2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season

2016 Colonial Athletic Association 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	Joe Holland, Hofstra
Picked by	Houston Dynamo, 10th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Hofstra
Tournament
Champions	Delaware
Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer seasons
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2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Hofstra	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	8	–	1
Delaware ‡	5	–	3	–	0			11	–	8	–	1
UNC Wilmington	3	–	2	–	3			8	–	6	–	3
Elon	3	–	2	–	3			7	–	7	–	4
William & Mary	3	–	3	–	2			13	–	7	–	2
Charleston	3	–	3	–	2			6	–	9	–	3
James Madison	3	–	3	–	2			5	–	9	–	3
Northeastern	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	11	–	0
Drexel	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	14	–	2 -
‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season was the 34th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Hofstra Pride are the defending regular season and tournament champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Charleston Cougars	Charleston, South Carolina	Patriots Point Soccer Stadium	2,200
Delaware Fighting Blue Hens	Newark, Delaware	Delaware Mini Stadium	1,500
Drexel Dragons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Vidas Field [1]	2,750
Elon Phoenix	Elon, North Carolina	Rudd Field	2,000
Hofstra Pride	Hempstead, New York	Hofstra Soccer Stadium	2,000
James Madison Dukes	Harrisonburg, Virginia	University Park	1,500
Northeastern Huskies	Boston, Massachusetts	Parsons Field [2]	7,000
UNC Wilmington Seahawks	Wilmington, North Carolina	UNCW Soccer Stadium [3]	1,000
William & Mary Tribe	Williamsburg, Virginia	Albert-Daly Field	2,271

• Towson does not sponsor men's soccer

Regular season

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 [4]	Wk 1 [5]	Wk 2 [6]	Wk 3 [7]	Wk 4 [8]	Wk 5 [9]	Wk 6 [10]	Wk 7 [11]	Wk 8 [12]	Wk 9 [13]	Wk 10 [14]	Wk 11 [15]	Wk 12 [16]	Final [17]
Charleston	C
Delaware	C		RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
Drexel	C
Elon	C	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR
Hofstra	C	RV	RV	NR					RV	RV	RV	NR
James Madison	C
Northeastern	C
UNC Wilmington	C				RV	NR	24	20	RV	RV	NR
William & Mary	C				RV	RV	NR	RV	NR

Postseason

CAA tournament

Main article: 2016 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Hofstra	1
	5	William & Mary	3
						5	William & Mary	1
						2	Delaware	2
	2	Delaware	2
	6	Charleston	1

NCAA tournament

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

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	1	Delaware	L, 0–2 vs. Providence – (Providence)

All-CAA awards and teams

2016 CAA Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year

2016 CAA Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Colonial Athletic Association women's soccer season

References

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2. "Parsons Field". GoNU.com.
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