2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Teams	9
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Chris Odoi-Atsem, Maryland
Picked by	D.C. United, 12th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Maryland
Runners-up	Indiana
Season MVP	FW: Gordon Wild; MF: Tanner Thompson; DF: Alex Crognale; GK: Cody Niedermeier
Top scorer	Gordon Wild (17)
Tournament
Champions	Maryland
Runners-up	Wisconsin
Big Ten Conference men's soccer seasons
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DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016

Teams9

2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Maryland ‡	7	–	0	–	1	18	–	1	–	2
No. 9 Indiana +	3	–	0	–	5	12	–	2	–	7
Wisconsin	4	–	2	–	2	11	–	4	–	4
No. 25 Michigan State +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	5	–	2
Penn State	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	8	–	2
Ohio State	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	13	–	1
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	1	6	–	11	–	1
Michigan	1	–	6	–	1	4	–	11	–	4
Rutgers	0	–	6	–	2	1	–	14	–	2

‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 26th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Maryland Terrapins are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	6,000
Maryland Terrapins	College Park, Maryland	Ludwig Field	7,500
Michigan Wolverines	Ann Arbor, Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium	2,200
Michigan State Spartans	East Lansing, Michigan	DeMartin Soccer Complex	2,500
Northwestern Wildcats	Evanston, Illinois	Martin Stadium	2,000
Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	Owens Memorial Stadium	10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	Jeffrey Field	5,000
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Piscataway, New Jersey	Yurcak Field	5,000
Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin	McClimon Stadium	2,000

Team/opponent	IND	UMD	MCH	MSU	NWU	OSU	PSU	RUT	WIS
Indiana		1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Maryland	1–1		3–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–2
Michigan	0–2	2–3		0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2
Michigan State	1–2	0–2	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1
Northwestern	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–2		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2
Ohio State	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0		2–4	3–1	1–2
Penn State	0–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	4–2		3–2	2–1
Rutgers	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–3	2–3		0–1
Wisconsin	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0

		Pre^[2]	Wk 1^[3]	Wk 2^[4]	Wk 3^[5]	Wk 4^[6]	Wk 5^[7]	Wk 6^[8]	Wk 7^[9]	Wk 8^[10]	Wk 9^[11]	Wk 10^[12]	Wk 11^[13]	Wk 12^[14]	Final^[15]
Indiana	C	15	5	4	3	4	6	6	9	7	10	8	7	6	9
Maryland	C	4	7	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Michigan	C
Michigan State	C					22	25	21	19	20	13	15	12	13	25
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	C	18	RV	NR
Penn State	C		RV	RV	NR
Rutgers	C	25	RV	NR
Wisconsin	C					RV	NR			RV	24	20	18	25	RV

Preseason poll

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round
1	1	Maryland	BYE	L, 4–5 vs. Providence – (College Park)
7	4	Indiana	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Akron – (Bloomington)	L, 1–2 (OT) vs. Virginia Tech – (Bloomington)
—	4	Michigan State	T, 1–1 ^{L, 8–9 pen.} vs. SIUE – (Lansing)

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[16]
Coach of the Year	Sasho Cirovski, Maryland
Offensive Player of the Year	Gordon Wild, Maryland
Defensive Player of the Year	Alex Crognale, Maryland
Midfielder of the Year	Tanner Thompson, Indiana
Goalkeeper of the Year	Cody Niedermeier, Maryland
Freshman of the Year	Giuseppe Barone, Michigan State

First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[16]
Gordon Wild, FW, Maryland Francis Atuahene, FW, Michigan Ryan Sierakowski, FW, Michigan State Chris Mueller, FW, Wisconsin Tanner Thompson, MF, Indiana Amar Sejdic, MF, Maryland Connor Maloney, MF, Penn State Grant Lillard, DF, Indiana Alex Crognale, DF, Maryland Chris Odoi-Atsem, DF, Maryland Cody Niedermeier, GK, Maryland	Richard Ballard, FW, Indiana Nate Kohl, FW, Ohio State Eryk Williamson, MF, Maryland Ken Krolicki, MF, Michigan State Abdi Mohamed, MF, Ohio State Michael Catalano, MF, Wisconsin Mark Segbers, MF, Wisconsin Andrew Gutman, DF, Indiana Suli Dainkeh, DF, Maryland Lars Eckenrode, DF, Michigan Jimmy Fiscus, DF, Michigan State Robby Sagel, DF, Penn State Sam Brotherton, DF, Wisconsin Jimmy Hague, GK, Michigan State	Jack Hallahan, FW, Michigan Giuseppe Barone, MF, Michigan State Noah Leibold, MF, Wisconsin Tim McQuaid, MF, Rutgers Michael Pimlott, MF, Michigan State Pierre Reedy, MF, Penn State Mattias Tomasino, MF, Northwestern Elan Koenig, DF, Wisconsin Donovan Pines, DF, Maryland Michael Wetungu, DF, Michigan State Parker Siegfried, GK, Ohio State

v t e 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll