2016 Saint Louis FC season

Saint Louis FC
2016 season
CEO	Jim Kavanaugh
Head coach	Dale Schilly; Tim Leonard (Interim)
United Soccer League	Conference: 14th; League: 22nd; Playoffs: DNQ
U.S. Open Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Irvin Herrera (14); All: Irvin Herrera (14)
Highest home attendance	6,004; (September 17 vs. Louisville City FC)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,209; (August 31 vs. Oklahoma City Energy); Open Cup: 2,065; (June 1 vs. Minnesota United)
Average home league attendance	4,923
Biggest win	7–1; (June 11 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks)
Biggest defeat	1–5; (September 17 vs. Louisville City)
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CEOJim Kavanaugh

Head coachDale Schilly
Tim Leonard (Interim)

United Soccer LeagueConference: 14th
League: 22nd
Playoffs: DNQ

U.S. Open Cup3rd Round

The 2016 Saint Louis FC season was the franchise's second season in the United Soccer League, the third division of soccer in the United States.

After playing their first season in the Eastern Conference of the USL, due to the addition of new teams to the league the club moved to the Western Conference for 2016.^[1]

The club also renewed their affiliation with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer for the 2016 season, having partnered with them the previous year.^[2]

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No.	Position	Nation	Player
0	GK	MEX	Eduardo Cortes
1	GK	USA	Mark Pais
2	DF	JAM	Richard Dixon
3	DF	USA	Sam Fink
4	DF	USA	A. J. Cochran
5	DF	USA	Mitchell Lurie
6	MF	USA	Parker Maher
7	MF	JAM	Jamiel Hardware
8	MF	WAL	Chad Bond
9	FW	JAM	Jeremie Lynch
10	MF	JPN	Kentaro Takada
11	MF	USA	Charles Renken
12	MF	USA	Tyler David
13	GK	JAM	Ryan Thompson
14	DF	NZL	James Musa
15	FW	USA	Mike Ambersley
16	DF	USA	Jake Bond
17	MF	USA	Jacob Bushue
18	MF	USA	Drew Conner (on loan from Chicago Fire)
19	FW	SLV	Irvin Herrera
20	MF	USA	Vince Cicciarelli
21	DF	USA	Chad Vandegriffe
22	DF	USA	Patrick Doody (on loan from Chicago Fire)
23	FW	ENG	Jordan Roberts
25	MF	USA	Brandon Barklage
32	MF	ZIM	Schillo Tshuma
55	DF	USA	Aedan Stanley
91	MF	USA	Seth Rudolph

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Date Signed	Ref
15	Forward	Mike Ambersley	United States	January 13, 2015	^[4]
17	Midfielder	Jacob Bushue	United States	January 15, 2015	^[4]
2	Defender	Richard Dixon	Jamaica	January 15, 2015	^[4]
1	Goalkeeper	Mark Pais	United States	January 15, 2015	^[4]
10	Midfielder	Kentaro Takada^{[OFF 1]}	Japan	January 15, 2015	^[4]
11	Midfielder	Charles Renken	United States	January 20, 2015	^[4]
6	Midfielder	Parker Maher	United States	February 13, 2015	^[4]
14	Defender	James Musa^{[OFF 2]}	New Zealand	February 25, 2015	^[4]
3	Defender	Sam Fink	United States	March 7, 2015	^[4]
7	Midfielder	Jamiel Hardware	Jamaica	March 7, 2015	^[4]
9	Forward	Jeremie Lynch	Jamaica	March 10, 2015	^[4]
23	Forward	Jordan Roberts	England	March 10, 2015	^[4]
21	Defender	Chad Vandegriffe^{[OFF 3]}	United States	March 13, 2015	^[4]
25	Midfielder	Brandon Barklage	United States	March 20, 2015	^[4]

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Previous Team	Date Signed	Ref
8	Midfielder	Chad Bond	Wales	Tulsa Roughnecks	January 7, 2016	^[8]
19	Forward	Irvin Herrera	El Salvador	Santa Tecla	February 18, 2016	^[9]
20	Midfielder	Vince Cicciarelli	United States	Des Moines Menace Saint Louis Billikens	March 3, 2016	^[10]
13	Goalkeeper	Ryan Thompson	Jamaica	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	March 3, 2016	^[10]
4	Defender	A. J. Cochran	United States	Houston Dynamo	March 6, 2016	^[11]
12	Midfielder	Tyler David	United States	Saint Louis Billikens	March 6, 2016	^[11]
16	Defender	Jake Bond	United States	Kitsap Pumas	March 16, 2016	^[12]
5	Defender	Mitchell Lurie	United States	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	March 16, 2016	^[12]
32	Midfielder	Schillo Tshuma	Zimbabwe	Arizona United	March 25, 2016	^[13]
0	Goalkeeper	Eduardo Cortes	Mexico	IUPUI Jaguars	March 31, 2016	^[14]
91	Midfielder	Seth Rudolph	United States	Sandvikens IF	April 22, 2016	^[15]
24	Goalkeeper	Sean Clancy	United States	UMKC Kangaroos	Date Unknown

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Previous Team	Date Signed	Ref
44	Midfielder	Wan Kuzain	Malaysia	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	May 21, 2016	^[16]
55	Defender	Aedan Stanley	United States	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	May 21, 2016	^[17]

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Loaned From	Date Loaned	Notes	Ref
18	Midfielder	Drew Conner	United States	Chicago Fire	March 25, 2016	Season-long loan (with option to recall)	^[17]
22	Defender	Patrick Doody	United States	Chicago Fire	March 25, 2016	Season-long loan (with option to recall)	^[17]
26	Defender	Eric Gehrig	United States	Chicago Fire	March 28, 2016		^[18]
30	Goalkeeper	Patrick McLain	United States	Chicago Fire	April 22, 2016	Single-game loan	^[19]
27	Midfielder	Collin Fernandez	United States	Chicago Fire	August 10, 2016	Season-long loan (with option to recall)	^[20]
29	Midfielder	Alex Morrell	United States	Chicago Fire	August 10, 2016	Season-long loan (with option to recall)	^[20]
28	Midfielder	Jason Plumhoff	United States	Jacksonville Armada	August 26, 2016		^[21]

2016 Saint Louis FC season

Player movement

Returning Players from 2015

Notes

New Signings

Academy Signings

Loans

In

Out

United Soccer League season

Preseason

Results summary

Matches

Standings

Western Conference Table

U.S. Open Cup

Matches

Player statistics

Goals

Assists

Shutouts

Kit

References

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February 25	Charleston Cougars	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Mount Pleasant, SC
1:00 PM CST	First Half' First Half'	Source Source		Stadium: CofC Soccer Stadium at Patriot's Point
Note: Postponed from original date of February 24

February 27	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	2–2	Saint Louis FC	Conway, SC
9:00 AM CST	32' 58'	Source Source Source Source Source	Lynch 12' Roberts 74'	Stadium: CCU Soccer Field
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each

February 27	Charleston Battery	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Charleston, SC
3:00 PM CST	Portillo 59'	Source Source	Lynch 70'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each

March 13	Oklahoma City Energy	0–0	Saint Louis FC	Springfield, MO
2:00 PM CDT		Source		Stadium: Lake Country Soccer Complex

March 16	Evansville Purple Aces	1–2	Saint Louis FC	Evansville, IN
5:00 PM CDT	McGrath 76'	Report	Roberts 25', 50'	Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium

March 16	Indy Eleven	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Evansville, IN
7:30 PM CDT	Smart 64'	Report	Herrera 46'	Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium

March 19	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	0–0	Saint Louis FC	Edwardsville, IL
3:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	8	10	12	42	44	−2	34	4	7	4	23	20	+3	4	3	8	19	24	−5

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Stadium	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	D	W	P	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D

March 26 01	Real Monarchs	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM CDT	Orellana 90+1'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Musa 43' C. Bond 90+5'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 2,453 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

March 30 02	LA Galaxy II	3–0	Saint Louis FC	Carson, CA
9:30 PM CDT	McBean 43', 58' Rebellón 45+1'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Bushue 56' Cochran 74'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 743 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

April 30 07	Saint Louis FC	Postponed	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park
Note: Postponed due to inclement weather,^[23] rescheduled for May 25^[24]

May 7 08	Saint Louis FC	3–0	Swope Park Rangers	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Tshuma 11' C. Bond 39', 43' 79' Herrera 52'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Ballo 17' 45+1'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 5,028

May 21 10	Tulsa Roughnecks	2–5	Saint Louis FC	Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Davoren 17' Ramos Carpio 29' Ochoa 37', 76' Grimes 83'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Herrera 10', 53', 71', 78' Musa 84', 88'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,451 Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadill

April 2 03	Orange County Blues	1–3	Saint Louis FC	Irvine, CA
9:00 PM CDT	Griffiths 24' Mirković 76' Felix 84'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Musa 32' Maher 45+3' Fink 70' Cicciarelli 88', 90+7'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

April 9 04	Oklahoma City Energy	2–2	Saint Louis FC	Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM CDT	Dalgaard 9' Gonzalez 39' Craft 60'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Cicciarelli 23' Doody 36' Bushue 64' Fink 80'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Referee: Younes Marrakchi

April 16 05	Saint Louis FC	0–0	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Musa 65'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)		Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 5,531 Referee: Malik Badawi

April 23 06	Sacramento Republic	0–1	Saint Louis FC	Sacramento, CA
9:30 PM CDT	Foran 90+5'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Musa 24' Ambersley 59' Dixon 71' McLain 90+4'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Michael Zapata

May 14 09	Louisville City	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Louisville, KY
6:30 PM CDT	Davis 77' Lancaster 90' (pen.)	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Conner 67' Pais 89'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,859 Referee: Aaron Hernandez

May 25 11	Saint Louis FC	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT	Fink 21' Barklage 25' Cochran 45+4' Hardware 62' C. Bond 90+3'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Levis 23' Seymore 45+4'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,763
Note: Rescheduled from April 30 due to inclement weather^[23]^[24]

May 29 12	Saint Louis FC	1–1	Rio Grande Valley Toros	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Dixon 45+3' Herrera 76'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Escalante 69' James 89'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,704

June 4 13	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Colorado Springs, CO
8:00 PM CDT	Maybin 3' Gonzalez 18' Suggs 41'	Report (USL)	Bushue 59'	Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium Attendance: 3,910

June 11 14	Saint Louis FC	7–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Rudolph 4', 50' Herrera 17', 52' Hardware 38' Roberts 76' Cicciarelli 78'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Mata 37' Peters 39' Abidor 60' Morgan 65' Ramos Carpio 85'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,749

June 18 15	Arizona United	2–1	Saint Louis FC	Peoria, AZ
9:30 PM CDT	Blackwood 9' Tan 58'	Report (USL)	Hardware 19' Bushue 79' Ambersley 80' Roberts 90+2'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,002

June 25 16	Saint Louis FC	1–0	Portland Timbers 2	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Musa 32' Herrera 58' (pen.)	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Clarke 54' Gallagher 59' Casiple 83'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 5,513

July 2 17	Swope Park Rangers	1–0	Saint Louis FC	Kansas City, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Pasher 1'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Hardware 44' C. Bond 64'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 933 Referee: Sorin Stoica
Note: Play was temporarily suspended in the 37th minute due to lightning^[25]

July 6 18	Saint Louis FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders 2	Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT	Fink 87'	Report (USL)	Alihodžić 12'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,400

July 9 19	Saint Louis FC	1–2	FC Cincinnati	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Cummings 8' McMahon 58' Mohamed 60' Stevenson 78'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Ambersley 26' Fink 61' Tshuma 85' Barklage 90+3'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,502

July 15 20	Tulsa Roughnecks	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Tulsa, OK
7:30 PM CDT	Villalobos 66' Ochoa 83'	Report (USL)		Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,776

July 23 21	Saint Louis FC	2–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Musa 26' Herrera 45+2'	Report (USL)	Maybin 54'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,771

July 30 22	Saint Louis FC	0–0	Oklahoma City Energy	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT		Report (USL)		Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,370

August 3 23	Saint Louis FC	1–1	Swope Park Rangers	Fenton, MO
7:00 PM CDT	Cochran 53' Herrera 64' David 68'	Report (STLFC) Report (USL)	Meyer 20' Rubio 34' Didic 64'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,582

August 13 24	Saint Louis FC	3–4	Sacramento Republic	Fenton, MO
7:30 PM CDT	Ambersley 26' Roberts 74' C. Bond 90'	Report (USL)	Koval 5' Iwasa 11', 57' Guzmán 17'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 5,453

August 21 25	Swope Park Rangers	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Kansas City, KS
6:00 PM CDT	Barrett 89'	Report (USL)	Cicciarelli 80'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park