# 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season was the 30th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The George Washington Colonials and Dayton Flyers are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively. The Saint Louis Billikens won the regular season and the Fordham Rams won the tournament.

## Changes from 2015

* On July 28, 2016, Rob Irvine was hired as the head coach for La Salle.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Dayton Flyers | Dayton, Ohio | Baujan Field | 2,000 |
| Duquesne Dukes | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Rooney Field | 2,200 |
| Fordham Rams | Bronx, New York | Coffey Field | 8,000 |
| George Mason Patriots | Fairfax, Virginia | George Mason Stadium | 5,000 |
| George Washington Colonials | Washington, D.C. | Mount Vernon Athletic Complex | 1,000 |
| La Salle Explorers | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | McCarthy Stadium | 7,500 |
| UMass Minutemen | Amherst, Massachusetts | Rudd Field | 800 |
| Rhode Island Rams | Kingston, Rhode Island | URI Soccer Complex | 1,547 |
| St. Bonaventure Bonnies | St. Bonaventure, New York | McGraw-Jennings Field | 2,000 |
| Saint Joseph's Hawks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Finnesey Field | 600 |
| Saint Louis Billikens | St. Louis, Missouri | Hermann Stadium | 6,050 |
| VCU Rams | Richmond, Virginia | Sports Backers Stadium | 3,250 |
* Richmond does not sponsor men's soccer

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Shirt supplier |
| Dayton Flyers | Dennis Currier | TBA | Nike |
| Duquesne Dukes | Chase Brooks | TBA | Nike |
| Fordham Rams | Jim McElderry | TBA | Nike |
| George Mason Patriots | Greg Andrulis | TBA | Adidas |
| George Washington Colonials | Craig Jones | TBA | Nike |
| La Salle Explorers | Rob Irvine | TBA | Nike |
| UMass Minutemen | Sam Koch | TBA | Adidas |
| Rhode Island Rams | Gareth Elliott | TBA | Adidas |
| St. Bonaventure Bonnies | Kwame Oduro | TBA | Diadora |
| Saint Joseph's Hawks | Don D'Ambra | TBA | Nike |
| Saint Louis Billikens | Mike McGinty | TBA | Nike |
| VCU Rams | David Giffard | TBA | Nike |

## Regular season
### Results

Legend :
* Win
* Lose
* Tie
| Home/Away | GMU | LAS | STJ | VCU |
| Davidson Wildcats | | | | 10/29 |
| Dayton Flyers | | | | |
| Duquesne Dukes | | | | 10/15 |
| Fordham Rams | | | | |
| George Mason Patriots | | | | |
| George Washington Colonials | | | | 2–2 |
| La Salle Explorers | | | | |
| UMass Minutemen | | | | 10/22 |
| Rhode Island Rams | | | | |
| Saint Louis Billikens | | | | |
| St. Joseph's Hawks | | | | |
| St. Bonaventure Bonnies | | | | |
| VCU Rams | 2–0 | 10/12 | 10/19 | |

### Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 |
| Davidson | C | | | | |
| Dayton | C | RV | NR | | |
| Duquesne | C | | | | |
| Fordham | C | | | | |
| George Mason | C | | | | |
| George Washington | C | | | | |
| La Salle | C | | | | |
| UMass | C | | | | |
| Rhode Island | C | | | | |
| Saint Louis | C | | RV | RV | NR |
| St. Joseph's | C | | | | |
| St. Bonaventure | C | | | | |
| VCU | C | RV | NR | | |

### Honors and awards
#### Player of the Week
## Postseason
### A10 tournament

| Quarterfinals Thursday, November 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, November 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, November 10 | Semifinals Friday, November 11 | Semifinals Friday, November 11 | Semifinals Friday, November 11 | Championship Sunday, November 13 | Championship Sunday, November 13 | Championship Sunday, November 13 |
| 1 | Saint Louis | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dayton | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dayton | 2 | 8 | Dayton | 0 | | | |
| | | | 5 | VCU | 1 | | | |
| 4 | UMass | 1 | 5 | VCU | 1 | | | |
| 5 | VCU | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | VCU | 2 | | | | 5 | VCU | 0 (2) |
| | | | | | | 2 | Fordham (pen.) | 0 (3) |
| 2 | Fordham | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | Fordham (pen.) | 0 (3) |
| 7 | Duquesne | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Duquesne | 0 | 2 | Fordham | 4 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Rhode Island | 0 | | | |
| 3 | La Salle | 1 | 6 | Rhode Island | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 3 | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | 3 | Fordham | L, 0–1 vs. Boston College – (Boston) | | | | | |

## All-A10 awards and teams

2016 A10 Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | János Löbe, Fordham |
| Coach of the Year | Mike McGinty, Saint Louis |
| Midfielder of the Year | Garrett Heine, George Washington |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Lalas Abubakar, Dayton |
| Freshman of the Year | Stavros Zarokostas, Rhode Island |
2016 A10 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| Maxi Pragnell (F) - Davidson Kennedy Nwabia (F) - Dayton János Löbe (F) - Fordham Luc Fatton (F) - VCU Jannik Loebe (M) - Fordham Garrett Heine (M) – George Washington Rafael Andrade Santos (M) - VCU Lalas Abubakar (D) - Dayton Colman Kennedy (D) - La Salle Dakota Barnathan (D) - VCU Jorge Becerra (GK) – Massachusetts | Matt Robinson (F) - La Salle Joe Saad (F)- Saint Louis Jorge Herranz (F)- VCU Stavros Zarokostas (M) - Rhode Island Matt Crawford (M) - Saint Joseph's Bliss Harris (M)- Saint Joseph's Max Karcher (M) - Saint Louis Matthew Lewis (D)- Fordham Tobi Adewole (D) – George Washington Joss Jess (D) – Massachusetts Rashid Nuhu (GK) - Fordham | Federico Barrios, Dayton Rok Taneski, Dayton Ryan Landry, Duquesne Joergen Oland, Fordham Tunde Akinlosotu, George Mason Pat McCarthy, La Salle Konrad Gorich, Massachusetts Peder Kristiansen, Rhode Island Stavros Zarokostas, Rhode Island Paul Nana Afful, St. Bonaventure Saadiq Mohammed, Saint Louis Quayyum Murana, Saint Louis |