2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 17th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	6
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Abu Danladi, UCLA
Picked by	Minnesota United FC, 1st overall
Regular season
Champions	Stanford
Runners-up	Washington
Season MVP	José Hernández Foster Langsdorf

2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Stanford ‡	8	–	1	–	1			14	–	3	–	6
No. 12 Washington +	6	–	4	–	0			14	–	7	–	0
San Diego State +	4	–	3	–	3			9	–	4	–	6
UCLA +	4	–	5	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	2			7	–	8	–	3
California	1	–	8	–	1			5	–	10	–	2
‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

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	22,000
Oregon State Beavers	Corvallis, Oregon	Lorenz Field	2,200
San Diego State Aztecs	San Diego, California	SDSU Sports Deck	1,000
Stanford Cardinal	Stanford, California	Cagan Stadium	4,000
UCLA Bruins	Los Angeles, California	Drake Stadium	7,000
Washington Huskies	Seattle, Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium	1,640

• 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	CAL	OSU	SDSU	STA	UCLA	UW
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

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

		Pre[1]	Wk 1[2]	Wk 2[3]	Wk 3[4]	Wk 4[5]	Wk 5[6]	Wk 6[7]	Wk 7[8]	Wk 8[9]	Wk 9[10]	Wk 10[11]	Wk 11[12]	Wk 12[13]	Final[14]
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	RV
Stanford	C	1	15	24	25	23	RV	RV	16	12	9	9	8	5	1
UCLA	C	16	9	8	7	6	13	19	17	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Washington	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

		Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
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	2
Stanford	C	5	7	7	8	NR	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
UCLA	C	1	3	1	2	1	3	2	5	6	5	6	6
Washington	C	10	8	6	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	4	3

Postseason

NCAA tournament

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

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
5	2	Stanford	BYE	W, 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	Washington	BYE	W, 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	UCLA	W, 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[15]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	José Hernández, MF, UCLA Foster Langsdorf, MF, Stanford
Coach of the Year	Jeremy Gunn, Stanford
Defender of the Year	Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford
Freshman of the Year	Handwalla Bwana, MF, Washington

2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[15]
First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
Corey 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, UCLA	Seyi 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, Washington	Adam 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.

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Pac-12 Conference women's soccer season