2016 Conference USA men's soccer season

The 2016 Conference USA men's soccer season was the 22nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Conference USA men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	9
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Niko Hansen, New Mexico
Picked by	Columbus Crew, 9th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Charlotte
Runners-up	South Carolina
Season MVP	Brandt Bronico[1]
Top scorer	Brandt Bronico
Tournament
Champions	New Mexico
Runners-up	FIU
Finals MVP	Chris Wehan

2016 Conference USA men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 16 Charlotte +	7	–	1	–	0			12	–	4	–	2
South Carolina +	5	–	2	–	1			11	–	8	–	1
Fla. International	5	–	2	–	1			10	–	7	–	2
No. 23 Kentucky +	5	–	3	–	0			11	–	5	–	3
New Mexico ‡	4	–	3	–	1			12	–	7	–	3
UAB	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
Old Dominion	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	2
Florida Atlantic	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	10	–	1
Marshall	1	–	6	–	1			6	–	11	–	1
‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The FIU Panthers are both the defending conference tournament champions. The Kentucky Wildcats are the defending regular season champions.

Changes from 2015

• None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Charlotte 49ers	Charlotte, North Carolina	Transamerica Field	7,500
FIU Panthers	Miami, Florida	FIU Soccer Stadium	2,700
Florida Atlantic Owls	Boca Raton, Florida	FAU Soccer Stadium	300
Kentucky Wildcats	Lexington, Kentucky	UK Soccer Complex	3,000
Marshall Thundering Herd	Huntington, West Virginia	Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex	1,006
New Mexico Lobos	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobo Soccer/Track Complex	5,000
Old Dominion Monarchs	Norfolk, Virginia	Old Dominion Soccer Complex	2,500
South Carolina Gamecocks	Columbia, South Carolina	Stone Stadium	5,700
UAB Blazers	Birmingham, Alabama	West Campus Field	2,500

• Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss, UTEP, UTSA and WKU do not sponsor men's soccer. Kentucky, New Mexico and South Carolina are associated members.

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent	CHA	FIU	FAU	UK	MAR	UNM	ODU	USC	UAB
Charlotte 49ers							2–0
FIU Panthers				2–1
Florida Atlantic Owls								0–1
Kentucky Wildcats		1–2
Marshall Thundering Herd									0–3
New Mexico Lobos
Old Dominion Monarchs	0–2
South Carolina Gamecocks			1–0
UAB Blazers					3–0

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

		Pre[2]	Wk 1[3]	Wk 2[4]	Wk 3[5]	Wk 4[6]	Wk 5[7]	Wk 6[8]	Wk 7[9]	Wk 8[10]	Wk 9[11]	Wk 10[12]	Wk 11[13]	Wk 12[14]	Final[15]
Charlotte	C	22	19	9	9	5	14	17	14	9	8	5	5	9	16
FIU	C	23	NR			RV	NR
Florida Atlantic	C
Kentucky	C		17	16	21	RV	20	15	20	18	14	12	19	18	23
Marshall	C
New Mexico	C				RV	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	RV
Old Dominion	C			RV	NR
South Carolina	C	24	RV	RV	NR			RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV
UAB	C

Postseason

CUSA tournament

Main article: 2016 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament

New Mexico won their first Conference USA tournament, defeating the defending champions, FIU in the final.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	Charlotte	1
						5	New Mexico	2
	4	Kentucky	2 (1)
	5	New Mexico (pen.)	2 (2)
											5	New Mexico	3
											3	FIU	0
	2	South Carolina	1
	7	Old Dominion	2
						7	Old Dominion	0
						3	FIU	2
	3	FIU	2
	6	UAB	1

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
10	2	Charlotte	BYE	L, 2–3 vs. Virginia Tech – (Charlotte)
16	1	Kentucky	BYE	L, 2–3 vs. Creighton – (Lexington)
—	3	New Mexico	T, 1–1 (W, 6–5 pen.) vs. Portland – (Albuquerque)	L, 1–4 vs. Washington – (Seattle)
—	3	South Carolina	W 1–0 vs. Mercer – (Columbia)	L, 1–2 OT vs. Clemson – (Clemson)

All-CUSA awards and teams

2016 C-USA Men's Soccer Individual Awards[1]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Brandt Bronico, Charlotte
Offensive MVP	Brandt Bronico, Charlotte
Defensive MVP	Luke Waechter, Charlotte
Coach of the Year	Kevin Langan, Charlotte
Freshman of the Year	Elliot Panicco, Charlotte

2016 C-USA Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[1]
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Freshman Team
F: Santiago Patiño, FIU F: Niko Hansen, New Mexico F: Danny Deakin, South Carolina MF: Brandt Bronico, Charlotte MF: Paul Marie, FIU MF: Napo Matsoso, Kentucky MF: Chris Wehan, New Mexico D: Matej Dekovic, Charlotte D: Luke Waechter, Charlotte D: Jordan Wilson, Kentucky GK: Elliot Panicco, Charlotte	F: Luis Betancur, FIU F: Jason Fitzgerald, Florida Atlantic F: Bjorn Gudjonsson, South Carolina MF: Trevor Starcher, Marshall MF: Jesse Miralrio, Old Dominion MF: Cole Stringer, Old Dominion MF: Kurtis Turner, South Carolina MF: David Valverde, UAB D: Charlie Reymann, Kentucky D: Tom Smart, New Mexico GK: Joe Kuzminsky, UAB	MF: Maxi Rodriguez, Charlotte MF: Donald Tomlinson, FIU MF: Chris Gurule, New Mexico MF: Niko Klosterhalfen, Old Dominion MF: Julian Veen Uldal, South Carolina MF: Koty Millard, South Carolina D: Juan Benedetty, FIU D: Alex Bumpus, Kentucky D: Arthur Duchesne, Marshall D: Peyton Ericson, South Carolina D: Ive Burnett, South Carolina D: William White, UAB GK: William Pyle, South Carolina	Elliot Panicco, GK, Charlotte Ryan Spaulding, MF, Charlotte David Longo, D, FIU Joris Ahlinvi, F, FIU JJ Williams, F, Kentucky Connor Probert, F, Kentucky Tom Smart, D, New Mexico Matt Constant, D, New Mexico Sebastian Hauret, MF, Old Dominion Julian Veen Uldal, MF, South Carolina Luca Mayr, F, South Carolina Eder Mora, MF, UAB Massimo Ferrin, F, UAB

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Conference USA women's soccer season