2016 Rochester Rhinos season

The 2016 Rochester Rhinos season was the club's 21st year of existence, and their sixth season in the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid, playing in the United Soccer League Eastern Conference. They entered the season as defending USL champions and made it back to the playoffs, but were eliminated in the conference semi-finals by the New York Red Bulls II.

Rochester Rhinos
2016 season
OwnersDavid and Wendy Dworkin
Head coachBob Lilley
StadiumRochester Rhinos Stadium
USLConference: 4th, Eastern Conference
USL PlayoffsConference semi-finals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
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Roster

as of March 24, 2015[1]

No.PositionPlayerNation
1GKAdam Grinwis  United States
2MFMarcos Ugarte  United States
3DFBradley Kamdem  France
4DFSean Totsch  United States
5DFVassilios Apostolopoulos  Greece
6MFMichel Guilavogui  Guinea
7MFRyan James  Canada
8MFAndre Fortune II  Trinidad and Tobago
9FWChristian Volesky  United States
10FW Duba  Cape Verde
11MFKenardo Forbes  Jamaica
12FWAsani Samuels  Jamaica
13MFMike Garzi  United States
15DFJoe Farrell  United States
16MFSean Reilly  United States
17DFWal Fall  Germany
18GKTomas Gomez  United States
20DFTony Walls  United States
21DFDominic Samuel  Canada
22MFBrandon Beresford  Guyana
23MFJordan Becker  United States
29MFSofiane Tergou  France
33GKDaniel Lynd  United States

Competitions

Preseason

March 6, 2016 Preseason Rochester Rhinos 2–0 Colgate Raiders Victor, New York
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility
March 10, 2016 Preseason Rochester Rhinos 3–3 Ottawa Fury FC Victor, New York
Volesky 2nd quarter'
Duba 3rd quarter', 3rd quarter'
Paulo Jr. 2nd quarter' (pen.)
Gyorio 4th quarter'
Bruna 4th quarter'
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility
Note: Was played with four 30-minute quarters
March 26, 2016 Preseason Rochester Rhinos 1–0 Syracuse Orange Victor, New York
Stadium: Pinnacle Athletic Facility

USL Regular season

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
2Louisville City FC3017945227+2560Conference Playoffs
3FC Cincinnati3016864127+1456
4Rochester Rhinos30131253825+1351
5Charlotte Independence3014884829+1950
6Charleston Battery3013983833+548
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

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

April 2, 2016 1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–1 Rochester Rhinos Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pmReportVolesky 7'
Apostolopoulos  62'
Ugarte  64'
Totsch  85'
Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Leland Grant
April 9, 2016 2 Richmond Kickers 1–0 Rochester Rhinos Richmond, Virginia
5:00pmImura 61'ReportGarzi  73'Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,990
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 23, 2016 4 Rochester Rhinos 2–1 FC Montreal Rochester, New York
5:00pmVolesky 52', 56' (pen.)
Forbes  90+4'
ReportJoly 48'
Dominguez  50'
Gagnon-Laparé  56'
Béland-Goyette  66'
Kacher  86'
Charbonneau  90+6'
Fisher  90+7'
Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
June 11, 2016 11 Toronto FC II 1–2 Rochester Rhinos Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pmHundal  34'
Osorio  54'
Uccello 77'
Simonin  89'
Johnson 90+1'
ReportApostolopoulos  68'
Farrell 90+2'
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,262
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
July 6, 2016 15 Rochester Rhinos 2–1 FC Cincinnati Rochester, New York
7:00pmGarzi 34'
Dos Santos 65' (pen.)
ReportDelbridge  64'
Okoli 75' (pen.)
Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 3,023
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
July 16, 2016 17 Rochester Rhinos 3–1 FC Montreal Rochester, New York
7:00pmVolesky 32'
Duba 49'
Fall  59' 79'
Samuel  81'
ReportMkungilwa 12'Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,560
July 20, 2016 18 Toronto FC II 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pmOsorio  31'
Thomas 77'
ReportVolesky 27'Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,072
Referee: Yusri Rudolph
July 24, 2016 19 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00pmJones 20'
Conneh  45+4'
Burke  79'
ReportForbes 57'Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 3, 2016 21 Rochester Rhinos 0–1 Richmond Kickers Rochester, New York
7:00pmKamdem  74'ReportRoberts  54'
Sekyere  60'
Asante  70'
Imura 75'
Ownby  77'
Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Charles Murphy
August 24, 2016 25 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00pmBerry 26'Reportdos Santos 41'Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 14,157

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup

v Southie FC
May 18, 2016 Second round Rochester Rhinos 7–0 Southie FC Rochester, New York
7:00pmVolesky 5' (pen.)
Fortune 8'
Ugarte 29'
Samuels 44', 45', 48'
79' ??
ReportStadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Stephen Montanino
v Lansdowne Bhoys FC
June 1, 2016 Third round Rochester Rhinos 2–0 Lansdowne Bhoys FC Rochester, New York
7:00pmFortune 59'
Volesky 70'
Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,429
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel

USL Playoffs

References