2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

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
ACC men's soccer seasons
← 2015
2016 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 2 Wake Forest ‡ 5 – 1 – 2 19 – 2 – 4
No. 6 Louisville + 5 – 2 – 1 14 – 6 – 2
No. 5 Clemson + 4 – 1 – 3 14 – 4 – 5
No. 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
No. 4 North Carolina + 5 – 1 – 2 14 – 3 – 4
No. 13 Virginia + 4 – 2 – 3 11 – 4 – 5
No. 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 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 63rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

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

Changes from 2015[edit]

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

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[edit]

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

Regular season[edit]

Rankings[edit]

National Soccer Coaches Association of America[edit]

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
1[10] 		Wk
2[11] 		Wk
3[12] 		Wk
4[13] 		Wk
5[14] 		Wk
6[15] 		Wk
7[16] 		Wk
8[17] 		Wk
9[18] 		Wk
10[19] 		Wk
11[20] 		Wk
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[edit]

[23]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
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[edit]

ACC tournament[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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)
— 3 Boston College W 1–0 vs. Fordham – (Boston) L 0–3 vs. #14 Albany – (Albany)
— 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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper
Player Team Round Pick # Position School
United States Miles Robinson Atlanta United FC 1st 2 DF Syracuse
United States Jeremy Ebobisse Portland Timbers 1st 4 FW Duke
United States Daniel Johnson Chicago Fire 1st 11 MF Louisville
United States Colton Storm Sporting Kansas City 1st 14 DF North Carolina
Bermuda Zeiko Lewis New York Red Bulls 1st 17 FW Boston College
United States Jacori Hayes FC Dallas 1st 18 MF Wake Forest
United States Brandon Aubrey Toronto FC 1st 21 DF Notre Dame
United States Alec Ferrell Minnesota United FC 2nd 23 GK Wake Forest
United States Liam Callahan Colorado Rapids 2nd 24 DF Syracuse
United States Stefan Cleveland Chicago Fire 2nd 26 GK Louisville
England Aaron Jones Philadelphia Union 2nd 33 DF Clemson
United States Walker Hume FC Dallas 2nd 37 DF North Carolina
Germany Robert Moewes Toronto FC 3rd 52 GK Duke
Canada Chris Nanco Philadelphia Union 3rd 55 FW Syracuse
United States Michael DeGraffenriedt New York City FC 3rd 60 DF Louisville
Norway Øyvind Alseth Toronto FC 3rd 65 MF Syracuse
El Salvador Romilio Hernandez Portland Timbers 4th 80 MF Louisville
United States Juan Pablo Saavedra Toronto FC 4th 87 DF Virginia Tech

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Carlos Somoano Biography". UNC Athletics. GoHeels.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  3. ^ "Bobby Clark Bio". Notre Dame Athletics. UND.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Jay Vidovich Bio". Pitt Sports. PittsburghPanthers.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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  6. ^ "UVA Soccer Men's Coaching Staff". University of Virginia Athletics. VirginiaSports.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "Head Men's Soccer Coach". Virginia Tech Athletics. HokieSports.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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  20. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  21. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  22. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
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