2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season was the 30th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.[1]

2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams13
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickLalas Abubakar, Dayton
Picked byColumbus Crew SC, 5th overall
Regular season
Season championsSaint Louis
  Runners-upFordham
Season MVPOffensive: János Löbe
Midfielder: Garrett Heine
Defensive: Lalas Abubaker
Tournament
ChampionsFordham
  Runners-upVCU
Finals MVPJános Löbe
A-10 men's soccer seasons
← 2015
2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis 6 2 0 7 8 3
Fordham 5 2 1 10 7 4
LaSalle 5 3 0 10 8 1
UMass 4 2 2 7 9 3
VCU 4 3 1 8 9 4
Rhode Island 4 4 0 8 11 1
Duquesne 3 2 3 8 5 5
Dayton 3 3 2 7 9 3
George Washington 3 3 2 8 5 5
St. Bonaventure 3 4 1 4 12 2
Saint Joseph's 3 5 0 6 11 1
Davidson 2 5 1 4 12 1
George Mason 0 7 1 2 12 2
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The George Washington Colonials and Dayton Flyers are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively. The Saint Louis Billikens won the regular season and the Fordham Rams won the tournament.

Changes from 2015

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  • On July 28, 2016, Rob Irvine was hired as the head coach for La Salle.[2]

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Dayton Flyers Dayton, Ohio Baujan Field 2,000
Duquesne Dukes Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rooney Field 2,200
Fordham Rams Bronx, New York Coffey Field 8,000
George Mason Patriots Fairfax, Virginia George Mason Stadium 5,000
George Washington Colonials Washington, D.C. Mount Vernon Athletic Complex 1,000
La Salle Explorers Philadelphia, Pennsylvania McCarthy Stadium 7,500
UMass Minutemen Amherst, Massachusetts Rudd Field 800
Rhode Island Rams Kingston, Rhode Island URI Soccer Complex 1,547
St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. Bonaventure, New York McGraw-Jennings Field 2,000
Saint Joseph's Hawks Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Finnesey Field 600
Saint Louis Billikens St. Louis, Missouri Hermann Stadium 6,050
VCU Rams Richmond, Virginia Sports Backers Stadium 3,250
  • Richmond does not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

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Team Head coach Captain Shirt supplier
Dayton Flyers   Dennis Currier TBA   Nike
Duquesne Dukes   Chase Brooks TBA   Nike
Fordham Rams   Jim McElderry TBA   Nike
George Mason Patriots   Greg Andrulis TBA   Adidas
George Washington Colonials   Craig Jones TBA   Nike
La Salle Explorers   Rob Irvine TBA   Nike
UMass Minutemen   Sam Koch TBA   Adidas
Rhode Island Rams   Gareth Elliott TBA   Adidas
St. Bonaventure Bonnies   Kwame Oduro TBA   Diadora
Saint Joseph's Hawks   Don D'Ambra TBA   Nike
Saint Louis Billikens   Mike McGinty TBA   Nike
VCU Rams   David Giffard TBA   Nike

Regular season

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Results

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Legend
  Win
  Lose
  Tie
Home/Away DVD DAY DUQ FOR GMU GWU LAS UMA URI STL STJ STB VCU
Davidson Wildcats 10/29
Dayton Flyers
Duquesne Dukes 10/15
Fordham Rams
George Mason Patriots
George Washington Colonials 2–2
La Salle Explorers
UMass Minutemen 10/22
Rhode Island Rams
Saint Louis Billikens [A]
St. Joseph's Hawks
St. Bonaventure Bonnies
VCU Rams 2–0 10/12 10/19

Rankings

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre[3] Wk
1[4]
Wk
2[5]
Wk
3[6]
Wk
4[7]
Wk
5[8]
Wk
6[9]
Wk
7[10]
Wk
8[11]
Wk
9[12]
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10[13]
Wk
11[14]
Wk
12[15]
Final[16]
Davidson C
Dayton C RV NR
Duquesne C
Fordham C
George Mason C
George Washington C
La Salle C
UMass C
Rhode Island C
Saint Louis C RV RV NR
St. Joseph's C
St. Bonaventure C
VCU C RV NR

Honors and awards

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Player of the Week

Postseason

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A10 tournament

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Quarterfinals
Thursday, November 10
Semifinals
Friday, November 11
Championship
Sunday, November 13
         
1 Saint Louis 1
8 Dayton 2
8 Dayton 0
5 VCU 1
4 UMass 1
5 VCU 2
5 VCU  0 (2) 
2 Fordham (pen.)  0 (3) 
2 Fordham 4
7 Duquesne 0
2 Fordham 4
6 Rhode Island 0
3 La Salle 1
6 Rhode Island 3

NCAA tournament

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Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
3 Fordham L, 0–1 vs. Boston College(Boston)

All-A10 awards and teams

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2016 A10 Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year János Löbe, Fordham
Coach of the Year Mike McGinty, Saint Louis
Midfielder of the Year Garrett Heine, George Washington
Defensive Player of the Year Lalas Abubakar, Dayton
Freshman of the Year Stavros Zarokostas, Rhode Island
2016 A10 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[17]
First Team Second Team Rookie Team

Maxi Pragnell (F) - Davidson
Kennedy Nwabia (F) - Dayton
János Löbe (F) - Fordham
Luc Fatton (F) - VCU
Jannik Loebe (M) - Fordham
Garrett Heine (M) – George Washington
Rafael Andrade Santos (M) - VCU
Lalas Abubakar (D) - Dayton
Colman Kennedy (D) - La Salle
Dakota Barnathan (D) - VCU
Jorge Becerra (GK) – Massachusetts

Matt Robinson (F) - La Salle
Joe Saad (F)- Saint Louis
Jorge Herranz (F)- VCU
Stavros Zarokostas (M) - Rhode Island
Matt Crawford (M) - Saint Joseph's
Bliss Harris (M)- Saint Joseph's
Max Karcher (M) - Saint Louis
Matthew Lewis (D)- Fordham
Tobi Adewole (D) – George Washington
Joss Jess (D) – Massachusetts
Rashid Nuhu (GK) - Fordham

Federico Barrios, Dayton
Rok Taneski, Dayton
Ryan Landry, Duquesne
Joergen Oland, Fordham
Tunde Akinlosotu, George Mason
Pat McCarthy, La Salle
Konrad Gorich, Massachusetts
Peder Kristiansen, Rhode Island
Stavros Zarokostas, Rhode Island
Paul Nana Afful, St. Bonaventure
Saadiq Mohammed, Saint Louis
Quayyum Murana, Saint Louis

See also

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Notes

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A ^ : St. Louis hosted VCU on Sept. 20, 2016. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, but did not count as a conference match.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Soccer". Atlantic 10 Conference. Atlantic10.com. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "La Salle Names Rob Irvine As Men's Soccer Head Coach". Atlantic 10 Conference. Atlantic10.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  8. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
  10. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  11. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  12. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  13. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  14. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  15. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  16. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Loebe, Abubaker, Heine, Zarokostas and McGinty Claim Top Atlantic 10 Annual Men's Soccer Awards". Atlantic 10 Conference. Atlantic10.com. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  18. ^ "VCU grabs 1-1 draw at St. Louis". VCU Rams. Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics. September 24, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2016.