# 2016 Harrisburg City Islanders season

The 2016 season was the Harrisburg City Islanders's 13th season of competitive soccer - its thirteenth season in the third division of American soccer and its sixth season in the United Soccer League since the league was first created with the City Islanders as one of the original 10 founder-members.

## Stadium Relocation

The 2016 season marks the City Islanders transition from Skyline Sports Complex to FNB Field (formerly Metro Bank Park) on City Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The transition was a result of the collaboration with the current tenants, the Harrisburg Senators, and to keep pace with the standards being implemented by the USL. The team will also share home matches with Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as an effort to expand the Islanders fanbase throughout south central Pennsylvania.

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Nick Noble | United States |
| 2 | DF | Shane Campbell | United States |
| 4 | MF | Youssef Naciri | Morocco |
| 5 | DF | Shane Johnson | United States |
| 6 | MF | Bobby Warshaw | United States |
| 7 | MF | Josh Hughes | United States |
| 8 | MF | José Barril | Spain |
| 9 | FW | Garret Pettis | United States |
| 10 | MF | Paul Wilson | Jamaica |
| 11 | FW | Matt Bolduc | United States |
| 12 | FW | Brett Jankouskas | United States |
| 13 | DF | Darvin Ebanks | United States |
| 14 | MF | Danny DiPrima | United States |
| 16 | DF | Liam Doyle | Isle of Man |
| 17 | DF | Jamie Thomas | United States |
| 18 | FW | Aaron Wheeler | United States |
| 19 | MF | Cardel Benbow | Jamaica |
| 20 | DF | Chris Hill | United States |
| 21 | MF | Mouhamed Dabo | Senegal |
| 22 | FW | Craig Foster | Jamaica |
| 23 | DF | Shawn McLaws | United States |
| 30 | GK | Keasel Broome | Barbados |
| 37 | DF | Neil Shaffer (on loan from Indy Eleven) | United States |
| 63 | DF | Dante Leverock | Bermuda |
| 77 | FW | Cameron Vickers | United States |
Updated as of July 19, 2016.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| March 1, 2016 | Aaron Wheeler | 18 | FW | Wilmington Hammerheads | Undisclosed |
| March 8, 2016 | Darvin Ebanks | 13 | DF | Georgia Revolution | Undisclosed |
| March 16, 2016 | Bobby Warshaw | 6 | DF | Hønefoss BK | Undisclosed |
| March 21, 2015 | Craig Foster | 22 | FW | FC Reno | Exercised Loan Option |
| March 23, 2016 | Josh Hughes | 7 | MF | Atlanta Silverbacks | Undisclosed |
| March 23, 2016 | Matt Bolduc | 11 | FW | Mass United | Undisclosed |
| March 23, 2016 | Jamie Thomas | 17 | FW | New York Red Bulls II | Undisclosed |
| March 23, 2016 | Chris Hill | 20 | DF | Villanova Wildcats | Undisclosed |
| March 25, 2016 | Paul Wilson | 10 | MF | Portmore United FC | Undisclosed |
| March 25, 2016 | Shane Campbell | 2 | DF | Reading United | Undisclosed |
| March 25, 2016 | Shawn McLaws | 23 | DF | New York Red Bulls II | Undisclosed |
| April 2, 2016 | Keasel Broome | 30 | GK | New York Cosmos | Undisclosed |
| April 5, 2016 | Liam Doyle | 16 | DF | Ohio State Buckeyes | Undisclosed |
| April 8, 2016 | Youssef Naciri | 4 | MF | Christian Brothers Buccaneers | Undisclosed |
| | Mouhamed Dabo | 21 | MF | Inter Milan U-19 | Undisclosed |
| July 29, 2016 | Cameron Vickers | 77 | FW | Arizona United SC | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | Number | Position | New club | Fee/notes |
| November 24, 2015 | Enric Valles | 11 | MF | Sandefjord | Released |
| December 15, 2015 | Yann Ekra | 7 | MF | Charlotte Independence | Undisclosed |
| December 23, 2015 | Neil Shaffer | 20 | DF | Indy Eleven | Undisclosed |
| January 27, 2016 | Ciaran Nugent | 13 | GK | Sligo Rovers F.C. | Undisclosed |
| January 28, 2016 | Andrew Lubahn | 77 | FW | Louisville City FC | Undisclosed |
| January 29, 2016 | Ken Tribbett | 6 | MF | Bethlehem Steel FC | Undisclosed |
| February 25, 2016 | Jason Plumhoff | 10 | FW | FC Edmonton | Undisclosed |
| March 3, 2016 | Kyle Renfro | 27 | GK | Charlotte Independence | Undisclosed |
| March 23, 2016 | Kyle McCord | 4 | MF | Unattached | Released |
| March 23, 2016 | Tony Donatelli | 15 | MF | Baltimore Blast | Released |
| March 23, 2016 | Erick Neres da Cruz | 21 | MF | Unattached | Released |

### Loan in

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Loaned from | Fee/notes |
| May 6, 2016 | Neil Shaffer | -- | DF | Indy Eleven | Short-term Loan |

## Competitions
### Preseason

2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Preseason schedule

### USL
#### Standings (Eastern Conference)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Orlando City B | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 35 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 34 | |
| 10 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 31 | |
| 11 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 28 | |
| 12 | Toronto FC II | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 26 | |

#### Results

All times in Eastern Time.
2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Regular Season Schedule

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 |
Last updated: September 25, 2016 Source: 2016 USL season Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | T | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | T | L | L | W | W | T | L | T | W | T | T | L | T | W |

### U.S. Open Cup

The City Islanders competed in the 2016 edition of the U.S. Open Cup. During the 2015 edition of the competition, they were eliminated in the third round after conceding three goals in extra time to the Rochester Rhinos. In 2016, the City Islanders advanced through to the fourth round, where they were ultimately defeated in stoppage time by their former MLS affiliate, Philadelphia Union. After a stoppage time equalizer was scored by Bobby Warshaw in the 91st minute, the Union drew a late free kick outside the 18 yard box. The free kick was subsequently shot into the net by Roland Alberg in the third minute of stoppage time.

## Statistics

As of February 4, 2017.
Players included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | | Shane Campbell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Youssef Naciri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Shane Johnson | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Bobby Warshaw | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Josh Hughes | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | José Barril | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Garret Pettis | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Paul Wilson | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Matt Bolduc | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Brett Jankouskas | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Darvin Ebanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Danny DiPrima | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Liam Doyle | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Jamie Thomas | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | | Aaron Wheeler | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Cardel Benbow | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Chris Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Mouhamed Dabo | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Craig Foster | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Shawn McLaws | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Neil Shaffer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | | Dante Leverock | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | | Cameron Vickers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 50 | 5 |
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics were loaned players.
    Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Harrisburg.
    League denotes USL regular season
    Playoffs denotes USL playoffs

### Goalkeepers

As of February 4, 2017.
Players included in matchday squads :
| Nat. | No. | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO | | |
| | 1 | NobleNick Noble | 17 | 17 | 3–11–3 | 32 | 1.88 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | 30 | NugentKeasel Broome | 13 | 13 | 5–4–4 | 22 | 1.69 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 8–15–7 | 54 | 1.80 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
    Record: W-L-D

## Honors

* Week 4 Team of the Week: M Cardel Benbow
* Week 5 Team of the Week: Honorable Mention F Paul Wilson
* Week 10 Team of the Week: F Aaron Wheeler
* Week 17 Team of the Week: M Jose Barril
* Week 21 Team of the Week: M Jose Barril
* 2016 All-League Second Team: M Jose Barril