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

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

		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

Main article: 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer 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

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

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

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

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

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer season

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