The 2016 Orlando City SC season was the club's sixth season of existence in Orlando, and second season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system.
Background
On July 15, 2015, Orlando City opened an additional 4,000 seats for sale to potential season ticket holders, bringing the total available season tickets to 18,000. The extra allotment sold out on August 18, 2015. Season tickets are again sold out for the 2016 season.
On October 15, 2015, Orlando City announced that they would field an owned-and-operated team in the United Soccer League, Orlando City B. The team began play in the 2016 season at Eastern Florida State College's Melbourne campus.
On January 13, 2016, Orlando City announced that they would play the entire 2016 season at Camping World Stadium. They had hoped to move into Orlando City Stadium in September but construction delays made that impossible. The team instead moved in 2017.
Roster
NationalityNamePosition(s)Date of birth (age)Previous clubNotesGoalkeepers1Joe Bendik GK Toronto FC–36Earl Edwards Jr. GK UCLA Bruins–Defenders2Tyler Turner RB IMG Academy BradentonHGP3Seb Hines CB Middlesbrough–4José Aja CB NacionalINT, Loan in12Kevin Alston DF New England Revolution–14Luke Boden LB Sheffield Wednesday–16Devron García CB/DM C.D. VictoriaINT20Brek Shea LB/LW Stoke City– 23Conor Donovan CB NC State WolfpackGA27Rafael Ramos RB S.L. Benfica Juniors U-19INT29Tommy Redding CB FC AmericaHGP44David Mateos CB FerencvárosINT45Mikey Ambrose DF Orlando City B–Midfielders5Servando Carrasco DM Sporting Kansas City–6Richie Laryea AM Akron ZipsGA7Cristian Higuita CM Deportivo CaliINT8Harrison Heath DM Norwich City U-18HGP10Kaká (captain) AM A.C. MilanINT, DP18Kevin Molino AM/RW Ma Pau SC–22Antonio Nocerino DM A.C. MilanINT30Matías Pérez García AM San Jose EarthquakesINT, DP46Tony Rocha CM/DM Orlando City B–Forwards11Carlos Rivas FW/LW Deportivo CaliINT, DP13Hadji Barry FW Philadelphia Union–15Pedro Ribeiro AM/SS UCF Knights–19Júlio Baptista CF CruzeiroINT21Cyle Larin FW Connecticut HuskiesGA, INT
Competitions
Friendlies
Major League Soccer
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00) except where otherwise noted.
It was announced on December 22, 2015, that, just like the 2015 season, Orlando City would open the campaign at home, this year against Real Salt Lake. The remainder of the schedule was released on January 7, 2016.
Results summary
Results
Standings
Eastern Conference table
Overall table
U.S. Open Cup
On May 21, 2016, Orlando City was drawn to face the winner of the third round match between Jacksonville Armada FC, and the winner of the second round match between The Villages SC and Charleston Battery. Although The Villages SC won the match on penalty shootout, they were subsequently disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. Jacksonville Armada ultimately won the third round matchup, setting up a match in Jacksonville against Orlando City, a rematch of their preseason match.
Squad statistics
Appearances
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
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|colspan="10"|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan="10"|Players who appeared for the club but left during the season:
Goalscorers
NameTotal121FW Cyle Larin14014218MF Kevin Molino11112310MF Kaká909419FW Júlio Baptista60653DF Seb Hines30311FW Carlos Rivas30320DF Brek Shea30332MF Adrian Winter30397MF Cristian Higuita10144DF David Mateos011Own goal20 2Total55257
Shutouts
NameTotal 1 1 Joe Bendik 5 0 5 2 36 Earl Edwards Jr. 0 1 1Total516
Player movement Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
MLS SuperDraft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2016 draft was held on January 14, 2016. Orlando had four selections.
2016 Orlando City MLS SuperDraft Picks Round Selection Player Position College Status 1 7 Richie Laryea MF University of Akron Signed 1 13 Hadji Barry MF University of Central FloridaSigned 3 48 Antonio Matarazzo MF Columbia UniversityNot signed 4 68 Tobenna Uzo FW Coastal Carolina UniversityNot signed
Transfers in DateNameTransferred fromFee/notesRef.November 9, 2015 Mason Stajduhar GK Orlando City Academy MLS Homegrown PlayerDecember 17, 2015 Kevin Alston DF New England Revolution MLS Re-Entry DraftDecember 21, 2015 Joe Bendik GK Toronto FC Traded for a conditional 2017 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round PickJanuary 27, 2016 Devron García DF C.D. Victoria Undisclosed Fee February 18, 2016 Antonio Nocerino MF A.C. Milan T.A.M and G.A.M to D.C. United March 23, 2016 Júlio Baptista FW Cruzeiro Undisclosed Fee August 3, 2016 Matías Pérez García MF San Jose Earthquakes Traded for Darwin Cerén August 4, 2016 Mikey Ambrose DF Orlando City B August 4, 2016 Tony Rocha MF Orlando City B
Loan in NameLoaned fromStart dateEnd dateRef.DF José Aja Nacional July 21, 2016 December 2016
Transfers out DateNameTransferred toFee/notesRef. November 25, 2015 Corey Ashe DF Columbus Crew Declined Contract Option Danny Mwanga FW Tampa Bay Rowdies Tally Hall GK D.C. United Josh Ford GK San Antonio FC Eric Avila MF Tampa Bay Rowdies Lewis Neal MF Orlando City B Adam Bedell FW Unattached Sidney Rivera FW Puerto Rico FC Tony Cascio MF Arizona United SC Expired Contract February 1, 2016 Estrela MF APOEL Released April 29, 2016 Aurélien Collin DF New York Red Bulls 2017 MLS Super Draft Fourth Round Pick July 5, 2016 Adrian Winter MF FC Zürich Mutual Termination August 3, 2016 Darwin Cerén MF San Jose Earthquakes Traded for Matías Pérez García
Loan out No.NameLoaned toStart dateEnd dateRef. 2 DF Tyler Turner Orlando City B March 25, 2016 — 6 MF Richmond Laryea — 8 DF Harrison Heath — 13 FW Hadji Barry — 25 GK Mason Stajduhar — 35 FW Bryan Róchez — 16 DF Devron García April 15, 2016 — 23 DF Conor Donovan May 1, 2016 — 14 DF Luke Boden May 7, 2016 May 8, 2016 35 FW Bryan Róchez Real España July 22, 2016 End of 2016 season
Notable events
On April 26, 2016, Florida Citrus Sports announced that they had sold naming rights for the stadium to Camping World. Camping World would also be the presenting sponsor of the stadium's college football kickoff series for at least its first four years, through 2019.Camping World stadium Wikipedia page
Adrian Heath was sacked by Orlando City on July 7, 2016, following a 4–0 defeat against FC Dallas. Bobby Murphy was the interim head coach until the hiring of former NYCFC manager Jason Kreis on July 19.Orlando City SC Wikipedia page
On October 2, the Lions were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with a 1–0 loss at Montreal.results
The season ended on October 23, in the final game at Camping World Stadium, with a 4–2 win against D.C. United.
Media Any matches that are not featured in the MLS national television package on either ESPN2, Fox Sports 1 or UniMás will air locally on WRDQ 27. Jeff Radcliffe will call play-by-play, with Lewis Neal providing color commentary. They will also air pregame and postgame shows for each match, and a weekly highlight show. They are working on affiliate agreements to air matches out-of-market.
On the radio, matches will air on WTKS-FM "Real Radio 104.1" in English, with Tom Traxler and Adam Schick providing the call. When City is on a nationally televised match, Jeff Radcliffe will call the match on WTKS with Tom Traxler. Matches will also air on WONQ "La Grande 1030" in Spanish. The Spanish play-by-play announcer is Israel Herredia, with color commentary by Sergio Ruiz. The Spanish radio feed will be used as the SAP Spanish feed on Fox Sports Florida and Sun Sports.
Orlando City will black out matches not on the MLS national television package on MLS Live this season. Local fans will be unable to watch locally televised matches via live stream during the matches, though they will become available immediately upon completion.
See also 2016 in American soccer 2016 Major League Soccer season
References