2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 4th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams7
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickJake Nerwinski, Connecticut
Picked byVancouver Whitecaps FC, 7th overall
Regular Season
Season championsSouth Florida
Runners-upTulsa
Tournament
ChampionsTulsa
  Runners-upSouth Florida
Finals MVPJuan Sanchez
2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
South Florida + 6 –1 –0  10 –6 –4
Tulsa ‡ 4 –2 –1  10 –5 –5
Connecticut 3 –3 –1  11 –7 –1
Cincinnati 3 –4 –0  9 –7 –1
UCF 3 –4 –0  5 –11 –0
Temple 2 –3 –2  10 –6 –2
Memphis 2 –4 –1  8 –8 –1
SMU 2 –4 –1  6 –9 –1
  • ‡ – Tournament champion
    + – Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The SMU Mustangs are the defending regular season champions, and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane are the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2015
  • None

Teams

Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati, Ohio Gettler Stadium 7,500
Connecticut Huskies Storrs, Connecticut Morrone Stadium 5,100
Memphis Tigers Memphis, Tennessee Mike Rose Soccer Complex 2,500
South Florida Bulls Tampa, Florida Corbett Soccer Stadium 4,000
SMU Mustangs University Park, Texas Westcott Field 4,000
Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa, Oklahoma Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium 2,000
Temple Owls Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ambler Field 300
UCF Knights Orlando, Florida UCF Soccer and Track Stadium 2,000
  • East Carolina, Houston and Tulane do not sponsor men's soccer

Regular season

Results
Team/OpponentCINCONMEMUSFSMUTULTEMUCF
Cincinnati Bearcats2–1
Connecticut Huskies1–0
Memphis Tigers1–2
South Florida Bulls2–1
SMU Mustangs0–3
Tulsa Golden Hurricane3–0
Temple Owls0–1
UCF Knights1–2

Rankings
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]
Cincinnati C
Connecticut C RV 14 RV RV NR RV 24 RV RV NR
Memphis C
SMU C 12 25 RV NR
USF C 19 RV RV RV NR RV RV RV NR
Temple C RV NR
Tulsa C RV NR RV NR
UCF C

Postseason

AAC Tournament
Main article: 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Finals
      
1 South Florida 2**
4 UCF 1
1 South Florida 1 (2)
2 Tulsa (pen.) 1 (4)**
2 Tulsa 2
3 Connecticut 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

NCAA Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
N/A College Park Tulsa L, 0–3 vs. Creighton – (Omaha)
N/A College Park South Florida T, 2–2 (L, 0–3 pen.) vs. Florida Gulf Coast – (Tampa)

All-AAC awards and teams
2016 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[15]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Matias Pyysalo, UCF
Midfielder of the Year Adam Wilson, Cincinnati
Defensive Player of the Year Prosper Figbe, USF
Goalkeeper of the Year Spasoje Stefanovic, USF
Rookie of the Year Garrett McLaughlin, SMU
Coaching Staff of the Year South Florida
Fair Play Award Connecticut
2016 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[15]
First Team Second Team Rookie Team

Matias Pyysalo, M, Jr., UCF
Adam Wilson, M, So., Cincinnati
Kwame Awuah, M, Sr., UConn
Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, So., UConn
Jake Nerwinski, B, Sr., UConn
Nazeem Bartman, F, Sr., USF
Prosper Figbe, B, So., USF
Lindo Mfeka, M, Sr., USF
Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, Sr., USF
Jorge Gomez Sanchez, F, Sr., Temple
Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Sr., Temple

Patrick Nielsen, B, Fr., Cincinnati
Simen Olafsen, B, So., UConn
Raul Gonzalez, M, Sr., Memphis
Joonas Jokinen, F, Jr., Temple
Melvin Becket, F, Sr., USF
Jordan Cano, B, Jr., SMU
Mauro Cichero, M, Jr., SMU
Jake McGuire, GK, Sr., Tulsa
Matt Puig, F, Fr., Tulsa
Ray Saari, M, Sr., Tulsa
Zack Stavrou, B, Jr., Tulsa

Brian Jamba, M, UCF
Ryan Melink, M, Cincinnati
Patrick Nielsen, B, Cincinnati
David Sanz, M, Cincinnati
Niko Petridis, M, UConn
Munir Saleh, M, UConn
Jackson Morse, M, Memphis
Garrett McLaughlin, F, SMU
Albert Moreno, M, Temple
Alejandro Chavez, B, Tulsa
Matt Puig, F, Tulsa

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. "American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Report Postseason - November 17, 2016" (PDF). American Athletic Conference. TheAmerican.org. November 17, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
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