2016 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season

2016 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Kyle Bjornethun, Seattle U
Picked by	Seattle Sounders FC, 88th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Utah Valley
Runners-up	Seattle U
Season MVP	Offensive: Niki Jackson Defensive: Kyle Bjornethun
Tournament
Champions	UNLV
Runners-up	Air Force
Western Athletic Conference men's soccer seasons
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2016 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah Valley	8	–	1	–	1			15	–	4	–	1
Seattle	7	–	1	–	2			11	–	6	–	2
Air Force	6	–	3	–	1			14	–	7	–	1
UNLV ‡	5	–	4	–	1			10	–	12	–	2
Grand Canyon #	4	–	3	–	3			7	–	10	–	3
UTRGV	4	–	4	–	2			4	–	6	–	8
Cal St. Bakersfield	4	–	6	–	0			6	–	13	–	0
San Jose State	3	–	6	–	1			4	–	13	–	2
Incarnate Word #	2	–	5	–	3			4	–	9	–	4
Houston Baptist	3	–	7	–	0			5	–	11	–	1
UMKC	1	–	7	–	2			2	–	12	–	2
‡-Tournament Champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship #-Ineligible (In transition) As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2013 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the eighth season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The conference first sponsored the sport in 1996, but after eight schools split from the WAC in 1999 to form the Mountain West Conference (MW), the WAC only played the 1999 season before disbanding its men's soccer league. ^[1]

Changes from 2015

• None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Air Force Falcons	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Air Force Soccer Stadium	1,000
CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners	Bakersfield, California	CSUB Main Soccer Field	2,500
Grand Canyon Antelopes	Phoenix, Arizona	GCU Soccer Field	1,000
Houston Baptist Huskies	Houston, Texas	Sorrells Field	1,250
Incarnate Word Cardinals	San Antonio, Texas	Benson Stadium	6,000
San Jose State Spartans	San Jose, California	Spartan Stadium	30,456
Seattle Redhawks	Seattle, Washington	Seattle University Soccer Stadium	3,000
Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros	Edinburg, Texas	UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex	2,050
UMKC Kangaroos	Kansas City, Missouri	Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium	850
UNLV Rebels	Paradise, Nevada	Johann Memorial Field	2,500
Utah Valley Wolverines	Orem, Utah	Clyde Field	700

• Chicago State is planning to sponsor men's soccer in the foreseeable future. New Mexico State does not sponsor men's soccer. Air Force, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, UNLV and San Jose State are affiliate members. ^[2]

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 [3]	Wk 1 [4]	Wk 2 [5]	Wk 3 [6]	Wk 4 [7]	Wk 5 [8]	Wk 6 [9]	Wk 7 [10]	Wk 8 [11]	Wk 9 [12]	Wk 10 [13]	Wk 11 [14]	Wk 12 [15]	Final [16]
Air Force	C					RV	NR
Cal State Bakersfield	C
Grand Canyon	C
Houston Baptist	C
Incarnate Word	C
San Jose State	C
Seattle	C	14	16	RV	NR					RV	RV	RV
UMKC	C
UNLV	C
UTRGV	C
Utah Valley	C	RV	18	12	19	18	21	RV	RV	21	21	19	23	RV	RV

Postseason

WAC tournament

Main article: 2016 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament

	First round November 10					Semifinals November 11					Championship November 13
						1	Utah Valley	0
	4	UNLV	3			4	UNLV	1
	5	UTRGV	2								4	UNLV	2
											3	Air Force	1
						2	Seattle U	1
	3	Air Force	2			3	Air Force	2
	6	CSU Bakersfield	0

NCAA tournament

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

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	2	UNLV	T, 1–1 W, 6–5 pen. vs. San Diego State – (San Diego)	L, 0–3 vs. #6 Denver – (Denver)

All-WAC awards and teams

2016 WAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards [17]
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Niki Jackson, Jr., F, Grand Canyon
Coach of the Year	Greg Maas, Utah Valley
Defensive Player of the Year	Kyle Bjornethun, Sr., D, Seattle U
Freshman of the Year	Timo Mehlich, Fr., MF, UNLV

2016 WAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [17]
First Team	Second Team
Niki Jackson, Jr., F GCU Danny Musovski, Jr., F, UNLV Skyler Milne, Sr., F, UVU Paul Hoffmeister, Jr., MF, UVU Alex Roldan, Jr., MF, SU Sergio Rivas, So., MF, SU Tucker Bone, So., MF, USAFA Kyle Bjornethun, Sr., D, SU Alex Neff, Sr., D, UVU Cameron Duley, Sr., D, USAFA Mitch Jensen, Jr., GK, UVU	Ben Conway, Sr, F, UIW Austin Dewing, So., F, USAFA Karson Payton, Jr., F, UVU Aaron Meyer, So., MF, UVU Jonathan Colunga, Sr., MF, SJSU Timo Mehlich, Fr., MF, UNLV Sam Langston, Sr., D, SU Hector Montalvo, Fr., D, GCU Nathan Aune, So., D, SU Frederik Frankman, Jr., D, UTRGV John Wendt, Jr., GK, USAFA

See also

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

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