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.
Changes from 2015
None
Teams
Stadia and locations
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
East Carolina, Houston and Tulane do not sponsor men's soccer
Regular season Results
Team/Opponent CINCONMEMUSFSMUTULTEMUCF Cincinnati Bearcats 2–1 Connecticut Huskies 1–0 Memphis Tigers 1–2 South Florida Bulls 2–1 SMU Mustangs 0–3 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 3–0 Temple Owls 0–1 UCF Knights 1–2
Rankings
+ 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 Cincinnati C Connecticut C RV 14 RV RV NR RV 24 RV RV NR Memphis C SMU C 12 25 RV NR USF C 19 RV RV RV NR RV RV RV NRTemple C RV NR Tulsa C RV NR RV NRUCF C
Postseason
AAC tournament
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship College Park TulsaL, 0–3 vs. Creighton – (Omaha) College Park South Florida T, 2–2 (L, 0–3 pen.) vs. Florida Gulf Coast – (Tampa)
All-AAC awards and teams
2016 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearMatias Pyysalo, UCFMidfielder of the YearAdam Wilson, CincinnatiDefensive Player of the YearProsper Figbe, USFGoalkeeper of the YearSpasoje Stefanovic, USFRookie of the YearGarrett McLaughlin, SMUCoaching Staff of the YearSouth FloridaFair Play AwardConnecticut
2016 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Rookie TeamMatias 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., TemplePatrick 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., TulsaBrian 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
MLS SuperDraft
Total picks by school
TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalCincinnati 0 0 0 0 0Connecticut 2 0 0 0 2Memphis 0 0 0 0 0SMU 0 0 0 0 0South Florida 0 2 0 1 3Temple 0 0 1 0 1Tulsa 0 1 0 0 1UCF 0 0 0 0 0
List of selections
Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College 1 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC DF UConn 16 New York City FC MF UConn 2 25 Philadelphia Union MF South Florida 28 San Jose Earthquakes MF South Florida 30 Houston Dynamo FC GK Tulsa 3 51 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MF Temple 4 73 Vancouver Whitecaps FC FW South Florida
See also 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament 2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer season
References