# 2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Akron Zips are 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 | 4,000 |
| Bowling Green Falcons | Bowling Green, Ohio | Cochrane Stadium | 1,000 |
| Buffalo Bulls | Amherst, New York | UB Stadium | 29,013 |
| Northern Illinois Huskies | DeKalb, Illinois | NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex | 1,500 |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | Morgantown, West Virginia | Dlesk Stadium | 1,600 |
| Western Michigan Broncos | Kalamazoo, Michigan | WMU Soccer Complex | 500 |
* 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
* 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 | 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 |
| Akron | C | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 |
| Bowling 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
| | | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 |
| 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 0 | 1 | Akron | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Buffalo | 1 |
| 2 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | Buffalo | 1 |
| 3 | Buffalo (OT) | 2 | | | |

### 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 Year | Adam Najem, MF, Akron |
| Coach of the Year | Eric Nichols, Bowling Green |
| Newcomer of the Year | Jonathan Lewis, FW, Akron |
2016 MAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team |
| Pau 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 Michigan | Sam 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 |