2016 Conference USA women's soccer tournament

2016 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
2016 Conference USA women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Transamerica Field; Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions	Charlotte (3rd title)
Winning coach	John Cullen (1st title)
Conference USA women's soccer tournament
«2015	2017»

The 2016 Conference USA women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for Conference USA to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The seven-match tournament will be held at the Transamerica Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The North Texas Mean Green are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd in the championship match.^[1]

2016 Conference USA women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North Texas ‍†‍‍	9	–	1	–	0	.900	15	–	5	–	1	.738
Rice ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	0	.800	11	–	5	–	1	.676
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	3	–	0	.700	12	–	6	–	1	.658
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	1	.650	12	–	8	–	2	.591
Louisiana Tech ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0	.600	14	–	6	–	1	.690
Charlotte ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	11	–	9	–	2	.545
UTEP ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0	.500	13	–	7	–	2	.636
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0	.500	7	–	12	–	0	.368
Marshall ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	6	–	7	–	4	.471
UTSA ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0	.300	7	–	12	–	0	.368
Southern Miss ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	8	–	7	–	2	.529
FIU ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	3	–	11	–	3	.265
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0	.200	4	–	12	–	1	.265
UAB ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2	.200	4	–	11	–	2	.294


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 C-USA Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 2016-11-17 Rankings from NSCAA

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 2			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4			Final Sunday, Nov. 6

1	North Texas	2 ^OT

8	Old Dominion	1
			1	North Texas	2

			4	Florida Atlantic	3
4	Florida Atlantic	3

5	Louisiana Tech	0
						4	Florida Atlantic	0

						6	Charlotte	4
2	Rice	0

7	UTEP	1
			7	UTEP	0

			6	Charlotte	1
3	Western Kentucky	1 (1)

6	Charlotte	1 (4)

Schedule edit

Quarter-finals edit

November 2, 2016	#1 North Texas	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#8 Old Dominion	Charlotte, North Carolina
11:00 a.m. EST	Anna Flobeck 83' Rachel Holden 92'	Report	Grace Haverly 90'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Jorge Ramirez

November 2, 2016	#4 Florida Atlantic	3–0	#5 Louisiana Tech	Charlotte, North Carolina
1:30 p.m. EST	Elisha Holmes 10' Sammy Rowland 15', 90'	Report		Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Nima Saghafi

November 2, 2016	#2 Rice	0–1	#7 UTEP	Charlotte, North Carolina
4:30 p.m. EST		Report	Jeanna Mullen 24'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

November 2, 2016	#3 Western Kentucky	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	#6 Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST	Sarah Gorham 83'	Report	Martha Thomas 23'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Rob Mann
	Penalties
	Iris Dunn Olivia Fitzgerald Andrea Larsen		Sara Sandberg Martha Thomas Shelby Hicks Katie O'Neill

Semi-finals edit

November 4, 2016	#1 North Texas	2–3	#4 Florida Atlantic	Charlotte, North Carolina
4:30 p.m. EST	Tori Phillips 60' Marchelle Davis 73'	Report	Sammy Rowland 22' Elisha Holmes 51' Kelsey Parry 82'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Rubiel Vasquez

November 4, 2016	#7 UTEP	0–1	#6 Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EST		Report	Rebecca Beatty 36'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Nima Saghafi

Final edit

November 6, 2016	#4 Florida Atlantic	0–4	#6 Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina
11:00 a.m. EST		Report	Julia Grainda 6' Katie O'Neill 26' Megan Greene 43' Emily Truelove 48'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Referee: Guido Gonzales

References edit

2016 C-USA Soccer Championship

^ Conference USA. "2016 CUSA Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved November 2, 2016.

[2016_CUSA_Record_Book-1] Conference USA. "2016 CUSA Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved November 2, 2016.

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