2016 Harrisburg City Islanders season

Harrisburg City Islanders
	2016 season
Owner	Eric Pettis
Head Coach	Bill Becher
Stadium	FNB Field; Clipper Magazine Stadium
USL	TBD
USL Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Wilson (4); All: Paul Wilson (4)
Highest home attendance	League: 2,316; (April 22 vs. Louisville)
Lowest home attendance	League: 839; (May 9 vs. Charleston)
Average home league attendance	League: 1,532; ; All: 1,532
Home colors	Away colors
← 2015	2017 →

The 2016 season is 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 United Soccer League since the league was first created with the City Islanders as one of the original 10 founder-members.^[1]

Stadium Relocation

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.^[3]

Roster

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

Updated as of May 6, 2016.^[4]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes
October 27, 2015	Craig Foster	22	FW	FC Reno	Exercised Loan Option^[5]
March 1, 2016	Aaron Wheeler	–	FW	Wilmington Hammerheads	Undisclosed^[6]
March 8, 2016	Darvin Ebanks	–	DF	Georgia Revolution	Undisclosed^[7]
March 16, 2016	Bobby Warshaw	–	DF	Hønefoss BK	Undisclosed^[8]

Out

Date	Player	Number	Position	New Club	Fee/Notes
November 24, 2015	Enric Valles	11	MF	Sandefjord	Released^[9]^[10]
December 15, 2015	Yann Ekra	7	MF	Charlotte Independence	Undisclosed^[11]^[12]
December 23, 2015	Neil Shaffer	20	DF	Indy Eleven	Undisclosed^[13]
January 27, 2016	Ciaran Nugent	13	GK	Sligo Rovers F.C.	Undisclosed^[14]
January 28, 2016	Andrew Lubahn	77	FW	Louisville City FC	Undisclosed^[15]^[16]
January 29, 2016	Ken Tribbett	6	MF	Bethlehem Steel FC	Undisclosed^[17]^[18]
February 25, 2016	Jason Plumhoff	10	FW	FC Edmonton	Undisclosed^[19]
March 3, 2016	Kyle Renfro	27	GK	Charlotte Independence	Undisclosed^[20]

Loan in

Date	Player	Number	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes
May 6, 2016	Neil Shaffer	--	DF	Indy Eleven	Short-term Loan^[21]

Loan out

Date	Player	Number	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes

Competitions

Preseason

March 3 Preseason 1	Penn State Nittany Lions	0 – 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	State College, Pennsylvania
18:30		Report		Stadium: Holuba Hall

March 6 Preseason 2	UMBC Retrievers	4 – 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Baltimore, Maryland
16:00		Report		Stadium: Retriever Soccer Park

March 10 Preseason 3	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	2 – 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
19:30		Report		Stadium: Goodman Stadium

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

March 18 Preseason 5	New York Red Bulls II	2 – 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Hanover, New Jersey
13:00	Allen 3', 65'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Training Facility

March 19 Preseason 6	LUI Brooklyn Blackbirds	Cancelled	Harrisburg City Islanders	Millersville, Pennsylvania
18:00		Report		Stadium: Millersville University

2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Preseason schedule^[22]

USL Regular Season

Standings (Eastern Conference)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Louisville City FC	11	7	3	1	19	9	+10	24	Conference Playoffs
2	New York Red Bulls II	10	6	3	1	15	6	+9	21
3	FC Cincinnati	10	6	2	2	16	10	+6	20
4	Charleston Battery	11	5	3	3	14	12	+2	18
5	Charlotte Independence	10	5	2	3	14	11	+3	17
6	Rochester Rhinos	9	4	3	2	11	9	+2	15
7	Richmond Kickers	11	4	3	4	11	10	+1	15
8	Orlando City B	11	4	2	5	13	17	−4	14
9	Harrisburg City Islanders	11	4	1	6	16	19	−3	13
10	Bethlehem Steel FC	10	3	4	3	11	15	−4	13
11	Wilmington Hammerheads	10	3	3	4	10	9	+1	12
12	Toronto FC II	11	2	2	7	11	19	−8	8
13	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6
14	FC Montréal	9	1	0	8	5	13	−8	3

Updated to match(es) played on May 29, 2016. Source: 2016 USL schedule
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

Results

All times in Eastern Time.^[23]

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 2 2	Charlotte Independence	2 – 1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Charlotte, North Carolina
19:00	Calvert 22' Estrada 34'	Report Box Score	Foster 3'	Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex

April 9	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Postponed	Harrisburg City Islanders	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19:00		Report		Stadium: Highmark Stadium

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 22 4	Harrisburg City Islanders	2 – 3	Louisville City FC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA	Wilson 45' Jankouskas 88'	Report Box Score	Hoffman 22' (pen.), 44' Kaye 90+'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,316

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

April 30 6	Rochester Rhinos	2 – 1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Rochester, New York
18:00	Forbes 23' James 60'	Report Box Score	Johnson 36' Foster 86'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,513

May 7 7	Harrisburg City Islanders	1 – 1	FC Cincinnati	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00	Foster 17' Doyle 83' Hughes 86' Barril 88' Wheeler	Report Box Score	Hoppenot 40' McLaughlin 81'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,204

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 24 10	Harrisburg City Islanders	2 – 1	Toronto FC II	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
19:00	Wilson 26' Wheeler 29' Bolduc 86'	Report Box Score	Osorio 7' James 42' 90+3'	Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium Attendance: 1,531

May 28 11	FC Cincinnati	2 – 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Cincinnati, Ohio
19:00	Wiedeman 19' McMahon 78' Okoli 89' (pen.)	Report Box Score	Wheeler 53' Thomas 82'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 16,097

June 3 12	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Wilmington, North Carolina
19:00				Stadium: Legion Stadium

June 9 13	New York Red Bulls II	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

June 18 14	Charleston Battery	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30				Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

June 21 15	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	FC Montreal	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: FNB Field

June 24 16	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Charlotte Independence	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: FNB Field

July 4 17	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: Highmark Stadium

July 8 18	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Richmond Kickers	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
19:00				Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium

July 10 19	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Toronto FC II	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium

July 17 20	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TBD				Stadium: Highmark Stadium

July 21 21	Bethlehem Steel FC	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: Goodman Stadium

July 29 22	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Rochester Rhinos	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: FNB Field

August 2 23	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	New York Red Bulls II	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: FNB Field

August 10 24	Louisville City FC	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Louisville, Kentucky
19:30				Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field

August 14 25	Toronto FC II	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Vaughan, Ontario
TBA				Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

August 27 26	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: FNB Field

August 30 27	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Bethlehem Steel FC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: FNB Field

September 7 28	New York Red Bulls II	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

September 17 29	Harrisburg City Islanders	v	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
TBA				Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium

September 24 30	FC Montreal	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Montreal, Quebec
15:00				Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Regular Season Schedule^[24]

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
11	13	4	6	1	16	19	−3	3	2	1	12	10	+2	1	4	0	4	9	−5

Last updated: May 29, 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	T	L	W	W	L

Last updated: May 29, 2016.
Source: 2016 USL season & Current USL Standing
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

U.S. Open Cup

The City Islanders will compete in the 2016 edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. They were eliminated in the third round of the 2015 competition after conceding three goals in extra time to the Rochester Rhinos.

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

June 1 Third round	Chattanooga FC	v	Harrisburg City Islanders	Chattanooga, Tennessee
TBD				Stadium: Finley Stadium

Honors

Week 4 Team of the Week: M Cardel Benbow^[25]
Week 5 Team of the Week: Honorable Mention F Paul Wilson^[26]
Week 10 Team of the Week: F Aaron Wheeler^[27]

References

[1] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=209872499

[2] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/city-islanders-relocate-to-metro-bank-park/

[3] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/city-islanders-relocate-to-metro-bank-park/

[4] ttp://cityislanders.com/teams/harrisburg-city-islanders/

[5] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210440705

[6] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/islanders-add-aaron-wheeler-to-2016-roster/

[7] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/islanders-sign-defender-darvin-ebanks-for-2016-season//

[8] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/islanders-sign-former-fc-dallas-1st-round-draft-pick-mechanicsburg-native-bobby-warshaw//

[9] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210440705

[10] ttp://www.sandefjordfotball.no/news/article/1pdkgd8a3rlmd14nkajgfb1b9z/title/ny-spiller-klar-for-sf

[11] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210440705

[12] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/ekra-signed-by-independence/

[13] ttp://www.indyeleven.com/news/2015/12/23/eleven-add-experience-with-zayed--shaffer

[14] ttp://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3909/airtricity-premier-division/2016/01/27/19742072/sligo-rovers-sign-craig-roddan-ciaran-nugent

[15] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210440705

[16] ttp://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2016/01/28/louisville-city-fc-adds-more-scoring-potential-with-wake-forest-product-andrew-lubhan/79457560/

[17] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=32800&ATCLID=210440705

[18] ttp://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2016/01/29/bethlehem-steel-fc-add-seven-roster

[19] ttp://www.nasl.com/news/2016/02/25/fc-edmonton-signs-attacking-midfielder-jason-plumhoff

[20] ttp://www.charlotteindependence.com/independence-adds-goalkeeper-kyle-renfro-to-2016-roster/

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[22] ttp://cityislanders.com/club-news/islanders-announce-2016-preseason-schedule/

[23] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32800&SPSID=917141&SPID=157014&Q_SEASON=2016&CONF_SCHOOL_ID=40647

[24] 2016 Harrisburg City Islanders Regular Season Schedule

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v t e Harrisburg City Islanders
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The Franchise	History Current roster Honors Results
Stadiums	Skyline Sports Complex
Coaches	Bill Becher
Affiliations	Philadelphia Union Reading United A.C.
Rivalries	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Championships (1)	2007
Seasons	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

v t e USL Championship
Eastern Conference	Birmingham Legion FC Charleston Battery Detroit City FC Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United FC Louisville City FC Memphis 901 FC Miami FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Tampa Bay Rowdies FC Tulsa	80px
Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso Locomotive FC Las Vegas Lights FC Monterey Bay FC New Mexico United Oakland Roots SC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising FC Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Sacramento Republic FC San Antonio FC San Diego Loyal SC
Future teams	Rhode Island FC (2024) USL Pro Iowa (2025) Milwaukee Pro Soccer (2025) Austin Bold FC (on hiatus) OKC Energy FC (on hiatus)
Former teams	Antigua Barracuda FC Atlanta United 2 Austin Aztex Charlotte Eagles Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Dayton Dutch Lions Fresno FC LA Galaxy II FC Montreal Nashville SC F.C. New York New York Red Bulls II North Carolina FC Orlando City B Orlando City SC Ottawa Fury FC Penn FC Philadelphia Union II Phoenix FC Portland Timbers 2 Puerto Rico United Real Monarchs Reno 1868 FC Richmond Kickers River Plate Puerto Rico Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC Sevilla FC Puerto Rico Sporting Kansas City II Tacoma Defiance Toronto FC II VSI Tampa Bay FC Whitecaps FC 2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC
Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Miscellaneous	Foreign players USL Championship Final United Soccer League USL League One USL League Two

v t e 2016 USL season by team
Playoffs Transfers
East	Bethlehem Steel Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City FC Montréal 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 KC Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2

2016 Harrisburg City Islanders season

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