2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championship explained

2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League:	NIRSA
Sport:	Soccer
Prevseason Year:	2015
Hosts Alt:	Site
Hosts:	Foley Sports Tourism Complex Foley, Alabama
Duration:	November 17–19, 2016
No Of Teams:	24
Picked By Team:	Results
Season:	Men's Championship Division
Season Champ Name:	Score
Season Champs:	3–2
League Champ Name:	Champion
League Champs:	Virginia (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place:	Ohio State (2nd title game)
Mvp:	Tyler Miller-Jones (Virginia)
Season2:	Women's Championship Division
Season Champ2 Name:	Score
Season Champs2:	1–0
League Champ2 Name:	Champion
League Champs2:	UC-Santa Barbara (7th title, 9th title game)
Second Place2:	North Carolina (1st title game)
Mvp2:	Lindsay Ringman (UC-Santa Barbara)
Season3:	Men's Open Division
Season Champ3 Name:	Score
Season Champs3:	2–1
League Champ3 Name:	Champion
League Champs3:	Penn State (1st title, 2nd title game)
Second Place3:	Oregon (4th title game)
Mvp3:	Matthew Lundstrom (Penn State)
Season4:	Women's Open Division
Season Champ4 Name:	Score
Season Champs4:	2–1
League Champ4 Name:	Champion
League Champs4:	Virginia Tech (2nd title, 3rd title game)
Second Place4:	Oregon (2nd title game)
Top Seed4:	Emily Fitzsimmons (Virginia Tech)
Seasonslist:	NIRSA National Soccer Championships
Seasonslistnames:	NIRSA national soccer championships
Nextseason Link:	2017 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
Nextseason Year:	2017

The 2016 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 23rd NIRSA National Soccer Championships, the annual national championships for United States-based, collegiate club soccer teams organized by NIRSA. It took place at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex in Foley, Alabama from Thursday, November 17 to Saturday, November 19, 2016.^[1]

Overview

Men's championship

In the finals, 2014 champion Ohio State would face Virginia who had played every one of their 5 previous tournament games to 1–0, with one of those being a loss. The game started fast when eventual MVP Tyler Miller-Jones of Virginia scored the game's first goal in the 11th minute. Ohio State would counter with a goal a minute later, tying the game, meaning this was already the highest scoring game Virginia would have this tournament, only 12 minutes into the game. Virginia would then score two more goals, the first being in the 24th minute by Tysen Tresness and the second being right before halftime by Brian Leibowitz, making the game 3–1 going into halftime. Ohio State once again countered fast with a goal 5 minutes into the second half, pulling the game within one goal. However, eventual Tournament Most Outstanding Goalkeeper Blake Ruzich of Virginia wouldn't give up any more goals, despite a barrage of shots from Ohio State, and Virginia would go on to win 3–2 and claim their first ever national title. This was the second year in a row a Region II team would claim the men's national title despite not winning any of the previous 21 iterations.^{[2] [3]}

Women's championship

In the finals, familiar face UC-Santa Barbara was looking to claim their 7th national title against North Carolina who were making their first finals appearance. Coming into the finals, North Carolina had been an offensive threat scoring 13 goals in five games (2.6 goals per game). Conversely, UC-Santa Barbara had been a defensive powerhouse and hadn't given up a single goal in their five games, but had only scored five goals in that time. In the finals, eventual MVP Lindsay Ringman of UC-Santa Barbara opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Despite eight shots on goal from North Carolina, none were able to get past eventual Most Outstanding Goalkeeper Lauren Racioppi of UCSB and UC-Santa Barbara would go on to win their 7th national title 1–0. This meant, UCSB didn't allow a single goal in all six games of the tournament and only scored six goals.^{[4] [5]}

Men's open

In the finals, last year's championship finalist Penn State would take on familiar face Oregon who were looking to defend their open title in their 4th open division finals. Penn State took the lead in the first half from eventual Tournament MVP Matthew Lundstrom, but midway through the second half, Oregon would equalize with a goal from Rikunosuke Kawashima. In the 70th minute, Robbie Edwards of Penn State would retake the lead off of a header, which was all that was needed for them to claim their first open division title in a 2–1 win.^{[6] [7]}

Women's open

In the finals, Virginia Tech would face Oregon. Despite needing a seven-round PK shootout in the semifinals against defending champion UCLA, Virginia Tech dominated their first 3 games of the tournament by scoring 15 goals while only giving up 1. Oregon were also dominate by scoring 13 goals in their previous four games while only giving up 3. Virginia Tech started hot by scoring 2 goals in the first five minutes with the first coming from eventual MVP Emily Fitzsimmons. However, these were the only goals they would score, meaning when Meghan Schroeder of Oregon scored in the 66th minute, it was just a one goal game. Eventual Most Outstanding Goalkeeper Catherine McNicol of Virginia Tech would ensure that the two goals scored in the first five minutes would be enough, as Virginia Tech went on to win 2–1 for their second women's open national title.^{[8] [9]}

Format

The competition consisted of 96 teams: 48 men's teams and 48 women's teams. Each of these divisions were further divided into two 24-team divisions: the championship and open. The championship division divided teams into eight groups of three while the open division divided teams into six groups of four, both engaging in a round-robin tournament that determined teams able to advance to a knockout stage.

Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. In the championship division, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their knockout stage, with the third placed team advancing to a consolation bracket. In the open division, the top team from each group as well as the two best second placed teams advanced to their knockout stage.

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The round of 16 and quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while the semifinals and finals had a ten minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner. If a knockout-stage game was tied at the end of regulation, overtime would begin. Overtime consisted of one, 15-minute, golden-goal period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.^[10]

Qualification and selections

Each of the six regions received three automatic bids for both the men's and women's championship that they awarded to its members. The final six bids are considered "at-large", and were given out by NIRSA to teams, typically based on the regional tournament results and RPI.

The 48 remaining teams participated in the open division and were selected via a lottery draw that aired on YouTube on October 4, 2016 at 1pm PST. Any team with membership in a NIRSA-affiliated league or with a minimum of four games played prior to the tournament were able to enter their name into the lottery. If a selected team qualified for the championship division, an alternate would take their spot. 50 men's teams and 40 women's teams were selected.^{[11] [12]}

Men's championship

Automatic bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Delaware	11th	2015
I	Tufts	2nd	2014
I	UConn	3rd	2014
II	North Carolina	12th	2015
II	Virginia	8th	2014
II	UCF	3rd	2015
III	Ohio State	11th	2014
III	Michigan State	9th	2014
III	Wisconsin	2nd	2015
IV	Texas A&M	17th	2015
IV	North Texas	2nd	2005
IV	Saint Louis	1st	Never
V	Colorado State	19th	2015
V	Minnesota	13th	2015
V	Colorado Mines	6th	2015
VI	San Diego State	5th	2014
VI	Utah State	2nd	2014
VI	Long Beach State	1st	Never

At-large bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

II	Florida	10th	2014
II	Georgia Tech	3rd	2004
III	Michigan	13th	2015
III	Cincinnati	5th	2015
V	Colorado	15th	2013
VI	Stanford	1st	Never

Women's championship

Automatic bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	21st	2015
I	Syracuse	1st	Never
I	UConn	1st	Never
II	Florida	14th	2015
II	North Carolina	13th	2015
II	Virginia	9th	2014
III	Miami (OH)	16th	2015
III	Michigan State	13th	2015
III	Illinois	12th	2015
IV	Texas	17th	2015
IV	Texas A&M	17th	2015
IV	Kansas	7th	2015
V	Colorado	22nd	2015
V	Colorado State	20th	2015
V	Colorado Mines	5th	2015
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	16th	2015
VI	Arizona	9th	2015
VI	Gonzaga	1st	Never

At-large bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Delaware	14th	2015
II	Florida State	3rd	2014
III	Ohio State	16th	2015
III	Wisconsin	1st	Never
VI	Cal Poly	6th	2015
VI	UC-San Diego	1st	Never

Men's open

Full men's lottery selections
Region	Team	Selection Type	Bid result
I	Babson	Automatic	Not accepted
I	Penn State	Automatic	Accepted
I	SUNY Cortland	Automatic	Accepted
I	Boston College	Automatic	Accepted
I	Towson	Automatic	Accepted
I	George Mason	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Cornell	Waitlist
I	UConn	Waitlist
I	SUNY Brockport	Waitlist
I	Penn	Waitlist
I	Fordham	Waitlist
I	Northeastern	Waitlist
II	East Carolina	Automatic	Accepted
II	Miami (FL)	Automatic	Accepted
II	Wake Forest	Automatic	Not accepted
II	Dalton State	Automatic	Not accepted
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Georgia Tech	Waitlist
II	MTSU	Waitlist	Not accepted
II	Georgia College	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Troy	Waitlist
II	NC State	Waitlist
II	Virginia Tech	Waitlist
II	UNC-Greensboro	Waitlist
II	Kennesaw State	Waitlist
II	Old Dominion	Waitlist
II	Clemson	Waitlist
III	Purdue	Automatic	Accepted
III	Cincinnati	Automatic
III	Illinois	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Houston CC	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas	Automatic	Accepted
IV	St. Edwards	Automatic	Accepted
IV	LSU	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas Tech	Waitlist	Not accepted
IV	Arkansas	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
IV	Missouri	Waitlist
IV	Wash U	Waitlist
IV	Kansas	Waitlist
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado State-Pueblo	Automatic	Not accepted
V	Colorado Springs	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado State	Automatic
V	Denver	Waitlist
V	Colorado	Waitlist
VI	Utah Valley State	Automatic	Accepted
VI	San Diego State	Automatic
VI	Cal State Fullerton	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UCLA	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Oregon	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist

Participating men's lottery teams!Region!Team!Selection Type!Bid result

I	Penn State	Automatic	Accepted
I	SUNY Cortland	Automatic	Accepted
I	Boston College	Automatic	Accepted
I	Towson	Automatic	Accepted
I	George Mason	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	East Carolina	Automatic	Accepted
II	Miami (FL)	Automatic	Accepted
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Georgia College	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
III	Miami (OH)	Invite
III	Purdue	Automatic	Accepted
III	Illinois	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Houston CC	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas	Automatic	Accepted
IV	St. Edwards	Automatic	Accepted
IV	LSU	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Arkansas	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado Springs	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Cal Poly	Invite
VI	Utah Valley State	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Cal State Fullerton	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UCLA	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Oregon	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist

Women's open

Full women's lottery selections
Region	Team	Selection Type	Bid result
I	Boston College	Automatic	Accepted
I	Vermont	Automatic	Accepted
I	George Mason	Automatic	Accepted
I	Northeastern	Automatic	Not accepted
I	Penn	Automatic	Accepted
I	Penn State	Waitlist
I	Cornell	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	SUNY Cortland	Waitlist
I	Fordham	Waitlist
I	UConn	Waitlist
I	Towson	Waitlist
I	Pitt	Waitlist
II	West Virginia	Automatic	Accepted
II	Virginia Tech	Automatic	Accepted
II	Georgia Southern	Automatic	Accepted
II	Georgia Tech	Automatic	Accepted
II	Miami (FL)	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Tennessee	Waitlist
II	Vanderbilt	Waitlist
III	Ohio	Automatic	Accepted
III	Illinois	Automatic
III	Iowa	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Houston CC	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Kansas	Automatic
IV	Missouri	Automatic	Accepted
IV	TCU	Automatic	Not accepted
IV	St. Edwards	Waitlist	Not accepted
IV	Texas Tech	Waitlist	Not accepted
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Accepted
V	UNI	Automatic	Accepted
V	Denver	Automatic	Accepted
V	Air Force	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
V	Colorado Springs	Waitlist
VI	USC	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Oregon	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UCLA	Automatic	Accepted
VI	San Diego State	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	Waitlist

Participating women's lottery teams!Region!Team!Selection Type!Bid result

I	Boston College	Automatic	Accepted
I	Vermont	Automatic	Accepted
I	George Mason	Automatic	Accepted
I	Penn	Automatic	Accepted
I	Cornell	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	West Virginia	Automatic	Accepted
II	Virginia Tech	Automatic	Accepted
II	Georgia Southern	Automatic	Accepted
II	Georgia Tech	Automatic	Accepted
II	Miami (FL)	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
III	Ohio	Automatic	Accepted
III	Iowa	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Houston CC	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Missouri	Automatic	Accepted
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Accepted
V	Northern Iowa (UNI)	Automatic	Accepted
V	Denver	Automatic	Accepted
V	Air Force	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	USC	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Oregon	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UCLA	Automatic	Accepted
VI	San Diego State	Automatic	Accepted

Group stage

Men's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Stanford	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Delaware	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	UCF	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Long Beach State	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Colorado	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0	Consolation

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wisconsin	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Florida	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan State	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Minnesota	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Georgia Tech	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado Mines	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	UConn	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cincinnati	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado State	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Tufts	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ohio State	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Utah State	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	North Texas	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Saint Louis	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Consolation

Women's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Santa Barbara	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Illinois	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Florida State	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan State	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado Mines	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Delaware	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Kansas	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	Arizona	2	0	1	1	4	8	−4	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penn State	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Gonzaga	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Virginia	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ohio State	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Florida	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UConn	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Miami (OH)	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	UC San Diego	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado State	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Wisconsin	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Syracuse	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado – Gold	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Cal Poly	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Consolation

Men's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	3	2	1	0	12	0	+9	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Oregon	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
3	Iowa State	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	St. Edward's	3	0	0	3	0	14	−11	0

Notes:

1. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-12-06 . Read all about the 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA . en-US.
2. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Wins Men's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
3. Web site: Christopher . Kaylyn . 2016-12-01 . UVA Men’s Club Soccer Team Coaches Itself to a National Title . 2023-07-21 . UVA Today . en.
4. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . UC Santa Barbara Captures Women's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
5. Web site: Mead . Madison . 2017-01-05 . UCSB Women’s Club Soccer Team Wins their 6th NIRSA National Championship . UCSB Recreation.
6. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Penn State, a year later . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
7. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Penn State Wins Men's Open Title . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
8. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Virginia Tech took care of business . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
9. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Tech Claims Women's Open Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
10. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-08 . 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . NIRSA Play.
11. Web site: Open Division Drawing . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106201426/http://play.nirsa.net/soccer/open-division-drawing/ . 2016-11-06 . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.
12. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-04 . 2016 NIRSA Soccer Newsletter . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penn State	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Houston CC	3	2	0	1	9	3	+5	6
3	Illinois	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	Miami (FL)	3	0	1	2	3	10	−6	1

Notes:

1. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-12-06 . Read all about the 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA . en-US.
2. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Wins Men's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
3. Web site: Christopher . Kaylyn . 2016-12-01 . UVA Men’s Club Soccer Team Coaches Itself to a National Title . 2023-07-21 . UVA Today . en.
4. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . UC Santa Barbara Captures Women's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
5. Web site: Mead . Madison . 2017-01-05 . UCSB Women’s Club Soccer Team Wins their 6th NIRSA National Championship . UCSB Recreation.
6. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Penn State, a year later . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
7. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Penn State Wins Men's Open Title . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
8. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Virginia Tech took care of business . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
9. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Tech Claims Women's Open Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
10. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-08 . 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . NIRSA Play.
11. Web site: Open Division Drawing . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106201426/http://play.nirsa.net/soccer/open-division-drawing/ . 2016-11-06 . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.
12. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-04 . 2016 NIRSA Soccer Newsletter . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Purdue	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Cal Poly	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	Towson	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	LSU	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Carolina	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Miami (OH)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Boston College	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Cal State Fullerton	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Utah Valley	3	3	0	0	14	0	+11	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	SUNY Cortland	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6
3	Texas	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Colorado Springs	3	0	0	3	1	12	−8	0

Notes:

1. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-12-06 . Read all about the 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA . en-US.
2. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Wins Men's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
3. Web site: Christopher . Kaylyn . 2016-12-01 . UVA Men’s Club Soccer Team Coaches Itself to a National Title . 2023-07-21 . UVA Today . en.
4. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . UC Santa Barbara Captures Women's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
5. Web site: Mead . Madison . 2017-01-05 . UCSB Women’s Club Soccer Team Wins their 6th NIRSA National Championship . UCSB Recreation.
6. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Penn State, a year later . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
7. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Penn State Wins Men's Open Title . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
8. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Virginia Tech took care of business . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
9. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Tech Claims Women's Open Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
10. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-08 . 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . NIRSA Play.
11. Web site: Open Division Drawing . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106201426/http://play.nirsa.net/soccer/open-division-drawing/ . 2016-11-06 . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.
12. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-04 . 2016 NIRSA Soccer Newsletter . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Arkansas	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	George Mason	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Georgia College	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

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Women's open

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Iowa	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	George Mason	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Missouri	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia Tech	3	1	0	0	12	1	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Cornell	3	1	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Denver	3	0	0	2	0	16	−9	3
4	No team, all teams awarded 3 points and +1 goal difference

Notes:

1. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-12-06 . Read all about the 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA . en-US.
2. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Wins Men's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
3. Web site: Christopher . Kaylyn . 2016-12-01 . UVA Men’s Club Soccer Team Coaches Itself to a National Title . 2023-07-21 . UVA Today . en.
4. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . UC Santa Barbara Captures Women's National Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
5. Web site: Mead . Madison . 2017-01-05 . UCSB Women’s Club Soccer Team Wins their 6th NIRSA National Championship . UCSB Recreation.
6. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Penn State, a year later . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
7. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Penn State Wins Men's Open Title . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
8. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2016-11-22 . Virginia Tech took care of business . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
9. Web site: Peters . David . 2016-11-19 . Virginia Tech Claims Women's Open Championship . 2023-07-21 . NIRSA Play . en-US.
10. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-08 . 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . NIRSA Play.
11. Web site: Open Division Drawing . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106201426/http://play.nirsa.net/soccer/open-division-drawing/ . 2016-11-06 . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.
12. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2016-11-04 . 2016 NIRSA Soccer Newsletter . 2023-07-20 . NIRSA Play.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ohio	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Georgia Tech	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Vermont	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Colorado "Black"	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Boston College	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
3	Air Force	3	1	1	1	5	1	+4	4
4	Miami (FL)	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oregon	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	JMU	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	West Virginia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1
4	Northern Iowa	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Southern Cal (USC)	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UCF	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Iowa State	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	3
4	Penn	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Tournament bracket

Men's championship

Men's consolation

Women's championship

Women's consolation

Women's open

Broadcasting

All championship divisional finals were streamed on Periscope:

• Men's finals: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1MYxNOPRQebKw
• Women's finals: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1mnxejzDoMPKX