2016 Rochester Rhinos season

Rochester Rhinos

2016 season

Owners

David and Wendy Dworkin

Head coach

Bob Lilley

Stadium

Rochester Rhinos Stadium

USL

Conference: 4th, Eastern Conference

USL Playoffs

Conference semi-finals

U.S. Open Cup

Fourth Round

Home colors

Away colors

Third colors

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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.

Roster

as of March 24, 2015^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Grinwis, AdamAdam Grinwis	United States
2	Midfielder	Ugarte, MarcosMarcos Ugarte	United States
3	Defender	Kamdem, BradleyBradley Kamdem	France
4	Defender	Totsch, SeanSean Totsch	United States
5	Defender	Apostolopoulos, VassiliosVassilios Apostolopoulos	Greece
6	Midfielder	Guilavogui, MichelMichel Guilavogui	Guinea
7	Midfielder	James, RyanRyan James	Canada
8	Midfielder	Fortune II, AndreAndre Fortune II	Trinidad and Tobago
9	Forward	Volesky, ChristianChristian Volesky	United States
10	Forward	Duba, Duba	Cape Verde
11	Midfielder	Forbes, KenardoKenardo Forbes	Jamaica
12	Forward	Samuels, AsaniAsani Samuels	Jamaica
13	Midfielder	Garzi, MikeMike Garzi	United States
15	Defender	Farrell, JoeJoe Farrell	United States
16	Midfielder	Reilly, SeanSean Reilly	United States
17	Defender	Fall, WalWal Fall	Germany
18	Goalkeeper	Gomez, TomasTomas Gomez	United States
20	Defender	Walls, TonyTony Walls	United States
21	Defender	Samuel, DominicDominic Samuel	Canada
22	Midfielder	Beresford, BrandonBrandon Beresford	Guyana
23	Midfielder	Becker, JordanJordan Becker	United States
29	Midfielder	Tergou, SofianeSofiane Tergou	France
33	Goalkeeper	Lynd, DanielDaniel Lynd	United States

Competitions

Preseason

March 4, 2016 Preseason	Buffalo Bulls	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Amherst, New York
				Stadium: University at Buffalo Stadium

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Louisville City FC	30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60	Conference Playoffs
3	FC Cincinnati	30	16	8	6	41	27	+14	56
4	Rochester Rhinos	30	13	12	5	38	25	+13	51
5	Charlotte Independence	30	14	8	8	48	29	+19	50
6	Charleston Battery	30	13	9	8	38	33	+5	48

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
7:00pm		Report	Volesky 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
5:00pm	Imura 61'	Report	Garzi 73'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,990 Referee: Matthew Franz

April 17, 2016 3	New York Red Bulls II	0–0	Rochester Rhinos	Harrison, New Jersey
4:00pm	Powder 66'	Report	Ugarte 42' Farrell 68' Duba 93'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

April 23, 2016 4	Rochester Rhinos	2–1	FC Montreal	Rochester, New York
5:00pm	Volesky 52', 56' (pen.) Forbes 90+4'	Report	Joly 48' Dominguez 50' Gagnon-Laparé 56' Béland-Goyette 66' Kacher 86' Charbonneau Template:90+6 Fisher Template:90+7	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

April 30, 2016 5	Rochester Rhinos	2–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Forbes 23' Kamdem 40' James 61' Apostolopoulos 73' Fortune 85' Samuel 90+2'	Report	Johnson 36' Thomas 68', 88' Foster 86'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 2,513

May 6, 2016 6	Rochester Rhinos	3–2	Charleston Battery	Rochester, New York
7:00pm	Farrell 11' Garzi 22' Forbes 28' Volesky 37' Kamdem 68' 75' (pen.)	Report	Williams 15' Chang 21' Garbonzo 49' Hackshaw 73'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 4,162

May 14, 2016 7	Rochester Rhinos	0–0	Charlotte Independence	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Fall 14' Samuel 62'	Report	Ekra 42'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 2,142

May 22, 2016 8	Orlando City B	2–1	Rochester Rhinos	Melbourne, Florida
7:30pm	Barry 41', 57' Turner 90'	Report	Garzi 42' Apostolopoulos 74' Dos Santos 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex Referee: 925

May 28, 2016 9	Rochester Rhinos	2–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Farrell 13', 90+4' 69' Volesky 27'	Report	Richter 24' (pen.) Chambers 27' Daly 58' Fred 90'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

June 4, 2016 10	FC Montreal	0–2	Rochester Rhinos	Montreal, Quebec
3:00pm	Mkungilwa 90+4'	Report	Volesky 45' Duba 49'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 248

June 11, 2016 11	Toronto FC II	1–2	Rochester Rhinos	Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pm	Hundal 34' Osorio 54' Uccello 77' Simonin 89' Johnson 90+1'	Report	Apostolopoulos 68' Farrell 90+2'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

June 18, 2016 12	Rochester Rhinos	0–1	Louisville City FC	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Kamdem 80'	Report	Lubahn 28' Del Piccolo 45'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Referee: Patrick Rosas

June 25, 2016 13	Rochester Rhinos	2–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Farrell 8' Garzi 60'	Report	Hertzog 45'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 3,543

July 2, 2016 14	New York Red Bulls II	0–0	Rochester Rhinos	Harrison, New Jersey
4:00pm	Long 10' Williams 55' Allen 71'	Report	Fall 80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

July 6, 2016 15	Rochester Rhinos	2–1	FC Cincinnati	Rochester, New York
7:00pm	Garzi 34' Dos Santos 65' (pen.)	Report	Delbridge 64' Okoli 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 3,023 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

July 10, 2016 16	Rochester Rhinos	0–0	Orlando City B	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Fall 31'	Report	Mendoza 24'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

July 16, 2016 17	Rochester Rhinos	3–1	FC Montreal	Rochester, New York
7:00pm	Volesky 32' Duba 49' Fall 59' 79' Samuel 81'	Report	Mkungilwa 12'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 4,560

July 20, 2016 18	Toronto FC II	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pm	Osorio 31' Thomas 77'	Report	Volesky 27'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Yusri Rudolph

July 24, 2016 19	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Jones 20' Conneh 45+4' Burke 79'	Report	Forbes 57'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 1,996 Referee: Matthew Franz

July 29, 2016 20	Harrisburg City Islanders	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00pm	Thomas 9' Pettis 31' Leverock 87' Jankouskas 90+'	Report	Totsch 87'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,923

August 3, 2016 21	Rochester Rhinos	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Rochester, New York
7:00pm	Kamdem 74'	Report	Roberts 54' Sekyere 60' Asante 70' Imura 75' Ownby 77'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Charles Murphy

August 6, 2016 22	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Volesky 43' dos Santos 46'	Report		Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

August 13, 2016 23	Louisville City FC	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Craig 84'	Report	Volesky 12'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,373

August 20, 2016 24	Rochester Rhinos	3–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Tergou 7' Tergou 39' Reilly 56'	Report		Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

August 24, 2016 25	FC Cincinnati	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00pm	Berry 26'	Report	dos Santos 41'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 14,157

August 27, 2016 26	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	2–2	Rochester Rhinos	Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00pm	Moose 35' Caldini Perone 90'	Report	Volesky 77' Fall 90'	Stadium: Legion Stadium

September 3, 2016 27	Charleston Battery	1–2	Rochester Rhinos	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm	Portillo 14'	Report	Volesky 24' Bakayoko 80'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

September 10, 2016 28	Rochester Rhinos	1–1	New York Red Bulls II	Rochester, New York
5:00pm	Samuels 57'	Report	Bezecourt 88'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 3,505

September 17, 2016 29	Charlotte Independence	0–1	Rochester Rhinos	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm		Report	dos Santos 41'	Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,471

September 24, 2016 30	Rochester Rhinos	1–0	Toronto FC II	Rochester, New York
5:00pm	dos Santos 6'	Report		Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium

Schedule source

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

May 18, 2016 Second round	Rochester Rhinos	7–0	Southie FC	Rochester, New York
7:00pm	Volesky 5' (pen.) Fortune 8' Ugarte 29' Samuels 44', 45', 48' 79' ??	Report		Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Referee: Stephen Montanino

June 1, 2016 Third round	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	Lansdowne Bhoys FC	Rochester, New York
7:00pm	Fortune 59' Volesky 70'			Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Referee: Jaroslaw Werel

June 15, 2016 Fourth round	Rochester Rhinos	0–1	New York Red Bulls	Rochester, New York
7:00pm		Report	Kljestan 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Referee: Charles Murphy

USL Playoffs

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

2016 USL season
Playoffs Transfers
East	Bethlehem Steel Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City FC Montreal New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads
West	Arizona United Colorado Springs Switchbacks LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2

2016 in American soccer

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Leagues

Men	MLS MLS Cup Playoffs NASL USL Playoffs PDL NPSL PLA ASL MASL 2015–16 2016–17 SPSL 2015–16 2016–17 Super-20 League NCAA Division I Division II Division III
Women	NWSL NWSL Shield NWSL Playoffs WPSL UWS NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2015–16
- 2016–17

National teams

Men	Copa América Centenario
Men U23	Olympic Qualifying Play-off
Women	Olympic Qualifying SheBelieves Cup Olympics
Women U23	CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Team seasons

Men

Women

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