| 2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Pixels: | 175px |
| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 7 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | North Florida |
| Second Place: | Florida Gulf Coast |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Florida Gulf Coast |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Jacksonville |
| Seasonslistnames: | Atlantic Sun men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the ASUN Conference, and also the first under the league's current "ASUN" branding.[1]
The North Florida Ospreys are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | Fort Myers, Florida | FGCU Soccer Complex | |
| Jacksonville Dolphins | Jacksonville, Florida | Ashley Sports Complex | |
| Lipscomb Bisons | Nashville, Tennessee | Lipscomb Soccer Complex | |
| North Florida Ospreys | Jacksonville, Florida | Hodges Stadium | |
| NJIT Highlanders | Newark, New Jersey | Mal Simon Stadium | |
| Stetson Hatters | DeLand, Florida | Stetson Soccer Field | |
| USC Upstate Spartans | Spartanburg, South Carolina | County University Soccer Stadium | |
| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Shirt supplier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles |  Bob Butehorn | TBA | Adidas |
| Jacksonville Dolphins | Ryan Pratt | TBA | Nike |
| Lipscomb Bisons | Charles Morrow | TBA | Nike |
| NJIT Highlanders | Fernando Barboto | TBA | Nike |
| North Florida Ospreys |  Derek Marinatos | TBA | Nike |
| Stetson Hatters | Logan Fleck | TBA | Nike |
| USC Upstate Spartans | Greg Hooks | TBA | Nike |
| Team/opponent | FGC | JAX | LIP | NJT | UNF | STE | USC | ||
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | style=background:#ddd;" | 4–1 | |||||||
| Jacksonville Dolphins | style=background:#ddd;" | 2–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Lipscomb Bisons | 1–2 | style=background:#ddd;" | 2–0 | ||||||
| NJIT Highlanders | 1–4 | 1–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||
| North Florida Ospreys | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||
| Stetson Hatters | 0–2 | style=background:#ddd;" | 2–1 | ||||||
| USC Upstate Spartans | 1–2 | style=background:#ddd;" |
| 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[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] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Florida Gulf Coast | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> 15 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 11 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 20 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 22 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 21 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 20 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 20 | |
| Jacksonville | 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 --> | |
| Lipscomb | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV | < | -- 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 --> | |
| NJIT | 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 --> | |
| North Florida | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Stetson | 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 --> | |
| USC Upstate | 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 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Player of the Year | Albert Ruiz, FGCU | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jay Bolt, North Florida | |||||
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Paul Ladwig, Stetson | |||||
| Coaching Staff of the Year | North Florida | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Adrian Nunez, North Florida* | |||||
| 2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team | ||||
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| GK – Paul Ladwig, Stetson D – Nicolas Samayoa, FGCU D – Joe Kerridge, Lipscomb D – Jay Bolt, North Florida MF – Kamar Marriott, FGCU MF – Ivan Alvarado, Lipscomb MF – Joshua Castellanos, North Florida F – Albert Ruiz, FGCU F – Arion Sobers-Assue, FGCU F – Logan Paynter, Lipscomb F – Adrian Nunez, North Florida | GK – Juanes Fajardo, North Florida D – Eli Roubos, FGCU D – Scout Monteith, Lipscomb D – Victor Kausch, NJIT D – Simen Solstad, North Florida MF – Dylan Sacramento, FGCU MF – Alberto Escobedo, Jacksonville MF – Micah Smoak, North Florida MF – Luke Ferreira, Stetson F – Ivan Sakou, Lipscomb F – Mamadou Guirassy, NJIT F – Milan Kovacs, North Florida | F – Adrian Nunez, North Florida MF – Miguel Perez, FGCU MF – Kai Bennett, Jacksonville F – Rene White, NJIT F – Gabriel Diniz, Stetson F – Shak Adams, FGCU GK – Jared Brown, FGCU D – Austin Eager, Lipscomb MF – Andrew Nino, NJIT GK – Victor Pujades, NJIT MF – Cormac Begley, North Florida F – Joel Bunting, USC Upstate | ||||