2016 NWSL Stats

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Governing Country: United States us

Level: 1st Tier (See League Structure)

Gender: Female

Champion: Flash won league championship via league playoffs.

Most Goals: Kealia Watt (Houston Dash), Lynn Williams (Western New York Flash) - 11

Most Assists: Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns FC) - 10

Most Clean Sheets: Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars), Nicole Barnhart (FC Kansas City) - 6

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League Summary

Regular Season

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Regular Season Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	Thorns	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	2.05	Nadia Nadim - 9	Michelle Betos	→ Semi-finals
2	Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	1.95	Estefanía Banini - 5	Kelsey Wys	→ Semi-finals
3	Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33	1.65	Christen Press - 8	Alyssa Naeher	→ Semi-finals
4	Flash	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32	1.60	Lynn Williams - 11	Sabrina D'Angelo	→ Semi-finals
5	Reign	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30	1.50	Manon Melis - 7	Haley Kopmeyer
6	Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	-2	26	1.30	Shea Groom - 8	Nicole Barnhart
7	Sky Blue	20	7	5	8	24	30	-6	26	1.30	Sam Kerr - 5	Caroline Stanley
8	Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22	1.10	Kealia Watt - 11	Lydia Williams
9	Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	-10	19	0.95	Kristen Edmonds - 6	Ashlyn Harris
10	Boston	20	3	2	15	14	47	-33	11	0.55	Natasha Dowie - 3	Libby Stout

Regular Season Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	Thorns	10	8	1	1	23	8	+15	25	2.50	10	4	4	2	12	11	+1	16	1.60
2	Spirit	10	7	2	1	15	5	+10	23	2.30	10	5	1	4	15	16	-1	16	1.60
3	Red Stars	10	5	4	1	16	9	+7	19	1.90	10	4	2	4	8	11	-3	14	1.40
4	Flash	10	6	1	3	24	13	+11	19	1.90	10	3	4	3	16	13	+3	13	1.30
5	Reign	10	6	2	2	18	9	+9	20	2.00	10	2	4	4	11	12	-1	10	1.00
6	Kansas City	10	2	4	4	8	10	-2	10	1.00	10	5	1	4	10	10	0	16	1.60
7	Sky Blue	10	3	3	4	9	12	-3	12	1.20	10	4	2	4	15	18	-3	14	1.40
8	Dash	10	4	2	4	20	14	+6	14	1.40	10	2	2	6	9	15	-6	8	0.80
9	Pride	10	5	0	5	13	11	+2	15	1.50	10	1	1	8	7	19	-12	4	0.40
10	Boston	10	2	2	6	8	18	-10	8	0.80	10	1	0	9	6	29	-23	3	0.30

NWSL Playoffs

Semi-finals

Result

Spirit

2–1

Red Stars

Spirit won match following extra time and advance to Final.

Result

Thorns

3–4

Flash

⁴

Flash won match following extra time and advance to Final.

Final

Result

Spirit

2–2

Flash

⁴

Flash won on penalty kicks following extra time.

Squad Standard Stats 2016 NWSL

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Squad Standard Stats 2016 NWSL Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
Boston	24	25.1	46.7	20	202	1,800	20.0	14	7	21	13	1	2	1		0.70	0.35	1.05	0.65	1.00
Dash	22	24.8	50.5	20	220	1,800	20.0	29	23	52	28	1	1			1.45	1.15	2.60	1.40	2.55
Flash	24	24.0	47.4	20	231	1,800	20.0	42	29	71	38	4	5	3		2.10	1.45	3.55	1.90	3.35
Kansas City	21	26.8	47.7	20	220	1,800	20.0	18	11	29	16	2	4			0.90	0.55	1.45	0.80	1.35
Pride	23	27.0	52.4	20	217	1,800	20.0	17	10	27	17	0	0			0.85	0.50	1.35	0.85	1.35
Red Stars	21	24.4	46.6	20	230	1,800	20.0	23	17	40	22	1	1			1.15	0.85	2.00	1.10	1.95
Reign	22	27.4	57.9	20	220	1,800	20.0	28	18	46	25	3	3			1.40	0.90	2.30	1.25	2.15
Sky Blue	23	25.7	46.6	20	216	1,800	20.0	23	14	37	20	3	4			1.15	0.70	1.85	1.00	1.70
Spirit	20	25.9	53.7	20	220	1,800	20.0	30	16	46	28	2	3	1		1.50	0.80	2.30	1.40	2.20
Thorns	24	25.7	51.3	20	220	1,800	20.0	34	22	56	30	4	4			1.70	1.10	2.80	1.50	2.60

Squad Standard Stats 2016 NWSL Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
vs Boston	24	25.5	53.4	20	274	1,800	20.0	46	33	79				1	0	2.30	1.65	3.95
vs Dash	22	26.1	49.6	20	275	1,800	20.0	27	18	45						1.35	0.90	2.25
vs Flash	24	26.0	52.6	20	273	1,800	20.0	26	17	43						1.30	0.85	2.15
vs Kansas City	21	25.3	52.3	20	279	1,800	20.0	20	7	27						1.00	0.35	1.35
vs Pride	23	25.3	47.6	20	274	1,800	20.0	29	16	45						1.45	0.80	2.25
vs Red Stars	21	25.9	53.4	20	276	1,800	20.0	20	12	32						1.00	0.60	1.60
vs Reign	22	25.4	42.2	20	270	1,800	20.0	21	16	37						1.05	0.80	1.85
vs Sky Blue	23	25.8	53.5	20	279	1,800	20.0	30	20	50						1.50	1.00	2.50
vs Spirit	20	25.5	46.4	20	274	1,800	20.0	20	14	34				0	0	1.00	0.70	1.70
vs Thorns	24	25.9	48.7	20	275	1,800	20.0	19	14	33						0.95	0.70	1.65

Squad Goalkeeping 2016 NWSL

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Squad Goalkeeping 2016 NWSL Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
Boston	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	47	2.35	122	80	65.6	3	2	15			5	5	0	0	0.0
Dash	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	29	1.45	95	68	71.6	6	4	10			2	2	0	0	0.0
Flash	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	26	1.30	83	61	73.5	9	5	6			5	4	0	1	0.0
Kansas City	1	20	20	1,800	20.0	20	1.00	96	78	81.3	7	5	8			2	2	0	0	0.0
Pride	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	30	1.50	100	72	72.0	6	1	13			2	2	0	0	0.0
Red Stars	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	20	1.00	67	48	71.6	9	6	5			2	1	0	1	0.0
Reign	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	21	1.05	83	64	75.9	8	6	6			3	1	1	1	50.0
Sky Blue	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	30	1.50	91	63	69.2	7	5	8			2	2	0	0	0.0
Spirit	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	21	1.05	96	77	80.2	12	3	5			3	2	0	1	0.0
Thorns	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	19	0.95	77	59	75.3	12	5	3			1	0	1	0	100.0

Squad Goalkeeping 2016 NWSL Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
vs Boston	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	14	0.70	62	49	79.0	15	2	3	9	45.0	2	1	0	1	0.0
vs Dash	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	29	1.45	98	70	71.4	10	4	6	8	40.0	1	1	0	0	0.0
vs Flash	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	40	2.00	124	88	71.0	6	5	9	5	25.0	5	4	0	1	0.0
vs Kansas City	1	20	20	1,800	20.0	18	0.90	80	65	80.0	8	5	7	9	45.0	4	2	1	1	33.3
vs Pride	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	20	1.00	86	66	76.7	13	1	6	6	30.0	0	0	0	0
vs Red Stars	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	24	1.20	98	75	76.5	5	6	9	5	25.0	1	1	0	0	0.0
vs Reign	3	20	20	1,800	20.0	29	1.45	100	74	74.0	6	6	8	5	25.0	3	3	0	0	0.0
vs Sky Blue	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	24	1.20	81	61	74.1	8	5	7	2	10.0	4	3	1	0	25.0
vs Spirit	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	30	1.50	86	58	67.4	5	3	12	3	15.0	3	2	0	1	0.0
vs Thorns	2	20	20	1,800	20.0	35	1.75	95	64	67.4	3	5	12	3	15.0	4	4	0	0	0.0

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Squad Shooting 2016 NWSL

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Squad Shooting 2016 NWSL Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
Boston	24	20.0	14	167	61	36.5	8.35	3.05	0.08	0.21		1	2
Dash	22	20.0	29	289	103	35.6	14.45	5.15	0.10	0.27		1	1
Flash	24	20.0	42	333	137	41.1	16.65	6.85	0.11	0.28		4	5
Kansas City	21	20.0	18	244	83	34.0	12.20	4.15	0.07	0.19		2	4
Pride	23	20.0	17	195	83	42.6	9.75	4.15	0.09	0.20		0	0
Red Stars	21	20.0	23	245	104	42.4	12.25	5.20	0.09	0.21		1	1
Reign	22	20.0	28	223	101	45.3	11.15	5.05	0.11	0.25		3	3
Sky Blue	23	20.0	23	181	84	46.4	9.05	4.20	0.11	0.24		3	4
Spirit	20	20.0	30	259	99	38.2	12.95	4.95	0.11	0.28		2	3
Thorns	24	20.0	34	225	98	43.6	11.25	4.90	0.13	0.31		4	4

Squad Shooting 2016 NWSL Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
vs Boston	24	20.0	46	281	129	45.9	14.05	6.45
vs Dash	22	20.0	27	240	96	40.0	12.00	4.80
vs Flash	24	20.0	26	216	88	40.7	10.80	4.40
vs Kansas City	21	20.0	20	244	101	41.4	12.20	5.05
vs Pride	23	20.0	29	252	102	40.5	12.60	5.10
vs Red Stars	21	20.0	20	235	73	31.1	11.75	3.65
vs Reign	22	20.0	21	222	88	39.6	11.10	4.40
vs Sky Blue	23	20.0	30	255	94	36.9	12.75	4.70
vs Spirit	20	20.0	20	236	98	41.5	11.80	4.90
vs Thorns	24	20.0	19	229	78	34.1	11.45	3.90

Squad Playing Time 2016 NWSL

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Squad Playing Time 2016 NWSL Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
Boston	24	25.1	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	202	88		57	0	78	0.55	14	47	-33	-1.65
Dash	22	24.8	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	220	90		55	0	77	1.10	29	29	0	0.00
Flash	24	24.0	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	231	90		58	0	72	1.60	40	26	+14	+0.70
Kansas City	21	26.8	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	220	89		52	0	63	1.30	18	20	-2	-0.10
Pride	23	27.0	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	217	89		53	0	78	0.95	20	30	-10	-0.50
Red Stars	21	24.4	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	230	90		55	0	81	1.65	24	20	+4	+0.20
Reign	22	27.4	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	220	90		53	0	73	1.50	29	21	+8	+0.40
Sky Blue	23	25.7	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	216	90		55	0	74	1.30	24	30	-6	-0.30
Spirit	20	25.9	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	220	90		57	0	74	1.95	30	21	+9	+0.45
Thorns	24	25.7	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	220	89		54	0	62	2.05	35	19	+16	+0.80

Squad Playing Time 2016 NWSL Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
vs Boston	24	25.5	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	274	65		0		76	2.35	47	14	+33	+1.65
vs Dash	22	26.1	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	275	72		0		75	1.70	29	29	0	0.00
vs Flash	24	26.0	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	273	77		0		82	1.15	26	40	-14	-0.70
vs Kansas City	21	25.3	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	279	70		0		64	1.45	20	18	+2	+0.10
vs Pride	23	25.3	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	274	71		0		70	2.00	30	20	+10	+0.50
vs Red Stars	21	25.9	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	276	75		0		71	1.05	20	24	-4	-0.20
vs Reign	22	25.4	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	270	73		0		75	1.20	21	29	-8	-0.40
vs Sky Blue	23	25.8	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	279	70		0		68	1.45	30	24	+6	+0.30
vs Spirit	20	25.5	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	274	72		0		75	0.90	21	30	-9	-0.45
vs Thorns	24	25.9	20	1,800	90	100	20.0	275	72		0		76	0.70	19	35	-16	-0.80

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 2016 NWSL

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Squad Miscellaneous Stats 2016 NWSL Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
Boston	24	20.0	1		0	180	152	29
Dash	22	20.0				177	162	92
Flash	24	20.0	3			248	157	48
Kansas City	21	20.0				210	162	62
Pride	23	20.0				172	202	43
Red Stars	21	20.0				195	135	63
Reign	22	20.0				147	163	69
Sky Blue	23	20.0				160	168	71
Spirit	20	20.0	1		0	166	156	41
Thorns	24	20.0				243	176	60

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 2016 NWSL Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
vs Boston	24	20.0	1	0	0	187	185	110
vs Dash	22	20.0				173	165	28
vs Flash	24	20.0				172	177	63
vs Kansas City	21	20.0				170	195	41
vs Pride	23	20.0				218	164	82
vs Red Stars	21	20.0				148	159	45
vs Reign	22	20.0				173	136	58
vs Sky Blue	23	20.0				188	153	42
vs Spirit	20	20.0	0	0	0	166	125	66
vs Thorns	24	20.0				196	226	56

Leaders

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Nationalities 2016 NWSL

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