2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season

West Coast Conference

Season	2016
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2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
	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

The 2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.^[1]

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[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
Gonzaga	C			RV	20	NR
Loyola Marymount	C
Pacific	C						RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Portland	C				RV	NR				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
Pacific	C				7	3	5	7	4	5	6	3
Portland	C		9	5	NR	7	7	5	3	4	4	5
Saint Mary's	C	7	NR
San Diego	C			9	NR
San Francisco	C		10	NR
Santa Clara	C				10	10	8	NR

Results

Team/Opponent	GON	LMU	POR	SMC	USD	USF	SCU
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
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)

All-WCC awards and teams

2016 WCC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Freshman of the Year

2016 WCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 West Coast Conference women's soccer season

References

1. "West Coast Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). West Coast Conference. WCCSports.com. p. 13. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
2. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.