Pasher   Canada
81 DF Oumar Ballo   Mali
88 MF Kévin Oliveira   Cape Verde
90 DF Johnny Grant   Canada
92 MF Alex Molano   United States
98 GK Steven Tekesky   United States
99 FW Dane Kelly   Jamaica
-- MF Ayrton   Brazil

Staff edit

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

February 17, 2016 DDC 1 Colorado Rapids 1–3 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
18:30 (CDT) Badji   19'
Watts   44'		 Report Tyrpak   1'
VanCompernolle   18'
Sanchez   63'
Little   90'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Baboucarr Jallow
February 20, 2016 DDC 2 Arizona United SC 0–0 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
(CDT) Gavin   17'
Johnson   73'		 Report Kelly   28'
Diaw   65'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Robi Hullner
February 24, 2016 DDC 3 Swope Park Rangers 2–2 Columbus Crew SC Tucson, Arizona
(CDT) Granitto   38'
Gonzalez   90'		 Report Higuaín   35'
Barson   57'
Finlay   66'
Wahl   72'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Drew Fisher
February 27, 2016 DDC 4 FC Tucson 0–1 Swope Park Rangers Tucson, Arizona
17:00 (CDT) Guerra   73' Report Kelly   32' Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Noah Kenyawani
March 12, 2016 Scrimmage 1 Swope Park Rangers 4–1 Rockhurst Hawks Kansas City, Missouri
15:00 (CDT) Pasher   5'
Didic   19'
Tyrpak   27'
Gonzalez   74'
Selbol   78'		 Report Gianluca Bottoni   22'
Tom McDonald   57'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Referee: Jon Freemon
March 19, 2016 Scrimmage 2 Swope Park Rangers 1–2 Creighton Bluejays Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Gonzalez   7' Report DeJulio   20'
Englis   37'
Rydstrand   57'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Referee: Kevin Diemer
April 16, 2016 Scrimmage 3 Swope Park Rangers 0–1 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Kansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Lindsey   55'
Sallói   61'		 Report Sanchez   9'
Rocha   61'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Referee: Jack Feldman

USL Regular season edit

Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Rio Grande Valley Toros 30 14 9 7 47 24 +23 51 Conference Playoffs
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 30 14 7 9 37 27 +10 49
4 Swope Park Rangers 30 14 6 10 45 36 +9 48
5 LA Galaxy II 30 12 11 7 52 42 +10 47
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 30 12 9 9 44 44 0 45
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 26, 2016 USL 1 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 Portland Timbers 2 Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 (CDT) Oliveira   48' (pen.)   54'
Sallói   90+1'		 Report Bijev   38'
Besler   90+1'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 6,812
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 2, 2016 USL 2 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 1–2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa, Oklahoma
19:00 (CDT) Morgan   90+5' Report Kelly   11'
Selbol   90+3'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 4,103
Referee: Andrew Musashe
April 9, 2016 USL 3 San Antonio FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers San Antonio, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Garcia   42'
Reed   73'
Araujo   90+4'		 Report Sallói   2'
Meyer   59'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 8,466
Referee: Michael Lavergne
April 23, 2016 USL 4 Oklahoma City Energy FC 1–0 Swope Park Rangers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
19:00 (CDT) Ryden   22' Report Duke   36'
Selbol   63'
Oliveira   82'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,690
Referee: Luis Guardia
April 27, 2016 USL 5 Swope Park Rangers 1–2 Whitecaps FC 2 Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Tyrpak   15'   39'
Mulligan   48'
Quintillà   58'		 Report Greig   30' (pen.)
Haber   42'
McKendry   53'   55'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,524
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 7, 2016 USL 6 Saint Louis FC 3–0 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Tshuma   11'
Bond   39'   43'   79'
Herrera   52'		 Report Ballo   17'   45' Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Luigi Lazareno
May 14, 2016 USL 7 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Pasher   47', 81' Report Ochoa   79'
Whatley   81'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,163
Referee: Michael Lavergne
May 21, 2016 USL 8 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 4–1 Swope Park Rangers Edinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Rodriguez   13', 26'
Escalante   45'
Greene   51'
Ward   81'
Lovejoy   89'
Montoya   90'		 Report Sallói   40'
Oliveira   49'		 Stadium: UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex
Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Victor Rivas
May 28, 2016 USL 9 Sacramento Republic FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Sacramento, California
21:30 (CDT) Foran   32'
Cazarez   66'
Iwasa   76'		 Report Pasher   60'
Oliveira   73'
Ualefi   85'
Mulligan   86'		 Stadium: Bonney Field
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
June 4, 2016 USL 10 Portland Timbers 2 2–1 Swope Park Rangers Meridian, Idaho
20:00 (CDT) Brett   27'
Gallagher   55'
Arboleda   70'		 Report Gonzalez   80' Stadium: Rocky Mountain High School
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
June 8, 2016 USL 11 Swope Park Rangers 4–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Gonzalez   23', 27'
Oliveira   43'
Sallói   70'		 Report Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 926
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
June 12, 2016 USL 12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 3–2 Swope Park Rangers Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 (CST) Bustos   5', 23'
Greig   38'
McKendry   57'
Adekugbe   77'
Davies   80'		 Report Ayrton   15'
Ualefi   26'
Mulligan   77'
Gonzalez   86'
Tyrpak   88'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,494
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 18, 2016 USL 13 Swope Park Rangers 1–3 Oklahoma City Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ayrton   7'   38'
Kelly   43'
Ualefi   75'		 Report Thomas   45'
Wojcik   64'
Gonzalez   74'
König   80'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,314
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 26, 2016 USL 14 Seattle Sounders FC 2 0–2 Swope Park Rangers Tukwila, Washington
19:00 (CST) Delem   62' Report Molano   3'
Kelly   46'
Tyrpak   65'
Grant   85'
Gonzalez   88'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Victor Rivas
July 2, 2016 USL 15 Swope Park Rangers 1–0 Saint Louis FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Pasher   2' Report Hardware   45'
Bond   65'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 933
Referee: Sorin Stoica
July 9, 2016 USL 16 Arizona United SC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Peoria, Arizona
21:30 (CST) Tan   17' (pen.)
West   35'
Rooney   53'
Silva   63'
Garza   85'		 Report Tyrpak   31' (pen.)
Didic   49'
Ayrton   63'
Duke   76'
Pasher   82'
Ballo   90+1'		 Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 12, 2016 USL 17 Swope Park Rangers 0–2 Oklahoma City Energy FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Duke   6' Report Craft   84'
Pitter   89'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,233
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 20, 2016 USL 18 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Colorado Springs, Colorado
20:00 (CST) Suggs   37'
Seth   60'
González   70'		 Report Myers   34'
Alvarado   68'
Tyrpak   72'
Molano   84'   90+1'		 Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Chipalo Street
July 23, 2016 USL 19 Swope Park Rangers 3–0 Orange County Blues FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Alvarado   28'
Kelly   43'
Gonzalez   78'
Grant   81'		 Report Meesu   49'
Sheldon   90'
Mirković   90+1'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,068
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 30, 2016 USL 20 Swope Park Rangers 2–1 San Antonio FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ualefi   3'
Alvarado   48'
Kelly   71'
Gonzalez   84'		 Report Reed   30'
Johnson   65'
Bradnock-Brennan   76'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,448
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 3, 2016 USL 21 Saint Louis FC 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Fenton, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Cochran   53'
Herrera   65' (pen.)
David   68'		 Report Meyer   20'
Rubio   34'
Didic   64'		 Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,582
Referee: Andrew Musashe
August 6, 2016 USL 22 Tulsa Roughnecks FC v Swope Park Rangers Tulsa, Oklahoma
19:30 (CDT) Report Stadium: ONEOK Field
Note: Postponed due to unsafe field conditions.
August 13, 2016 USL 23 Real Monarchs 1-0 Swope Park Rangers Salt Lake City, Utah
20:00 (CDT) Orozco   8'
Moberg  
Sundly  
Amankona  		 Summary Ayrton  
Tyrpak  		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
August 21, 2016 USL 24 Swope Park Rangers 1-1 Saint Louis FC Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 (CDT) Barrett   89'   89' Summary Musa   4'
Roberts   71'
Cicciarelli   80'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
August 27, 2016 USL 25 Swope Park Rangers 2-1 LA Galaxy II Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Duke   16'
Gonzalez   25'
Ayrton   47'
Kelly   80'
Adrian Zendejas   90+2'		 Summary Jamieson   2'
Villarreal   45+2'
Sorto   47'
Zubak   56'
Villarreal   68'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
August 31, 2016 USL 26 Swope Park Rangers 2-1 San Antonio FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ayrton   3'   90+5' (pen.)
Didic   80'		 Summary Okiomah   8'
Bradnock-Brennan   71'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
September 3, 2016 USL 27 Swope Park Rangers 0-2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ualefi   48'
Didic   78'
Rubio   88'		 Summary Luna   8'
García   50'
Casner   67'
Bird   75'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
September 10, 2016 USL 28 Swope Park Rangers 2-0 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
September 18, 2016 USL 29 Oklahoma City Energy FC 0-3 Swope Park Rangers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18:00 (CDT) Stadium: Taft Stadium
September 24, 2016 USL 30 Swope Park Rangers 2-0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

References edit

  1. ^ "Christian Duke returns to KC as Swope Park Rangers' first signing". sportingkc.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "USL's All-Time Scoring Leader Kelly Joins Rangers". United Soccer League (USL). Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Nikola Popovic and Alec Dufty join Swope Park Rangers technical staff". Sporting Kansas City.
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