2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season

2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season
2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Joshua Smith, San Francisco
Picked by	New England Revolution, 75th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Portland
Runners-up	Pacific
West Coast Conference men's soccer seasons
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The 2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.^[1]

DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016

Teams10

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2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Portland ‡	6	–	1	–	0	12	–	5	–	2
Pacific +	4	–	1	–	2	13	–	4	–	2
Loyola Marymount	4	–	3	–	0	10	–	8	–	0
Saint Mary's	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	8	–	3
San Francisco	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	9	–	0
San Diego	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	9	–	3
Gonzaga	2	–	4	–	1	8	–	8	–	2
Santa Clara	0	–	6	–	1	5	–	10	–	1

‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

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The defending champions are the Santa Clara Broncos who won the regular season last year (the conference does not host a tournament).

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

		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

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

Changes from 2015

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 WCC Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[16]
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

First Team	Second Team	Freshman Team
2016 WCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[16]
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