# 2016 Conference USA men's soccer season

The 2016 Conference USA men's soccer season was the 22nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The FIU Panthers are both the defending conference tournament champions. The Kentucky Wildcats are the defending regular season champions.

## Changes from 2015

* None

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Charlotte 49ers | Charlotte, North Carolina | Transamerica Field | 7,500 |
| FIU Panthers | Miami, Florida | FIU Soccer Stadium | 2,700 |
| Florida Atlantic Owls | Boca Raton, Florida | FAU Soccer Stadium | 300 |
| Kentucky Wildcats | Lexington, Kentucky | UK Soccer Complex | 3,000 |
| Marshall Thundering Herd | Huntington, West Virginia | Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex | 1,006 |
| New Mexico Lobos | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Lobo Soccer/Track Complex | 5,000 |
| Old Dominion Monarchs | Norfolk, Virginia | Old Dominion Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | Columbia, South Carolina | Stone Stadium | 5,700 |
| UAB Blazers | Birmingham, Alabama | West Campus Field | 2,500 |
* Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss, UTEP, UTSA and WKU do not sponsor men's soccer. Kentucky, New Mexico and South Carolina are associated members.

## Regular season
### Results

| Team/opponent | CHA | FIU | FAU | UK | MAR | ODU | USC | UAB |
| Charlotte 49ers | | | | | | 2–0 | | |
| FIU Panthers | | | | 2–1 | | | | |
| Florida Atlantic Owls | | | | | | | 0–1 | |
| Kentucky Wildcats | | 1–2 | | | | | | |
| Marshall Thundering Herd | | | | | | | | 0–3 |
| New Mexico Lobos | | | | | | | | |
| Old Dominion Monarchs | 0–2 | | | | | | | |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | | | 1–0 | | | | | |
| UAB Blazers | | | | | 3–0 | | | |

### 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 |
| Charlotte | C | 22 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| FIU | C | 23 | NR | | | RV | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Florida Atlantic | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kentucky | C | | 17 | 16 | 21 | RV | 20 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 23 |
| Marshall | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Mexico | C | | | | RV | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | RV |
| Old Dominion | C | | | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | C | 24 | RV | RV | NR | | | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| UAB | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Postseason
### CUSA tournament

New Mexico won their first Conference USA tournament, defeating the defending champions, FIU in the final.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Charlotte | 1 | | | |
| | | | 5 | New Mexico | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Kentucky | 2 (1) | 5 | New Mexico | 2 | | | |
| 5 | New Mexico (pen.) | 2 (2) | | | | | | |
| 5 | New Mexico (pen.) | 2 (2) | | | | 5 | New Mexico | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | FIU | 0 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | FIU | 0 |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | Old Dominion | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | FIU | 2 | | | |
| 3 | FIU | 2 | 3 | FIU | 2 | | | |
| 6 | UAB | 1 | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round |
| 10 | 2 | Charlotte | BYE | L, 2–3 vs. Virginia Tech – (Charlotte) |
| 16 | 1 | Kentucky | BYE | L, 2–3 vs. Creighton – (Lexington) |
| — | 3 | New Mexico | T, 1–1 (W, 6–5 pen.) vs. Portland – (Albuquerque) | L, 1–4 vs. Washington – (Seattle) |
| — | 3 | South Carolina | W 1–0 vs. Mercer – (Columbia) | L, 1–2 $^{OT}$ vs. Clemson – (Clemson) |

## All-CUSA awards and teams

2016 C-USA Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Brandt Bronico, Charlotte |
| Offensive MVP | Brandt Bronico, Charlotte |
| Defensive MVP | Luke Waechter, Charlotte |
| Coach of the Year | Kevin Langan, Charlotte |
| Freshman of the Year | Elliot Panicco, Charlotte |
2016 C-USA Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Freshman Team |
| F: Santiago Patiño, FIU F: Niko Hansen, New Mexico F: Danny Deakin, South Carolina MF: Brandt Bronico, Charlotte MF: Paul Marie, FIU MF: Napo Matsoso, Kentucky MF: Chris Wehan, New Mexico D: Matej Dekovic, Charlotte D: Luke Waechter, Charlotte D: Jordan Wilson, Kentucky GK: Elliot Panicco, Charlotte | F: Luis Betancur, FIU F: Jason Fitzgerald, Florida Atlantic F: Bjorn Gudjonsson, South Carolina MF: Trevor Starcher, Marshall MF: Jesse Miralrio, Old Dominion MF: Cole Stringer, Old Dominion MF: Kurtis Turner, South Carolina MF: David Valverde, UAB D: Charlie Reymann, Kentucky D: Tom Smart, New Mexico GK: Joe Kuzminsky, UAB | MF: Maxi Rodriguez, Charlotte MF: Donald Tomlinson, FIU MF: Chris Gurule, New Mexico MF: Niko Klosterhalfen, Old Dominion MF: Julian Veen Uldal, South Carolina MF: Koty Millard, South Carolina D: Juan Benedetty, FIU D: Alex Bumpus, Kentucky D: Arthur Duchesne, Marshall D: Peyton Ericson, South Carolina D: Ive Burnett, South Carolina D: William White, UAB GK: William Pyle, South Carolina | Elliot Panicco, GK, Charlotte Ryan Spaulding, MF, Charlotte David Longo, D, FIU Joris Ahlinvi, F, FIU JJ Williams, F, Kentucky Connor Probert, F, Kentucky Tom Smart, D, New Mexico Matt Constant, D, New Mexico Sebastian Hauret, MF, Old Dominion Julian Veen Uldal, MF, South Carolina Luca Mayr, F, South Carolina Eder Mora, MF, UAB Massimo Ferrin, F, UAB |