2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	7
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Jake Nerwinski, Connecticut
Picked by	Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 7th overall
Regular Season
Season champions	South Florida
Runners-up	Tulsa
Tournament
Champions	Tulsa
Runners-up	South Florida
Finals MVP	Juan Sanchez
AAC men's soccer seasons
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2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 4th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

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/Opponent	CIN	CON	MEM	USF	SMU	TUL	TEM	UCF
Cincinnati Bearcats			2–1
Connecticut Huskies							1–0
Memphis Tigers	1–2
South Florida Bulls								2–1
SMU Mustangs						0–3
Tulsa Golden Hurricane					3–0
Temple Owls		0–1
UCF Knights				1–2

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		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

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
—	College Park	Tulsa	L, 0–3 vs. Creighton – (Omaha)
—	College Park	South Florida	T, 2–2 (L, 0–3 pen.) vs. Florida Gulf Coast – (Tampa)

All-AAC awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[15]
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

First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
2016 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[15]
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

References

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[1] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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[5] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[6] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[7] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.

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[13] "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.

[14] "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.

[awards-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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v t e American Athletic Conference men's soccer
Teams	Charlotte 49ers Florida Atlantic Owls FIU Panthers Memphis Tigers South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulsa Golden Hurricane UAB Blazers
Championships	American Tournament
Awards	Player of the Year
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Tournament	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Rivalries	War on I-4 (South Florida–UCF)

v t e 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll