2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 63rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams12
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickMiles Robinson, Syracuse
Picked byAtlanta United FC, 2nd overall
Regular Season
Season championsAtlantic: Wake Forest
Coastal: North Carolina
Runners-upAtlantic: Louisville
Coastal: Virginia
Season MVPOffensive: Jon Gallagher
Midfielder: Ian Harkes
Defensive: Miles Robinson
Top scorerJon Gallagher (14)
Tournament
ChampionsWake Forest
  Runners-upClemson
Finals MVPIan Harkes
2016 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Atlantic
#2 Wake Forest ‡ 5 –1 –2  19 –2 –4
#6 Louisville + 5 –2 –1  14 –6 –2
#5 Clemson + 4 –1 –3  14 –4 –5
#11 Syracuse + 4 –2 –3  12 –4 –4
Boston College + 3 –3 –3  9 –9 –3
NC State 1 –8 –0  5 –12 –0
Coastal
#4 North Carolina + 5 –1 –2  14 –3 –4
#13 Virginia + 4 –2 –3  11 –4 –5
#14 Notre Dame + 4 –3 –2  12 –7 –2
No. 8 Virginia Tech + 3 –4 –2  13 –5 –4
Duke 2 –6 –1  7 –8 –2
Pittsburgh 0 –7 –2  2 –13 –3
As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Syracuse Orange are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.

Changes from 2015

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Atlantic Division[1]
Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 2,500
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
NC State Wolfpack Method Road 3,000
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000
Coastal Division[1]
Team Stadium Capacity
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer Field 5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500

1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel
Team Head coach Captain
Boston College Eagles Ed Kelly Zeiko Lewis
Clemson Tigers Mike Noonan Patrick Bunk-Andersen
Duke Blue Devils John Kerr, Jr. Ryan Thompson
Louisville Cardinals Ken Lolla Michael DeGraffenreidt
NC State Wolfpack Kelly Findley Alex McCauley
North Carolina Tar Heels Carlos Somoano[2] Colton Storm
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Bobby Clark[3] Chris Hubbard
Pittsburgh Panthers Jay Vidovich[4] Romeo Charron
Syracuse Orange Ian McIntyre[5] Liam Callahan
Virginia Cavaiers George Gelnovatch[6] Nicko Corriveau
Virginia Tech Hokies Mike Brizendine[7] Som Essome
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Bobby Muuss[8] Ian Harkes

Regular season

Rankings

National Soccer Coaches Association of America
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[9] Wk
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12[21]		 Final[22]
Boston College 11 11 25 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV
Clemson 3 2 2 6 7 5 5 3 8 5 3 3 3 5
Duke RV
Louisville RV RV 13 9 8 4 13 7 10 9 7 6
North Carolina 8 3 3 2 9 4 4 8 3 3 4 10 10 4
NC State RV RV
Notre Dame 9 4 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 12 16 20 15 14
Pittsburgh
Syracuse 6 6 6 5 2 3 3 10 6 6 7 6 8 11
Virginia 17 12 17 17 16 RV RV 21 16 17 17 17 16 13
Virginia Tech RV 15 23 19 18 18 15 23 23 23 RV RV 8
Wake Forest 5 21 21 12 14 11 11 7 2 2 2 2 2 2

Top Drawer Soccer

[23]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre Wk
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2		 Wk
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5		 Wk
6		 Wk
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16		 Final
Boston College 15 10 10 18 18 16 25 14 12 23 RV RV 17
Clemson 10 8 8 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
Duke 20 RV
Louisville 17 13 6 4 6 3 12 8 13 12 7 6 6 6 6
North Carolina 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 6 2 5 4 9 9 8 4 4 4
NC State
Notre Dame 19 12 6 2 2 1 1 1 3 9 12 14 13 11 17 17 17
Pittsburgh
Syracuse 5 4 4 3 3 1 3 3 11 9 7 7 5 6 5 11 11 11
Virginia RV 17 17 13 23 19 19 19 15 8 11 11 13 16 13 13 13 13
Virginia Tech 17 17 17 RV 23 20 8 8 8
Wake Forest 11 23 23 11 12 10 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2

Postseason

ACC Tournament
Main article: 2016 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
8 Boston College 0
4 Clemson 1
4 Clemson 1
2 Wake Forest 3
3 Louisville 1
2 Wake Forest 2

NCAA Tournament

A record nine teams will participate in the NCAA Tournament. Seven of the nine teams earned seeds and byes to the second round.

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
2 4 Wake Forest BYE W 2–0 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Winston-Salem) W 2–1 vs. SIUE – (Winston-Salem) W 2–0 vs. Virginia Tech – (Winston-Salem) W 2–1 vs. #6 Denver – (Houston) T, 0–0 L, 4–5 PK vs. #5 Stanford – (Houston)
3 3 Clemson BYE W 2–1 (OT) vs. South Carolina – (Clemson) W 3–1 vs. #14 Albany – (Clemson) L 0–1 vs. #6 Denver – (Clemson)
4 2 Louisville BYE W 2–1 vs. UCLA – (Louisville) W 3–1 vs. #13 Notre Dame – (Louisville) L 0–2 vs. #5 Stanford – (Louisville)
8 1 Syracuse BYE W 3–0 vs. Dartmouth – (Syracuse) L 0–1 vs. #9 North Carolina – (Syracuse)
9 1 North Carolina BYE W 3–2 (OT) vs. FGCU – (Chapel Hill) W 1–0 vs. #8 Syracuse – (Syracuse) W 1–0 (2OT) vs. Providence – (Chapel Hill) T, 0–0 L, 9–10 PK vs. #5 Stanford – (Houston)
12 2 Virginia BYE W 2–1 (2OT) vs. Vermont – (Charlottesville) L 0–1 vs. #5 Stanford – (Stanford)
13 2 Notre Dame BYE W 1–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago – (Notre Dame) L 1–3 vs. #4 Louisville – (Louisville)
N/A 3 Boston College W 1–0 vs. Fordham – (Boston) L 0–3 vs. #14 Albany – (Albany)
N/A 4 Virginia Tech W 1–0 vs. ETSU – (Blacksburg) W 3–2 vs. #10 Charlotte – (Charlotte) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington) L 0–1 vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)

All-ACC awards and teams
2016 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[24]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Jon Gallagher, Notre Dame
Midfielder of the Year Ian Harkes, Wake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year Miles Robinson, Syracuse
Freshman of the Year Cam Lindley, North Carolina
Coach of the Year Bobby Muuss, Wake Forest
2016 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[24]
First Team Second Team Third Team Freshman Team

Zeiko Lewis, Sr., F, Boston College
Tim Kübel, Jr., D, Louisville
Mohamed Thiaw, Jr., F, Louisville
Cam Lindley, Fr., M, North Carolina
Brandon Aubrey, Sr., D, Notre Dame
Jon Gallagher, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Chris Nanco, Sr., F, Syracuse
Miles Robinson, So., D, Syracuse
Alec Ferrell, Sr., G, Wake Forest
Ian Harkes, Sr., M, Wake Forest
Jacori Hayes, Sr., M, Wake Forest

Diego Campos, Jr., F, Clemson
Oliver Shannon, Jr., M, Clemson
Brian White, Jr., F, Duke
Colton Storm, Sr., D, North Carolina
Alan Winn, Jr., F, North Carolina
Zach Wright, Jr., F, North Carolina
Julius Duchscherer, So., M, NC State
Pablo Aguilar, Jr., M, Virginia
Jeff Caldwell, Jr., G, Virginia
Edward Opoku, So., F, Virginia
Marcelo Acuna, Jr., F, Virginia Tech

Patrick Bunk-Andersen, So., D, Clemson
Geoffrey Dee, Jr., M, Louisville
Daniel Johnson, Sr., M, Louisville
Walker Hume, Sr., D, North Carolina
James Pyle, So., G, North Carolina
Evan Panken, Gr., M, Notre Dame
Mo Adams, Fr., M, Syracuse
Jean-Christophe Koffi, So., M, Virginia
Sergi Nus, So., D, Virginia
Brad Dunwell, So., M, Wake Forest
Kevin Politz, Jr., D, Wake Forest

Lasse Lehmann, Fr., M, Boston College
Malick Mbaye, Fr., D, Clemson
Tanner Dieterich, Fr., D, Clemson
Suniel Veerakone, Fr., M, Duke
Max Moser, Fr., M, Duke
Cam Lindley, Fr., M, North Carolina
Mauricio Pineda, Fr., M, North Carolina
Tommy McCabe, Fr., M, Notre Dame
Mo Adams, Fr., M, Syracuse
Robin Afamefuna, Fr., D, Virginia
Terrell Lowe, Fr., M, Virginia
Ema Twumasi, Fr., M, Wake Forest

Draft Picks
Main article: 2017 MLS SuperDraft

The ACC had 18 total players selected in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. There were 7 players selected in the first round, 5 players selected in the second round, 4 players selected in the third round, and 2 players selected in the fourth round. The 18 selections were the most selections from any conference in the draft. ACC schools Louisville and Syracuse lead the league with 4 selections from each school.

FWForward MFMidfielder DFDefender GKGoalkeeper
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
Miles RobinsonAtlanta United FC1st2DFSyracuse
Jeremy EbobissePortland Timbers1st4FWDuke
Daniel JohnsonChicago Fire1st11MFLouisville
Colton StormSporting Kansas City1st14DFNorth Carolina
Zeiko LewisNew York Red Bulls1st17FWBoston College
Jacori HayesFC Dallas1st18MFWake Forest
Brandon AubreyToronto FC1st21DFNotre Dame
Alec FerrellMinnesota United FC2nd23GKWake Forest
Liam CallahanColorado Rapids2nd24DFSyracuse
Stefan ClevelandChicago Fire2nd26GKLouisville
Aaron JonesPhiladelphia Union2nd33DFClemson
Walker HumeFC Dallas2nd37DFNorth Carolina
Robert MoewesToronto FC3rd52GKDuke
Chris NancoPhiladelphia Union3rd55FWSyracuse
Michael DeGraffenriedtNew York City FC3rd60DFLouisville
Øyvind AlsethToronto FC3rd65MFSyracuse
Romilio HernandezPortland Timbers4th80MFLouisville
Juan Pablo SaavedraToronto FC4th87DFVirginia Tech

See also

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