2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	9
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Chris Odoi-Atsem, Maryland
Picked by	D.C. United, 12th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Maryland
Runners-up	Indiana
Season MVP	FW: Gordon Wild MF: Tanner Thompson DF: Alex Crognale GK: Cody Niedermeier
Top scorer	Gordon Wild (17)
Tournament
Champions	Maryland
Runners-up	Wisconsin
Big Ten Conference men's soccer seasons
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2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Maryland ‡	7	–	0	–	1			18	–	1	–	2
No. 9 Indiana +	3	–	0	–	5			12	–	2	–	7
Wisconsin	4	–	2	–	2			11	–	4	–	4
No. 25 Michigan State +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	5	–	2
Penn State	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	8	–	2
Ohio State	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	13	–	1
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	1			6	–	11	–	1
Michigan	1	–	6	–	1			4	–	11	–	4
Rutgers	0	–	6	–	2			1	–	14	–	2
‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 26th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Maryland Terrapins are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 17. ^[1]

	Team Ranking
1.	Maryland
2.	Indiana
3.	Ohio State
4.	Rutgers
5.	Michigan
6.	Michigan State
7.	Wisconsin
8.	Penn State
9.	Northwestern

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	6,000
Maryland Terrapins	College Park, Maryland	Ludwig Field	7,500
Michigan Wolverines	Ann Arbor, Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium	2,200
Michigan State Spartans	East Lansing, Michigan	DeMartin Soccer Complex	2,500
Northwestern Wildcats	Evanston, Illinois	Lakeside Field	900
Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	Owens Memorial Stadium	10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	Jeffrey Field	5,000
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Piscataway, New Jersey	Yurcak Field	5,000
Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin	McClimon Stadium	2,000

• Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Purdue do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team	Head Coach	Shirt supplier
Indiana	Todd Yeagley	Adidas
Maryland	Sasho Cirovski	Under Armour
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Nike
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Nike
Northwestern	Tim Lenahan	Under Armour
Ohio State	John Bluem	Nike
Penn State	Bob Warming	Nike
Rutgers	Dan Donigan	Adidas
Wisconsin	John Trask	Under Armour

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent	IND	UMD	MCH	MSU	NWU	OSU	PSU	RUT	WIS
Indiana		1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Maryland	1–1		3–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–2
Michigan	0–2	2–3		0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2
Michigan State	1–2	0–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1
Northwestern	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–2		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2
Ohio State	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0		2–4	3–1	1–2
Penn State	0–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	4–2		3–2	2–1
Rutgers	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–3	2–3		0–1
Wisconsin	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0

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 [2]	Wk 1 [3]	Wk 2 [4]	Wk 3 [5]	Wk 4 [6]	Wk 5 [7]	Wk 6 [8]	Wk 7 [9]	Wk 8 [10]	Wk 9 [11]	Wk 10 [12]	Wk 11 [13]	Wk 12 [14]	Final [15]
Indiana	C	15	5	4	3	4	6	6	9	7	10	8	7	6	9
Maryland	C	4	7	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Michigan	C
Michigan State	C					22	25	21	19	20	13	15	12	13	25
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	C	18	RV	NR
Penn State	C		RV	RV	NR
Rutgers	C	25	RV	NR
Wisconsin	C					RV	NR			RV	24	20	18	25	RV

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

Main article: 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Maryland	2
	4	Michigan State	1
						1	Maryland	2
						3	Wisconsin	1
	2	Indiana	1 (3)
	3	Wisconsin (pen.)	1 (4)

NCAA tournament

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

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round
1	1	Maryland	BYE	L, 4–5 vs. Providence – (College Park)
7	4	Indiana	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Akron – (Bloomington)	L, 1–2 (OT) vs. Virginia Tech – (Bloomington)
—	4	Michigan State	T, 1–1 L, 8–9 pen. vs. SIUE – (Lansing)

All-Big Ten awards and teams

2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards [16]
Award	Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year	Sasho Cirovski, Maryland
Offensive Player of the Year	Gordon Wild, Maryland
Defensive Player of the Year	Alex Crognale, Maryland
Midfielder of the Year	Tanner Thompson, Indiana
Goalkeeper of the Year	Cody Niedermeier, Maryland
Freshman of the Year	Giuseppe Barone, Michigan State

2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [16]
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
Gordon Wild, FW, Maryland Francis Atuahene, FW, Michigan Ryan Sierakowski, FW, Michigan State Chris Mueller, FW, Wisconsin Tanner Thompson, MF, Indiana Amar Sejdic, MF, Maryland Connor Maloney, MF, Penn State Grant Lillard, DF, Indiana Alex Crognale, DF, Maryland Chris Odoi-Atsem, DF, Maryland Cody Niedermeier, GK, Maryland	Richard Ballard, FW, Indiana Nate Kohl, FW, Ohio State Eryk Williamson, MF, Maryland Ken Krolicki, MF, Michigan State Abdi Mohamed, MF, Ohio State Michael Catalano, MF, Wisconsin Mark Segbers, MF, Wisconsin Andrew Gutman, DF, Indiana Suli Dainkeh, DF, Maryland Lars Eckenrode, DF, Michigan Jimmy Fiscus, DF, Michigan State Robby Sagel, DF, Penn State Sam Brotherton, DF, Wisconsin Jimmy Hague, GK, Michigan State	Jack Hallahan, FW, Michigan Giuseppe Barone, MF, Michigan State Noah Leibold, MF, Wisconsin Tim McQuaid, MF, Rutgers Michael Pimlott, MF, Michigan State Pierre Reedy, MF, Penn State Mattias Tomasino, MF, Northwestern Elan Koenig, DF, Wisconsin Donovan Pines, DF, Maryland Michael Wetungu, DF, Michigan State Parker Siegfried, GK, Ohio State

See also

• Big Ten Conference
• 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 in American soccer

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