2016 Seattle Reign FC season

The 2016 Seattle Reign FC season was the club's fourth season of play and their fourth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The club entered the season as the two-time defending winner of the NWSL Shield.

Seattle Reign FC

2016 season
Owners	Bill and Teresa Predmore
General manager	Laura Harvey
Head coach	Laura Harvey
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
NWSL	5th (missed the playoffs)
Top goalscorer	Manon Melis (7)
Highest home attendance	5,888 (Aug 27 vs. PTFC)
Lowest home attendance	3,987 (Apr 17 vs. SBFC)
Average home league attendance	4,599
Home colors Away colors
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Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
General Manager & Head Coach	Laura Harvey
Assistant Coach	Sam Laity
Goalkeeper Coach	Ben Dragavon

Last updated: August 30, 2016
Source: https://www.reignfc.com/

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  USA Lauren Barnes 4 DF  SCO Rachel Corsie 21 DF  USA Michelle Cruz 25 FW  USA Kiersten Dallstream 6 MF  USA Lindsay Elston 10 MF  WAL Jess Fishlock 13 DF  USA Kendall Fletcher 36 FW  JPN Nahomi Kawasumi 28 GK  USA Haley Kopmeyer 8 MF  SCO Kim Little

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  USA Merritt Mathias 14 FW  NED Manon Melis 16 DF  USA Carson Pickett 15 FW  USA Megan Rapinoe 7 DF  USA Elli Reed 19 MF  USA Havana Solaun 24 GK  USA Andi Tostanoski 20 MF  JPN Rumi Utsugi 11 MF  USA Keelin Winters (captain) 17 FW  USA Beverly Yanez

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Portland Thorns FC v Seattle Reign FC

March 27, 2016 PTFC Tournament	Portland Thorns FC	0–2	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT)	Horan  59' Nadim  90'	Box Recap	Mathias  59' Solaun 75' Fishlock 77'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Seattle Reign FC v Houston Dash

March 30, 2016 PTFC Tournament	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT)	Yanez 36' Dallstream 81' Corsie Foxhoven	Recap	Brooks	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Seattle Reign FC v Oregon State Beavers

April 2, 2016 PTFC Tournament	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Oregon State Beavers	Portland, Oregon
14:30 (PDT)	Foxhoven 2' Cruz 29'	Box Recap	Faris 61' Santarossa	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Huskies

April 9, 2016 Community Shield	Seattle Reign FC	4–1	Washington Huskies	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Melis 18', 45' Yanez 26' Mathias 48' (pen.)	Box Report	Serwold 85' Johnston	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,633 Referee: N/A

International friendlies

Seattle Reign FC v Arsenal Ladies

May 26, 2016	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Arsenal Ladies	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Yanez 17' Reed  83'	Report	van de Donk  56' Natalia 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,083

Regular season

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

April 17, 2016 1	Seattle Reign FC	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Solo  37' Mathias 52' Corsie  81'	Box Report	Kai 15' Conheeney 67'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Karen Abt

Boston Breakers v Seattle Reign FC

April 24, 2016 2	Boston Breakers	0–3	Seattle Reign FC	Allston, Massachusetts
15:30 (PDT)	Ratcliffe Zerboni	Box Recap	Melis 9' Corsie 39' Solo  49' Little 79'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,743 Referee: Matthew Franz

Seattle Reign FC v FC Kansas City

May 1, 2016 3	Seattle Reign FC	1–0	FC Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Little 56' Elston  90+'	Box Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Greg Dopka

Orlando Pride v Seattle Reign FC

May 8, 2016 4	Orlando Pride	2–0	Seattle Reign FC	Orlando, Florida
20:00 (PDT)	Hagen 12' Sanderson 87'	Box Report		Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 8,211 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Seattle Reign FC v Portland Thorns FC

May 14, 2016 5	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Yanez 49'	Box Report	Nadim 46' Horan  86' Morris  90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,631 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Seattle Reign FC v Chicago Red Stars

May 22, 2016 6	Seattle Reign FC	1–2	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Corsie  74' Little 89' (pen.)	Box Report	Hoy 55', 67'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,056 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Portland Thorns FC v Seattle Reign FC

May 29, 2016 7	Portland Thorns FC	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
16:00 (PDT)		Box Report	Reed  84'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,114 Referee: Greg Dopka

Seattle Reign FC v Houston Dash

June 12, 2016 8	Seattle Reign FC	1–0	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Solaun 66'	Box Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Marco Vega

Sky Blue FC v Seattle Reign FC

June 19, 2016 9	Sky Blue FC	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
3:00 p.m. (PDT)		Box Recap		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Margaret Domka

FC Kansas City v Seattle Reign FC

June 25, 2016 10	FC Kansas City	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
4:00 p.m. (PDT)	Scott  59' Sauerbrunn  90+'	Box Recap	Corsie  18' Pickett  90'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Greg Dopka

Seattle Reign FC v Boston Breakers

July 2, 2016 11	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Boston Breakers	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Kawasumi 14', 62'	Box Recap	King  40' Ratcliffe  72'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

July 9, 2016 12	Western New York Flash	3–2	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
4:00 p.m. (PDT)	Erceg 38', 45' Williams 83'	Box Recap	Kawasumi 22' Winters  64' Mathias  82' Utsugi 90'	Stadium: Frontier Field Attendance: 4,314 Referee: Karen Abt

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

July 16, 2016 13	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Western New York Flash	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Melis 3' Winters  33' Reed  74' Fishlock  90+'	Box Report	McDonald 45' Zerboni  47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Seattle Reign FC v Orlando Pride

July 23, 2016 14	Seattle Reign FC	5–2	Orlando Pride	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Little 21' (pen.) Fishlock 30' Melis 47' Fletcher 56' Dallstream  81' Pressley 87' (o.g.)	Box Report	Spencer 52' Edmonds 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Christopher Spivey

Portland Thorns FC v Seattle Reign FC

July 30, 2016 15	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. (PDT)	Nadim 74'	Box Report	Fishlock  62'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Malik Badawi

Seattle Reign FC v Portland Thorns FC

August 27, 2016 16	Seattle Reign FC	3–1	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
14:00 (PDT)	Melis 27', 50' Barnes  54' Fishlock  65' Rapinoe 94'	Box Recap	Reynolds  71' Long 92'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,888 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

September 4, 2016 17	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00 (PDT)	Huerta 27' Press 79' (pen.)	Box Report	Melis 5' Barnes 9' Fishlock  80'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Christina Unkel

Washington Spirit v Seattle Reign FC

September 7, 2016 18	Washington Spirit	2–1	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
2:00 p.m. (PDT)	Dunn 50+' Williams 62'	Box Recap	Little 70' (pen.) Fletcher  74'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,039 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

September 11, 2016 19	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
18:00 (PDT)	Yanez 27' Winters 78'	Box Recap		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,711 Referee: Greg Dopka

Houston Dash v Seattle Reign FC

September 25, 2016 20	Houston Dash	2–3	Seattle Reign FC	Houston, Texas
18:30 (PDT)	Ohai 39' Lloyd 42'	Box Report	Mathias  13' Melis 60' Little 76' Yanez 82'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,651 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield
2	Washington Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	NWSL Playoffs
3	Chicago Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
4	Western New York Flash (C)	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32
5	Seattle Reign FC	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30
6	FC Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	−2	26
7	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	24	30	−6	26
8	Houston Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22
9	Orlando Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	−10	19
10	Boston Breakers	20	3	2	15	14	47	−33	11

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
20	30	8	6	6	29	21	+8	6	2	2	18	9	+9	2	4	4	11	12	−1

Last updated: September 26, 2016
Source: http://www.nwslsoccer.com/teams/seattle-reign-fc
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W
Position[a]	6	3	3	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2016. Source: nwslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1. SRFC's position at the end of the day in which their match was played.

Statistics

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

* Tostanoski's appearances came while she was still an amateur call-up.

Last updated: September 26, 2016.
Source: http://nwslsoccer.com/teams/seattle-reign-fc

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Regular Season		Discipline
				Apps	Goals
3	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes	20	1	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Rachel Corsie	11 (1)	1	3	0
6	MF	USA	Lindsay Elston	0 (12)	0	1	0
7	DF	USA	Elli Reed	14 (2)	0	2	0
8	MF	SCO	Kim Little	20	6	0	0
9	FW	USA	Merritt Mathias	17 (2)	1	2	0
10	MF	WAL	Jess Fishlock	16	1	4	0
11	MF	USA	Keelin Winters	20	1	2	0
13	DF	USA	Kendall Fletcher	20	1	1	0
14	FW	NED	Manon Melis	15 (1)	7	0	0
15	FW	USA	Megan Rapinoe	2 (3)	1	0	0
16	DF	USA	Carson Pickett	8 (7)	0	0	1
17	FW	USA	Beverly Yanez	18 (2)	3	0	0
19	MF	USA	Havana Solaun	3 (3)	1	0	0
20	MF	JPN	Rumi Utsugi	6 (1)	1	0	0
21	DF	USA	Michelle Cruz	0 (4)	0	0	0
24	GK	USA	Andi Tostanoski	1 (1)*	0	0	0
25	FW	USA	Kiersten Dallstream	2 (9)	0	1	0
28	GK	USA	Haley Kopmeyer	11	0	0	0
36	FW	JPN	Nahomi Kawasumi	8 (2)	3	0	0
		Own Goal		1
Players who left the club during the season
1	GK	USA	Hope Solo	8	0	2	0
12	DF	USA	Paige Nielsen	0 (2)	0	0	0

Awards

FIFA FIFPro Women's World11

• Hope Solo

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

Main article: BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

• Kim Little (winner)

The 100 Best Footballers in The World

Main article: The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World

• No. 4: Kim Little^[1]
• No. 22: Jess Fishlock^[2]
• No. 40: Hope Solo^[3]
• No. 56: Manon Melis^[4]

NWSL Season Awards

• Defender of the Year: Lauren Barnes^[5][6]
• Best XI: Lauren Barnes^[7]
• Second XI: Jess Fishlock, Kim Little^[7]

NWSL Player of the Week

• Week 2: Kim Little (1G, 2A at Boston Breakers)^[8]
• Week 3: Kim Little (GWG vs. FC Kansas City)^[9]
• Week 11: Nahomi Kawasumi (2G vs. Boston Breakers)^[10]
• Week 16: Manon Melis (2G vs. Portland Thorns FC)^[11]

NWSL Save of the Week

• Week 14: Kendall Fletcher^[12]

Team awards

• Kendall Fletcher, MVP^[13]
• Keelin Winters, Unsung Hero^[13]
• Manon Melis, Offensive Player of the Year^[14]
• Kendall Fletcher, Defensive Player of the Year^[14]
• Manon Melis, Golden Boot (7G)^[15]
• Megan Rapinoe, Goal of the Year (vs. Portland Thorns FC, August 27)^[15]
• Haley Kopmeyer, Best Social Media^[16]

Contract extensions

Date	Player	Pos	Notes	Ref
November 23, 2015	Lauren Barnes	DF	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 23, 2015	Jess Fishlock	MF	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 23, 2015	Kendall Fletcher	DF	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 23, 2015	Haley Kopmeyer	GK	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 23, 2015	Kim Little	MF	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 23, 2015	Elli Reed	DF	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 23, 2015	Keelin Winters	MF	Signed to new contract	[17]
November 25, 2015	Rachel Corsie	DF	Club option exercised	[18]
November 25, 2015	Kiersten Dallstream	FW	Club option exercised	[18]
November 25, 2015	Merritt Mathias	FW	Club option exercised	[18]
November 25, 2015	Havana Solaun	MF	Club option exercised	[18]
November 25, 2015	Caroline Stanley	GK	Club option exercised	[18]
November 25, 2015	Beverly Yanez	FW	Club option exercised	[18]

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed, and amateur call-ups are not considered official signings either. For transfers out, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.

In

Date	Player	Pos	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
October 26, 2015	Meghan Klingenberg	DF	Houston Dash	Traded, along with a conditional selection in the 2017 NWSL College Draft, for Amber Brooks and the No. 5 overall selection in the 2016 NWSL College Draft	[19]
November 25, 2015	Manon Melis	FW	Göteborg FC	Free	[20]
November 25, 2015	Antonia Göransson	DF	Vittsjö GIK	Free	[21]
April 11, 2016	Carson Pickett	DF	Florida State Seminoles	Free; 2016 draft pick	[22]
April 11, 2016	Lindsay Elston	MF	FC Metz-Algrange	Free	[22]
April 24, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK	Santa Clara Broncos	Free; GK replacement for match at BOS	[23]
May 5, 2016	Paige Nielsen	DF	North Carolina Tar Heels	Free; 2016 draft pick	[24]
May 20, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK	Seattle Reign FC	Free; GK replacement for match vs. CRS	[25]
June 2, 2016	Rumi Utsugi	MF	Montpellier HSC	Free	[26]
June 16, 2016	Nahomi Kawasumi	FW	INAC Kobe Leonessa	Free	[27]
August 27, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK	Seattle Reign FC	Free	[28]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2016 NWSL College Draft on January 15, 2016, will be listed in the notes.^[29][30]

Player	Pos	Previous Club	Notes
Carson Pickett	DF	Florida State Seminoles	1st round, 4th pick (4th pick overall)
Paige Nielsen	DF	North Carolina Tar Heels	3rd round, 5th pick (25th pick overall)
Summer Green	FW	North Carolina Tar Heels	3rd round, 10th pick (30th pick overall)
Lindsey Luke	GK	Utah Utes	4th round, 10th pick (40th pick overall)

Out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
October 6, 2015	Katrine Veje	FW	Brøndby IF	Waived	[31][32]
October 8, 2015	Mariah Bullock	MF		Retired	[33][34]
October 19, 2015	Stephanie Cox	DF		Retired	[35][36]
October 26, 2015	Amber Brooks	MF	Houston Dash	Traded, along with the No. 5 overall selection in the 2016 NWSL College Draft, for Meghan Klingenberg and a conditional selection in the 2017 NWSL College Draft	[19]
November 2, 2015	Meghan Klingenberg	DF	Orlando Pride	The No. 1 selection in the 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft	[37]
December 22, 2015	Caroline Stanley	GK	Sky Blue FC	Waived	[38][39]
January 18, 2016	Danielle Foxhoven	FW		Out of contract; left the club by mutual consent	[40][41]
March 25, 2016	Antonia Göransson	DF	Mallbackens IF	Waived due to a medical issue	[42][43][44]
April 25, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK	Seattle Reign FC	End of GK replacement	[23]
May 23, 2016	Andi Tostanoski	GK	Seattle Reign FC	End of GK replacement	[25]
July 1, 2016	Paige Nielsen	DF	Apollon Ladies FC	Waived	[45][46]
August 30, 2016	Hope Solo	GK		Personal leave for the remainder of the 2016 season	[47]

Offseason loans

• Lauren Barnes, Melbourne City^[48]
• Jess Fishlock, Melbourne City^[48]
• Kendall Fletcher, Western Sydney Wanderers^[48]
• Nahomi Kawasumi, INAC Kobe Leonessa^[48]
• Beverly Yanez, Melbourne City^[49]