| 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Pixels: | 125px |
| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 7 |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | South Florida |
| Second Place: | Tulsa |
| Draft: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Draft Link: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Top Pick: | Jake Nerwinski, Connecticut |
| Picked By: | Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 7th overall |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Tulsa |
| Finals Runner-Up: | South Florida |
| Finals Mvp: | Juan Sanchez |
| Seasonslistnames: | AAC men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
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.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bearcats | Cincinnati, Ohio | Gettler Stadium | |
| Connecticut Huskies | Storrs, Connecticut | Morrone Stadium | |
| Memphis Tigers | Memphis, Tennessee | Mike Rose Soccer Complex | |
| South Florida Bulls | Tampa, Florida | Corbett Soccer Stadium | |
| SMU Mustangs | University Park, Texas | Westcott Field | |
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium | |
| Temple Owls | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ambler Field | |
| UCF Knights | Orlando, Florida | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium | |
| Team/Opponent | CIN | CON | MEM | USF | SMU | TUL | TEM | UCF | ||
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| style=background:#ddd;" | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Connecticut Huskies | style=background:#ddd;" | 1–0 | ||||||||
| 1–2 | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||||
| style=background:#ddd;" | 2–1 | |||||||||
| style=background:#ddd;" | 0–3 | |||||||||
| 3–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||||
| 0–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||||
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| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week |
See 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] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Cincinnati | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Connecticut | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 14 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> 24 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Memphis | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| SMU | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 25 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| USF | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 19 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Final --> NR | |
| Temple | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Tulsa | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Final --> NR | |
| UCF | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> |
See main article: 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |
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| 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) |
| 2016 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[15] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team | ||||
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| 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 | ||||