2016 Swope Park Rangers season

The 2016 Swope Park Rangers season is 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.

Swope Park Rangers
2016 season
General ManagerKurt Austin
Head CoachMarc Dos Santos
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
USLConference: 4th
USL PlayoffsChampionship Final
Top goalscorerMark Anthony Gonzalez (5)
Highest home attendance6,812
(Mar. 26 vs. Portland 2 at Children's Mercy Park)
Lowest home attendance926
(Jun. 8 vs. Rio Grande Valley)
Average home league attendance2,348

Roster

As of March 25, 2016.[1][2] Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Jon Kempin (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)  United States
26 Defender Tommy Meyer  United States
28 Goalkeeper Zac Lubin  United States
30 Forward Dániel Sallói (HGP; on loan from Sporting Kansas City)  Hungary
31 Midfielder Nansel Selbol  Nigeria
32 Midfielder Christian Duke (Captain)  United States
33 Defender Jacob VanCompernolle  United States
35 Midfielder Ualefi  Brazil
44 Midfielder Tomás Granitto  El Salvador
47 Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez  Canada
49 Midfielder Will Little III  United States
50 Forward Kris Tyrpak  United States
55 Defender Amer Didic  Canada
56 Defender Ezra Armstrong  United States
67 Defender Jaylin Lindsey  United States
74 Midfielder Jimmy Mulligan (on loan from New York Cosmos)  United States
77 Midfielder Tyler Pasher  Canada
81 Defender Oumar Ballo  Mali
88 Midfielder Kévin Oliveira  Cape Verde
90 Defender Johnny Grant  Canada
92 Midfielder Alex Molano  United States
98 Goalkeeper Steven Tekesky  United States
99 Forward Dane Kelly  Jamaica
-- Midfielder Ayrton  Brazil

Staff

Competitions

Preseason

  Win   Draw   Loss

February 17, 2016 DDC 1Colorado Rapids1–3Swope Park RangersTucson, 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 2Arizona United SC0–0Swope Park RangersTucson, Arizona
(CDT) Gavin  17'
Johnson  73'		 Report Kelly  28'
Diaw  65'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Robi Hullner
February 24, 2016 DDC 3Swope Park Rangers2–2Columbus Crew SCTucson, 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 4FC Tucson0–1Swope Park RangersTucson, Arizona
17:00 (CDT) Guerra  73' Report Kelly  32' Stadium: Kino Sports Complex North Stadium
Referee: Noah Kenyawani
March 12, 2016 Scrimmage 1Swope Park Rangers4–1Rockhurst HawksKansas 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 2Swope Park Rangers1–2Creighton BluejaysKansas 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 3Swope Park Rangers0–1Tulsa Golden HurricaneKansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Lindsey  55'
Sallói  61'		 Report Sanchez  9'
Rocha  61'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Referee: Jack Feldman

USL Regular season
Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings
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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 26, 2016 USL 1Swope Park Rangers2–1Portland Timbers 2Kansas 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 2Tulsa Roughnecks FC1–2Swope Park RangersTulsa, 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 3San Antonio FC1–1Swope Park RangersSan 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 4Oklahoma City Energy FC1–0Swope Park RangersOklahoma 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 5Swope Park Rangers1–2Whitecaps FC 2Kansas 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 6Saint Louis FC3–0Swope Park RangersFenton, 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 7Swope Park Rangers2–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCKansas 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 8Rio Grande Valley FC Toros4–1Swope Park RangersEdinburg, 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 9Sacramento Republic FC1–1Swope Park RangersSacramento, 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 10Portland Timbers 22–1Swope Park RangersMeridian, 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 11Swope Park Rangers4–0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosKansas 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 12Vancouver Whitecaps FC 23–2Swope Park RangersVancouver, 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 13Swope Park Rangers1–3Oklahoma City Energy FCKansas 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 14Seattle Sounders FC 20–2Swope Park RangersTukwila, 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 15Swope Park Rangers1–0Saint Louis FCKansas 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 16Arizona United SC1–1Swope Park RangersPeoria, 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 17Swope Park Rangers0–2Oklahoma City Energy FCKansas 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 18Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC1–1Swope Park RangersColorado 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 19Swope Park Rangers3–0Orange County Blues FCKansas 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 20Swope Park Rangers2–1San Antonio FCKansas 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 21Saint Louis FC1–1Swope Park RangersFenton, 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 22Tulsa Roughnecks FCvSwope Park RangersTulsa, Oklahoma
19:30 (CDT) Report Stadium: ONEOK Field
Note: Postponed due to unsafe field conditions.
August 13, 2016 USL 23Real Monarchs1-0Swope Park RangersSalt Lake City, Utah
20:00 (CDT) Orozco  8'
Moberg
Sundly
Amankona 		Summary Ayrton
Tyrpak 		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
August 21, 2016 USL 24Swope Park Rangers1-1Saint Louis FCKansas City, Kansas
18:00 (CDT) Barrett  89'  89' Summary Musa  4'
Roberts  71'
Cicciarelli  80'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
August 27, 2016 USL 25Swope Park Rangers2-1LA Galaxy IIKansas 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 26Swope Park Rangers2-1San Antonio FCKansas 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 27Swope Park Rangers0-2Rio Grande Valley FC TorosKansas 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 28Swope Park Rangers2-0Tulsa Roughnecks FCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
September 18, 2016 USL 29Oklahoma City Energy FC0-3Swope Park RangersOklahoma City, Oklahoma
18:00 (CDT) Stadium: Taft Stadium
September 24, 2016 USL 30Swope Park Rangers2-0Seattle Sounders FC 2Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
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References
  1. "Christian Duke returns to KC as Swope Park Rangers' first signing". sportingkc.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  2. "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.
  3. "Nikola Popovic and Alec Dufty join Swope Park Rangers technical staff". Sporting Kansas City.
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