# 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 17th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Stanford Cardinal are the defending champions, by virtue of winning the regular season (there is no conference tournament). The Cardinal are also the defending NCAA champions.

## Changes from 2015

* None

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| California Golden Bears | Berkeley, California | Edwards Stadium | 22,000 |
| Oregon State Beavers | Corvallis, Oregon | Lorenz Field | 2,200 |
| San Diego State Aztecs | San Diego, California | SDSU Sports Deck | 1,000 |
| Stanford Cardinal | Stanford, California | Cagan Stadium | 4,000 |
| UCLA Bruins | Los Angeles, California | Drake Stadium | 7,000 |
| Washington Huskies | Seattle, Washington | Husky Soccer Stadium | 1,640 |
* Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, USC, Utah and Washington State do not sponsor men's soccer. San Diego State is an associated member.

## Regular season
### Results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
| Home/Away | CAL | OSU | SDSU | STA | UCLA | UW |
| California Golden Bears | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| Oregon State Beavers | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| San Diego State Aztecs | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Stanford Cardinal | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| UCLA Bruins | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 0–4 |
| Washington Huskies | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

### Rankings
#### National

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 |
| California | C | RV | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | | | | | | | |
| Oregon State | C | | | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego State | C | | 23 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 25 | RV | 22 | 21 | 16 | RV | RV |
| Stanford | C | 1 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 23 | RV | RV | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| UCLA | C | 16 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Washington | C | | | RV | RV | RV | 16 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 |

#### Far West Regional

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 |
| California | C | 4 | NR | | 5 | 6 | NR | | | | | | |
| Oregon State | C | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | NR | | | | | | | |
| San Diego State | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Stanford | C | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | NR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| UCLA | C | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Washington | C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |

## Postseason
### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 5 | 2 | Stanford | BYE | W, 2–0 vs. Pacific – (Stanford) | W, 1–0 vs. #12 Virginia – (Stanford) | W, 2–0 vs. #7 Louisville – (Louisville) | T, 0–0 $^{W,10–9PK}$ vs. #9 North Carolina – (Houston) | T, 0–0 $^{W,5–4PK}$ vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Houston) |
| 11 | 3 | Washington | BYE | W, 4–1 vs. New Mexico – (Seattle) | L, 1–2 vs. #6 Denver – (Denver) | | | |
| — | 3 | San Diego State | T, 1–1 (L, 5–6 pen.) vs. UNLV – (San Diego) | | | | | |
| — | 2 | UCLA | W, 4–2 vs. Colgate – (Los Angeles) | L, 1–2 $^{OT}$ vs. #7 Louisville – (Louisville) | | | | |

## All-Pac-12 awards and teams

2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | José Hernández, MF, UCLA Foster Langsdorf, MF, Stanford |
| Coach of the Year | Jeremy Gunn, Stanford |
| Defender of the Year | Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford |
| Freshman of the Year | Handwalla Bwana, MF, Washington |
2016 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention |
| Corey Baird, Stanford Jose Carerra-Garcia, California Andrew Epstein, Stanford José Hernández, UCLA Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford Foster Langsdorf, Stanford Nick Lima , California Justin Schmidt, Washington Brian Nana-Sinkam, Stanford Christian Thierjung, California Jackson Yueil, UCLA | Seyi Adekoya, UCLA Handwalla Bwana, Washington Brian Iloski, UCLA Jordan Jones, Oregon State Timmy Mueller, Oregon State Travis Nicklaw, San Diego St. Pablo Pelaez, San Diego St. Auden Schilder, Washington Drew Skundrich, Stanford Felix Vobejda, UCLA Henry Wingo, Washington | Adam Allmaras, San Diego St. Michael Amick, UCLA Matt Callahan, San Diego St. Kyle Coffee, Washington Abu Danladi, UCLA Erik Holt, UCLA Casey Macias, San Diego St. Bryce Marion, Stanford Jeroen Meefout, San Diego St. Paul Salcedo, California Michael Sauers, San Diego St. |