2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

Atlantic Coast Conference
Season 2016
Premiers Atlantic: Wake Forest
Coastal: North Carolina
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2017 →
2016 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Atlantic
#2 Wake Forest 5 1 2     17 2 3
#7 Louisville + 5 2 1     14 5 2
#3 Clemson + 4 1 3     15 3 4
#8 Syracuse + 4 2 3     12 5 3
Boston College + 3 3 3     9 8 3
NC State 1 8 0     5 12 0
Coastal
#10 North Carolina + 5 1 2     13 3 3
#16 Virginia + 4 2 3     11 4 5
#15 Notre Dame + 4 3 2     11 8 2
Virginia Tech + 3 4 2     13 4 4
Duke 2 6 1     7 8 2
Pittsburgh 0 7 2     2 13 3
As of 29 November 2716; Rankings from NSCAA


The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 63rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Syracuse Orange are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.

Changes from 2015

Teams

Stadiums and locations


1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team Head coach Captain
Boston College Eagles Republic of Ireland Kelly, EdEd Kelly Bermuda Lewis, ZeikoZeiko Lewis
Clemson Tigers United States Noonan, MikeMike Noonan Denmark Bunk-Anderson, PatrickPatrick Bunk-Anderson
Duke Blue Devils United States Kerr, Jr., JohnJohn Kerr, Jr. United States Thompson, RyanRyan Thompson
Louisville Cardinals United States Lolla, KenKen Lolla United States DeGraffenreidt, MichaelMichael DeGraffenreidt
NC State Wolfpack United States Findley, KellyKelly Findley United States McCauley, AlexAlex McCauley
North Carolina Tar Heels Guatemala Somoano, CarlosCarlos Somoano[2] United States Storm, ColtonColton Storm
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Scotland Clark, BobbyBobby Clark[3] United States Hubbard, ChrisChris Hubbard
Pittsburgh Panthers United States Vidovich, JayJay Vidovich[4] Switzerland Charron, RomeoRomeo Charron
Syracuse Orange England McIntyre, IanIan McIntyre[5] United States Callahan, LiamLiam Callahan
Virginia Cavaiers United States Gelnovatch, GeorgeGeorge Gelnovatch[6] France Corriveau, NickoNicko Corriveau
Virginia Tech Hokies United States Brizendine, MikeMike Brizendine[7] Germany Essome, SomSom Essome
Wake Forest Demon Deacons United States Muuss, BobbyBobby Muuss[8] United States Harkes, IanIan Harkes

Regular season

Rankings

National

Legend
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Final
Boston College C 11 11 25 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV NR 25 RV
Clemson C 3 2 2 6 7 5 5 3 8 5 3 3 3
Duke C RV NR
Louisville C RV RV 13 9 8 4 13 7 10 9 7
North Carolina C 8 3 3 2 9 4 4 8 3 3 4 10 10
NC State C RV RV NR
Notre Dame C 9 4 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 12 16 20 15
Pittsburgh C
Syracuse C 6 6 6 5 2 3 3 10 6 6 7 6 8
Virginia C 17 12 17 17 16 RV RV 21 16 17 17 17 16
Virginia Tech C RV 15 23 19 18 18 15 23 23 23 RV RV
Wake Forest C 5 21 21 12 14 11 11 7 2 2 2 2 2

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Semifinals Final
      
8 Boston College 0
4 Clemson 1
4 Clemson 1
2 Wake Forest 3
3 Louisville 1
2 Wake Forest 2

NCAA Tournament

A record nine teams will participate in the NCAA Tournament. Seven of the nine teams earned seeds and byes to the second round.

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
2 4 Wake Forest BYE W 2–0 vs. Coastal Carolina(Winston-Salem) vs. SIUE(Winston-Salem)
3 3 Clemson BYE W 2–1 (OT) vs. South Carolina(Clemson) W 3–1 vs. #14 Albany(Clemson) vs. Denver(Clemson)
4 2 Louisville BYE W 21 vs. UCLA(Louisville) W 3–1 vs. #13 Notre Dame – (Louisville) vs. Stanford(Louisville)
8 1 Syracuse BYE W 30 vs. Dartmouth(Syracuse) L 0–1 vs. #9 North Carolina – (Syracuse)
9 1 North Carolina BYE W 32 (OT) vs. FGCU(Chapel Hill) W 10 vs. #8 Syracuse – (Syracuse) vs. Providence(Chapel Hill)
12 2 Virginia BYE W 21 (2OT) vs. Vermont(Charlottesville) L 0–1 vs. #5 Stanford(Stanford)
13 2 Notre Dame BYE W 10 vs. Loyola-Chicago(Notre Dame) L 1–3 vs. #4 Louisville – (Louisville)
N/A 3 Boston College W 10 vs. Fordham(Boston) L 0–3 vs. #14 Albany(Albany)
N/A 4 Virginia Tech W 10 vs. ETSU(Blacksburg) W 32 vs. #10 Charlotte(Charlotte) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #7 Indiana(Bloomington) vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)

All-ACC awards and teams

2016 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Freshman of the Year
2016 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Rookie Team

See also

References

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  3. "Bobby Clark Bio". Notre Dame Athletics. UND.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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