2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
National Champions
Pac-12 Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. North Carolina
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	14–3–4 (8–1–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Nick Kirchhof (5th season); Oige Kennedy (1st season); Charles Rodriguez (1st season);
Home stadium	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

ConferencePac-12 Conference

Record14–3–4 (8–1–1 Pac-12)

Headcoach

Jeremy Gunn (5th season)

Assistant coaches

Nick Kirchhof (5th season)
Oige Kennedy (1st season)
Charles Rodriguez (1st season)

2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Stanford ‡	8	–	1	–	1	14	–	3	–	6
No. 12 Washington +	6	–	4	–	0	14	–	7	–	0
San Diego State +	4	–	3	–	3	9	–	4	–	6
UCLA +	4	–	5	–	1	10	–	8	–	2
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	2	7	–	8	–	3
California	1	–	8	–	1	5	–	10	–	2


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

The 2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 43rd season of the university fielding a program.

The Cardinal entered the season as the defending national champions. The Cardinal successfully defended their title in the 2016 NCAA Tournament against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
8/13/16* 7:05 pm	No. 1	Sacramento State	W 5–0		Cagan Stadium (Not reported) Stanford, California
8/17/16* 7:00 pm	No. 1	at Cal Poly	W 2–1		Spanos Stadium (415) San Luis Obispo, California
Non-conference regular season
8/26/16* 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	Penn State	T 0–0 ^2OT	0–0–1	Cagan Stadium (777) Stanford, California
8/28/16* 5:05 pm, P12N	No. 1	Saint Mary's	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–0–2	Cagan Stadium (596) Stanford, California
9/02/16* 2:30 pm	No. 15	vs. No. 4 Notre Dame Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	L 1–2 ^2OT	0–1–2	Bill Armstrong Stadium (4,007) Bloomington, Indiana
9/04/16* 4:30 pm, BTN	No. 15	at No. 5 Indiana Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	T 0–0 ^2OT	0–1–3	Bill Armstrong Stadium (4,081) Bloomington, Indiana
9/10/16* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	San Jose State	W 4–1	1–1–3	Cagan Stadium (914) Stanford, California
9/16/16* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	Harvard	W 3–1	2–1–3	Cagan Stadium (2,103) Stanford, California
9/18/16* 8:00 pm, GSTV	No. 25	Omaha	W 4–0	3–1–3	Cagan Stadium (542) Stanford, California
9/23/16* 7:00 pm	No. 23	at San Francisco	L 1–2	3–2–3	Negoesco Stadium (542) San Francisco
Pac-12 Conference regular season
10/02/16 7:00 pm, P12N		California Rivalry	W 1–0	4–2–3 (1–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (1,374) Stanford, California
10/06/16 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 16 Washington	W 1–0	5–2–3 (2–0–0)	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,198) Seattle
10/09/16 11:00 am, P12N		at Oregon State	W 1–0 ^2OT	6–2–3 (3–0–0)	Lorenz Field (424) Corvallis, Oregon
10/13/16 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	No. 25 San Diego State	W 3–1	7–2–3 (4–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (624) Stanford, California
10/16/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	No. 17 UCLA	W 3–0	8–2–3 (5–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (1,262) Stanford, California
10/20/16 7:00 pm	No. 12	at San Diego State	T 1–1 ^2OT	8–2–4 (5–0–1)	SDSU Sports Deck (579) San Diego
10/23/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 24 UCLA	W 3–2	9–2–4 (6–0–1)	Drake Stadium (3,115) Los Angeles
10/27/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at Oregon State	W 3–0	10–2–4 (7–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,154) Stanford, California
10/30/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	No. 16 Washington	L 0–1 ^OT	10–3–4 (7–1–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,171) Stanford, California
11/11/16 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	California	W 2–1 ^OT	11–3–4 (8–1–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,680) Stanford, California
NCAA Tournament
12/20/16* 5:00 pm	No. 5 (5)	Pacific Second Round	W 2–0	12–3–4	Cagan Stadium (1,403) Stanford, California
12/27/16* 5:00 pm	No. 5 (5)	No. 16 (12) Virginia Third Round	W 1–0 ^2OT	13–3–4	Cagan Stadium (1,185) Stanford, California
12/09/16* 5:45 pm, ESPN3	No. 5 (5)	at No. 4 (7) Louisville Quarterfinals	W 2–0	14–3–4	Lynn Stadium (3,247) Louisville, Kentucky
12/09/16* 5:45 pm, ESPNU	No. 5 (5)	vs. No. 8 (9) North Carolina College Cup – Semifinals	T 0–0 ^2OT (W 10–9 pk)	14–3–5	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056) Houston
12/11/16* 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5 (5)	vs. No. 2 (2) Wake Forest College Cup – Final	T 0–0^2OT W 4–5 pen.	14–3–6	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,315) Houston
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

v t e NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2010–2019)
2010	Akron Louisville Michigan North Carolina
2011	Charlotte Creighton North Carolina UCLA
2012	Creighton Georgetown Indiana Maryland
2013	Maryland New Mexico Notre Dame Virginia
2014	Providence UCLA Virginia UMBC
2015	Akron Clemson Stanford Syracuse
2016	Denver North Carolina Stanford Wake Forest
2017	Akron Indiana North Carolina Stanford
2018	Akron Maryland Michigan State Indiana
2019	Georgetown Stanford Virginia Wake Forest
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

v t e Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
Venues	Laird Cagan Stadium
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree
People	Sam Koch Bret Simon Jeremy Gunn Notable players
Seasons	2001 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2024
College Cup finals	2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

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

2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

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Position	Person
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn
Assistant coach	Nick Kirchhof
Assistant coach	Oige Kennedy
Volunteer coach	Charles Rodriguez