# 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 | 6,000 |
| Maryland Terrapins | College Park, Maryland | Ludwig Field | 7,500 |
| Michigan Wolverines | Ann Arbor, Michigan | U-M Soccer Stadium | 2,200 |
| Michigan State Spartans | East Lansing, Michigan | DeMartin Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
| Northwestern Wildcats | Evanston, Illinois | Lakeside Field | 900 |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | Columbus, Ohio | Owens Memorial Stadium | 10,000 |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | State College, Pennsylvania | Jeffrey Field | 5,000 |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Piscataway, New Jersey | Yurcak Field | 5,000 |
| Wisconsin Badgers | Madison, Wisconsin | McClimon Stadium | 2,000 |
* 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 | IND | UMD | MCH | MSU | NWU | OSU | PSU | RUT | WIS |
| 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 | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
| Indiana | C | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Maryland | C | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Michigan | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan State | C | | | | | 22 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Northwestern | 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Maryland | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Michigan State | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | Maryland | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 2 | Indiana | 1 (3) | 3 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 3 | Wisconsin (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round |
| 1 | 1 | Maryland | BYE | L, 4–5 vs. Providence – (College Park) | |
| 7 | 4 | Indiana | BYE | W 1–0 vs. Akron – (Bloomington) | L, 1–2 (OT) vs. Virginia Tech – (Bloomington) |
| — | 4 | Michigan State | T, 1–1 $^{L,8–9pen.}$ 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, Maryland |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Gordon Wild, Maryland |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Alex Crognale, Maryland |
| Midfielder of the Year | Tanner Thompson, Indiana |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Cody Niedermeier, Maryland |
| Freshman of the Year | Giuseppe Barone, Michigan State |
2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| Gordon 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, Maryland | Richard 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 State | Jack 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 |