2016 Horizon League men's soccer season

The 2016 Horizon League men's soccer season is the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Horizon League men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Andrew Putna, UIC
Picked by	Real Salt Lake, 48th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Wright State
Runners-up	UIC
Season MVP	Peguy Ngatcha
Tournament
Champions	UIC
Runners-up	Wright State
Finals MVP	Oscar Rivero

2016 Horizon League men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wright State	7	–	1	–	1			11	–	6	–	3
Milwaukee	5	–	3	–	1			8	–	8	–	2
UIC ‡	5	–	3	–	1			9	–	8	–	3
Oakland	5	–	4	–	0			6	–	10	–	1
Valparaiso	4	–	3	–	2			12	–	4	–	3
Cleveland State	4	–	3	–	2			7	–	8	–	2
Green Bay	4	–	3	–	2			5	–	9	–	2
Belmont	2	–	5	–	2			3	–	12	–	3
Detroit	1	–	6	–	2			3	–	10	–	4
Northern Kentucky	1	–	7	–	1			1	–	12	–	4
‡-Tournament champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Date= 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The UIC Flames are the defending regular season champions, and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies are the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

• Paul Doroh joins the Oakland Golden Grizzlies coaching staff.^[1]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Belmont Bruins	Nashville, Tennessee	E. S. Rose Park	2,500
Cleveland State Vikings	Cleveland, Ohio	Krenzler Field	1,680
Detroit Titans	Detroit, Michigan	Titan Field	600
Green Bay Phoenix	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Aldo Santaga Stadium	3,500
Milwaukee Panthers	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Engelmann Field	2,200
Northern Kentucky Norse	Highland Heights, Kentucky	NKU Soccer Stadium	1,000[2]
Oakland Golden Grizzlies	Rochester, Michigan	Oakland Soccer Field	1,000[3]
UIC Flames	Chicago, Illinois	Flames Field	1,000[4]
Valparaiso Crusaders	Valparaiso, Indiana	Eastgate Field	500[5]
Wright State Raiders	Dayton, Ohio	Alumni Field	1,000

Regular season

Rankings

NSCAA National

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[6]	Wk 1[7]	Wk 2[8]	Wk 3[9]	Wk 4[10]	Wk 5[11]	Wk 6[12]	Wk 7[13]	Wk 8[14]	Wk 9[15]	Wk 10[16]	Wk 11[17]	Wk 12[18]	Final[19]
Belmont	C
Cleveland State	C
Detroit	C
Green Bay	C
Milwaukee	C
Northern Kentucky	C
Oakland	C
UIC	C
Valparaiso	C
Wright State	C

NSCAA Great Lakes Regional

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

		Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Belmont	C
Cleveland State	C	7	NR
Detroit	C
Green Bay	C
Milwaukee	C	10	NR
Northern Kentucky	C
Oakland	C
UIC	C
Valparaiso	C							10	NR			10
Wright State	C		9	NR		9	NR		10	10	8	8

Postseason

Horizon League Tournament

Main article: 2016 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Wright State (pen.)	1 (6)
	4	Oakland	1 (5)
						1	Wright State	0
						2	UIC	1
	2	UIC (OT)	2
	3	Milwaukee	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
—	Louisville	UIC	L, 0–2 vs. Loyola Chicago – (Chicago)

All-Horizon League awards and teams

2016 Horizon League Men's Soccer Individual Awards[20]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State
Offensive Player of the Year	Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State
Defensive Player of the Year	Sergio Manesio, Cleveland State
Goalkeeper of the Year	Andrew Putna, UIC
Freshman of the Year	Evan Conway, Milwaukee
Coach of the Year	Bryan Davis, Wright State

2016 Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[20]
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
Max Todd, UIC (So., F) Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State (Sr., F) Eric Lynch, Wright State (Sr., F) Alec Nagucki, Cleveland State (Jr., MF) Jose Fuentes, UIC (Jr., MF) Isaiah Madrid, Valparaiso (Sr., MF) Sergio Manesio, Cleveland State (Sr., D) Omar Lawrence, Valparaiso (Sr., D) Jake Stovall, Wright State (Sr., D) Kaique Fernandes, Wright State (Sr., D) Andrew Putna, UIC (Sr., GK)	Jake Lagania, Cleveland State (Jr., F) Spiro Pliakos, Detroit Mercy (Jr., F) Nick Moon, Milwaukee (Jr., F) Kendan Anderson, Valparaiso (Sr., F) Francesco Saporito, Milwaukee (So., MF) Jackson Dietrich, Wright State (So., MF) AJ Paterson, Wright State (Jr., MF) Andre Baires, Green Bay (Fr., D) Jon Stadler, Milwaukee (Jr., D) Adrian Graham, Valparaiso (Sr., D) Nico Campbell, Valparaiso (Sr., GK)	Mertcan Akar, Belmont (GK) Eli Crognale, Belmont (MF) Lawrence Karpeh, Cleveland State (F) Andre Baires, Green Bay (D) Evan Conway, Milwaukee (F) Nyal Higgins, Oakland (D) Nebojsa Popovic, Oakland (MF) Cristian Sanchez, UIC (D) Alexander Cervantes, UIC (F) Steffen Pulinx, Valparaiso (D) Austin Kinley, Wright State (D)

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Horizon League women's soccer season