# 2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

The 2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the team's sixth season in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

## Players and staff
### Roster

As of August 9, 2016
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Bruno Cardoso | Brazil |
| 2 | DF | Dalton | Brazil |
| 3 | MF | Neil Hlavaty | United States |
| 5 | DF | Nana Attakora | Canada |
| 7 | FW | Geison Moura | Brazil |
| 8 | MF | Kléberson | Brazil |
| 9 | MF | Ramón Núñez | Honduras |
| 10 | MF | Adrianinho | Brazil |
| 11 | FW | Paulo Jr. | Brazil |
| 12 | GK | Diego Restrepo | United States |
| 13 | DF | Jorge Luis Corrales | Cuba |
| 14 | DF | Julius James | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 15 | FW | Amauri | Brazil |
| 16 | MF | Luis Felipe Fernandes | United States |
| 17 | MF | Bryan Arguez | United States |
| 18 | MF | Jean Alexandre | Haiti |
| 19 | FW | José Angulo | Colombia |
| 20 | MF | Christian Blandon | United States |
| 21 | DF | Luis Zapata | Colombia |
| 23 | MF | Manny Gonzalez | United States |
| 24 | DF | Aurelio Saco Vértiz | Peru |
| 27 | MF | Victor Pineda | United States |
| 29 | FW | Maicon Santos | Brazil |
| 44 | DF | Gale Agbossoumonde | United States |
| 77 | DF | Gabriel | Brazil |
| 98 | GK | Matias Reynares | United States |

### Technical Staff

* Caio Zanardi - Head Coach and General Manager
* Phillip Dos Santos - Assistant Coach
* Ricardo Lopes – Goalkeepers Coach
* Cassiano Costa – Strength and Conditioning Coach
* Bruno Costa – Assistant General Manager and Head of Scouting

## Competitions

Win  Tie  Loss

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 June 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 |

#### Matches
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 October 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 | 21 | 22 |
| Stadium | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Combined Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (C, X) | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 65 | Championship qualifiers |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 55 | Championship qualifiers |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 53 | Championship qualifiers |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 47 | Championship qualifiers |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 41 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 41 | |
| 7 | Miami FC | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Carolina RailHawks | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 40 | |
| 9 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Ottawa Fury | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 31 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 30 | |
| 12 | Puerto Rico FC | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |

### U.S. Open Cup

Fort Lauderdale Strikers will compete in the 2016 edition of the Open Cup.

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 6 August 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Bruno Cardoso | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Dalton | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Nana Attakora | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Geison Moura | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Kléberson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | HON | Ramón Núñez | 18 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Adrianinho | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Paulo Jr. | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Diego Restrepo | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CUB | Jorge Luis Corrales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | TRI | Julius James | 15 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Luis Felipe | 20 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Bryan Arguez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | HAI | Jean Alexandre | 14 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | COL | José Angulo | 21 | 4 | 9+1 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Christian Blandon | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | COL | Luis Zapata | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Manny Gonzalez | 11 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | PER | Aurelio Saco Vértiz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | USA | Victor Pineda | 13 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Maicon Santos | 17 | 5 | 8+1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | USA | Gale Agbossoumonde | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Fort Lauderdale Strikers during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | BRA | PC | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Matheus Carvalho | 8 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | USA | Giuseppe Gentile | 12 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 29 | Maicon Santos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 19 | José Angulo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | 6 | PC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 5 | Nana Attakora | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | 7 | Geison Moura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 9 | Ramón Núñez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | 11 | Matheus Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | 11 | Paulo Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 23 | Manny Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | 44 | Gale Agbossoumonde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | 92 | Giuseppe Gentile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | Nana Attakora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | PC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Geison Moura | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Ramón Núñez | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Matheus Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Diego Restrepo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Jorge Luis Corrales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Julius James | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Luis Felipe | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Jean Alexandre | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | José Angulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Luis Zapata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Manny Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Aurelio Saco Vértiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Victor Pineda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Maicon Santos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Gale Agbossoumonde | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 92 | FW | Giuseppe Gentile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 28 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 7 |