2016 Harrisburg City Islanders season

The 2016 season was the Harrisburg City Islanders's 13th season of competitive soccer - its thirteenth season in the third division of American soccer and its sixth season in the United Soccer League since the league was first created with the City Islanders as one of the original 10 founder-members.[1]

Harrisburg City Islanders
2016 season
OwnerEric Pettis
Head coachBill Becher
StadiumFNB Field
Clipper Magazine Stadium
USL10th Place
USL PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Craig Foster (8)
All: Craig Foster (10)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 2,853
(August 27 vs. Pittsburgh)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 839
(May 9 vs. Charleston)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,622

All: 1,622
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Stadium Relocation edit

The 2016 season marks the City Islanders transition from Skyline Sports Complex to FNB Field (formerly Metro Bank Park) on City Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The transition was a result of the collaboration with the current tenants, the Harrisburg Senators, and to keep pace with the standards being implemented by the USL.[2] The team will also share home matches with Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as an effort to expand the Islanders fanbase throughout south central Pennsylvania.[2]

Roster edit

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Nick Noble   United States
2 DF Shane Campbell   United States
4 MF Youssef Naciri   Morocco
5 DF Shane Johnson   United States
6 MF Bobby Warshaw   United States
7 MF Josh Hughes   United States
8 MF José Barril   Spain
9 FW Garret Pettis   United States
10 MF Paul Wilson   Jamaica
11 FW Matt Bolduc   United States
12 FW Brett Jankouskas   United States
13 DF Darvin Ebanks   United States
14 MF Danny DiPrima   United States
16 DF Liam Doyle   Isle of Man
17 DF Jamie Thomas   United States
18 FW Aaron Wheeler   United States
19 MF Cardel Benbow   Jamaica
20 DF Chris Hill   United States
21 MF Mouhamed Dabo   Senegal
22 FW Craig Foster   Jamaica
23 DF Shawn McLaws   United States
30 GK Keasel Broome   Barbados
37 DF Neil Shaffer (on loan from Indy Eleven)   United States
63 DF Dante Leverock   Bermuda
77 FW Cameron Vickers   United States

Updated as of July 19, 2016.[3]

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player Number Position Previous club Fee/notes
March 1, 2016   Aaron Wheeler 18 FW   Wilmington Hammerheads Undisclosed[4]
March 8, 2016   Darvin Ebanks 13 DF   Georgia Revolution Undisclosed[5]
March 16, 2016   Bobby Warshaw 6 DF   Hønefoss BK Undisclosed[6]
March 21, 2015   Craig Foster 22 FW   FC Reno Exercised Loan Option[7]
March 23, 2016   Josh Hughes 7 MF   Atlanta Silverbacks Undisclosed[8]
March 23, 2016   Matt Bolduc 11 FW   Mass United Undisclosed[8]
March 23, 2016   Jamie Thomas 17 FW   New York Red Bulls II Undisclosed[8]
March 23, 2016   Chris Hill 20 DF   Villanova Wildcats Undisclosed[8]
March 25, 2016   Paul Wilson 10 MF   Portmore United FC Undisclosed[9]
March 25, 2016   Shane Campbell 2 DF   Reading United Undisclosed[10]
March 25, 2016   Shawn McLaws 23 DF   New York Red Bulls II Undisclosed[10]
April 2, 2016   Keasel Broome 30 GK   New York Cosmos Undisclosed[11]
April 5, 2016   Liam Doyle 16 DF   Ohio State Buckeyes Undisclosed[12]
April 8, 2016   Youssef Naciri 4 MF   Christian Brothers Buccaneers Undisclosed[13]
  Mouhamed Dabo 21 MF   Inter Milan U-19 Undisclosed[14]
July 29, 2016   Cameron Vickers 77 FW   Arizona United SC Undisclosed[15]

Out edit

Date Player Number Position New club Fee/notes
November 24, 2015   Enric Valles 11 MF   Sandefjord Released[16][17]
December 15, 2015   Yann Ekra 7 MF   Charlotte Independence Undisclosed[16][18]
December 23, 2015   Neil Shaffer 20 DF   Indy Eleven Undisclosed[19]
January 27, 2016   Ciaran Nugent 13 GK   Sligo Rovers F.C. Undisclosed[20]
January 28, 2016   Andrew Lubahn 77 FW   Louisville City FC Undisclosed[16][21]
January 29, 2016   Ken Tribbett 6 MF   Bethlehem Steel FC Undisclosed[16][22]
February 25, 2016   Jason Plumhoff 10 FW   FC Edmonton Undisclosed[23]
March 3, 2016   Kyle Renfro 27 GK   Charlotte Independence Undisclosed[24]
March 23, 2016   Kyle McCord 4 MF Unattached Released[8]
March 23, 2016   Tony Donatelli 15 MF   Baltimore Blast Released[8]
March 23, 2016   Erick Neres da Cruz 21 MF Unattached Released[8]

Loan in edit

Date Player Number Position Loaned from Fee/notes
May 6, 2016   Neil Shaffer -- DF   Indy Eleven Short-term Loan[25]

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

March 15 Preseason 4 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–0 Harrisburg City Islanders Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
12:00 Brown   90' Report Stadium: Goodman Stadium

2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Preseason schedule[26]

USL edit

Standings (Eastern Conference) edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls II (C, X) 30 21 6 3 61 21 +40 69 Conference Playoffs
2 Louisville City FC 30 17 9 4 52 27 +25 60
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
7 Richmond Kickers 30 12 9 9 33 26 +7 45
8 Orlando City B 30 9 8 13 35 49 −14 35
9 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 30 8 10 12 37 47 −10 34
10 Harrisburg City Islanders 30 8 7 15 37 54 −17 31
11 Bethlehem Steel FC 30 6 10 14 32 43 −11 28
12 Toronto FC II 30 7 5 18 36 58 −22 26
13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 30 6 7 17 31 50 −19 25
14 FC Montreal 30 7 2 21 35 57 −22 23
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
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

Results edit

All times in Eastern Time.[27]

March 26 1 Richmond Kickers 3–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Richmond, Virginia
19:00 Callahan   16'
Yeisley   23'
Imura   48'
Report Barril   51' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,355
Referee: Mark Gorak
April 16 3 Orlando City B 0–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Melbourne, Florida
19:30 Garcia   30'
Rocha   42'
Laryea   55'
Neal   82'   90'
Report
Box Score
Thomas   50'
Benbow   61'
Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,019
April 26 5 Harrisburg City Islanders 2–1 Orlando City B Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Benbow   15'
McFadden   15' (o.g.)
Barril   30'
Johnson   32'  88'
Noble   65'
Warshaw   80'
Report
Box Score
Heath   9'
Rochez   20' (pen.)
Turner   32'
Obekop   67'
Garcia   76'
Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 867
May 9 8 Harrisburg City Islanders 2–3 Charleston Battery Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Wilson   27', 54'
Thomas   42'
Warshaw   50'
Report
Box Score
Williams   24'
Lasso   43'  59'
Chang   45'
Prince   72'
Savage   80'
Cooper   90'
Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 839
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel
May 22 9 Harrisburg City Islanders 3–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Lancaster, Pennsylvania
19:00 Wheeler   14', 15'
Barril   45'
Warshaw   63'
Report
Box Score
Bolduc   17'
Missimo   28'
Chambers   80'
Washington   87'
Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium
Attendance: 1,434
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 28 11 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Harrisburg City Islanders Cincinnati
19:00 Wiedeman   19'
McMahon   78'
Okoli   89' (pen.)
Report
Box Score
Wheeler   53'
Thomas   82'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 16,097
June 21 15 Harrisburg City Islanders 2–3 FC Montreal Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Wheeler   78', 82'
Benbow   84'
Pettis   90+'
Report
Box Score
Kacher   30'
Sukunda   51'
Yoseke   53'
Jackson-Hamel   57'
Morelli   88'
Riggi   90+'
Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,896
July 21 21 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
16:00 Missimo   22'
Conceição   89'
Report
Box Score
Leverock   24'
Bolduc   29'
Jankouskas   74'
Benbow   79'
Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 1,129
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
August 2 23 Harrisburg City Islanders 0–5 New York Red Bulls II Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Hughes   27'
Barril   66'
Report
Box Score
Abang   28' (pen.)   45'
Metzger   64'
Deeds   69'
Simpara   76'
Bezecourt   78', 86'
Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,837
August 10 24 Louisville City FC 1–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 Smith   44'
DelPiccolo   56'
Report
Box Score
Barril   20'
Thomas   23'
Broom   90'
Dabo   90+'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: Georgios Zervos
August 30 27 Harrisburg City Islanders 2–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Foster   43', 81'
McLaws   25'
Barril   29'
Leverock   77'
Thomas   86'
Report
Box Score
Ayuk   45'
Chambers   48'
Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,362

2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Regular Season Schedule[29]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
30 31 8 15 7 37 54  −17 3 8 5 23 37  −14 5 7 2 14 17  −3

Last updated: September 25, 2016
Source: 2016 USL season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
StadiumAAAHHAHHHHAAAAHHAHHAAHHAAHHAHA
ResultLLWLWLTLWWLLLLLLTLLWWTLTWTTLTW
Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2016. Source: 2016 USL season and Current USL Standing
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

U.S. Open Cup edit

The City Islanders competed in the 2016 edition of the U.S. Open Cup. During the 2015 edition of the competition, they were eliminated in the third round after conceding three goals in extra time to the Rochester Rhinos. In 2016, the City Islanders advanced through to the fourth round, where they were ultimately defeated in stoppage time by their former MLS affiliate, Philadelphia Union. After a stoppage time equalizer was scored by Bobby Warshaw in the 91st minute, the Union drew a late free kick outside the 18 yard box. The free kick was subsequently shot into the net by Roland Alberg in the third minute of stoppage time.

May 18 Second round   West Chester United SC 0–2 Harrisburg City Islanders   West Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM Report Warshaw   13'
Benbow   34'
Bolduc   49'
Thomas   62'
Stadium: West Chester United Soccer Club

Statistics edit

As of February 4, 2017.[30]

Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
2 DF   Shane Campbell 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0
4 MF   Youssef Naciri 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
5 DF   Shane Johnson 16 1 0 0 3 0 19 1 3 0
6 MF   Bobby Warshaw 28 4 0 0 3 2 31 6 4 1
7 MF   Josh Hughes 22 0 0 0 1 0 23 0 3 0
8 MF   José Barril 29 6 0 0 3 0 32 6 7 0
9 FW   Garret Pettis 17 1 0 0 0 0 17 1 3 0
10 MF   Paul Wilson 28 4 0 0 2 1 30 5 0 0
11 FW   Matt Bolduc 19 0 0 0 3 1 22 1 3 0
12 FW   Brett Jankouskas 20 3 0 0 1 0 21 3 0 0
13 DF   Darvin Ebanks 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 MF   Danny DiPrima 16 0 0 0 3 0 19 0 0 0
16 DF   Liam Doyle 26 0 0 0 3 0 29 0 2 0
17 DF   Jamie Thomas 27 0 0 0 3 0 30 0 8 2
18 FW   Aaron Wheeler 13 5 0 0 3 0 16 5 3 1
19 MF   Cardel Benbow 25 2 0 0 3 0 28 2 6 0
20 DF   Chris Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF   Mouhamed Dabo 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 2 0
22 FW   Craig Foster 25 8 0 0 3 2 28 10 0 0
23 DF   Shawn McLaws 30 0 0 0 3 0 33 0 1 0
37 DF   Neil Shaffer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
63 DF   Dante Leverock 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1 3 1
77 FW   Cameron Vickers 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0
Total 42 50 5
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics were loaned players.
Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Harrisburg.
League denotes USL regular season
Playoffs denotes USL playoffs

Goalkeepers edit

As of February 4, 2017.[30]

Players included in matchday squads
Nat. No. Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO    
  1 NobleNick Noble 17 17 3–11–3 32 1.88 2 2 0
  30 NugentKeasel Broome 13 13 5–4–4 22 1.69 2 1 0
Total 30 30 8–15–7 54 1.80 4 3 0
Record: W-L-D

Honors edit

References edit

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