2016 Ivy League men's soccer season

2016 Ivy League men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu, Harvard
Picked by	Atlanta United FC, 46th overall
Regular season
Co-champions	Columbia Dartmouth
Season MVP	Offensive: Arthur Bosua Defensive: Wyatt Omsberg

2016 Ivy League men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Columbia ‡x	5	–	1	–	1			12	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth ‡	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	5	–	5
Brown	3	–	3	–	1			8	–	8	–	1
Penn	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	6
Princeton	1	–	3	–	2			7	–	7	–	2
Yale	1	–	4	–	2			3	–	10	–	2
Cornell	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	13	–	2
Harvard #	4	–	0	–	1			10	–	3	–	2
‡-Conference champion x- Not invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship #- Ineligible (self-imposed sanctions) As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Ivy League men's soccer season was the 62nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Dartmouth Big Green are the defending champions, by virtue of winning the regular season (there is no conference tournament).

Changes from 2015

• None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Brown Bears	Providence, Rhode Island	Stevenson Field	3,500
Columbia Lions	New York City, New York	Columbia Soccer Stadium	3,500
Cornell Big Red	Ithaca, New York	Berman Field	1,000
Dartmouth Big Green	Hanover, New Hampshire	Burnham Field	1,600
Harvard Crimson	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium	2,500
Penn Quakers	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rhodes Field	2,000
Princeton Tigers	Princeton, New Jersey	Roberts Stadium	1,750
Yale Bulldogs	New Haven, Connecticut	Reese Stadium	3,000

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent	BRO	COL	COR	DAR	HAR	PEN	PRI	YAL
Brown Bears
Columbia Lions
Cornell Big Red
Dartmouth Big Green
Harvard Crimson
Penn Quakers
Princeton Tigers
Yale Bulldogs

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	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Brown	C				RV	NR
Columbia	C
Cornell	C
Dartmouth	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Harvard	C	RV	NR
Penn	C
Princeton	C
Yale	C

Postseason

NCAA tournament

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

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	College Park	Dartmouth	W 2–1 OT vs. St. Francis Brooklyn – (Durham)	L, 0–3 vs. #8 Syracuse – (Syracuse)

All-Ivy League awards and teams

2016 Ivy League Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Arthur Bosua, Columbia
Defensive Player of the Year	Wyatt Omsberg, Dartmouth
Coach of the Year	Kevin Anderson, Columbia
Freshman of the Year	Vana Markarian, Columbia

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	James Hickok (Dartmouth)
2	DF	USA	Jack Hagstrom (Brown)
3	DF	GER	Alex Bangerl (Columbia)
4	DF	USA	Wyatt Omsberg (Darmouth)
5	DF	USA	Patrick Barba (Princeton)
6	MF	USA	Andrew Tinari (Columbia)
7	MF	USA	Matt Danilack (Darmouth)
8	MF	USA	Matt Poplawski (Penn)
9	FW	USA	Arthur Bosua (Columbia)
10	FW	USA	Greg Seifert (Princeton)
11	FW	USA	Alec Neumann (Penn)

Second team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	USA	Dylan Castenheria (Columbia)
—	DF	USA	Louis Zingas (Brown)
—	DF	USA	Sam Wancowicz (Penn)
—	DF	USA	Henry Flugstad-Clarke (Yale)
—	DF	IRN	Vana Markarian (Columbia)
—	MF	IRL	Sean McSherry (Princeton)
—	MF	USA	Noah Paravicini (Darmouth)
—	MF	USA	Nicky Downs (Yale)
—	FW	CAN	Matthew Chow (Brown)
—	FW	ENG	George Pedlow (Cornell)
—	FW	NGA	Dami Omitaomu (Penn)

Third team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	USA	Erik Hanson (Brown)
—	DF	USA	Ricardo Gomez (Dartmouth)
—	DF	USA	Tyler Dowse (Dartmouth)
—	DF	USA	Mark Romanowski (Princeton)
—	DF	USA	Nico Lozada (Brown)
—	MF	USA	Matt Greer (Penn)
—	MF	BER	Justin Donawa (Darmouth)
—	MF	USA	Ryan Watters (Cornell)
—	MF	USA	Joe Swenson (Penn)
—	FW	USA	Nate Pomeroy (Brown)

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Ivy League women's soccer season