2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 17th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams6
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickAbu Danladi, UCLA
Picked byMinnesota United FC, 1st overall
Regular Season
ChampionsStanford
Runners-upWashington
Season MVPJosé Hernández
Foster Langsdorf
2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Stanford ‡ 8 –1 –1  14 –3 –6
No. 12 Washington + 6 –4 –0  14 –7 –0
San Diego State + 4 –3 –3  9 –4 –6
UCLA + 4 –5 –1  10 –8 –2
Oregon State 3 –5 –2  7 –8 –3
California 1 –8 –1  5 –10 –2
As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The Stanford Cardinal are the defending champions, by virtue of winning the regular season (there is no conference tournament). The Cardinal are also the defending NCAA champions.

Changes from 2015
  • None

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium 22,000
Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field 2,200
San Diego State Aztecs San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck 1,000
Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium 4,000
UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Drake Stadium 7,000
Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 1,640
  • Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, USC, Utah and Washington State do not sponsor men's soccer. San Diego State is an associated member.

Regular season

Results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home/AwayCALOSUSDSUSTAUCLAUW
California Golden Bears0–10–11–23–41–2
Oregon State Beavers2–23–20–13–41–2
San Diego State Aztecs1–01–11–10–11–0
Stanford Cardinal1–03–03–13–00–1
UCLA Bruins1–22–00–02–30–4
Washington Huskies2–10–10–10–11–0

National
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll
  Pre[1] Wk
1[2]		 Wk
2[3]		 Wk
3[4]		 Wk
4[5]		 Wk
5[6]		 Wk
6[7]		 Wk
7[8]		 Wk
8[9]		 Wk
9[10]		 Wk
10[11]		 Wk
11[12]		 Wk
12[13]		 Final[14]
California C RV 22 RV RV RV RV NR
Oregon State C RV NR
San Diego State C 23 13 11 11 22 13 25 RV 22 21 16 RV RV
Stanford C 1 15 24 25 23 RV RV 16 12 9 9 8 5 1
UCLA C 16 9 8 7 6 13 19 17 24 RV RV RV RV RV
Washington C RV RV RV 16 16 22 17 16 11 14 14 12

Far West Regional
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
 Wk
1		Wk
2		Wk
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4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
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11		Wk
12
California C 4 NR 5 6 NR
Oregon State C 9 5 10 4 NR
San Diego State C 3 2 2 1 4 1 4 6 2 3 2 2
Stanford C 5 7 7 8 NR 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
UCLA C 1 3 1 2 1 3 2 5 6 5 6 6
Washington C 10 8 6 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 3

Postseason

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
5 2 Stanford BYE W, 2–0 vs. Pacific – (Stanford) W, 1–0 vs. #12 Virginia – (Stanford) W, 2–0 vs. #7 Louisville – (Louisville) T, 0–0 W, 10–9 PK vs. #9 North Carolina – (Houston) T, 0–0 W, 5–4 PK vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Houston)
11 3 Washington BYE W, 4–1 vs. New Mexico – (Seattle) L, 1–2 vs. #6 Denver – (Denver)
N/A 3 San Diego State T, 1–1 (L, 5–6 pen.) vs. UNLV – (San Diego)
N/A 2 UCLA W, 4–2 vs. Colgate – (Los Angeles) L, 1–2 OT vs. #7 Louisville – (Louisville)

All-Pac-12 awards and teams
2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards[15]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year José Hernández, MF, UCLA
Foster Langsdorf, MF, Stanford
Coach of the Year Jeremy Gunn, Stanford
Defender of the Year Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford
Freshman of the Year Handwalla Bwana, MF, Washington
2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[15]
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention

Corey Baird, Stanford
Jose Carerra-Garcia, California
Andrew Epstein, Stanford
José Hernández, UCLA
Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford
Foster Langsdorf, Stanford
Nick Lima , California
Justin Schmidt , Washington
Brian Nana-Sinkam, Stanford
Christian Thierjung, California
Jackson Yueil, UCLA

Seyi Adekoya, UCLA
Handwalla Bwana, Washington
Brian Iloski, UCLA
Jordan Jones, Oregon State
Timmy Mueller , Oregon State
Travis Nicklaw, San Diego St.
Pablo Pelaez, San Diego St.
Auden Schilder, Washington
Drew Skundrich, Stanford
Felix Vobejda, UCLA
Henry Wingo, Washington

Adam Allmaras, San Diego St.
Michael Amick, UCLA
Matt Callahan, San Diego St.
Kyle Coffee, Washington
Abu Danladi, UCLA
Erik Holt, UCLA
Casey Macias, San Diego St.
Bryce Marion, Stanford
Jeroen Meefout, San Diego St.
Paul Salcedo, California
Michael Sauers, San Diego St.

See also

References
  1. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
  2. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
  3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
  4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
  5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
  6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
  7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
  8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
  9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
  10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
  11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
  12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
  13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
  14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
  15. "Pac-12 Announces Men's Soccer All-Conference Honors". Pac-12 Conference. Pac-12.com. November 15, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
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