# 2016 Sky Blue FC season

The 2016 Sky Blue FC season was the team's seventh season. Sky Blue played the 2016 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

## Team
### Roster

The first team roster of Sky Blue FC.

### Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | USA | Shawna Gordon |
| 3 | DF | USA | Christie Rampone |
| 5 | DF | USA | Maya Hayes |
| 6 | MF | USA | Taylor Lytle |
| 7 | MF | USA | Nikki Stanton |
| 8 | MF | USA | Ashley Nick |
| 10 | MF | USA | Erica Skroski |
| 11 | MF | CRC | Raquel Rodriguez |
| 12 | MF | USA | Kim DeCesare |
| 13 | DF | USA | Kristin Grubka |
| 15 | DF | USA | CoCo Goodson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | USA | Sarah Killion |
| 18 | GK | USA | Caroline Stanley |
| 19 | DF | USA | Kelley O'Hara |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Samantha Kerr |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Leah Galton |
| 22 | DF | USA | Rachel Breton |
| 24 | MF | USA | Kelly Conheeney |
| 27 | GK | USA | Caroline Casey |
| 32 | FW | USA | Natasha Kai |
| 33 | FW | USA | Erin Simon |
| 44 | MF | USA | Theresa Diederich |

## Match results
### 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 25, 2016. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |

## Squad statistics

Source: NWSL
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 27 | GK | Caroline Casey | 10 | 9 | 860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Kelly Conheeney | 13 | 6 | 590 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 55% | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Kim DeCesare | 6 | 3 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Leah Galton | 14 | 10 | 1021 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 42% | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Shawna Gordon | 10 | 5 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Kristin Grubka | 15 | 14 | 1267 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Maya Hayes | 16 | 8 | 765 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 54% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Tasha Kai | 20 | 17 | 1410 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 58% | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Samantha Kerr | 9 | 6 | 616 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 56% | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sarah Killion | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 54% | 0 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Taylor Lytle | 18 | 18 | 1506 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17% | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ashley Nick | 3 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Kelley O'Hara | 12 | 11 | 1033 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 32% | 0 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Christie Rampone | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Domi Richardson | 2 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Raquel Rodriguez | 18 | 17 | 1461 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 45% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Danielle Schulmann | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Erin Simon | 19 | 18 | 1590 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Erica Skroski | 20 | 20 | 1784 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Caroline Stanley | 11 | 11 | 940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nikki Stanton | 12 | 4 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Catherine Zimmerman | 5 | 4 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 19800 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 201 | 95 | 47% | 10 | 74 | 69 | 160 | 168 | 15 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
| 27 | GL | Caroline Casey | 10 | 9 | 860 | 14 | 1.40 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 46 | 32 | 70% | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Caroline Stanley | 11 | 11 | 940 | 16 | 1.45 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 49 | 33 | 67% | 1 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 30 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 247 | 95 | 65 | 68% | 1 | 0 |

## Honors and awards
### NWSL Awards
#### NWSL Yearly Awards

| Player | Award | Ref. |
| Raquel Rodríguez | Rookie of the Year | |
| Christie Rampone | Second X1 | |

#### NWSL Player of the Week

| Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
| 18 | Won | Sam Kerr | |