# 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 63rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Syracuse Orange are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.

## Changes from 2015

* Jay Vidovich replaced Joe Luxbacher has the Pittsburgh Panthers head coach

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division :
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Boston College Eagles | Newton Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
| Clemson Tigers | Riggs Field | 6,500 |
| Louisville Cardinals | Lynn Stadium | 5,300 |
| NC State Wolfpack | Method Road | 3,000 |
| Syracuse Orange | SU Soccer Stadium | 5,000 |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Spry Stadium | 3,000 |
Coastal Division :
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Duke Blue Devils | Koskinen Stadium | 7,000 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Fetzer Field | 5,025 |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Alumni Stadium | 2,500 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | Ambrose Urbanic Field | 735 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | Klöckner Stadium | 8,000 |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | Thompson Field | 2,500 |
1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach | Captain |
| Boston College Eagles | Ed Kelly | Zeiko Lewis |
| Clemson Tigers | Mike Noonan | Patrick Bunk-Andersen |
| Duke Blue Devils | John Kerr Jr. | Ryan Thompson |
| Louisville Cardinals | Ken Lolla | Michael DeGraffenreidt |
| NC State Wolfpack | Kelly Findley | Alex McCauley |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Carlos Somoano | Colton Storm |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Bobby Clark | Chris Hubbard |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | Jay Vidovich | Romeo Charron |
| Syracuse Orange | Ian McIntyre | Liam Callahan |
| Virginia Cavaiers | George Gelnovatch | Nicko Corriveau |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | Mike Brizendine | Som Essome |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Bobby Muuss | Ian Harkes |

## Regular season
### Rankings
#### National Soccer Coaches Association of America

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 |
| Boston College | 11 | 11 | 25 | 15 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | 25 | RV | RV |
| Clemson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Duke | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Louisville | | | RV | RV | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| NC State | | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Virginia | 17 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 16 | RV | RV | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
| Virginia Tech | | RV | 15 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | 8 |
| Wake Forest | 5 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Top Drawer Soccer

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 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Final |
| Boston College | 15 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 23 | RV | RV | 17 | | | | | |
| Clemson | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Duke | | | | 20 | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Louisville | | | | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| NC State | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | 19 | | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Virginia | RV | 17 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Virginia Tech | | | | | | | 17 | 17 | 17 | RV | 23 | | | | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Wake Forest | 11 | 23 | 23 | | | | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Postseason
### ACC tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Boston College | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Clemson | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Clemson | 1 | 4 | Clemson | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Wake Forest | 3 |
| 3 | Louisville | 1 | 2 | Wake Forest | 3 |
| 2 | Wake Forest | 2 | | | |

### NCAA tournament

A record nine teams will participate in the NCAA tournament. Seven of the nine teams earned seeds and byes to the second round.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 2 | 4 | Wake Forest | BYE | W 2–0 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Winston-Salem) | W 2–1 vs. SIUE – (Winston-Salem) | W 2–0 vs. Virginia Tech – (Winston-Salem) | W 2–1 vs. #6 Denver – (Houston) | T, 0–0 $^{L,4–5PK}$ vs. #5 Stanford – (Houston) |
| 3 | 3 | Clemson | BYE | W 2–1 (OT) vs. South Carolina – (Clemson) | W 3–1 vs. #14 Albany – (Clemson) | L 0–1 vs. #6 Denver – (Clemson) | |
| 4 | 2 | Louisville | BYE | W 2–1 vs. UCLA – (Louisville) | W 3–1 vs. #13 Notre Dame – (Louisville) | L 0–2 vs. #5 Stanford – (Louisville) | |
| 8 | 1 | Syracuse | BYE | W 3–0 vs. Dartmouth – (Syracuse) | L 0–1 vs. #9 North Carolina – (Syracuse) | | |
| 9 | 1 | North Carolina | BYE | W 3–2 (OT) vs. FGCU – (Chapel Hill) | W 1–0 vs. #8 Syracuse – (Syracuse) | W 1–0 (2OT) vs. Providence – (Chapel Hill) | T, 0–0 $^{L,9–10PK}$ vs. #5 Stanford – (Houston) |
| 12 | 2 | Virginia | BYE | W 2–1 (2OT) vs. Vermont – (Charlottesville) | L 0–1 vs. #5 Stanford – (Stanford) | | |
| 13 | 2 | Notre Dame | BYE | W 1–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago – (Notre Dame) | L 1–3 vs. #4 Louisville – (Louisville) | | |
| — | 3 | Boston College | W 1–0 vs. Fordham – (Boston) | L 0–3 vs. #14 Albany – (Albany) | | | |
| — | 4 | Virginia Tech | W 1–0 vs. ETSU – (Blacksburg) | W 3–2 vs. #10 Charlotte – (Charlotte) | W 2–1 (OT) vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington) | L 0–1 vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem) | |

## All-ACC awards and teams

2016 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Jon Gallagher, Notre Dame |
| Midfielder of the Year | Ian Harkes, Wake Forest |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Miles Robinson, Syracuse |
| Freshman of the Year | Cam Lindley, North Carolina |
| Coach of the Year | Bobby Muuss, Wake Forest |
2016 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Freshman Team |
| Zeiko Lewis, Sr., F, Boston College Tim Kübel, Jr., D, Louisville Mohamed Thiaw, Jr., F, Louisville Cam Lindley, Fr., M, North Carolina Brandon Aubrey, Sr., D, Notre Dame Jon Gallagher, Jr., F, Notre Dame Chris Nanco, Sr., F, Syracuse Miles Robinson, So., D, Syracuse Alec Ferrell, Sr., G, Wake Forest Ian Harkes, Sr., M, Wake Forest Jacori Hayes, Sr., M, Wake Forest | Diego Campos, Jr., F, Clemson Oliver Shannon, Jr., M, Clemson Brian White, Jr., F, Duke Colton Storm, Sr., D, North Carolina Alan Winn, Jr., F, North Carolina Zach Wright, Jr., F, North Carolina Julius Duchscherer, So., M, NC State Pablo Aguilar, Jr., M, Virginia Jeff Caldwell, Jr., G, Virginia Edward Opoku, So., F, Virginia Marcelo Acuna, Jr., F, Virginia Tech | Patrick Bunk-Andersen, So., D, Clemson Geoffrey Dee, Jr., M, Louisville Daniel Johnson, Sr., M, Louisville Walker Hume, Sr., D, North Carolina James Pyle, So., G, North Carolina Evan Panken, Gr., M, Notre Dame Mo Adams, Fr., M, Syracuse Jean-Christophe Koffi, So., M, Virginia Sergi Nus, So., D, Virginia Brad Dunwell, So., M, Wake Forest Kevin Politz, Jr., D, Wake Forest | Lasse Lehmann, Fr., M, Boston College Malick Mbaye, Fr., D, Clemson Tanner Dieterich, Fr., D, Clemson Suniel Veerakone, Fr., M, Duke Max Moser, Fr., M, Duke Cam Lindley, Fr., M, North Carolina Mauricio Pineda, Fr., M, North Carolina Tommy McCabe, Fr., M, Notre Dame Mo Adams, Fr., M, Syracuse Robin Afamefuna, Fr., D, Virginia Terrell Lowe, Fr., M, Virginia Ema Twumasi, Fr., M, Wake Forest |

## Draft picks

The ACC had 18 total players selected in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. There were 7 players selected in the first round, 5 players selected in the second round, 4 players selected in the third round, and 2 players selected in the fourth round. The 18 selections were the most selections from any conference in the draft. ACC schools Louisville and Syracuse lead the league with 4 selections from each school.
| FW | Forward | MF | Midfielder | DF | Defender | GK | Goalkeeper |
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | School |
| Miles Robinson | Atlanta United FC | 1st | 2 | DF | Syracuse |
| Jeremy Ebobisse | Portland Timbers | 1st | 4 | FW | Duke |
| Daniel Johnson | Chicago Fire | 1st | 11 | MF | Louisville |
| Colton Storm | Sporting Kansas City | 1st | 14 | DF | North Carolina |
| Zeiko Lewis | New York Red Bulls | 1st | 17 | FW | Boston College |
| Jacori Hayes | FC Dallas | 1st | 18 | MF | Wake Forest |
| Brandon Aubrey | Toronto FC | 1st | 21 | DF | Notre Dame |
| Alec Ferrell | Minnesota United FC | 2nd | 23 | GK | Wake Forest |
| Liam Callahan | Colorado Rapids | 2nd | 24 | DF | Syracuse |
| Stefan Cleveland | Chicago Fire | 2nd | 26 | GK | Louisville |
| Aaron Jones | Philadelphia Union | 2nd | 33 | DF | Clemson |
| Walker Hume | FC Dallas | 2nd | 37 | DF | North Carolina |
| Robert Moewes | Toronto FC | 3rd | 52 | GK | Duke |
| Chris Nanco | Philadelphia Union | 3rd | 55 | FW | Syracuse |
| Michael DeGraffenriedt | New York City FC | 3rd | 60 | DF | Louisville |
| Øyvind Alseth | Toronto FC | 3rd | 65 | MF | Syracuse |
| Romilio Hernandez | Portland Timbers | 4th | 80 | MF | Louisville |
| Juan Pablo Saavedra | Toronto FC | 4th | 87 | DF | Virginia Tech |