The 2016 season was Western New York Flash's ninth season, the fourth in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The season ended with the Flash's first finals appearance since the 2013 NWSL season and the franchise's first NWSL Championship victory. It was also the final season of the NWSL franchise's existence in Rochester, New York, or as the Western New York Flash, after being purchased by the North Carolina FC organization, moved to Cary, North Carolina, and rebranded as the North Carolina Courage in January 2017. It was replaced in March 2017 by a new Buffalo-based Western New York Flash team in United Women's Soccer.
First-team squad
Match results
Pre-season The Flash announced their preseason schedule on March 11, 2016.
Regular season
Postseason playoff
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Squad statistics Source: NWSL
Squad statistics are of regular season only
16FWLady Andrade 2 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 010MFHalimatu Ayinde 1 1 45 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 020MFJanice Cayman 3 1 97 0 0 0 2 2 100% 0 0 0 1 4 1 01GLSabrina D'Angelo 11 11 990 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 013MFAbby Dahlkemper 20 20 1800 2 1 2 14 8 57% 4 60 0 11 11 2 03MFMakenzy Doniak 20 15 1144 3 4 0 15 8 53% 13 1 1 6 15 1 028GKBritt Eckerstrom 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 0 0 1 0 04MFElizabeth Eddy 20 20 1754 0 2 0 8 5 63% 6 8 1 21 12 3 06DFAbby Erceg 17 16 1474 2 1 0 13 4 31% 0 1 1 14 6 2 12MFMichaela Hahn 13 8 659 1 1 0 9 2 22% 0 0 0 3 4 1 017FWKristen Hamilton 12 0 125 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 3 1 1 015DFJaelene Hinkle 15 15 1325 1 3 1 12 9 75% 12 38 0 9 9 2 08MFGa Eul Jeon 2 1 85 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 1 0 1 4 0 024DFAlanna Kennedy 15 15 1298 0 1 0 11 6 55% 0 1 1 20 8 3 019FWAdriana Leon 10 3 342 0 0 0 12 3 25% 0 0 2 8 2 2 014FWJessica McDonald 19 19 1665 10 7 0 61 34 56% 8 3 13 10 11 0 05MFSamantha Mewis 14 14 1260 5 2 1 39 17 44% 3 0 0 22 13 1 023DFCourtney Niemiec 6 4 397 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 2 3 0 00GKKatelyn Rowland 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 010FWLianne Sanderson 9 8 702 3 0 0 22 10 45% 3 1 3 5 13 0 011FWTaylor Smith 18 5 726 2 0 0 17 4 24% 1 1 0 9 11 1 025FWMeredith Speck 6 5 369 0 1 0 3 1 33% 1 1 2 3 0 1 09FWLynn Williams 19 19 1670 11 5 0 70 34 49% 6 0 22 15 4 0 07MFMcCall Zerboni 12 11 1011 0 1 0 13 4 31% 3 0 1 17 16 2 0Team Total 20 — 19799 40 29 4 325 153 47% 60 117 47 181 148 23 1
1GKSabrina D'Angelo 11 11 990 16 1.45 3 4 105 52 35 67% 0 028GKBritt Eckerstrom 3 3 270 2 0.67 1 1 29 18 16 89% 0 00GKKatelyn Rowland 6 6 540 8 1.33 0 0 55 24 16 67% 0 0Team Total 20 — 1800 26 1.30 4 5 189 94 67 71% 0 0
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See also 2016 National Women's Soccer League season