2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Big Ten Conference logo (2012).svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Teams9
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 MVPFW: Gordon Wild
MF: Tanner Thompson
DF: Alex Crognale
GK: Cody Niedermeier
Top scorerGordon Wild (17)
Tournament
ChampionsMaryland
  Runners-upWisconsin
Big Ten Conference men's soccer seasons
2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Maryland ‡ 7 –0 –118 –1 –2
No. 9 Indiana + 3 –0 –512 –2 –7
Wisconsin 4 –2 –211 –4 –4
No. 25 Michigan State + 4 –3 –113 –5 –2
Penn State 4 –4 –08 –8 –2
Ohio State 3 –4 –15 –13 –1
Northwestern 3 –4 –16 –11 –1
Michigan 1 –6 –14 –11 –4
Rutgers 0 –6 –21 –14 –2
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.

Contents

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

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
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 Martin Stadium 2,000
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

Personnel

TeamHead coachShirt supplier
Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Todd Yeagley Flag of Germany.svg Adidas
Maryland Flag of North Macedonia.svg Sasho Cirovski Flag of the United States.svg Under Armour
Michigan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chaka Daley Flag of the United States.svg Nike
Michigan State Flag of the United States.svg Damon Rensing Flag of the United States.svg Nike
Northwestern Flag of the United States.svg Tim Lenahan Flag of the United States.svg Under Armour
Ohio State Flag of the United States.svg John Bluem Flag of the United States.svg Nike
Penn State Flag of the United States.svg Bob Warming Flag of the United States.svg Nike
Rutgers Flag of the United States.svg Dan Donigan Flag of Germany.svg Adidas
Wisconsin Flag of the United States.svg John Trask Flag of the United States.svg Under Armour

Regular season

Results


Team/opponent IND UMD MCH MSU NWU OSU PSU RUT WIS
Indiana 1–12–02–10–02–21–00–00–0
Maryland 1–13–22–04–02–03–22–13–2
Michigan 0–22–3 0–1 1–20–12–01–11–2
Michigan State 1–20–2 1–0 2–11–00–14–01–1
Northwestern 0–00–42–11–20–11–02–11–2
Ohio State 2–20–21–00–11–02–43–11–2
Penn State 0–12–30–21–00–14–23–22–1
Rutgers 0–01–21–10–41–21–32–30–1
Wisconsin 0–02–32–11–12–12–11–21–0

Rankings

Legend
 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 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]
IndianaC1554346697108769
MarylandC47541111111117
MichiganC
Michigan StateC22252119201315121325
NorthwesternC
Ohio StateC18RVNR
Penn StateCRVRVNR
RutgersC25RVNR
WisconsinCRVNRRV24201825RV

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

SemifinalsFinal
      
1 Maryland2
4 Michigan State 1
1 Maryland2
3 Wisconsin 1
2 Indiana  1 (3) 
3 Wisconsin (pen.)  1 (4) 

NCAA tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st round2nd round3rd round
11 Maryland BYEL, 4–5 vs. Providence – (College Park)
74 Indiana BYEW 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]
AwardRecipient(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 YearCody Niedermeier, Maryland
Freshman of the Year Giuseppe Barone, Michigan State
2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [16]
First TeamSecond TeamRookie 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

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Men's Soccer Coaches Poll". Big Ten. August 17, 2016. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. 1 2 "2016 Men's Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Honors" (PDF). Big Ten Conference . November 4, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
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