2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

2016 season
Owner(s)	Paulo Cesso Rafael Bertani Ronaldo
Head Coach	Caio Zanardi
Stadium	Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida
NASL	Spring: Fall: Combined:
The Championship	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	Maicon Santos (4)
Highest home attendance	2,129 (Apr. 2 vs. Miami)
Lowest home attendance	1,048 (May 14 vs. Indy Eleven)
Average home league attendance	1,340
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The 2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season will be the team's sixth season in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

Players and staff

Current roster

As of May 29, 2016

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Bruno Cardoso	Brazil
2	Defender	Dalton	Brazil
3	Midfielder	Neil Hlavaty	United States
5	Defender	Nana Attakora	Canada
6	Midfielder	PC	Brazil
7	Forward	Geison Moura	Brazil
8	Midfielder	Kléberson	Brazil
9	Midfielder	Ramón Núñez	Honduras
10	Midfielder	Adrianinho	Brazil
11	Forward	Matheus Carvalho	Brazil
12	Goalkeeper	Diego Restrepo	United States
14	Defender	Julius James	Trinidad and Tobago
16	Midfielder	Luis Felipe Fernandes	United States
18	Midfielder	Jean Alexandre	Haiti
19	Forward	José Angulo	Colombia
20	Midfielder	Christian Blandon	United States
21	Defender	Luis Zapata	Colombia
23	Midfielder	Manny Gonzalez	United States
24	Defender	Aurelio Saco Vértiz	Peru
27	Midfielder	Victor Pineda	United States
29	Forward	Maicon Santos	Brazil
44	Defender	Gale Agbossoumonde	United States
77	Defender	Gabriel	Brazil
92	Forward	Giuseppe Gentile	United States
98	Goalkeeper	Matias Reynares	United States

Technical Staff

• Caio Zanardi - Head Coach and General Manager
• Phillip Dos Santos - Assistant Coach
• Ricardo Lopes – Goalkeepers Coach
• Cassiano Costa – Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Bruno Costa – Assistant General Manager and Head of Scouting

Competitions

      Win       Tie       Loss

Friendlies

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Boca Raton FC

January 6, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Cancelled	Boca Raton FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to rain.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Schalke 04

January 10, 2016 Florida Cup	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	FC Schalke 04	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. ET		Report	Di Santo  37' Sane  57'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Independiente Santa Fe

January 17, 2016 Florida Cup	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–2	Independiente Santa Fe	Boca Raton, Florida
4:30 p.m. ET	PC  80'	Report	Zapata  3' (pen.) Balanta  33'	Stadium: FAU Stadium

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Corinthians

January 23, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0	Corinthians	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2:00 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Shakhtar Donetsk

January 26, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–1	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 p.m. ET		Report	Marlos  79'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Caribbean Americas Soccer Association All-Stars

February 15, 2016 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–0	Caribbean Americas Soccer Association All-Stars	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. ET	Carvalho  45' Alexandre  45' Santos  49' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Orlando City SC v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

February 24, 2016 Scrimmage	Orlando City SC	2–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Sanford, Florida
4:00 p.m. ET	Barry  55' Ribeiro  63'	Report		Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park

Shandong Luneng v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

March 2, 2016 Friendly	Shandong Luneng	4–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Jinan, China
1:00 a.m. ET	Aloísio  7' (pen.) Zhang Wenzhao  19' Cheng Yuan  74' Huang Pu  84'	Report	Gabriel  70'

Sichuan Longfor v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

March 6, 2016 Friendly	Sichuan Longfor	0–6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Chengdu, China
2:30 a.m. ET		Report	Carvalho  9' Santos  28' Angulo  65', 68' Alexandre  86' Gentile  90'

Chengdu Qianbao v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

March 8, 2016 Friendly	Chengdu Qianbao	0–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Chengdu, China
2:30 a.m. ET		Report	Moura  25'

Beijing Qihang v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

March 13, 2016 Friendly	Beijing Qihang	0–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Beijing, China
9:30 p.m. ET		Report	PC  60' Santos  65'

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Main article: 2016 North American Soccer League season

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	3	3	2	9	9	0	12	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3	0	1	7	6	+1

Last updated: 27 May 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W
Position	4	9	10	11	8	8	6	7

Last updated: 28 May 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Miami

April 2, 2016 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Miami	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	James  23' Felipe  42' Santos  90+4' (pen.)	Summary	Cvitanich  12' (pen.) Corrales  21', 45+1' Bernstein  50' Smith  64' Chavez  90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,129 Referee: Jose Rivero

Minnesota United v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

April 16, 2016 2	Minnesota United	3–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine
20:00 ET	Lowe  40' Ramirez  45+1' Cruz  48' Brovsky  66' Zapata  69' (o.g.)	Summary	Moura  22' Felipe  40'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Caleb Mendez

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Jacksonville Armada

April 23, 2016 3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Jacksonville Armada	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Alexandre  36', 55' Attakora  39' Santos  74'  90+2'	Summary	Bahner  16' George  27' Ryan  81'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tampa Bay Rowdies

April 30, 2016 4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	Attakora  27' Gonzalez  48' Agbossoumonde  56' Zapata  85'	Summary	Mkandawire  37' Nanchoff  39' Guerra  47' King  68' Heinemann  70' Collins  77'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,086 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

Carolina RailHawks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

May 7, 2016 5	Carolina RailHawks	1–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Cary
19:30 ET	Albadawi  35' Marcelin  55' Shriver  67'	Summary	Santos  7' Attakora  23' Carvalho  38'  85' Angulo  45+2' Restrepo  83' Gentile  90+6'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,216 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Indy Eleven

May 14, 2016 6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–0	Indy Eleven	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET	PC  75' Santos  83'	Summary	Braun  61'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Rayo OKC v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

May 21, 2016 7	Rayo OKC	1–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Yukon
20:00 ET	Velásquez  28' Michel  62'  80' Svantesson  68' Boateng  73'	Summary	Angulo  33' PC  61' Núñez  70' Santos  77'	Stadium: Miller Stadium Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Daniel Radford

Ottawa Fury v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

May 27, 2016 8	Ottawa Fury	1–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Ottawa
19:00 ET	Bailey  12' Steele  66' Olivera  76' Haworth  80' (pen.)	Summary	Santos  8' Núñez  40' Gonzalez  63' Gentile  65' Felipe  67'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Alain Ruch

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v New York Cosmos

June 4, 2016 9	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	v	New York Cosmos	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 ET				Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Edmonton v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

June 11, 2016 10	Edmonton	v	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Edmonton
16:00 ET				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Fort Lauderdale Strikers will compete in the 2016 edition of the Open Cup.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Richmond Kickers

D.C. United v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

June 15 Fourth Round	D.C. United	–	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
19:00 EDT		[ Summary]

Squad Statistics

As of match played 1 June 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Bruno Cardoso	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Dalton	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Nana Attakora	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
6	DF		PC	9	0	8	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	FW		Geison Moura	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
9	MF		Ramón Núñez	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Adrianinho	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW		Matheus Carvalho	5	1	2+3	1	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Diego Restrepo	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF		Julius James	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Luis Felipe	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Jean Alexandre	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		José Angulo	9	1	7+1	1	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Christian Blandon	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Luis Zapata	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Manny Gonzalez	5	1	3+1	0	0	0	1	1
24	DF		Aurelio Saco Vértiz	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Victor Pineda	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Maicon Santos	8	4	6+1	4	0	0	0+1	0
44	DF		Gale Agbossoumonde	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
92	FW		Giuseppe Gentile	7	1	0+6	1	0	0	1	0
Players who left Fort Lauderdale Strikers during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW		29	Maicon Santos	4	0	0	4
2	DF		5	Nana Attakora	1	0	0	1
	MF		9	Ramón Núñez	1	0	0	1
	FW		11	Matheus Carvalho	1	0	0	1
	FW		19	José Angulo	1	0	0	1
	MF		23	Manny Gonzalez	0	0	1	1
	FW		92	Giuseppe Gentile	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					9	0	1	10

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup		Total
5		DF	Nana Attakora	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	PC	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
7		FW	Geison Moura	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
9		MF	Ramón Núñez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Matheus Carvalho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		GK	Diego Restrepo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Julius James	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Luis Felipe	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	Jean Alexandre	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
19		FW	José Angulo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Luis Zapata	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Manny Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Aurelio Saco Vértiz	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
29		FW	Maicon Santos	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
44		DF	Gale Agbossoumonde	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
92		FW	Giuseppe Gentile	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	22	2	0	0	3	0	25	2