2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 70th season of the university fielding a program. It the program's second season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. Muuss, the fourth head coach in program history, formerly coached Denver, and took over for Jay Vidovich, who left for a head coaching position with Portland Timbers 2.

2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
ACC Atlantic Division Champions ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
2016 record	19–2–4 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Steve Armas (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium

2016 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
#2 Wake Forest ‡	5	–	1	–	2			19	–	2	–	4
#6 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	6	–	2
#5 Clemson +	4	–	1	–	3			14	–	4	–	5
#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
#4 North Carolina +	5	–	1	–	2			14	–	3	–	4
#13 Virginia +	4	–	2	–	3			11	–	4	–	5
#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

As of 2016:[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Alec Ferrell 1 GK  ESP Andrew Cases Mundet 2 MF  USA Luis Argudo 3 DF  USA Rafael Fagundo 4 DF  USA Kevin Politz 5 DF  USA Michael DeShields 6 DF  USA Jared Odenbeck 7 MF  ESP Jon Bakero 8 MF  USA Jacori Hayes 9 FW  USA Tater Rennhack 10 MF  BRA Bruno Lapa 12 MF  USA Brad Dunwell 13 MF  USA Thomas Menke 14 MF  JAM Joey DeZart

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Steven Echvarria 16 MF  USA Ian Harkes 17 DF  USA Logan Gdula 18 DF  USA Alex Knox 19 DF  USA Eddie Folds 20 MF  USA Hunter Bandy 21 MF  USA Hayden Partain 22 MF  GHA Ema Twumasi 23 FW  USA Hank Gauger 25 MF  USA Ricky Greensfelder 26 DF  USA Sam Raben 28 FW  NZL Tane Gent 30 GK  USA Grant Bishop 31 GK  USA Kyle Barkett

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
08/14/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 5	at Furman	T 0–0		Stone III Stadium Greenville, SC
08/20/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 5	UNC Wilmington	T 0–0		Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
Regular season
08/26/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 5	Saint Louis	L 0–1	0–1	Spry Stadium (1,277) Winston-Salem, NC
08/28/2016* 7:30 PM	No. 5	Cal Poly	W 2–1	1–1	Spry Stadium (3,658) Winston-Salem, NC
09/03/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 21	Cleveland State	W 1–0	2–1	Spry Stadium (2,373) Winston-Salem, NC
09/06/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 21	Appalachian State	W 3–0	3–1	Spry Stadium (1,520) Winston-Salem, NC
09/10/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 21	No. 17 Virginia	W 1–0 ^OT	4–1 (1–0)	Spry Stadium (3,275) Winston-Salem, NC
09/13/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 10	George Washington	T 0–0 ^2OT	4–1–1	Spry Stadium (1,437) Winston-Salem, NC
09/16/2016 7:00 PM	No. 10	at Duke	W 2–0	5–1–1 (2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,054) Durham, NC
09/20/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 10	FIU	W 2–0	6–1–1	Spry Stadium (1,094) Winston-Salem, NC
09/24/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 10	NC State	W 1–0	7–1–1 (3–0)	Spry Stadium (3,366) Winston-Salem, NC
09/27/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 10	at Davidson	W 2–1	8–1–1	Alumni Soccer Stadium (776) Davidson, NC
09/30/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 11	at No. 5 Clemson	L 0–1	8–2–1 (3–1)	Riggs Field (3,128) Clemson, SC
10/08/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 11	at No. 1 Notre Dame	T 2–2 ^2OT	8–2–2 (3–1–1)	Alumni Field (1,586) South Bend, IN
10/11/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 6	Marshall	W 1–0	9–2–2	Spry Stadium (1,386) Winston-Salem, NC
10/15/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 6	No. 2 Louisville	W 2–1	10–2–2 (4–1–1)	Spry Stadium (3,428) Winston-Salem, NC
10/18/2016 7:00 PM, SECN	No. 2	at No. 21 South Carolina	W 1–0	11–2–2	Stone Stadium (3,121) Columbia, SC
10/22/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	No. 18 Boston College	W 1–0	12–2–2 (5–1–1)	Spry Stadium (2,974) Winston-Salem, NC
10/28/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	at No. 6 Syracuse	T 1–1 ^2OT	12–2–3 (5–1–2)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
11/06/16 1:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	No. 20 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	W 1–0	13–2–3	Spry Stadium (1,971) Winston-Salem, NC
11/09/16 7:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	No. 9 Louisville Semifinals	W 2–1 ^OT	14–2–3	Spry Stadium (1,683) Winston-Salem, NC
11/12/16 2:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 2	vs. No. 3 Clemson Championship	W 3–1	15–2–3	MUSC Health Stadium (2,304) Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
11/20/16* 1:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	Coastal Carolina Second Round	W 2–0	16–2–3	Spry Stadium (1,808) Winston-Salem, NC
11/27/16* 5:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	SIU Edwardsville Third Round	W 2–1	17–2–3	Spry Stadium (1,942) Winston-Salem, NC
12/02/16* 5:00 PM, ACCN	No. 2	No. 24 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	W 2–0	18–2–3	Spry Stadium (3,410) Winston-Salem, NC
12/09/16* 7:00 PM	No. 2	vs. No. 4 Denver College Cup – Semifinals	W 2–1 ^OT	19–2–3	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056) Houston, TX
12/11/16* 2:00 PM	No. 2	No. 5 Stanford College Cup – Championship	T 0–0^2OT L 4–5 pen.	19–2–4	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,315) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre[2]	Wk 1[3]	Wk 2[4]	Wk 3[5]	Wk 4[6]	Wk 5[7]	Wk 6[8]	Wk 7[9]	Wk 8[10]	Wk 9[11]	Wk 10[12]	Wk 11[13]	Wk 12[14]	Final [15]
NSCAA	5	21	21	12	14	11	11	7	2	2	2	2	2	2

See also

• Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
• 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

References

1. https://godeacs.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/2016
2. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
15. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll Final". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017.