# 2016 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season

The 2013 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the eighth season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The conference first sponsored the sport in 1996, but after eight schools split from the WAC in 1999 to form the Mountain West Conference (MW), the WAC only played the 1999 season before disbanding its men's soccer league.

## Changes from 2015

* None

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Air Force Falcons | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Air Force Soccer Stadium | 1,000 |
| CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners | Bakersfield, California | CSUB Main Soccer Field | 2,500 |
| Grand Canyon Antelopes | Phoenix, Arizona | GCU Soccer Field | 1,000 |
| Houston Baptist Huskies | Houston, Texas | Sorrells Field | 1,250 |
| Incarnate Word Cardinals | San Antonio, Texas | Benson Stadium | 6,000 |
| San Jose State Spartans | San Jose, California | Spartan Stadium | 30,456 |
| Seattle Redhawks | Seattle, Washington | Seattle University Soccer Stadium | 3,000 |
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros | Edinburg, Texas | UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex | 2,050 |
| UMKC Kangaroos | Kansas City, Missouri | Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium | 850 |
| UNLV Rebels | Paradise, Nevada | Johann Memorial Field | 2,500 |
| Utah Valley Wolverines | Orem, Utah | Clyde Field | 700 |
* Chicago State is planning to sponsor men's soccer in the foreseeable future. New Mexico State does not sponsor men's soccer. Air Force, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, UNLV and San Jose State are affiliate members.

## Regular season
### 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 |
| Air Force | C | | | | | RV | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Cal State Bakersfield | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Grand Canyon | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Houston Baptist | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Incarnate Word | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Jose State | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seattle | C | 14 | 16 | RV | NR | | | | | RV | RV | RV | | | |
| UMKC | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UNLV | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UTRGV | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Utah Valley | C | RV | 18 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 21 | RV | RV | 21 | 21 | 19 | 23 | RV | RV |

## Postseason
### WAC tournament

| First round November 10 | First round November 10 | First round November 10 | Semifinals November 11 | Semifinals November 11 | Semifinals November 11 | Championship November 13 | Championship November 13 | Championship November 13 |
| | | | 1 | Utah Valley | 0 | | | |
| 4 | UNLV | 3 | 4 | UNLV | 1 | | | |
| 5 | UTRGV | 2 | | | | 4 | UNLV | 2 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Air Force | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Seattle U | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Air Force | 2 | 3 | Air Force | 2 | | | |
| 6 | CSU Bakersfield | 0 | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | 2 | UNLV | T, 1–1 $^{W,6–5pen.}$ vs. San Diego State – (San Diego) | L, 0–3 vs. #6 Denver – (Denver) | | | |

## All-WAC awards and teams

2016 WAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Niki Jackson, Jr., F, Grand Canyon |
| Coach of the Year | Greg Maas, Utah Valley |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kyle Bjornethun, Sr., D, Seattle U |
| Freshman of the Year | Timo Mehlich, Fr., MF, UNLV |
2016 WAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team |
| Niki Jackson, Jr., F GCU Danny Musovski, Jr., F, UNLV Skyler Milne, Sr., F, UVU Paul Hoffmeister, Jr., MF, UVU Alex Roldan, Jr., MF, SU Sergio Rivas, So., MF, SU Tucker Bone, So., MF, USAFA Kyle Bjornethun, Sr., D, SU Alex Neff, Sr., D, UVU Cameron Duley, Sr., D, USAFA Mitch Jensen, Jr., GK, UVU | Ben Conway, Sr, F, UIW Austin Dewing, So., F, USAFA Karson Payton, Jr., F, UVU Aaron Meyer, So., MF, UVU Jonathan Colunga, Sr., MF, SJSU Timo Mehlich, Fr., MF, UNLV Sam Langston, Sr., D, SU Hector Montalvo, Fr., D, GCU Nathan Aune, So., D, SU Frederik Frankman, Jr., D, UTRGV John Wendt, Jr., GK, USAFA |