2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
ACC Tournament, Runners Up
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinalists
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 5
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
Record	14–4–5 (4–1–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (4th season); Camilo Rodriguez (1st season);
Home stadium	Riggs Field
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his seventh season. They play home games at Riggs Field.^[1] This is team's 56th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 29th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2016 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 2 Wake Forest ‡	5	–	1	–	2	19	–	2	–	4
No. 6 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1	14	–	6	–	2
No. 5 Clemson +	4	–	1	–	3	14	–	4	–	5
No. 11 Syracuse +	4	–	2	–	3	12	–	4	–	4
Boston College +	3	–	3	–	3	9	–	9	–	3
NC State	1	–	8	–	0	5	–	12	–	0
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	5	–	1	–	2	14	–	3	–	4
No. 13 Virginia +	4	–	2	–	3	11	–	4	–	5
No. 14 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	2	12	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	2	13	–	5	–	4
Duke	2	–	6	–	1	7	–	8	–	2
Pittsburgh	0	–	7	–	2	2	–	13	–	3

‡-2016 ACC Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

Roster edit

Updated 08/04/16 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Michael Zierhoffer
2	DF	USA	Andrew Burnikel
3	DF	DEN	Patrick Bunk-Andersen
4	MF	ENG	Oliver Shannon
5	DF	BER	Mauriq Hill
6	MF	USA	Tanner Dieterich
7	MF	NOR	Iman Mafi
8	MF	USA	Johnny Heckman
9	FW	CRC	Diego Campos
11	DF	ENG	Aaron Jones
12	MF	CRC	Saul Chinchilla
13	MF	USA	Michael Melvin
14	MF	USA	Grayson Raynor
15	MF	FRA	Alex Happi
16	MF	SEN	Malick Mbaye
17	MF	BRA	Thales Moreno


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	USA	Harrison Kurtz
19	FW	USA	Robby Jacobs
20	FW	USA	Austen Burnikel
21	DF	USA	Trey Langolis
22	GK	USA	Nolan Lennon
23	MF	USA	Michael Swift
24	GK	USA	Brady Allardice
25	DF	USA	Cale Thorne
26	DF	USA	Chris Heijjer
27	DF	USA	Kevin Fielden
28	DF	USA	Nate Hall
29	DF	USA	Robert Campbell
30	DF	USA	Jon Breed
31	GK	ESP	Ximo Miralles
32	MF	USA	Philip Tran

Draft picks edit

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Aaron Jones	Philadelphia Union	2nd	33	DF

Coaching staff edit

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate Head Coach	Philip Jones
Assistant coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Director of Soccer Operations	Rohan Sachdev
Athletic trainer	Raz Razayeski
Strength and conditioning Coach	Rick Franzblau

Source:^[3]

Schedule edit

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 pm	No. 3	UAB	W 2–1 ^2OT	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 16* 7:00 pm	No. 3	High Point	T 1–1	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 19* 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Duke	T 2–2	–	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Regular season
August 26* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at No. 24 South Carolina Rivalry	W 2–1	1–0–0	Stone Stadium (2,892) Columbia, SC
August 28* 6:30 pm	No. 3	Providence	W 2–1	2–0–0	Riggs Field (1,167) Clemson, SC
September 2* 7:00 pm	No. 2	No. 8 Creighton	W 1–0	3–0–0	Riggs Field (2,869) Clemson, SC
September 9 7:30 pm	No. 2	No. 3 North Carolina	L 0–1	3–1–0 (0–1–0)	Riggs Field (7,293) Clemson, SC
September 17 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 17 Virginia	T 3-3 ^2OT	3–1–1 (0–1–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,222) Charlottesville, VA
September 20* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Gardner-Webb	W 5–0	4–1–1 (0–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,189) Clemson,SC
September 23 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 19 Virginia Tech	W 2–1	5–1–1 (1–1–1)	Sandra D. Thompson Field (1,412) Blacksburg, VA
September 27* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at South Florida	W 1–0 ^OT	6–1–1 (1–1–1)	USF Soccer Stadium (651) Tampa, FL
September 30 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 11 Wake Forest	W 1–0	7–1–1 (2–1–1)	Riggs Field (3,128) Clemson, SC
October 4* 6:00 pm	No. 5	at Coastal Carolina	T 0–0 ^2OT	7–1–2 (2–1–1)	Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field (596) Conway, SC
October 8 7:00 pm	No. 5	NC State	W 2–0	8–1–2 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (4,112) Clemson, SC
October 11* 7:00 pm	No. 3	No. 14 Charlotte	L 0–1	8–2–2 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,015) Clemson, SC
October 14 7:00 pm	No. 3	at Boston College Rivalry	T 0–0 ^2OT	8–2–3 (3–1–2)	Newton Soccer Complex (1,035) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 16* 12:30 pm	No. 3	at Brown	W 3–2	9–2–3 (3–1–2)	Stevenson Field (695) Providence, RI
October 21 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 6 Syracuse	T 0–0 ^2OT	9–2–4 (3–1–3)	Riggs Field (3,120) Clemson, SC
October 25* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Georgia Southern Senior Night	W 1–0	10–2–4 (3–1–3)	Riggs Field (2,538) Clemson, SC
October 28 7:00 pm	No. 5	at No. 7 Louisville	W 1–0	11–2–4 (4–1–3)	Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (3,108) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 6 1:00 pm	No. 4	No. 5 Syracuse Quarterfinal	T 1–1 (4–2 PK) ^2OT	11–2–5	Riggs Field (1,068) Clemson, SC
November 9 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 8 Boston College Semifinal	W 1–0	12–2–5	Riggs Field (1,546) Clemson, SC
November 13 2:00 pm	No. 4	No. 2 Wake Forest Final	L 1–0	12–3–5	MUSC Health Stadium (2,304) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 17*	No. 3	South Carolina Second Round	W 2–1 ^OT	13–3–5	Riggs Field (1,711) Clemson, SC
November 27*	No. 3	No. 14 Albany Third Round	W 3–1	14–3–5	Riggs Field (2,046) Clemson, SC
December 2*	No. 3	No. 6 Denver Quarterfinals	L 0–1	14–4–5	Riggs Field (4,101) Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings edit

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
NSCAA ^[4]	3	2	2	6	7	5	5	3	8	5	3	3	3	None Released				5
TopDrawer Soccer ^[5]	10	8	8	5	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5

References edit

^ "Men's Soccer - Schedule". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
^ "CU Men's Soccer - 2016-17 Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
^ "Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

[1] "Men's Soccer - Schedule". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.

[2] "CU Men's Soccer - 2016-17 Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

[3] "Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

[4] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[5] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

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