# 2016 Western New York Flash season

The 2016 season was Western New York Flash's ninth season, the fourth in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The season ended with the Flash's first finals appearance since the 2013 NWSL season and the franchise's first NWSL Championship victory. It was also the final season of the NWSL franchise's existence in Rochester, New York, or as the Western New York Flash, after being purchased by the North Carolina FC organization, moved to Cary, North Carolina, and rebranded as the North Carolina Courage in January 2017. It was replaced in March 2017 by a new Buffalo-based Western New York Flash team in United Women's Soccer.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Sabrina D'Angelo |
| 2 | MF | USA | Michaela Hahn |
| 3 | FW | USA | Makenzy Doniak |
| 4 | MF | USA | Elizabeth Eddy |
| 5 | MF | USA | Samantha Mewis |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Abby Erceg |
| 7 | MF | USA | McCall Zerboni |
| 9 | FW | USA | Lynn Williams |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | USA | Taylor Smith |
| 13 | MF | USA | Abby Dahlkemper |
| 14 | FW | USA | Jessica McDonald |
| 15 | DF | USA | Jaelene Hinkle |
| 17 | FW | USA | Kristen Hamilton |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Adriana Leon |
| 22 | DF | USA | Laura Liedle |
| 23 | DF | USA | Courtney Niemiec |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Alanna Kennedy |
| 25 | MF | USA | Meredith Speck |
| 28 | GK | USA | Britt Eckerstrom |

## Match results
### Pre-season

The Flash announced their preseason schedule on March 11, 2016.

### 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 |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 20 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
Last updated: September 24, 2016 Source: National Women's Soccer League Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | W |

## Squad statistics

Source: NWSL
Squad statistics are of regular season only
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 16 | FW | Lady Andrade | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Halimatu Ayinde | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Janice Cayman | 3 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GL | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Abby Dahlkemper | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 57% | 4 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Makenzy Doniak | 20 | 15 | 1144 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Elizabeth Eddy | 20 | 20 | 1754 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 63% | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | 17 | 16 | 1474 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | Michaela Hahn | 13 | 8 | 659 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Kristen Hamilton | 12 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Jaelene Hinkle | 15 | 15 | 1325 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 75% | 12 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ga Eul Jeon | 2 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Alanna Kennedy | 15 | 15 | 1298 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 55% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | 10 | 3 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 19 | 19 | 1665 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 34 | 56% | 8 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Samantha Mewis | 14 | 14 | 1260 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 44% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Courtney Niemiec | 6 | 4 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 9 | 8 | 702 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 45% | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Taylor Smith | 18 | 5 | 726 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 24% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Meredith Speck | 6 | 5 | 369 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Lynn Williams | 19 | 19 | 1670 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 34 | 49% | 6 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | McCall Zerboni | 12 | 11 | 1011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 31% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 19799 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 325 | 153 | 47% | 60 | 117 | 47 | 181 | 148 | 23 | 1 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
| 1 | GK | Sabrina D'Angelo | 11 | 11 | 990 | 16 | 1.45 | 3 | 4 | 105 | 52 | 35 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Britt Eckerstrom | 3 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 89% | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | GK | Katelyn Rowland | 6 | 6 | 540 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 26 | 1.30 | 4 | 5 | 189 | 94 | 67 | 71% | 0 | 0 |