2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament (also known as the 2016 College Cup) was the 58th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States during November and December 2016, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals was played at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas on December 9 and 11, 2016.[1]

2016 NCAA men's soccer tournament
College Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 17 – December 11, 2016
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsStanford Cardinal
Runner-upWake Forest Demon Deacons
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored121 (2.57 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Julian Gressel (4)
Best playerOffensive: Ian Harkes
Defensive: Andrew Epstein
All statistics correct as of December 3, 2016.
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The Stanford Cardinal successfully defended their 2015 title. Stanford played the North Carolina Tar Heels to a scoreless draw in the semifinals before winning a penalty shootout, 10–9, to advance to the Championship game.[2] The Cardinal then also tied the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 0–0, in the final before claiming the back-to-back title with another penalty shootout victory, 5–4.[3]

Stanford tied the NCAA record for the Lowest Goals-Against Average in the Tournament (Minimum 3 Games) of 0.00 by becoming the fourth team to not allow their opponents to score a goal in the tournament. The other three co-record-holders are the 1976 San Francisco Dons, the 1995 Wisconsin Badgers, and the 2009 Akron Zips.[4]

Qualification edit

All Division I men's soccer programs except for Grand Canyon, Incarnate Word, and UMass Lowell will be eligible to qualify for the tournament. Those three programs are ineligible because they are in transition from Division II to Division I. The tournament field remains fixed at 48 teams.

Of the 24 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for this year's tournament.

Format edit

As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.

The NCAA Selection Committee also names the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.

Seeded teams
Seed School Conference Record Berth type NSCAA Ranking[5] RPI Ranking[6]
1 Maryland Big Ten 18–0–2 Tournament Champion 1 1
2 Wake Forest ACC 15–2–3 Tournament Champion 2 3
3 Clemson ACC 13–3–4 At Large 3 2
4 Louisville ACC 12–5–2 At Large 9 6
5 Stanford PAC-12 11–3–4 Conference Champion 8 5
6 Denver Summit 17–0–3 Tournament Champion 4 7
7 Indiana Big Ten 11–1–7 At Large 7 15
8 Syracuse ACC 11–4–3 At Large 6 9
9 North Carolina ACC 11–3–3 At Large 10 10
10 Charlotte C-USA 12–3–2 At Large 5 14
11 Washington Pac-12 13–6–0 At Large 14 8
12 Virginia ACC 10–3–5 At Large 17 20
13 Notre Dame ACC 11–7–2 At Large 20 13
14 Albany America East 12–5–2 Tournament Champion RV 12
15 Butler Big East 13–5–1 Tournament Champion 15 11
16 Kentucky C-USA 11–4–3 At Large 19 18

Schedule edit

 
Clemson
Louisville
Chapel Hill
Winston-Salem
Houston
2015 Quarterfinal sites (blue) and College Cup (red)
Round Date
First round November 17, 2016
Second round November 20, 2016
Third round November 26–27, 2016
Quarterfinals December 2 − 4, 2016
College Cup: Semifinals December 9, 2016
College Cup Final December 11, 2016

Bracket edit

Regional 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
1 Maryland 4
Providence 5
Providence 2
Delaware 0
Providence 2
Creighton 1
Creighton 3
Tulsa 0
Creighton 3
16 Kentucky 2
Providence 0
9 North Carolina AET 1
9 North Carolina AET 3
Florida Gulf Coast 2
South Florida 2(0)
Florida Gulf Coast PK 2(3)
9 North Carolina 1
8 Syracuse 0
Dartmouth AET 1
St. Francis Brooklyn 0
Dartmouth 0
8 Syracuse 3

Regional 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
5 Stanford 2
Pacific 0
CSUN 0
Pacific 1
5 Stanford AET 1
12 Virginia 0
Vermont 4
Rider 1
Vermont 1
12 Virginia AET 2
5 Stanford 2
4 Louisville 0
13 Notre Dame 1
Loyola-Chicago 0
Loyola-Chicago 2
UIC 0
13 Notre Dame 1
4 Louisville 3
UCLA 4
Colgate 2
UCLA 1
4 Louisville AET 2

Regional 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
3 Clemson AET 2
South Carolina 1
South Carolina 1
Mercer 0
3 Clemson 3
14 Albany 1
Boston College 1
Fordham 0
Boston College 0
14 Albany 3
3 Clemson 0
6 Denver 1
11 Washington 4
New Mexico 1
New Mexico PK 0(6)
Portland 0(5)
11 Washington 1
6 Denver 2
San Diego State 1(5)
UNLV PK 1(6)
UNLV 0
6 Denver 3

Regional 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
7 Indiana 1
Akron 0
Akron 2
Villanova 0
7 Indiana 1
Virginia Tech OT 2
Virginia Tech 1
East Tennessee State 0
Virginia Tech 3
10 Charlotte 2
Virginia Tech 0
2 Wake Forest 2
15 Butler 0(4)
SIUE PK 0(5)
Michigan State 1(8)
SIUE PK 1(9)
SIUE 1
2 Wake Forest 2
Coastal Carolina 2
Radford 1
Coastal Carolina 0
2 Wake Forest 2

2016 College Cup edit

Semifinals
December 9
BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
Championship
December 11
BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
      
6 Denver 1
2 Wake Forest 2OT 2
2 Wake Forest 0(4)
5 Stanford PK 0(5)
9 North Carolina 0(9)
5 Stanford PK 0(10)

Results edit

First round edit

November 17, 2016 South Carolina 1–0 Mercer Columbia, South Carolina
1:00pm EST Walker   39' Report Report Stadium: Stone Stadium
Attendance: 336
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
November 17, 2016 Michigan State 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–9 p)
SIU Edwardsville East Lansing, Michigan
1:00pm EST Marcantognini   40' Report McHugh   67' Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 559
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Penalties
Sierakowski  
Krolicki  
Centala  
Corrigan  
Lewis  
H. Barone  
Beckett  
Marcantognini  
Scott  
Pimlott  
Sierakowski  
  McHugh
  Kendall-Moullin
  McLean
  Solawa
  Ledbetter
  D. Jambga
  Hinkson
  Gutierrez
  Ebbesen
  Christianson
  Ledbetter
November 17, 2016 Coastal Carolina 2–1 Radford Conway, South Carolina
2:00pm EST Einarsson   30'
Pierrot   30'
Report Colmer   50' Stadium: Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field
Attendance: 320
Referee: Howard Ash
November 17, 2016 Dartmouth 1–0 (a.e.t.) St. Francis Brooklyn Hanover, New Hampshire
5:00pm EST Danilack   105' Report Stadium: Burnham Field
Attendance: 395
Referee: Jason Pelletier
November 17, 2016 Akron 2–0 Villanova Akron, Ohio
5:00pm EST Hinds   39', 73' Report Stadium: Cub Cadet Field
Attendance: 1,811
Referee: Chris Penso
November 17, 2016 Virginia Tech 1–0 East Tennessee State Blacksburg, Virginia
6:00pm EST Quashie   23' Report Stadium: Sandra D. Thompson Field
Attendance: 495
Referee: Brandon Marion
November 17, 2016 Boston College 1–0 Fordham Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
6:00pm EST Lewis   82' Report Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex
Attendance: 422
Referee: Lou Labbadia
November 17, 2016 South Florida 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)
Florida Gulf Coast Tampa, Florida
7:00pm EST Mfeka   44'
Epps   54'
Report Ruiz   27'
Gavin   61'
Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Attendance: 936
Referee: Ted Unkel
Penalties
Rodriguez  
Gomez  
Bartman  
  Mohsin
  Roubos
  Jaime
  Ruiz
November 17, 2016 Vermont 4–1 Rider Burlington, Vermont
7:00pm EST Wright   24', 43', 90'
Lamanna   71'
Report Herpreck   89' Stadium: Virtue Field
Attendance: 2,058
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
November 17, 2016 Providence 2–0 Delaware Providence, Rhode Island
7:00pm EST Reardon   8'
Gressel   71'
Report Report Stadium: Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium
Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Noel Cotterell
November 17, 2016 UCLA 4–2 Colgate Los Angeles, California
8:00pm EST Hernández   17'
Raygoza   26'
Danladi   33'
Poleo   89'
Report Z. Pagani   22'
Scodari   38'
Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 623
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
November 17, 2016 Loyola-Chicago 2–0 UIC Chicago, Illinois
8:00pm EST Lasinski   60'
Engesser   89'
Report Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Greg Dopka
November 17, 2016 Creighton 3–0 Tulsa Omaha, Nebraska
8:00pm EST LaGro   3'
Englis   6'
Lopez-Espin   68'
Report Stadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 1,404
Referee: Sorin Stoica
November 17, 2016 New Mexico 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Portland Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00pm EST Report Stadium: UNM Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2,311
Referee: Mark Allatin
Penalties
Wehan  
Gurule  
Goss  
Rochowski  
Lawrence  
Hansen  
Herrera  
Gleadle  
Spangenberg  
  Ortiz
  Magana-Rivera
  Dixon
  Reaves
  Coffey
  Baez
  Michel
  Edwardson
  Zambrano
November 17, 2016 San Diego State 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
UNLV San Diego, California
10:00pm EST Vergara   47' Report A. Musovski   30' Stadium: SDSU Sports Deck
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Ian Anderson
Penalties
Sauers  
Norris  
Meefout  
Van den Berg  
Nicklaw  
Pelaez  
Kjellker  
Sagno  
  D. Musovski
  Pitt
  Mehlich
  A. Musovski
  Drye
  Cooper
  Jackson
  Velazquez
November 17, 2016 Cal State Northridge 0–1 Pacific Northridge, California
10:00pm EST Report Branche   77' Stadium: Matador Soccer Field
Attendance: 1,122
Referee: Chris Calderon

Second round edit

November 20, 2016 #8 Syracuse 3–0 Dartmouth Syracuse, New York
12:00pm EST Nanco   7'
Carmago   24', 60'
Report Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 315
Referee: Robert Sibiga
November 20, 2016 #2 Wake Forest 2–0 Coastal Carolina Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00pm EST Hayes   21'
Argudo   62'
Report Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 1,808
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 20, 2016 #7 Indiana 1–0 Akron Bloomington, Indiana
1:00pm EST McConnell   54' Report Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 1,790
Referee: Shane Butler
November 20, 2016 #12 Virginia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Vermont Charlottesville, Virginia
1:00pm EST Foss   76'
Aguilar   103'
Report Barðdal   62' Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 612
Referee: Peter Dhima
November 20, 2016 #14 Albany 3–0 Boston College Albany, New York
1:00pm EST Mattos   12'
Solabarrieta   28'
Pinheiro   83'
Report Stadium: Bob Ford Field
Attendance: 366
Referee: Brian Dunn
November 20, 2016 #15 Butler 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
SIU Edwardsville Indianapolis, Indiana
2:00pm EST Report Stadium: Butler Bowl
Attendance: 667
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Penalties
Suddick  
Timmer  
Lehtinen  
Ostrowski  
Goldsmith  
Charalambous  
  McHugh
  Kendall-Moullin
  McLean
  Solawa
  Ledbetter
  D. Jambga
November 20, 2016 #10 Charlotte 2–3 Virginia Tech Charlotte, North Carolina
4:00pm EST Bruce   19'
Bronico   83'
Report Acuña   50' (pen.), 60'
Quashie   88'
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Mike Stutt
November 20, 2016 #16 Kentucky 2–3 Creighton Lexington, Kentucky
4:30pm EST Barajas   68'
Williams   89'
Report Fox   9' (o.g.)
Perez   32'
Sawaf   78'
Stadium: Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex
Attendance: 935
Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.
November 20, 2016 #4 Louisville 2–1 (a.e.t.) UCLA Louisville, Kentucky
5:00pm EST Gayton   3'
Schmitt   94'
Report Danladi   60' Stadium: Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Leland Grant
November 20, 2016 #1 Maryland 4–5 Providence College Park, Maryland
5:00pm EST Wild   6'
Sejdič   22', 51'
Williamson   54'
Report Gressel   11', 70'
Sailor   71'
Kilday   75'
Serrano   82'
Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 3,804
Referee: Sergio Gonzalez
November 20, 2016 #3 Clemson 2–1 (a.e.t.) South Carolina Clemson, South Carolina
6:00pm EST Happi   86',   93' Report Dieterich   73' (o.g.) Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 1,711
Referee: Nima Saghafi
November 20, 2016 #13 Notre Dame 1–0 Loyola-Chicago Notre Dame, Indiana
6:00pm EST Gallagher   79' Report Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 378
Referee: Sorin Stoica
November 20, 2016 #6 Denver 3–0 UNLV Denver, Colorado
7:00pm EST DeVoss   56'
Underwood   70'
Ford   81'
Report Stadium: Denver Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,070
Referee: Allen Chapman
November 20, 2016 #9 North Carolina 3–2 (a.e.t.) Florida Gulf Coast Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00pm EST T. Hume   30',   105'
Bruening   86'
Report Ferrer   11'
Ruiz   72' (pen.)
Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 636
Referee: David Erbacher
November 20, 2016 #5 Stanford 2–0 Pacific Stanford, California
8:00pm EST Langsdorf   37'
Hillard-Arce   70'
Report Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Attendance: 1,403
Referee: Eric Ehrhardt
November 20, 2016 #11 Washington 4–1 New Mexico Seattle, Washington
8:00pm EST Schmidt   28'
Menzies   47'
Rice   57'
Blanchard   65'
Report Khouri   22' Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 874
Referee: Josh Wilkins

Third round edit

November 26, 2016 #6 Denver 2–1 #11 Washington Denver, Colorado
7:00pm EST Crosswait   25'
Shinyashiki   66'
Report Wright   77' (pen.) Stadium: CIBER Field
Attendance: 1,640
Referee: Nima Saghafi
November 26, 2016 Creighton 1–2 Providence Omaha, Nebraska
7:00pm EST Rydstrand   4' Report Gressel   21'
Griffin   83'
Stadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Landis Wiley
November 27, 2016 #7 Indiana 1–2 (a.e.t.) Virginia Tech Bloomington, Indiana
12:05pm EST Lillard   77' Report Moyers   18'
White   98'
Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 1,330
Referee: Sorin Stoica
November 27, 2016 #8 Syracuse 0–1 #9 North Carolina Syracuse, New York
2:00pm EST Report Kelly   32' Stadium: David W. Murphy Field[note 1]
Attendance: 720
Referee: Jan Halaska
November 27, 2016 #2 Wake Forest 2–1 SIU Edwardsville Winston-Salem, North Carolina
5:00pm EST Bakero   3', 72' Report Ledbetter   41' Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 1,942
Referee: Carmen Serbio
November 27, 2016 #4 Louisville 3–1 #13 Notre Dame Louisville, Kentucky
5:00pm EST Thiaw   16'
Schmitt   71'
Dieye   90'
Report Gallagher   54' Stadium: Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 1,858
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 27, 2016 #3 Clemson 3–1 #14 Albany Clemson, South Carolina
6:00pm EST Au. Burnikel   45', 81'
Happi   84'
Report Clark   47' Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 2,046
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 27, 2016 #5 Stanford 1–0 (a.e.t.) #12 Virginia Stanford, California
8:00pm EST Langsdorf   106' Report Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Mark Allatin

Quarterfinals edit

December 2, 2016 #3 Clemson 0–1 #6 Denver Clemson, South Carolina
7:00 pm EST Report Ford   89' Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 4,101
Referee: Robert Sibiga
December 2, 2016 #9 North Carolina 1–0 (a.e.t.) Providence Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 pm EST Murphy   102' Report Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 4,009
Referee: Mike Tutt
December 3, 2016 #2 Wake Forest 2–0 Virginia Tech Winston-Salem, North Carolina
5:00 pm EST Twumasi   79', 81' Report Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 3,410
Referee: Chris Penso
December 3, 2016 #4 Louisville 0–2 #5 Stanford Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 pm EST Report Langsdorf   64'
Werner   79'
Stadium: Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 3,247
Referee: Anthony Vasali

College Cup edit

Semifinals edit

December 9, 2016 #2 Wake Forest 2–1 (a.e.t.) #6 Denver Houston, Texas
6:00pm EST Bakero   7'
Harkes   102'
Report Shinyashiki   17' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,056
Referee: John McCloskey
December 9, 2016 #5 Stanford 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(10–9 p)
#9 North Carolina Houston, Texas
8:45pm EST Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,056
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Penalties
Beason  
Langsdorf  
Mosharrafa  
Hilliard-Arce  
Skundrich  
Baird  
Werner  
Nana-Sinkam  
Hyatt  
Bashti  
  October
  Bruening
  Storm
  Pineda
  Lopez
  Murphy
  Kelly
  Skahan
  Winn
  Comsia

national championship edit

December 11, 2016 #2 Wake Forest 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
#5 Stanford Houston, Texas
2:00pm EST Harkes  
Hayes  
Lapa  
Bakero  
Partain  
Dunwell  
Report   Beason
  Langsdorf
  Mosharrafa
  Hilliard-Arce
  Baird
  Werner
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,315
Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Syracuse played their home match at David W. Murphy Field, on the campus Onondaga Community College, instead of their regular stadium SU Soccer Stadium, due to field conditions from snowy conditions.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Stanford wins soccer semi on penalty kicks". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. ^ "NCAA soccer: Stanford wins College Cup championship in penalty kicks". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 11, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Division I Men's Soccer Championships Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "NSCAA/Continental Tire Rankings". Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  6. ^ "Division I Men's College Soccer - Rankings - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
  7. ^ Kramer, Lindsay (November 25, 2016). "Field conditions force venue change for Syracuse soccer's NCAA Tournament game on Sunday". Syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved November 27, 2016.