2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.[1]

2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Joshua Smith, San Francisco
Picked by	New England Revolution, 75th overall
Regular Season
Season champions	Portland
Runners-up	Pacific

2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Portland ‡	6	–	1	–	0			12	–	5	–	2
Pacific +	4	–	1	–	2			13	–	4	–	2
Loyola Marymount	4	–	3	–	0			10	–	8	–	0
Saint Mary's	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	8	–	3
San Francisco	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	9	–	0
San Diego	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	9	–	3
Gonzaga	2	–	4	–	1			8	–	8	–	2
Santa Clara	0	–	6	–	1			5	–	10	–	1
‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 21 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The defending champions are the Santa Clara Broncos who won the regular season last year (the conference does not host a tournament).

Changes from 2015

• None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Gonzaga Bulldogs	Spokane, Washington	Gonzaga Soccer Field	1,500
Loyola Marymount Lions	Los Angeles, California	Sullivan Field	2,000
Portland Pilots	Portland, Oregon	Merlo Field	5,120
Saint Mary's Gaels	Moraga, California	Saint Mary's Stadium	4,500
San Diego Toreros	San Diego, California	Torero Stadium	6,000
San Francisco Dons	San Francisco, California	Negoesco Stadium	3,000
Santa Clara Broncos	Santa Clara, California	Buck Shaw Stadium	10,300

Regular season

Rankings

NSCAA National

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches 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]
Gonzaga	C			RV	20	NR
Loyola Marymount	C
Pacific	C						RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Portland	C				RV	NR				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Saint Mary's	C
San Diego	C		RV
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	C	RV

NSCAA Far West Regional

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Gonzaga	C		4	4	9	NR			8	8	10	NR
Loyola Marymount	C					9	9	6	NR	10	9	10	9
Pacific	C				7	3	5	7	4	5	6	3	5
Portland	C		9	5	NR	7	7	5	3	4	4	5	4
Saint Mary's	C	7	NR									7	8
San Diego	C			9	NR
San Francisco	C		10	NR
Santa Clara	C				10	10	8	NR

Results

Team/Opponent	GON	LMU	POR	SMC	USD	USF	SCU
Gonzaga Bulldogs
Loyola Marymount Lions
Portland Pilots
Saint Mary's Gaels
San Diego Toreros
San Francisco Dons
Santa Clara Broncos

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
N/A	2	Pacific	W, 1–0 vs. CSUN – (Northridge)	L 0–2 vs. Stanford – (Stanford)
N/A	3	Portland	T, 0–0 (L, 5–6 pen.) vs. New Mexico – (Albuquerque)

All-WCC awards and teams

2016 WCC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[16]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Eddie Sanchez, Portland
Defensive Player of the Year	Connor Johnson, Loyola Marymount
Goalkeeper of the Year	Paul Christensen, Portland
Co-Coaches of the Year	Ryan Jorden, Pacific Nick Carlin-Voigt, Portland
Freshman of the Year	Benji Michel, Portland

2016 WCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[16]
First Team	Second Team	Freshman Team
Tristan Blackmon, Jr., DF, PAC Julio Cervantes, Sr., FW, PAC Jalen Crisler, Jr., DF, ZAGA Jakob Granlund, Sr., FW, ZAGA Connor Johnson, Jr., DF, LMU Benji Michel, Fr., FW, POR Kris Reaves, Jr., DF, POR Eddie Sanchez, Sr., FW, POR Rafael Sanchez, Sr., MF, SMC Leon Schwarzer, Jr., MF, USF Michael Turner, Sr., MF, USD	Valdemar Andersen, Jr., DF, SCU Ben Braman, Jr., DF, SMC Brennan Castro, Sr., DF, SCU Paul Christensen, Jr., GK, POR David Garrett, Sr., FW, USF Curtis Goldsmith, Jr., GK, PAC Aaron Lombardi, Jr., MF, USF Adrien Perez, Sr., FW, LMU Josh Smith, Jr., DF, USF Jakub Svehlik, Fr., MF, SMC Wouter Verstraaten, So., DF, PAC	Garrett Amador, DF, LMU Jalani Ambrose, DF, SCU Davis Behnke, DF, ZAGA Miguel Berrym FW, USD Andreas Charalambous, MF, PAC Gio Magana-Rivera, MF, POR Benji Michel, FW, POR Anthony Orendain, FW, PAC Matt Orr, DF, USF Jake Rudel, DF, SMC Jakub Svehlik, MF, SMC

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 West Coast Conference women's soccer season

References

1. "West Coast Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). West Coast Conference. WCCSports.com. p. 13. Retrieved August 5, 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.
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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 - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
16. "WCC Announces 2016 Men's Soccer All-Conference Team". West Coast Conference. WCCSports.com. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved February 3, 2017.