The 2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Akron Zips were both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
Changes from 2015
None
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Akron Zips Akron, Ohio FirstEnergy Stadium Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green, Ohio Cochrane Stadium Buffalo Bulls Amherst, New York UB Stadium Northern Illinois Huskies DeKalb, Illinois NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex West Virginia Mountaineers Morgantown, West Virginia Dlesk Stadium Western Michigan Broncos Kalamazoo, Michigan WMU Soccer Complex Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, and Toledo do not sponsor men's soccer. West Virginia is an associated member.
Regular season
Results
Team/opponent AKRBGSUBNIUWVUWMU Akron Zips Bowling Green Falcons Buffalo Bulls Northern Illinois Huskies West Virginia Mountaineers Western Michigan Broncos
Rankings
NSCAA National
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 FinalAkron C 2 1 10 16 15 23 23 23 22 RV RV RV 24 24Bowling Green C RV NR Buffalo C RV RV RV RV RV NR Northern Illinois C West Virginia C RV 17 24 RV NR Western Michigan C RV NR
NSCAA Great Lakes Regional
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Akron C 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 5 4 Bowling Green C 6 6 9 9 8 10 6 5 4 6 5 Buffalo C 5 4 2 4 6 5 7 6 7 7 6 Northern Illinois C West Virginia C 8 6 3 4 5 NR 8 NR Western Michigan C 4 5 5 5 NR 8 6 NR 10 NR
Postseason
MAC tournament
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 4 Winston-Salem Akron W, 2–0 vs. Villanova – (Akron)L, 0–1 vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington)
All-MAC awards and teams
2016 MAC men's soccer individual awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the YearAdam Najem, MF, AkronCoach of the YearEric Nichols, Bowling GreenNewcomer of the YearJonathan Lewis, FW, Akron
2016 MAC men's soccer all-conference teams First team Second teamPau Belana MF, Akron Adam Najem, MF, Akron Brad Ruhaak, DF, Akron Pat Flynn, FW, Bowling Green Anthony Mwembia, GK Bowling Green Russell Cicerone, FW, Buffalo David Enstrom, DF, Buffalo Jad Arslan, MF, West Virginia Joey Piatczyc, MF, West Virginia Zach Bock, DF, Western Michigan Brandon Bye, FW, Western MichiganSam Gainford, FW, Akron Nick Hinds, DF, Akron Stuart Holthusen, FW, Akron Jonathan Lewis, FW, Akron Ben Lundt, GK, Akron Tate Robertson, MF, Bowling Green Jacob Roth, DF, Bowling Green Joe Sullivan, MF, Bowling Green Nick Forrester, DF, Buffalo Jack Elliot, DF, West Virginia Felix Angerer, FW, West Virginia Edu Jimenez, MF, Western Michigan Diego Lopez, MF, Western Michigan Drew Shepherd, GK, Western Michigan
See also 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2016 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament 2016 Mid-American Conference women's soccer season
References