2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
2016 season
Owner(s)	Paulo Cesso ; Rafael Bertan ; Ronaldo
Head coach	Caio Zanardi
Stadium	Central Broward Stadium; Lauderhill, Florida
NASL	Spring: Sixth ; Fall: Sixth; Combined: Sixth
The Championship	did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	Maicon Santos (5)
Highest home attendance	2,129; (Apr. 2 vs. Miami)
Lowest home attendance	1,048; (May 14 vs. Indy Eleven)
Average home league attendance	1,291
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Owner(s)Paulo Cesso
Rafael Bertan
Ronaldo

Head coachCaio Zanardi

StadiumCentral Broward Stadium
Lauderhill, Florida

NASLSpring: Sixth

Fall: Sixth

Combined: Sixth

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

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Bruno Cardoso
2	DF	BRA	Dalton
3	MF	USA	Neil Hlavaty
5	DF	CAN	Nana Attakora
7	FW	BRA	Geison Moura
8	MF	BRA	Kléberson
9	MF	HON	Ramón Núñez
10	MF	BRA	Adrianinho
11	FW	BRA	Paulo Jr.
12	GK	USA	Diego Restrepo
13	DF	CUB	Jorge Luis Corrales
14	DF	TRI	Julius James
15	FW	BRA	Amauri
16	MF	USA	Luis Felipe Fernandes
17	MF	USA	Bryan Arguez
18	MF	HAI	Jean Alexandre
19	FW	COL	José Angulo
20	MF	USA	Christian Blandon
21	DF	COL	Luis Zapata
23	MF	USA	Manny Gonzalez
24	DF	PER	Aurelio Saco Vértiz
27	MF	USA	Victor Pineda
29	FW	BRA	Maicon Santos
44	DF	USA	Gale Agbossoumonde
77	DF	BRA	Gabriel
98	GK	USA	Matias Reynares

January 6, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Cancelled	Boca Raton FC	Fort Lauderdale
4:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to rain.

January 10, 2016 Florida Cup	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	Schalke 04	Orlando
7:30 p.m. ET		Report	Di Santo 37' Sané 57'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

January 17, 2016 Florida Cup	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–2	Independiente Santa Fe	Boca Raton
4:30 p.m. ET	PC 80'	Report	Zapata 3' (pen.) Balanta 33'	Stadium: FAU Stadium

January 23, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0	Corinthians	Fort Lauderdale
2:00 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Roster

Technical Staff

Competitions

Friendlies

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Fall season

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Combined Standings

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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January 26, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Fort Lauderdale
7:00 p.m. ET		Report	Marlos 79'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

February 15, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–0	Caribbean Americas Soccer Association All-Stars	Fort Lauderdale
7:30 p.m. ET	Carvalho 45' Alexandre 45' Santos 49' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

February 24, 2016 Scrimmage	Orlando City SC	2–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Sanford
4:00 p.m. ET	Barry 55' Ribeiro 63'	Report		Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park

March 2, 2016 Friendly	Shandong Luneng	4–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Jinan
1:00 a.m. ET	Aloísio 7' (pen.) Zhang Wenzhao 19' Cheng Yuan 74' Huang Pu 84'	Report	Gabriel 70'

March 6, 2016 Friendly	Sichuan Longfor	0–6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Chengdu
2:30 a.m. ET		Report	Carvalho 9' Santos 28' Angulo 65', 68' Alexandre 86' Gentile 90'

March 8, 2016 Friendly	Chengdu Qbao	0–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Chengdu
2:30 a.m. ET		Report	Moura 25'

March 13, 2016 Friendly	Beijing Qihang	0–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Beijing
9:30 p.m. ET		Report	PC 60' Santos 65'

Pos	Team v t e	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

April 2, 2016 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Miami	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	James 23' Felipe 42' Santos 90+4' (pen.)	Summary	Cvitanich 12' (pen.) Corrales 21' 45+1' Bernstein 50' Smith 64' Chavez 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,129 Referee: Jose Rivero

April 16, 2016 2	Minnesota United	3–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
20:00 ET	Lowe 40' Ramirez 45+1' Cruz 48' Brovsky 66' Zapata 69' (o.g.)	Summary	Moura 22' Felipe 40'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Caleb Mendez

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	3	3	12	12	0	15	1	3	1	4	4	0	3	0	2	8	8	0

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

June 12, 2016 10	Edmonton	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Edmonton
16:00 ET	Keegan 18', 31' Diakité 57' Ledgerwood 62' Eckersley 84' Ameobi 90+2'	Summary	Agbossoumonde 34' PC 58' (pen.) Restrepo 63'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,130 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	7	5	10	19	28	−9	26	5	3	3	11	10	+1	2	2	7	8	18	−10

April 23, 2016 3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Jacksonville Armada	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Alexandre 36' 55' Attakora 39' Santos 74' 90+2'	Summary	Bahner 16' George 27' Ryan 81'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

April 30, 2016 4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Attakora 27' Gonzalez 48' Agbossoumonde 56' Zapata 85'	Summary	Mkandawire 37' Nanchoff 39' Guerra 47' King 68' Heinemann 70' Collins 77'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,086 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

May 7, 2016 5	Carolina RailHawks	1–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Cary
19:30 ET	Albadawi 35' Marcelin 55' Shriver 67'	Summary	Santos 7' Attakora 23' Carvalho 38' 85' Angulo 45+2' Restrepo 83' Gentile 90+6'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,216 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

May 14, 2016 6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0	Indy Eleven	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	PC 75' Santos 83'	Summary	Braun 61'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

May 21, 2016 7	Rayo OKC	1–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Yukon
20:00 ET	Velásquez 28' Michel 62' 80' Svantesson 68' Boateng 73'	Summary	Angulo 33' PC 61' Núñez 70' Santos 77'	Stadium: Miller Stadium Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Daniel Radford

May 27, 2016 8	Ottawa Fury	1–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Ottawa
19:00 ET	Bailey 12' Steele 66' Olivera 76' Haworth 80' (pen.)	Summary	Santos 8' Núñez 40' Gonzalez 63' Gentile 65' Felipe 67'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Alain Ruch

June 4, 2016 9	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–1	New York Cosmos	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Felipe 9' PC 16' Restrepo 20' Angulo 35' Moura 74' Gonzalez 80'	Summary	Arango 41' 90+1' Ockford 52'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,297 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Pos	Team v t e	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

July 2, 2016 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Miami	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Moura 29' Agbossoumonde 53' 59' James 55' Restrepo 69'	Report	Cvitanich 18' (pen.) Farfán 33' Richards 79'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,431 Referee: Mark Geiger

July 10, 2016 2	Edmonton	1–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Edmonton
16:00 ET	Shome 20' Diakité 41' Ledgerwood 44' Fordyce 71'	Report	Pineda 49' PC 63' James 78'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,098 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

July 13, 2016 3	Indy Eleven	3–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Indianapolis
22:35 ET	Zayed 10' Lacroix 21' Janicki 26'	Report	Moura 29' 41' Núñez 44' Agbossoumonde 90'	Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,132 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 16, 2016 4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–1	Carolina RailHawks	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Núñez 44' 90+1' Corrales 52' James 73'	Report	Shriver 23' Fondy 59'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,082 Referee: Geoff Gamble

July 23, 2016 5	Minnesota United	3–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
20:00 ET	Lowe 12' Banks 14' Ramirez 23' Jome 70' Calvano 72'	Summary	Fernandes 43' 75' Paulo Jr. 54'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 8,379 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

July 30, 2016 6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–0	Jacksonville Armada	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	James 71' Agbossoumonde 81' Santos 88'	Report	Scaglia 59'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,158 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

August 6, 2016 7	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg
19:30 ET	Mkandawire 21' Savage 50' 55' Cole 58'	Report	Agbossoumonde 19' Fernandes 61' Angulo 71'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Ismail Elfath

August 13, 2016 8	Miami	0–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Miami
20:00 ET	Palacios 57' Steele 59'	Report	Corrales 38' Paulo Jr. 84' Amauri 86'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 7,152 Referee: Ted Unkel

August 17, 2016 9	Jacksonville Armada	1–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Jacksonville
18:30 ET	Steinberger 42' George 67'	Report	Angulo 20' Adrianinho 26' Gonzalez 32' Dalton 61' Pineda 88' Fernandes 90'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 2,472 Referee: Luis Guardia

August 20, 2016 10	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–1	Ottawa Fury	Lauderhill
19:00 ET	Amauri 17', 77' Alves 83' (o.g.)	Report	Haworth 28' Alves 87' Bailey 90+2'	Stadium: Central Broward Stadium Attendance: 2,247 Referee: Marcos de Olivera

August 31, 2016 11	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0	Minnesota United	Lauderhill
19:30 ET	Attakora 15' Gonzalez 69'	Report	Laing 62'	Stadium: Central Broward Stadium Attendance: 455 Referee: Nima Saghafi

September 3, 2016 12	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0	New York Cosmos	Lauderhill
19:00 ET	Attakora 67' Amauri 87' Dalton 90+2'	Report	Mendes 51' Guenzatti 67'	Stadium: Central Broward Stadium Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez