2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer team

2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer
Summit League Regular Season Co-Champions Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 1–2 (2OT) vs. Wake Forest
Conference	Summit League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
Record	20–1–3 (5–0–1 Summit)
Head coach	Jamie Franks (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Hopkins (4th season) Levi Rossi (2nd season) Zander Dietz (2nd season)
Home stadium	CIBER Field
Seasons ←  2015 2017  →

2016 Summit League men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Denver ‡	5	–	0	–	1			20	–	1	–	3
Omaha	5	–	0	–	1			10	–	5	–	4
Western Illinois	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
Eastern Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	12	–	1
Fort Wayne	2	–	4	–	0			9	–	9	–	0
Oral Roberts	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	10	–	2
IUPUI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	15	–	1
‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer team represented the University of Denver during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Pioneers played in Summit League where they won the regular season and conference tournament titles. They finished the regular season as one of only two unbeaten teams, the other being top-ranked Maryland. ^[1]

The Pioneers qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season and their seventh overall time. The Pioneers earned a Second Round-bye and were seeded sixth in the tournament. In the second round, they played the UNLV Rebels where they won 3–0, marking their first NCAA Tournament win since 1970. ^[2] They then defeated Washington 2–1 at home and third-seeded Clemson 1–0 on the road to advance to the school's first-ever College Cup. ^[3]

Roster

As of 19 November 2016 ^[4]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
00	James Bannon-Schneebeck		RS Junior	Albuquerque, NM	Albuquerque	Rio '95
0	Nick Gardner		RS Sophomore	Marvin, NC	Charlotte Latin	Charlotte Soccer Academy
30	Will Palmquist		FR	Denver, CO	Denver East	Colorado Rush
Defenders
2	Tobi Jnohope		Freshman	Auburn, WA	Jefferson (WA)	Seattle Sounders FC Academy
3	Shae Smalley		Sophomore	Columbus, OH	Olentangy Orange	Columbus Crew Academy
4	Reagan Dunk		RS Senior	Dallas, TX	Lake Highlands	Solar Chelsea
5	Scott DeVoss		RS Sophomore	Centennial, CO	Arapahoe	Real Colorado Foxes
16	Tosh Samkange		Sophomore	Sammamish, WA	Eastlake (WA)	Seattle Sounders FC Academy
19	A. J. Fuller		Junior	Littleton, CO	Heritage (CO)	Colorado Rush
21	Kortne Ford		Junior	Greeley, CO	Greeley Central	Colorado Rapids Academy
25	Dylan Keeney		Freshman	Littleton, CO	Heritage (CO)	Real Colorado Academy
27	Dan Mooney		RS Freshman	Indianapolis, IN	Cathedral (IN)	Indiana Fire Academy
Midfielders
8	Sam Hamilton		Senior	Evergreen, CO	Evergreen (CO)	Colorado Rush
12	Graham Smith		Junior	Highlands Ranch, CO	Oregon State	Oregon State Beavers
13	Nick Marcin		Freshman	Austin, TX	Westlake (TX)	Lonestar SC
14	Ryan Barlow		RS Freshman	Coppell, TX	Coppell	FC Dallas Academy
15	Jared Cochran		RS Junior	Evergreen, CO	Evergreen (CO)	Colorado Rush
17	Karsten Hanlin		RS SR	Centennial, Colo.	(Cherry Creek High School)	Colorado Rapids Academy
18	Kyle Morlack		RS JR	Goodyear, Ariz.	(Millennium High School)	SC Del Sol Armstrong
20	Chandler Crosswait		RS SR	Bedford, Texas	(L.D. Bell High School)	Solar Chelsea
22	Blake Moncur		FR	Fort Collins, Colo.	(Fort Collins High School)	Colorado Rapids Academy
23	Alex Underwood		JR	Winnetka, Ill.	(New Trier High School)	Chicago Fire Academy
26	Kenny Akamatsu		Sophomore	Niigata, Japan	(Nittan Daigaka Buzan)	Mitsubishi Yowa Soccer Club
Forwards
6	Blake Elder		RS Junior	Fort Worth, TX	U.S. Air Force Academy	Air Force Falcons
9	Andre Shinyashiki		Sophomore	São Paulo, BRA	Montverde Academy	Pequeninos do Jockey
11	Eric Kronenberg		RS Junior	Boulder, CO	Fairview High School (CO)	Colorado Rapids Academy
33	Ryan Schaefer		RS Freshman	Burien, WA	Kennedy Catholic	Seattle Sounders Academy

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibitions
08/20/16* 3:00 p.m.	No. 20	at  Air Force	T 0–0		Cadet Soccer Stadium Colorado Springs, CO
Regular Season
08/26/16* 3:00 p.m.,  ESPN3	No. 20	at  Monmouth	T 1–1 2OT	0–0–1	Hesse Field (1,513) West Long Branch, NJ
08/28/16* 10:00 a.m.,  BTN	No. 20	at No. 25  Rutgers	W 1–0	1–0–1	Yurcak Field (325) Piscataway, NJ
09/02/16* 2:00 p.m., BTN	No. 13	at  Northwestern	W 2–1	2–0–1	Martin Stadium (504) Evanston, IL
09/04/16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 13	at  UIC	W 2–1	3–0–1	Flames Field (333) Chicago, IL
09/09/16* 7:00 p.m.,  Altitude	No. 11	UC Riverside	W 4–1	4–0–1	CIBER Field (912) Denver, CO
09/09/16* 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 11	Bryant	W 2–0	5–0–1	CIBER Field (489) Denver, CO
09/15/16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	Saint Louis	W 2–0	6–0–1	CIBER Field (576) Denver, CO
09/17/16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	North Florida	W 1–0	7–0–1	CIBER Field (607) Denver, CO
09/21/16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 8	at No. 12  Creighton	T 0–0 2OT	7–0–2	Morrison Stadium (2,048) Omaha, NE
09/24/16 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 8	Fort Wayne	W 4–3	8–0–2 (1–0)	CIBER Field (685) Denver, CO
10/01/16 11:00 a.m.	No. 8	at  Eastern Illinois	W 1–0	9–0–2 (2–0)	West Practice Fields (80) Charleston, IL
10/07/16 5:00 p.m.	No. 7	at  IUPUI	W 1–0	10–0–2 (3–0)	Carroll Stadium (80) Indianapolis, IN
10/10/16 5:00 p.m.	No. 7	at No. 9  Butler	W 1–0	11–0–2	Butler Bowl (804) Indianapolis, IN
10/15/16 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Western Illinois	W 2–0	12–0–2 (4–0)	CIBER Field (667) Denver, CO
10/19/16* 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 5	No. 22  New Mexico I-25 Derby	W 2–1 2OT	13–0–2	CIBER Field (576) Denver, CO
10/22/16 7:00 p.m., Altitude 2	No. 5	Oral Roberts	W 2–0	14–0–2 (5–0)	CIBER Field (645) Denver, CO
10/29/16 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at  Omaha	T 0–0 2OT	14–0–3 (5–0–1)	Caniglia Field (1,025) Omaha, NE
11/03/16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	No. 24  Portland	W 2–1 2OT	15–0–3	CIBER Field (885) Denver, CO
The Summit Tournament
11/10/16 4:00 p.m., Altitude 2	No. 4 (2)	No. (3) Eastern Illinois Semifinals	W 1–0	16–0–3	CIBER Field (201) Denver, CO
11/12/16 1:00 p.m.	No. 4 (2)	No. (1) Omaha Championship	W 2–1	17–0–3	CIBER Field (683) Denver, CO
NCAA Tournament
11/20/16* 5:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	UNLV Second Round	W 3–0	18–0–3	CIBER Field (1,070) Denver, CO
11/27/16* 5:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	No. 14 (11)  Washington Sweet 16	W 2–1	19–0–3	CIBER Field (1,640) Denver, CO
12/02/16* 5:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	at No. 3 (3)  Clemson Quarterfinals	W 1–0	20–0–3	Riggs Field (4,101) Clemson, SC
12/09/16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	vs. No. 2 (2)  Wake Forest College Cup – Semifinals	L 1–2 2OT	20–1–3	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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

Ranking movement
Legend:██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre [5]	Wk 1 [6]	Wk 2 [7]	Wk 3 [8]	Wk 4 [9]	Wk 5 [10]	Wk 6 [11]	Wk 7 [12]	Wk 8 [13]	Wk 9 [14]	Wk 10 [15]	Wk 11 [16]	Wk 12 [17]	Final
NSCAA	20	13	11	8	8	8	7	5	5	4	6	4	4	3

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