The 2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
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 Loyola Marymount Lions Los Angeles, California Sullivan Field Portland Pilots Portland, Oregon Merlo Field Saint Mary's Gaels Moraga, California Saint Mary's Stadium San Diego Toreros San Diego, California Torero Stadium San Francisco Dons San Francisco, California Negoesco Stadium Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara, California Buck Shaw Stadium
Regular season
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 Final Gonzaga C RV 20 NR Loyola Marymount C Pacific C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RVPortland C RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RVSaint 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
Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Gonzaga C 4 4 9 NR 8 8 10 NR Loyola Marymount C 9 9 6 NR 10 9 10 9Pacific C 7 3 5 7 4 5 6 3 5Portland C 9 5 NR 7 7 5 3 4 4 5 4Saint Mary's C 7 NR 7 8San Diego C 9 NR San Francisco C 10 NR Santa Clara C 10 10 8 NR
Results
Team/opponent GONLMUPORSMCUSDUSFSCU 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 2 PacificW, 1–0 vs. CSUN – (Northridge) L 0–2 vs. Stanford – (Stanford) 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 Award Recipient(s)Player of the YearEddie Sanchez, PortlandDefensive Player of the YearConnor Johnson, Loyola MarymountGoalkeeper of the YearPaul Christensen, PortlandCo-Coaches of the YearRyan Jorden, PacificNick Carlin-Voigt, PortlandFreshman of the YearBenji Michel, Portland
2016 WCC men's soccer all-conference teams First team Second team Freshman teamTristan Blackmon, Jr., DF, PACJulio Cervantes, Sr., FW, PACJalen Crisler, Jr., DF, ZAGAJakob Granlund, Sr., FW, ZAGAConnor Johnson, Jr., DF, LMUBenji Michel, Fr., FW, PORKris Reaves, Jr., DF, POREddie Sanchez, Sr., FW, PORRafael Sanchez, Sr., MF, SMCLeon Schwarzer, Jr., MF, USFMichael Turner, Sr., MF, USDValdemar Andersen, Jr., DF, SCUBen Braman, Jr., DF, SMCBrennan Castro, Sr., DF, SCUPaul Christensen, Jr., GK, PORDavid Garrett, Sr., FW, USFCurtis Goldsmith, Jr., GK, PACAaron Lombardi, Jr., MF, USFAdrien Perez, Sr., FW, LMUJosh Smith, Jr., DF, USFJakub Svehlik, Fr., MF, SMCWouter Verstraaten, So., DF, PACGarrett Amador, DF, LMUJalani Ambrose, DF, SCUDavis Behnke, DF, ZAGAMiguel Berrym FW, USDAndreas Charalambous, MF, PACGio Magana-Rivera, MF, PORBenji Michel, FW, PORAnthony Orendain, FW, PACMatt Orr, DF, USFJake Rudel, DF, SMCJakub Svehlik, MF, SMC
See also 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2016 West Coast Conference women's soccer season
References