2016 Swope Park Rangers season
| 2016 season | |||
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| General manager | Kurt Austin | ||
| Head coach | Marc Dos Santos | ||
| Stadium | Swope Soccer Village | ||
| USL | Conference: 4th | ||
| USL Playoffs | Championship final | ||
| Top goalscorer | Mark Anthony Gonzalez (5) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,812 (Mar. 26 vs. Portland 2 at Children's Mercy Park) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 926 (Jun. 8 vs. Rio Grande Valley) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 2,348 | ||
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The 2016 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's inaugural year of existence, and their first season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid.
Roster
[edit]As of March 25, 2016.[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
[edit]
Marc Dos Santos – Head Coach
Nikola Popovic – Assistant Coach[3]
Alec Dufty – Goalkeeping Coach[3]- Josh McAllister – Fitness Coach
Competitions
[edit]Preseason
[edit]Win Draw Loss
| February 17, 2016 DDC 1 | Colorado Rapids | 1–3 | Swope Park Rangers | Tucson, Arizona |
| 18:30 (CDT) | Badji  19'Watts  44' |
Report | Tyrpak 1' VanCompernolle 18'Sanchez 63'Little 90' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium Referee: Baboucarr Jallow |
| February 20, 2016 DDC 2 | Arizona United SC | 0–0 | Swope Park Rangers | Tucson, Arizona |
| (CDT) | Gavin 17' Johnson 73' |
Report | Kelly 28' Diaw 65' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium Referee: Robi Hullner |
| February 24, 2016 DDC 3 | Swope Park Rangers | 2–2 | Columbus Crew SC | Tucson, Arizona |
| (CDT) | Granitto 38' Gonzalez 90' |
Report | Higuaín 35' Barson 57'Finlay 66'Wahl 72' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium Referee: Drew Fisher |
| February 27, 2016 DDC 4 | FC Tucson | 0–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Tucson, Arizona |
| 17:00 (CDT) | Guerra 73' |
Report | Kelly 32' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium Referee: Noah Kenyawani |
| March 12, 2016 Scrimmage 1 | Swope Park Rangers | 4–1 | Rockhurst Hawks | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 15:00 (CDT) | Pasher 5' Didic 19'Tyrpak 27'Gonzalez 74'Selbol 78' |
Report | Gianluca Bottoni 22' Tom McDonald 57' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Referee: Jon Freemon |
| March 19, 2016 Scrimmage 2 | Swope Park Rangers | 1–2 | Creighton Bluejays | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 (CDT) | Gonzalez 7' |
Report | DeJulio 20' Englis 37'Rydstrand 57' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Referee: Kevin Diemer |
| April 16, 2016 Scrimmage 3 | Swope Park Rangers | 0–1 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 16:00 (CDT) | Lindsey 55' Sallói 61' |
Report | Sanchez 9' Rocha 61' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Referee: Jack Feldman |
USL Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 51 | Conference Playoffs |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 49 | |
| 4 | Swope Park Rangers | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 48 | |
| 5 | LA Galaxy II | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 47 | |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 45 |
Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Matches
[edit]Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
| March 26, 2016 USL 1 | Swope Park Rangers | 2–1 | Portland Timbers 2 | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Oliveira 48' (pen.) 54' Sallói 90+1' |
Report | Bijev 38' Besler 90+1' |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 6,812 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| April 2, 2016 USL 2 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | 1–2 | Swope Park Rangers | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 19:00 (CDT) | Morgan 90+5' |
Report | Kelly 11' Selbol 90+3' |
Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
| April 9, 2016 USL 3 | San Antonio FC | 1–1 | Swope Park Rangers | San Antonio, Texas |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Garcia 42' Reed 73' Araujo 90+4' |
Report | Sallói 2' Meyer 59' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 8,466 Referee: Michael Lavergne |
| April 23, 2016 USL 4 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | 1–0 | Swope Park Rangers | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 19:00 (CDT) | Ryden 22' |
Report | Duke 36' Selbol 63' Oliveira 82' |
Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 5,690 Referee: Luis Guardia |
| April 27, 2016 USL 5 | Swope Park Rangers | 1–2 | Whitecaps FC 2 | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 (CDT) | Tyrpak 15' 39' Mulligan 48' Quintillà 58' |
Report | Greig 30' (pen.) Haber 42' McKendry 53' 55' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,524 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
| May 7, 2016 USL 6 | Saint Louis FC | 3–0 | Swope Park Rangers | Fenton, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Tshuma 11' Bond 39' 43'  79' Herrera 52' |
Report | Ballo 17' 45' |
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 5,023 Referee: Luigi Lazareno |
| May 14, 2016 USL 7 | Swope Park Rangers | 2–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Pasher 47', 81' |
Report | Ochoa 79' Whatley 81' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,163 Referee: Michael Lavergne |
| May 21, 2016 USL 8 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 4–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Edinburg, Texas |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Rodriguez 13', 26' Escalante 45' Greene 51' Ward 81' Lovejoy 89' Montoya 90' |
Report | Sallói 40' Oliveira 49' |
Stadium: UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Victor Rivas |
| May 28, 2016 USL 9 | Sacramento Republic FC | 1–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Sacramento, California |
| 21:30 (CDT) | Foran 32' Cazarez 66' Iwasa 76' |
Report | Pasher 60' Oliveira 73' Ualefi 85' Mulligan 86' |
Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
| June 4, 2016 USL 10 | Portland Timbers 2 | 2–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Meridian, Idaho |
| 20:00 (CDT) | Brett 27' Gallagher 55' Arboleda 70' |
Report | Gonzalez 80' |
Stadium: Rocky Mountain High School Attendance: 4,352 Referee: Tyler Ploeger |
| June 8, 2016 USL 11 | Swope Park Rangers | 4–0 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Gonzalez 23', 27' Oliveira 43' Sallói 70' |
Report | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 926 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
| June 12, 2016 USL 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 | 3–2 | Swope Park Rangers | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 16:00 (CST) | Bustos 5', 23' Greig 38' McKendry 57' Adekugbe 77' Davies 80' |
Report | Ayrton 15' Ualefi 26' Mulligan 77' Gonzalez 86' Tyrpak 88' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 1,494 Referee: Alain Ruch |
| June 18, 2016 USL 13 | Swope Park Rangers | 1–3 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Ayrton 7' 38' Kelly 43' Ualefi 75' |
Report | Thomas 45' Wojcik 64' Gonzalez 74' König 80' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,314 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| June 26, 2016 USL 14 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 0–2 | Swope Park Rangers | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:00 (CST) | Delem 62' |
Report | Molano 3' Kelly 46' Tyrpak 65' Grant 85' Gonzalez 88' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 1,309 Referee: Victor Rivas |
| July 2, 2016 USL 15 | Swope Park Rangers | 1–0 | Saint Louis FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Pasher 2' |
Report | Hardware 45' Bond 65' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 933 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| July 9, 2016 USL 16 | Arizona United SC | 1–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Peoria, Arizona |
| 21:30 (CST) | Tan 17' (pen.) West 35'Rooney 53'Silva  63'Garza 85' |
Report | Tyrpak 31' (pen.) Didic 49'Ayrton 63'Duke 76'Pasher 82'Ballo 90+1' |
Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Daniel Radford |
| July 12, 2016 USL 17 | Swope Park Rangers | 0–2 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Duke 6' |
Report | Craft 84' Pitter 89' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,233 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
| July 20, 2016 USL 18 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 1–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 20:00 (CST) | Suggs 37' Seth 60' González 70' |
Report | Myers 34' Alvarado 68' Tyrpak 72' Molano 84' 90+1' |
Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium Attendance: 2,212 Referee: Chipalo Street |
| July 23, 2016 USL 19 | Swope Park Rangers | 3–0 | Orange County Blues FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Alvarado 28' Kelly 43' Gonzalez 78' Grant 81' |
Report | Meesu 49' Sheldon 90' Mirković 90+1' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,068 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| July 30, 2016 USL 20 | Swope Park Rangers | 2–1 | San Antonio FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Ualefi 3' Alvarado 48' Kelly 71' Gonzalez 84' |
Report | Reed 30' Johnson 65' Bradnock-Brennan 76' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,448 Referee: Luis Guardia |
| August 3, 2016 USL 21 | Saint Louis FC | 1–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Fenton, Missouri |
| 19:00 (CDT) | Cochran 53' Herrera 65' (pen.) David 68' |
Report | Meyer 20' Rubio 34' Didic 64' |
Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,582 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
| August 6, 2016 USL 22 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | v | Swope Park Rangers | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Report | Stadium: ONEOK Field | ||
| Note: Postponed due to unsafe field conditions. | ||||
| August 13, 2016 USL 23 | Real Monarchs | 1-0 | Swope Park Rangers | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 20:00 (CDT) | Orozco 8' Moberg Sundly Amankona |
Summary | Ayrton Tyrpak |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
| August 21, 2016 USL 24 | Swope Park Rangers | 1-1 | Saint Louis FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 18:00 (CDT) | Barrett 89' 89' |
Summary | Musa 4' Roberts 71'Cicciarelli 80' |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park |
| August 27, 2016 USL 25 | Swope Park Rangers | 2-1 | LA Galaxy II | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Duke 16' Gonzalez 25'Ayrton 47'Kelly 80'Adrian Zendejas 90+2' |
Summary | Jamieson 2' Villarreal 45+2'Sorto 47'Zubak 56'Villarreal 68' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village |
| August 31, 2016 USL 26 | Swope Park Rangers | 2-1 | San Antonio FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Ayrton 3' 90+5' (pen.) Didic 80' |
Summary | Okiomah 8' Bradnock-Brennan 71' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village |
| September 3, 2016 USL 27 | Swope Park Rangers | 0-2 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Ualefi 48' Didic 78'Rubio 88' |
Summary | Luna 8' García 50'Casner 67'Bird 75' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village |
| September 10, 2016 USL 28 | Swope Park Rangers | 2-0 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:30 (CDT) | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village |
| September 18, 2016 USL 29 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | 0-3 | Swope Park Rangers | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 18:00 (CDT) | Stadium: Taft Stadium |
| September 24, 2016 USL 30 | Swope Park Rangers | 2-0 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 19:00 (CDT) | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village |
References
[edit]- ^ "Christian Duke returns to KC as Swope Park Rangers' first signing". sportingkc.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "USL's All-Time Scoring Leader Kelly Joins Rangers". United Soccer League (USL). Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ a b "Nikola Popovic and Alec Dufty join Swope Park Rangers technical staff". Sporting Kansas City.