2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2016 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament
College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 17 – December 11, 2016
Teams	48
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	118 (2.68 per match)
	← 2015 2017 →; All statistics correct as of December 3, 2016.

The 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship (also known as the 2016 College Cup) will be the 58th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds will be held at college campus sites across the United States during November and December 2016, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals will be played at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas from December 9–11, 2016.^[1]

The defending national champion is the Stanford Cardinal.

Qualification

All Division I men's soccer programs except for Grand Canyon, Incarnate Word, and UMass Lowell will be eligible to qualify for the tournament. Those three programs are ineligible because they are in transition from Division II to Division I. The tournament field remains fixed at 48 teams.

Of the 24 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for this year's tournament.

Format

As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.

The NCAA Selection Committee also names the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.

Seeded teams
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	NSCAA Ranking^[2]	RPI Ranking^[3]
1	Maryland	Big Ten	18–0–2	Tournament Champion	1	1
2	Wake Forest	ACC	15–2–3	Tournament Champion	2	3
3	Clemson	ACC	13–3–4	At Large	3	2
4	Louisville	ACC	12–5–2	At Large	9	6
5	Stanford	PAC-12	11–3–4	Tournament Champion	8	5
6	Denver	Summit	17–0–3	Tournament Champion	4	7
7	Indiana	Big Ten	11–1–7	At Large	7	15
8	Syracuse	ACC	11–4–3	At Large	6	9
9	North Carolina	ACC	11–3–3	At Large	10	10
10	Charlotte	C-USA	12–3–2	At Large	5	14
11	Washington	Pac-12	13–6–0	At Large	14	8
12	Virginia	ACC	10–3–5	At Large	17	20
13	Notre Dame	ACC	11–7–2	At Large	20	13
14	Albany	America East	12–5–2	Tournament Champion	RV	12
15	Butler	Big East	13–5–1	Tournament Champion	15	11
16	Kentucky	C-USA	11–4–3	At Large	19	18

Schedule

Round	Date
First round	November 17, 2016
Second round	November 20, 2016
Third round	November 26–27, 2016
Quarterfinals	December 2 − 4, 2016
College Cup: Semifinals	December 9, 2016
College Cup Final	December 11, 2016

Bracket

Regional 1

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

			1	Maryland	4

				Providence	5
	Providence	2

	Delaware	0
							Providence	2

							Creighton	1
	Creighton	3

	Tulsa	0
				Creighton	3

			16	Kentucky	2



										Providence	0

									9	North Carolina	1



			9	North Carolina 2OT	3

				Florida Gulf Coast	2
	South Florida	2(0)

	Florida Gulf Coast ^PK	2(3)
						9	North Carolina 2OT	1

						8	Syracuse	0
	Dartmouth 2OT	1

	St. Francis Brooklyn	0
				Dartmouth	0

			8	Syracuse	3

Regional 2

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

			5	Stanford	2

				Pacific	0
	CSUN	0

	Pacific	1
						5	Stanford 2OT	1

						12	Virginia	0
	Vermont	4

	Rider	1
				Vermont	1

			12	Virginia 2OT	2



									5	Stanford	2

									4	Louisville	0



			13	Notre Dame	1

				Loyola-Chicago	0
	Loyola-Chicago	2

	UIC	0
						13	Notre Dame	1

						4	Louisville	3
	UCLA	4

	Colgate	2
				UCLA	1

			4	Louisville OT	2

Regional 3

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

			3	Clemson 2OT	2

				South Carolina	1
	South Carolina	1

	Mercer	0
						3	Clemson	3

						14	Albany	1
	Boston College	1

	Fordham	0
				Boston College	0

			14	Albany	3



									3	Clemson	0

									6	Denver	1



			11	Washington	4

				New Mexico	1
	New Mexico PK	0(6)

	Portland	0(5)
						11	Washington	1

						6	Denver	2
	San Diego State	1(5)

	UNLV PK	1(6)
				UNLV	0

			6	Denver	3

Regional 4

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

			7	Indiana	1

				Akron	0
	Akron	2

	Villanova	0
						7	Indiana	1

							Virginia Tech OT	2
	Virginia Tech	1

	East Tennessee State	0
				Virginia Tech	3

			10	Charlotte	2



										Virginia Tech	0

									2	Wake Forest	2



			15	Butler	0(4)

				SIUE PK	0(5)
	Michigan State	1(8)

	SIUE PK	1(9)
							SIUE	1

						2	Wake Forest	2
	Coastal Carolina	2

	Radford	1
				Coastal Carolina	0

			2	Wake Forest	2

Results

First round

November 17, 2016	South Carolina	1–0	Mercer	Columbia, South Carolina
1:00pm EST	Walker 39'	Report		Stadium: Stone Stadium Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

November 17, 2016	Michigan State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	SIU Edwardsville	East Lansing, Michigan
1:00pm EST	Marcantognini 40'	Report	McHugh 67'	Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 559 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Penalties
	Sierakowski Krolicki Centala Corrigan Lewis H. Barone Beckett Marcantognini Scott Pimlott Sierakowski		McHugh Kendall-Moullin McLean Solawa Ledbetter D. Jambga Hinkson Gutierrez Ebbesen Christianson Ledbetter

November 17, 2016	Coastal Carolina	2–1	Radford	Conway, South Carolina
2:00pm EST	Einarsson 30' Pierrot 30'	Report	Colmer 50'	Stadium: Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field Attendance: 320 Referee: Howard Ash

November 17, 2016	Dartmouth	1–0 (a.e.t.)	St. Francis Brooklyn	Hanover, New Hampshire
5:00pm EST	Danilack 105'	Report		Stadium: Burnham Field Attendance: 395 Referee: Jason Pelletier

November 17, 2016	Akron	2–0	Villanova	Akron, Ohio
5:00pm EST	Hinds 39', 73'	Report		Stadium: Cub Cadet Field Attendance: 1,811 Referee: Chris Penso

November 17, 2016	Virginia Tech	1–0	East Tennessee State	Blacksburg, Virginia
6:00pm EST	Quashie 23'	Report		Stadium: Sandra D. Thompson Field Attendance: 495 Referee: Brandon Marion

November 17, 2016	Boston College	1–0	Fordham	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
6:00pm EST	Lewis 82'	Report		Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex Attendance: 422 Referee: Lou Labbadia

November 17, 2016	South Florida	2–2 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	Florida Gulf Coast	Tampa, Florida
7:00pm EST	Mfeka 44' Epps 54'	Report	Ruiz 27' Gavin 61'	Stadium: Corbett Stadium Attendance: 936 Referee: Ted Unkel
	Penalties
	Rodriguez Gomez Bartman		Mohsin Roubos Jaime Ruiz

November 17, 2016	Vermont	4–1	Rider	Burlington, Vermont
7:00pm EST	Wright 24', 43', 90' Lamanna 71'	Report	Herpreck 89'	Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 2,058 Referee: Carlos Fernandes

November 17, 2016	Providence	2–0	Delaware	Providence, Rhode Island
7:00pm EST	Reardon 8' Gressel 71'	Report		Stadium: Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium Referee: Noel Cotterell

November 17, 2016	UCLA	4–2	Colgate	Los Angeles, California
8:00pm EST	Hernández 17' Raygoza 26' Danladi 33' Poleo 89'	Report	Z. Pagani 22' Scodari 38'	Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 623 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

November 17, 2016	Loyola-Chicago	2–0	UIC	Chicago, Illinois
8:00pm EST	Lasinski 60' Engesser 89'	Report		Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Greg Dopka

November 17, 2016	Creighton	3–0	Tulsa	Omaha, Nebraska
8:00pm EST	LaGro 3' Englis 6' Lopez-Espin 68'	Report		Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 1,404 Referee: Sorin Stoica

November 17, 2016	New Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Portland	Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00pm EST		Report		Stadium: UNM Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,311 Referee: Mark Allatin
	Penalties
	Wahen Gurule Goss Rochowski Lawrence Hanson Herrera Gleadle Spangenberg		Ortiz Magana-Rivera Dixon Reaves Coffey Baez Michel Edwardson Zambrano

November 17, 2016	San Diego State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	UNLV	San Diego, California
10:00pm EST	Vergara 47'	Report	A. Musovski 30'	Stadium: SDSU Sports Deck Attendance: 1,468 Referee: Ian Anderson
	Penalties
	Sauers Norris Meefout Van den Berg Nicklaw Pelaez Kjellker Sagno		D. Musovski Pitt Mehlich A. Musovski Drye Cooper Jackson Velazquez

November 17, 2016	Cal State Northridge	0–1	Pacific	Northridge, California
10:00pm EST		Report	Branche 77'	Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Chris Calderon

Second round

November 20, 2016	#8 Syracuse	3–0	Dartmouth	Syracuse, New York
12:00pm EST	Nanco 7' Carmago 24', 60'	Report		Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: Robert Sibiga

November 20, 2016	#2 Wake Forest	2–0	Coastal Carolina	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00pm EST	Hayes 21' Argudo 62'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

November 20, 2016	#7 Indiana	1–0	Akron	Bloomington, Indiana
1:00pm EST	McConnell 54'	Report		Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,790 Referee: Shane Butler

November 20, 2016	#12 Virginia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vermont	Charlottesville, Virginia
1:00pm EST	Foss 76' Aguilar 103'	Report	Barðdal 62'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 612 Referee: Peter Dhima

November 20, 2016	#14 Albany	3–0	Boston College	Albany, New York
1:00pm EST	Mattos 12' Solabarrieta 28' Pinheiro 83'	Report		Stadium: Bob Ford Field Attendance: 366 Referee: Brian Dunn

November 20, 2016	#15 Butler	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	SIU Edwardsville	Indianapolis, Indiana
2:00pm EST		Report		Stadium: Butler Bowl Attendance: 667 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
	Penalties
	Suddick Timmer Lehtinen Ostrowski Goldsmith Charalambous		McHugh Kendall-Moullin McLean Solawa Ledbetter D. Jambga

November 20, 2016	#10 Charlotte	2–3	Virginia Tech	Charlotte, North Carolina
4:00pm EST	Bruce 19' Bronico 83'	Report	Acuña 50' (pen.), 60' Quashie 88'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Mike Stutt

November 20, 2016	#16 Kentucky	2–3	Creighton	Lexington, Kentucky
4:30pm EST	Barajas 68' Williams 89'	Report	Fox 9' (o.g.) Perez 32' Sawaf 78'	Stadium: Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex Attendance: 935 Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.

November 20, 2016	#4 Louisville	2–1 (a.e.t.)	UCLA	Louisville, Kentucky
5:00pm EST	Gayton 3' Schmitt 94'	Report	Danladi 60'	Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Leland Grant

November 20, 2016	#1 Maryland	4–5	Providence	College Park, Maryland
5:00pm EST	Wild 6' Sejdič 22', 51' Williamson 54'	Report	Gressel 11', 70' Sailor 71' Kilday 75' Serrano 82'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 3,804 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez

November 20, 2016	#3 Clemson	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Carolina	Clemson, South Carolina
6:00pm EST	Happi 86', 93'	Report	Dieterich 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,711 Referee: Nima Saghafi

November 20, 2016	#13 Notre Dame	1–0	Loyola-Chicago	Notre Dame, Indiana
6:00pm EST	Gallagher 79'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 378 Referee: Sorin Stoica

November 20, 2016	#6 Denver	3–0	UNLV	Denver, Colorado
7:00pm EST	DeVoss 56' Underwood 70' Ford 81'	Report		Stadium: Denver Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Allen Chapman

November 20, 2016	#9 North Carolina	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Florida Gulf Coast	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00pm EST	T. Hume 30', 105' Bruening 86'	Report	Ferrer 11' Ruiz 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 636 Referee: David Erbacher

November 20, 2016	#5 Stanford	2–0	Pacific	Stanford, California
8:00pm EST	Langsdorf 37' Hillard-Arce 70'	Report		Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,403 Referee: Eric Ehrhardt

November 20, 2016	#11 Washington	4–1	New Mexico	Seattle, Washington
8:00pm EST	Schmidt 28' Menzies 47' Rice 57' Blanchard 65'	Report	Khouri 22'	Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium Attendance: 874 Referee: Josh Wilkins

Third round

November 26, 2016	#6 Denver	2–1	#11 Washington	Denver, Colorado
7:00pm EST	Crosswait 25' Shinyashiki 66'	Report	Wright 77' (pen.)	Stadium: CIBER Field Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Nima Saghafi

November 26, 2016	Creighton	1–2	Providence	Omaha, Nebraska
7:00pm EST	Rydstrand 4'	Report	Gressel 21' Griffin 83'	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 2,539 Referee: Landis Wiley

November 27, 2016	#7 Indiana	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Virginia Tech	Bloomington, Indiana
12:05pm EST	Lillard 77'	Report	Moyers 18' White 98'	Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Sorin Stoica

November 27, 2016	#8 Syracuse	0–1	#9 North Carolina	Syracuse, New York
2:00pm EST		Report	Kelly 32'	Stadium: David W. Murphy Field^{[note 1]} Attendance: 720 Referee: Jan Halaska

November 27, 2016	#2 Wake Forest	2–1	SIU Edwardsville	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
5:00pm EST	Bakero 3', 72'	Report	Ledbetter 41'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,942 Referee: Carmen Serbio

November 27, 2016	#4 Louisville	3–1	#13 Notre Dame	Louisville, Kentucky
5:00pm EST	Thiaw 16' Schmitt 71' Dieye 90'	Report	Gallagher 54'	Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

November 27, 2016	#3 Clemson	3–1	#14 Albany	Clemson, South Carolina
6:00pm EST	Au. Burnikel 45', 81' Happi 84'	Report	Clark 47'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 2,046 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

November 27, 2016	#5 Stanford	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#12 Virginia	Stanford, California
8:00pm EST	Langsdorf 106'	Report		Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,185 Referee: Mark Allatin

Quarterfinals

December 2, 2016	#3 Clemson	0–1	#6 Denver	Clemson, South Carolina
7:00 pm EST		Report	Ford 89'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Robert Sibiga

December 2, 2016	#9 North Carolina	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Providence	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 pm EST	Murphy 102'	Report		Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 4,009 Referee: Mike Tutt

December 3, 2016	#2 Wake Forest	2–0	Virginia Tech	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
5:00 pm EST	Twumasi 79', 81'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 3,410 Referee: Chris Penso

December 3, 2016	#4 Louisville	0–2	#5 Stanford	Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 pm EST			Langsdorf 64' Werner 79'	Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 3,247 Referee: Anthony Vasali

College Cup

Semifinals

December 9, 2016	#2 Wake Forest	v	#6 Denver	Houston, Texas
6:00 pm EST				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

December 9, 2016	#5 Stanford	v	#9 North Carolina	Houston, Texas
8:45 pm EST				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

National Championship

December 11, 2016		v		Houston, Texas
TBD EST				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players still active in the tournament are highlighted in bold.

4 goals

Julian Gressel — Providence

3 goals

Alex Happi — Clemson
Foster Langsdorf — Stanford
Brian Wright — Vermont
Nico Quashie — Virginia Tech

2 goals

Nick Hinds — Akron
Austen Burnikel — Clemson
Kortne Ford — Denver
Albert Ruiz — Florida Gulf Coast
Tate Schmitt — Louisville
Amar Sejdič — Maryland
Tucker Hume — North Carolina
Jon Gallagher — Notre Dame
Sergio Carmago — Syracuse
Abu Danladi — UCLA
Marcelo Acuña — Virginia Tech
Jon Bakero — Wake Forest
Ema Twumasi — Wake Forest

1 goal

Carlos Clark — Albany
Bernardo Mattos — Albany
Afonso Pinheiro — Albany
Nico Solabarrieta — Albany
Zeiko Lewis — Boston College
Brandt Bronico — Charlotte
Daniel Bruce — Charlotte
Einar Einarsson — Coastal Carolina
Frantzdy Pierrot — Coastal Carolina
Zach Pagani — Colgate
Bruno Scodari — Colgate
Myles Englis — Creighton
Mitch LaGro — Creighton
Ricky Lopez-Espin — Creighton
Ricardo Perez — Creighton
Joel Rydstrand — Creighton
Karim Sawaf — Creighton
Matt Danilack — Dartmouth
Chandler Crosswait — Denver
Scott DeVoss — Denver
Andre Shinyashiki — Denver
Alex Underwood — Denver
Robert Ferrer — Florida Gulf Coast
Justin Gavin — Florida Gulf Coast
Grant Lillard — Indiana
Billy McConnell — Indiana
Kevin Barajas — Kentucky
J. J. Williams — Kentucky
Cherif Dieye — Louisville
Jack Gayton — Louisville
Mohamed Thiaw — Louisville
Kevin Engesser — Loyola-Chicago
Alec Lasinski — Loyola-Chicago
Gordon Wild — Maryland
Eryk Williamson — Maryland
Michael Marcantognini — Michigan State
Patrick Khouri — New Mexico
Nils Bruening — North Carolina
Jeremy Kelly — North Carolina
Drew Murphy — North Carolina
Tariq Branche — Pacific
Danny Griffin — Providence
Steven Kilday — Providence
Brendan Reardon — Providence
Nick Sailor — Providence
João Serrano — Providence
Fraser Colmer — Radford
Arthur Herpreck — Rider
A. J. Vergara — San Diego State
Tomas Hilliard-Arce — Stanford
Sam Werner — Stanford
Austin Ledbetter — SIU Edwardsville
Keegan McHugh — SIU Edwardsville
Kevin Walker — South Carolina
Marcus Epps — South Florida
Lindo Mfeka — South Florida
Chris Nanco — Syracuse
José Hernández — UCLA
Kike Poleo — UCLA
Willie Raygoza — UCLA
Adam Musovski — UNLV
Jon Arnar Barðdal — Vermont
Stefan Lamanna — Vermont
Pablo Aguilar — Virginia
Paddy Foss — Virginia
Brendan Moyers — Virginia Tech
Forrest White — Virginia Tech
Luis Argudo — Wake Forest
Jacori Hayes — Wake Forest
Beau Blanchard — Washington
Scott Menzies — Washington
Elijah Rice — Washington
Justin Schmidt — Washington
Steven Wright — Washington

Own goals

Tanner Dieterich — Clemson (playing against South Carolina)
Kaelon Fox — Kentucky (playing against Creighton)

Notes

^ Syracuse played their home match at David W. Murphy Field, on the campus Onondaga Community College, instead of their regular stadium SU Soccer Stadium, due to field conditions from snowy conditions.^[4]

References

^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/college
^ "Division I Men's College Soccer - Rankings - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
^ Kramer, Lindsay (November 25, 2016). "Field conditions force venue change for Syracuse soccer's NCAA Tournament game on Sunday". Syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

[Syracuse-5] Syracuse played their home match at David W. Murphy Field, on the campus Onondaga Community College, instead of their regular stadium SU Soccer Stadium, due to field conditions from snowy conditions.^[4]

[1] "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

[2] ttp://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/college

[3] "Division I Men's College Soccer - Rankings - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.

[4] Kramer, Lindsay (November 25, 2016). "Field conditions force venue change for Syracuse soccer's NCAA Tournament game on Sunday". Syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

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