# 2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The defending champions are the Santa Clara Broncos who won the regular season last year (the conference does not host a tournament).

## Changes from 2015

* None

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Gonzaga Bulldogs | Spokane, Washington | Gonzaga Soccer Field | 1,500 |
| Loyola Marymount Lions | Los Angeles, California | Sullivan Field | 2,000 |
| Portland Pilots | Portland, Oregon | Merlo Field | 5,120 |
| Saint Mary's Gaels | Moraga, California | Saint Mary's Stadium | 4,500 |
| San Diego Toreros | San Diego, California | Torero Stadium | 6,000 |
| San Francisco Dons | San Francisco, California | Negoesco Stadium | 3,000 |
| Santa Clara Broncos | Santa Clara, California | Buck Shaw Stadium | 10,300 |

## Regular season
### Rankings
#### NSCAA national

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 |
| Gonzaga | C | | | RV | 20 | NR | | | | | | | | | |
| Loyola Marymount | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pacific | C | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Portland | C | | | | RV | NR | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Saint Mary's | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego | C | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Francisco | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Clara | C | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### NSCAA Far West regional

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 |
| Gonzaga | C | | 4 | 4 | 9 | NR | | | 8 | 8 | 10 | NR | |
| Loyola Marymount | C | | | | | 9 | 9 | 6 | NR | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Pacific | C | | | | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Portland | C | | 9 | 5 | NR | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Saint Mary's | C | 7 | NR | | | | | | | | | 7 | 8 |
| San Diego | C | | | 9 | NR | | | | | | | | |
| San Francisco | C | | 10 | NR | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Clara | C | | | | 10 | 10 | 8 | NR | | | | | |

### Results

* Team/opponent
* Gonzaga Bulldogs
* Loyola Marymount Lions
* Portland Pilots
* Saint Mary's Gaels
* San Diego Toreros
* San Francisco Dons
* Santa Clara Broncos

## Postseason
### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | 2 | Pacific | W, 1–0 vs. CSUN – (Northridge) | L 0–2 vs. Stanford – (Stanford) | | | |
| — | 3 | Portland | T, 0–0 (L, 5–6 pen.) vs. New Mexico – (Albuquerque) | | | | |

## All-WCC awards and teams

2016 WCC Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Eddie Sanchez, Portland |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Connor Johnson, Loyola Marymount |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Paul Christensen, Portland |
| Co-Coaches of the Year | Ryan Jorden, Pacific Nick Carlin-Voigt, Portland |
| Freshman of the Year | Benji Michel, Portland |
2016 WCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Freshman Team |
| Tristan Blackmon, Jr., DF, PAC Julio Cervantes, Sr., FW, PAC Jalen Crisler, Jr., DF, ZAGA Jakob Granlund, Sr., FW, ZAGA Connor Johnson, Jr., DF, LMU Benji Michel, Fr., FW, POR Kris Reaves, Jr., DF, POR Eddie Sanchez, Sr., FW, POR Rafael Sanchez, Sr., MF, SMC Leon Schwarzer, Jr., MF, USF Michael Turner, Sr., MF, USD | Valdemar Andersen, Jr., DF, SCU Ben Braman, Jr., DF, SMC Brennan Castro, Sr., DF, SCU Paul Christensen, Jr., GK, POR David Garrett, Sr., FW, USF Curtis Goldsmith, Jr., GK, PAC Aaron Lombardi, Jr., MF, USF Adrien Perez, Sr., FW, LMU Josh Smith, Jr., DF, USF Jakub Svehlik, Fr., MF, SMC Wouter Verstraaten, So., DF, PAC | Garrett Amador, DF, LMU Jalani Ambrose, DF, SCU Davis Behnke, DF, ZAGA Miguel Berrym FW, USD Andreas Charalambous, MF, PAC Gio Magana-Rivera, MF, POR Benji Michel, FW, POR Anthony Orendain, FW, PAC Matt Orr, DF, USF Jake Rudel, DF, SMC Jakub Svehlik, MF, SMC |