2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 26th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Maryland Terrapins are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.

Preseason

Preseason poll The preseason poll was released on August 17.

Team ranking 1. Maryland 2. Indiana 3. Ohio State 4. Rutgers 5. Michigan 6. Michigan State 7. Wisconsin 8. Penn State 9. Northwestern

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity Indiana Hoosiers Bloomington, Indiana Armstrong Stadium Maryland Terrapins College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field Michigan Wolverines Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium Michigan State Spartans East Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex Northwestern Wildcats Evanston, Illinois Martin Stadium Ohio State Buckeyes Columbus, Ohio Owens Memorial Stadium Penn State Nittany Lions State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field Rutgers Scarlet Knights Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field Wisconsin Badgers Madison, Wisconsin McClimon Stadium

Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Purdue do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team Head coach Shirt supplier Indiana Todd Yeagley Adidas Maryland Sasho Cirovski Under Armour Michigan Chaka Daley Nike Michigan State Damon Rensing Nike Northwestern Tim Lenahan Under Armour Ohio State John Bluem Nike Penn State Bob Warming Nike Rutgers Dan Donigan Adidas Wisconsin John Trask Under Armour

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent INDUMDMCHMSUNWUOSUPSURUTWIS Indiana 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 Maryland 1–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 Michigan 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 Michigan State 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 Northwestern 0–0 0–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 Ohio State 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–4 3–1 1–2 Penn State 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–2 2–1 Rutgers 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 Wisconsin 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0

Rankings

+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week

Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Final Indiana C 15 5 4 3 4 6 6 9 7 10 8 7 6 9Maryland C 4 7 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7Michigan C Michigan State C 22 25 21 19 20 13 15 12 13 25Northwestern C Ohio State C 18 RV NR Penn State C RV RV NR Rutgers C 25 RV NR Wisconsin C RV NR RV 24 20 18 25 RV

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 1 1 Maryland L, 4–5 vs. Providence – (College Park) 7 4 Indiana W 1–0 vs. Akron – (Bloomington)L, 1–2 (OT) vs. Virginia Tech – (Bloomington) 4 Michigan State T, 1–1 L, 8–9 pen. vs. SIUE – (Lansing)

All-Big Ten awards and teams

2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Coach of the Year Sasho Cirovski, MarylandOffensive Player of the Year Gordon Wild, MarylandDefensive Player of the Year Alex Crognale, MarylandMidfielder of the Year Tanner Thompson, IndianaGoalkeeper of the Year Cody Niedermeier, MarylandFreshman of the Year Giuseppe Barone, Michigan State

2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Rookie TeamGordon Wild, FW, Maryland Francis Atuahene, FW, Michigan Ryan Sierakowski, FW, Michigan State Chris Mueller, FW, Wisconsin Tanner Thompson, MF, Indiana Amar Sejdic, MF, Maryland Connor Maloney, MF, Penn State Grant Lillard, DF, Indiana Alex Crognale, DF, Maryland Chris Odoi-Atsem, DF, Maryland Cody Niedermeier, GK, MarylandRichard Ballard, FW, Indiana Nate Kohl, FW, Ohio State Eryk Williamson, MF, Maryland Ken Krolicki, MF, Michigan State Abdi Mohamed, MF, Ohio State Michael Catalano, MF, Wisconsin Mark Segbers, MF, Wisconsin Andrew Gutman, DF, Indiana Suli Dainkeh, DF, Maryland Lars Eckenrode, DF, Michigan Jimmy Fiscus, DF, Michigan State Robby Sagel, DF, Penn State Sam Brotherton, DF, Wisconsin Jimmy Hague, GK, Michigan StateJack Hallahan, FW, Michigan Giuseppe Barone, MF, Michigan State Noah Leibold, MF, Wisconsin Tim McQuaid, MF, Rutgers Michael Pimlott, MF, Michigan State Pierre Reedy, MF, Penn State Mattias Tomasino, MF, Northwestern Elan Koenig, DF, Wisconsin Donovan Pines, DF, Maryland Michael Wetungu, DF, Michigan State Parker Siegfried, GK, Ohio State

2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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