# 2016 FC Kansas City season

The 2016 season was FC Kansas City's fourth season. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | USA | Katelyn Rowland |
| 2 | FW | USA | Shea Groom |
| 4 | DF | USA | Becky Sauerbrunn |
| 5 | FW | USA | Liz Bogus |
| 6 | MF | USA | Jen Buczkowski |
| 7 | DF | USA | Meghan Lisenby |
| 8 | FW | USA | Amy Rodriguez |
| 9 | MF | USA | Heather O'Reilly |
| 10 | MF | USA | Kaysie Clark |
| 11 | FW | USA | Frances Silva |
| 13 | DF | USA | Brittanny Taylor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | USA | Yael Averbuch |
| 15 | MF | USA | Erika Tymrak |
| 17 | DF | USA | Amanda Frisbie |
| 18 | GK | USA | Nicole Barnhart |
| 20 | MF | USA | Tiffany McCarty |
| 21 | MF | NZL | Katie Bowen |
| 22 | FW | USA | Sydney Leroux |
| 23 | FW | USA | Caroline Kastor |
| 25 | MF | USA | Mandy Laddish |
| — | MF | CAN | Desiree Scott |

## Match results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Preseason

FC Kansas City announced their preseason schedule on February 24, 2016.

### National Women's Soccer League
#### Regular season

On February 18, NWSL announced the 2016 season schedule.

#### Postseason playoff

FC Kansas City ended in 6th position on regular season and did not qualify for the 2016 NWSL playoffs.

#### Regular-season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Western New York Flash (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 32 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 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 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W |

## 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 | Alex Arlitt | 11 | 8 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yael Averbuch | 20 | 20 | 1788 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 44% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Katie Bowen | 13 | 11 | 959 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jen Buczkowski | 5 | 5 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Amanda Frisbie | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Shea Groom | 19 | 19 | 1659 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 25 | 52% | 4 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Caroline Kastor | 5 | 3 | 289 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | FW | Lo'eau LaBonta | 10 | 7 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mandy Laddish | 19 | 19 | 1676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 41% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Tiffany McCarty | 16 | 10 | 923 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 24% | 2 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Molly Menchel | 3 | 2 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Alexa Newfield | 8 | 2 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Heather O'Reilly | 14 | 14 | 1209 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 45% | 9 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Brianne Reed | 7 | 5 | 441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Becky Sauerbrunn | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Desiree Scott | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Frances Silva | 19 | 10 | 990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 47% | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Brittany Taylor | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 29% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Erika Tymrak | 17 | 14 | 1166 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 39% | 2 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Tiffany Weimer | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 19757 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 217 | 90 | 41% | 25 | 84 | 56 | 197 | 152 | 13 | 1 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
| 18 | GK | Nicole Barnhart | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 20 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 215 | 103 | 83 | 81% | 0 | 0 |
| Team total | Team total | Team total | 20 | — | 1800 | 20 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 215 | 103 | 83 | 81% | 0 | 0 |