The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 17th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Stanford Cardinal are the defending champions, by virtue of winning the regular season (there is no conference tournament). The Cardinal are also the defending NCAA champions.
Changes from 2015
None
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field San Diego State Aztecs San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Drake Stadium Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, USC, Utah and Washington State do not sponsor men's soccer. San Diego State is an associated member.
Regular season
Results
Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
Home/Away CALOSUSDSUSTAUCLAUW California Golden Bears 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–4 1–2 Oregon State Beavers 2–2 3–2 0–1 3–4 1–2 San Diego State Aztecs 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Stanford Cardinal 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 UCLA Bruins 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–4 Washington Huskies 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Rankings
National
+ 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 California C RV 22 RV RV RV RV NR Oregon State C RV NR San Diego State C 23 13 11 11 22 13 25 RV 22 21 16 RV RVStanford C 1 15 24 25 23 RV RV 16 12 9 9 8 5 1UCLA C 16 9 8 7 6 13 19 17 24 RV RV RV RV RVWashington C RV RV RV 16 16 22 17 16 11 14 14 12
Far West Regional
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 California C 4 NR 5 6 NR Oregon State C 9 5 10 4 NR San Diego State C 3 2 2 1 4 1 4 6 2 3 2 2Stanford C 5 7 7 8 NR 4 1 1 1 1 1 1UCLA C 1 3 1 2 1 3 2 5 6 5 6 6Washington C 10 8 6 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 3
Postseason
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 5 2 StanfordW, 2–0 vs. Pacific – (Stanford)W, 1–0 vs. #12 Virginia – (Stanford)W, 2–0 vs. #7 Louisville – (Louisville) T, 0–0 W, 10–9 PK vs. #9 North Carolina – (Houston) T, 0–0 W, 5–4 PK vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Houston) 11 3 WashingtonW, 4–1 vs. New Mexico – (Seattle)L, 1–2 vs. #6 Denver – (Denver) 3 San Diego State T, 1–1 (L, 5–6 pen.) vs. UNLV – (San Diego) 2 UCLAW, 4–2 vs. Colgate – (Los Angeles)L, 1–2 OT vs. #7 Louisville – (Louisville)
All-Pac-12 awards and teams
2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the Year José Hernández, MF, UCLAFoster Langsdorf, MF, StanfordCoach of the Year Jeremy Gunn, StanfordDefender of the YearTomas Hilliard-Arce, StanfordFreshman of the YearHandwalla Bwana, MF, Washington
2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Honorable MentionCorey Baird, Stanford Jose Carerra-Garcia, California Andrew Epstein, Stanford José Hernández, UCLA Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford Foster Langsdorf, Stanford Nick Lima , California Justin Schmidt, Washington Brian Nana-Sinkam, Stanford Christian Thierjung, California Jackson Yueil, UCLASeyi Adekoya, UCLA Handwalla Bwana, Washington Brian Iloski, UCLA Jordan Jones, Oregon State Timmy Mueller, Oregon State Travis Nicklaw, San Diego St. Pablo Pelaez, San Diego St. Auden Schilder, Washington Drew Skundrich, Stanford Felix Vobejda, UCLA Henry Wingo, WashingtonAdam Allmaras, San Diego St. Michael Amick, UCLA Matt Callahan, San Diego St. Kyle Coffee, Washington Abu Danladi, UCLA Erik Holt, UCLA Casey Macias, San Diego St. Bryce Marion, Stanford Jeroen Meefout, San Diego St. Paul Salcedo, California Michael Sauers, San Diego St.
MLS SuperDraft
Total picks by school
TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total California – – 1 – 1 Oregon State – – – – 0 San Diego State – – – – 0 Stanford 1 – – – 1 UCLA 2 1 – – 3 Washington – 1 – 1 2 Total 3 2 1 1 7
List of selections
Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College 1 1 Minnesota United FC FW UCLA 6 San Jose Earthquakes MF UCLA 22 Atlanta United FC DF Stanford 2 32 Portland Timbers DF UCLA 35 Real Salt Lake DF Washington 3 50 San Jose Earthquakes FW California 4 72 San Jose Earthquakes GK Washington
See also 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2016 Pac-12 Conference women's soccer season
References