# 2016 Horizon League men's soccer season

The 2016 Horizon League men's soccer season is the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The UIC Flames are the defending regular season champions, and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies are the defending tournament champions.

## Changes from 2015

* Paul Doroh joins the Oakland Golden Grizzlies coaching staff.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Belmont Bruins | Nashville, Tennessee | E. S. Rose Park | 2,500 |
| Cleveland State Vikings | Cleveland, Ohio | Krenzler Field | 1,680 |
| Detroit Titans | Detroit, Michigan | Titan Field | 600 |
| Green Bay Phoenix | Green Bay, Wisconsin | Aldo Santaga Stadium | 3,500 |
| Milwaukee Panthers | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Engelmann Field | 2,200 |
| Northern Kentucky Norse | Highland Heights, Kentucky | NKU Soccer Stadium | 1,000 |
| Oakland Golden Grizzlies | Rochester, Michigan | Oakland Soccer Field | 1,000 |
| UIC Flames | Chicago, Illinois | Flames Field | 1,000 |
| Valparaiso Crusaders | Valparaiso, Indiana | Eastgate Field | 500 |
| Wright State Raiders | Dayton, Ohio | Alumni Field | 1,000 |

## Regular season
### Rankings
#### NSCAA National

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| Belmont | C |
| Cleveland State | C |
| Detroit | C |
| Green Bay | C |
| Milwaukee | C |
| Northern Kentucky | C |
| Oakland | C |
| UIC | C |
| Valparaiso | C |
| Wright State | C |

#### NSCAA Great Lakes Regional

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 |
| Belmont | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cleveland State | C | 7 | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Detroit | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green Bay | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| Milwaukee | C | 10 | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Northern Kentucky | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oakland | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| UIC | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valparaiso | C | | | | | | 10 | NR | | | 10 |
| Wright State | C | | 9 | NR | 9 | NR | | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 |

## Postseason
### Horizon League Tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Wright State (pen.) | 1 (6) | | | |
| 4 | Oakland | 1 (5) | | | |
| 4 | Oakland | 1 (5) | 1 | Wright State | 0 |
| | | | 2 | UIC | 1 |
| 2 | UIC (OT) | 2 | 2 | UIC | 1 |
| 3 | Milwaukee | 1 | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | Louisville | UIC | L, 0–2 vs. Loyola Chicago – (Chicago) | | | | | |

## All-Horizon League awards and teams

2016 Horizon League Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Sergio Manesio, Cleveland State |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Andrew Putna, UIC |
| Freshman of the Year | Evan Conway, Milwaukee |
| Coach of the Year | Bryan Davis, Wright State |
2016 Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| Max Todd, UIC (So., F) Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State (Sr., F) Eric Lynch, Wright State (Sr., F) Alec Nagucki, Cleveland State (Jr., MF) Jose Fuentes, UIC (Jr., MF) Isaiah Madrid, Valparaiso (Sr., MF) Sergio Manesio, Cleveland State (Sr., D) Omar Lawrence, Valparaiso (Sr., D) Jake Stovall, Wright State (Sr., D) Kaique Fernandes, Wright State (Sr., D) Andrew Putna, UIC (Sr., GK) | Jake Lagania, Cleveland State (Jr., F) Spiro Pliakos, Detroit Mercy (Jr., F) Nick Moon, Milwaukee (Jr., F) Kendan Anderson, Valparaiso (Sr., F) Francesco Saporito, Milwaukee (So., MF) Jackson Dietrich, Wright State (So., MF) AJ Paterson, Wright State (Jr., MF) Andre Baires, Green Bay (Fr., D) Jon Stadler, Milwaukee (Jr., D) Adrian Graham, Valparaiso (Sr., D) Nico Campbell, Valparaiso (Sr., GK) | Mertcan Akar, Belmont (GK) Eli Crognale, Belmont (MF) Lawrence Karpeh, Cleveland State (F) Andre Baires, Green Bay (D) Evan Conway, Milwaukee (F) Nyal Higgins, Oakland (D) Nebojsa Popovic, Oakland (MF) Cristian Sanchez, UIC (D) Alexander Cervantes, UIC (F) Steffen Pulinx, Valparaiso (D) Austin Kinley, Wright State (D) |