# 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 4th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The SMU Mustangs are the defending regular season champions, and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane are the defending tournament champions.

## Changes from 2015

* None

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | Cincinnati, Ohio | Gettler Stadium | 7,500 |
| Connecticut Huskies | Storrs, Connecticut | Morrone Stadium | 5,100 |
| Memphis Tigers | Memphis, Tennessee | Mike Rose Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
| South Florida Bulls | Tampa, Florida | Corbett Soccer Stadium | 4,000 |
| SMU Mustangs | University Park, Texas | Westcott Field | 4,000 |
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium | 2,000 |
| Temple Owls | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ambler Field | 300 |
| UCF Knights | Orlando, Florida | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium | 2,000 |
* East Carolina, Houston and Tulane do not sponsor men's soccer

## Regular season
### Results

| Team/Opponent | CIN | CON | MEM | USF | SMU | TUL | TEM | UCF |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | | | 2–1 | | | | | |
| Connecticut Huskies | | | | | | | 1–0 | |
| Memphis Tigers | 1–2 | | | | | | | |
| South Florida Bulls | | | | | | | | 2–1 |
| SMU Mustangs | | | | | | 0–3 | | |
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane | | | | | 3–0 | | | |
| Temple Owls | | 0–1 | | | | | | |
| UCF Knights | | | | 1–2 | | | | |

### 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 |
| Cincinnati | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Connecticut | C | RV | 14 | RV | RV | NR | | RV | 24 | RV | RV | NR | | | |
| Memphis | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SMU | C | 12 | 25 | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | |
| USF | C | 19 | RV | RV | | | RV | NR | | | | RV | RV | RV | NR |
| Temple | C | | | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tulsa | C | RV | NR | | | | | | | | | | | RV | NR |
| UCF | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Postseason
### AAC tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | South Florida | 2** | | | |
| 4 | UCF | 1 | | | |
| 4 | UCF | 1 | 1 | South Florida | 1 (2) |
| | | | 2 | Tulsa (pen.) | 1 (4)** |
| 2 | Tulsa | 2 | 2 | Tulsa (pen.) | 1 (4)** |
| 3 | Connecticut | 0 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | College Park | Tulsa | L, 0–3 vs. Creighton – (Omaha) | | | | | |
| — | College Park | South Florida | T, 2–2 (L, 0–3 pen.) vs. Florida Gulf Coast – (Tampa) | | | | | |

## All-AAC awards and teams

2016 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Matias Pyysalo, UCF |
| Midfielder of the Year | Adam Wilson, Cincinnati |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Prosper Figbe, USF |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Spasoje Stefanovic, USF |
| Rookie of the Year | Garrett McLaughlin, SMU |
| Coaching Staff of the Year | South Florida |
| Fair Play Award | Connecticut |
2016 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| Matias Pyysalo, M Jr., UCF Adam Wilson, M, So., Cincinnati Kwame Awuah, M Sr., UConn Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, So., UConn Jake Nerwinski, B Sr., UConn Nazeem Bartman, F Sr., USF Prosper Figbe, B, So., USF Lindo Mfeka, M Sr., USF Spasoje Stefanovic, GK Sr., USF Jorge Gomez Sanchez, F Sr., Temple Carlos Moros Gracia, B Sr., Temple | Patrick Nielsen, B, Fr., Cincinnati Simen Olafsen, B, So., UConn Raul Gonzalez, M Sr., Memphis Joonas Jokinen, F Jr., Temple Melvin Becket, F Sr., USF Jordan Cano, B Jr., SMU Mauro Cichero, M Jr., SMU Jake McGuire, GK Sr., Tulsa Matt Puig, F, Fr., Tulsa Ray Saari, M Sr., Tulsa Zack Stavrou, B Jr., Tulsa | Brian Jamba, M, UCF Ryan Melink, M, Cincinnati Patrick Nielsen, B, Cincinnati David Sanz, M, Cincinnati Niko Petridis, M, UConn Munir Saleh, M, UConn Jackson Morse, M, Memphis Garrett McLaughlin, F, SMU Albert Moreno, M, Temple Alejandro Chavez, B, Tulsa Matt Puig, F, Tulsa |