The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 63rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Syracuse Orange were the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.
Changes from 2015
Jay Vidovich replaced Joe Luxbacher has the Pittsburgh Panthers head coach
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Atlantic Division Team Stadium Capacity Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 2,500 Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500 Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300 NC State Wolfpack Method Road 3,000 Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000
Coastal Division Team Stadium Capacity Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000 North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer Field 5,025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500 Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735 Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000 Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500
1. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer
Personnel
Team Head coach CaptainBoston College Eagles Clemson Tigers Patrick Bunk-AndersenDuke Blue Devils Louisville Cardinals NC State Wolfpack North Carolina Tar Heels Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pittsburgh Panthers Syracuse Orange Virginia Cavaiers Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Regular season
Rankings
National Soccer Coaches Association of America + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Final Boston College 11 11 25 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RVClemson 3 2 2 6 7 5 5 3 8 5 3 3 3 5Duke RV Louisville RV RV 13 9 8 4 13 7 10 9 7 6North Carolina 8 3 3 2 9 4 4 8 3 3 4 10 10 4NC State RV RV Notre Dame 9 4 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 12 16 20 15 14 Pittsburgh Syracuse 6 6 6 5 2 3 3 10 6 6 7 6 8 11Virginia 17 12 17 17 16 RV RV 21 16 17 17 17 16 13Virginia Tech RV 15 23 19 18 18 15 23 23 23 RV RV 8Wake Forest 5 21 21 12 14 11 11 7 2 2 2 2 2 2
Top Drawer Soccer
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final Boston College 15 10 10 18 18 16 25 14 12 23 RV RV 17 Clemson 10 8 8 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 Duke 20 RV Louisville 17 13 6 4 6 3 12 8 13 12 7 6 6 6 6North Carolina 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 6 2 5 4 9 9 8 4 4 4 NC State Notre Dame 19 12 6 2 2 1 1 1 3 9 12 14 13 11 17 17 17 Pittsburgh Syracuse 5 4 4 3 3 1 3 3 11 9 7 7 5 6 5 11 11 11Virginia RV 17 17 13 23 19 19 19 15 8 11 11 13 16 13 13 13 13Virginia Tech 17 17 17 RV 23 20 8 8 8Wake Forest 11 23 23 11 12 10 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2
Postseason
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
A record nine teams will participate in the NCAA tournament. Seven of the nine teams earned seeds and byes to the second round.
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 2 4 Wake Forest W 2–0 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Winston-Salem) W 2–1 vs. SIUE – (Winston-Salem) W 2–0 vs. Virginia Tech – (Winston-Salem) W 2–1 vs. #6 Denver – (Houston) T, 0–0 L, 4–5 PK vs. #5 Stanford – (Houston) 3 3 Clemson W 2–1 (OT) vs. South Carolina – (Clemson) W 3–1 vs. #14 Albany – (Clemson) L 0–1 vs. #6 Denver – (Clemson) 4 2 Louisville W 2–1 vs. UCLA – (Louisville) W 3–1 vs. #13 Notre Dame – (Louisville) L 0–2 vs. #5 Stanford – (Louisville) 8 1 Syracuse W 3–0 vs. Dartmouth – (Syracuse) L 0–1 vs. #9 North Carolina – (Syracuse) 9 1 North Carolina W 3–2 (OT) vs. FGCU – (Chapel Hill) W 1–0 vs. #8 Syracuse – (Syracuse) W 1–0 (2OT) vs. Providence – (Chapel Hill)T, 0–0 L, 9–10 PK vs. #5 Stanford – (Houston) 12 2 Virginia W 2–1 (2OT) vs. Vermont – (Charlottesville) L 0–1 vs. #5 Stanford – (Stanford) 13 2 Notre Dame W 1–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago – (Notre Dame) L 1–3 vs. #4 Louisville – (Louisville) 3 Boston College W 1–0 vs. Fordham – (Boston) L 0–3 vs. #14 Albany – (Albany) 4 Virginia Tech W 1–0 vs. ETSU – (Blacksburg) W 3–2 vs. #10 Charlotte – (Charlotte) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington) L 0–1 vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)
All-ACC awards and teams
2016 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearJon Gallagher, Notre DameMidfielder of the YearIan Harkes, Wake ForestDefensive Player of the YearMiles Robinson, SyracuseFreshman of the YearCam Lindley, North CarolinaCoach of the YearBobby Muuss, Wake Forest
2016 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Third Team Freshman TeamZeiko Lewis, Sr., F, Boston College Tim Kübel, Jr., D, Louisville Mohamed Thiaw, Jr., F, Louisville Cam Lindley, Fr., M, North Carolina Brandon Aubrey, Sr., D, Notre Dame Jon Gallagher, Jr., F, Notre Dame Chris Nanco, Sr., F, Syracuse Miles Robinson, So., D, Syracuse Alec Ferrell, Sr., G, Wake Forest Ian Harkes, Sr., M, Wake Forest Jacori Hayes, Sr., M, Wake ForestDiego Campos, Jr., F, Clemson Oliver Shannon, Jr., M, Clemson Brian White, Jr., F, Duke Colton Storm, Sr., D, North Carolina Alan Winn, Jr., F, North Carolina Zach Wright, Jr., F, North Carolina Julius Duchscherer, So., M, NC State Pablo Aguilar, Jr., M, Virginia Jeff Caldwell, Jr., G, Virginia Edward Opoku, So., F, Virginia Marcelo Acuna, Jr., F, Virginia TechPatrick Bunk-Andersen, So., D, Clemson Geoffrey Dee, Jr., M, Louisville Daniel Johnson, Sr., M, Louisville Walker Hume, Sr., D, North Carolina James Pyle, So., G, North Carolina Evan Panken, Gr., M, Notre Dame Mo Adams, Fr., M, Syracuse Jean-Christophe Koffi, So., M, Virginia Sergi Nus, So., D, Virginia Brad Dunwell, So., M, Wake Forest Kevin Politz, Jr., D, Wake ForestLasse Lehmann, Fr., M, Boston College Malick Mbaye, Fr., D, Clemson Tanner Dieterich, Fr., D, Clemson Suniel Veerakone, Fr., M, Duke Max Moser, Fr., M, Duke Cam Lindley, Fr., M, North Carolina Mauricio Pineda, Fr., M, North Carolina Tommy McCabe, Fr., M, Notre Dame Mo Adams, Fr., M, Syracuse Robin Afamefuna, Fr., D, Virginia Terrell Lowe, Fr., M, Virginia Ema Twumasi, Fr., M, Wake Forest
Draft picks
The ACC had 18 total players selected in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. There were 7 players selected in the first round, 5 players selected in the second round, 4 players selected in the third round, and 2 players selected in the fourth round. The 18 selections were the most selections from any conference in the draft. ACC schools Louisville and Syracuse lead the league with 4 selections from each school.
FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper Player Team Round Pick # Position School Miles Robinson Atlanta United FC 1st 2 DF Syracuse Jeremy Ebobisse Portland Timbers 1st 4 FW Duke Daniel Johnson Chicago Fire 1st 11 MF Louisville Colton Storm Sporting Kansas City 1st 14 DF North Carolina Zeiko Lewis New York Red Bulls 1st 17 FW Boston College Jacori Hayes FC Dallas 1st 18 MF Wake Forest Brandon Aubrey Toronto FC 1st 21 DF Notre Dame Alec Ferrell Minnesota United FC 2nd 23 GK Wake Forest Liam Callahan Colorado Rapids 2nd 24 DF Syracuse Stefan Cleveland Chicago Fire 2nd 26 GK Louisville Aaron Jones Philadelphia Union 2nd 33 DF Clemson Walker Hume FC Dallas 2nd 37 DF North Carolina Robert Moewes Toronto FC 3rd 52 GK Duke Chris Nanco Philadelphia Union 3rd 55 FW Syracuse Michael DeGraffenriedt New York City FC 3rd 60 DF Louisville Øyvind Alseth Toronto FC 3rd 65 MF Syracuse Romilio Hernandez Portland Timbers 4th 80 MF Louisville Juan Pablo Saavedra Toronto FC 4th 87 DF Virginia Tech
See also 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2016 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
References