2016 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2016 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 93nd season.[1] The #8 seeded Orange reached the third round/Sweet 16 of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, where they lost to fellow ACC team, the 9th seeded North Carolina Tar Heels.[2]

2016 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
Central New York Classic champions
NCAA Tournament, Third round/Sweet 16
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
2016 record	0–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (7th season) Matt Verni (3rd season) Blair Stevenson (2nd season)
Home stadium	SU Soccer Stadium

2016 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 2 Wake Forest ‡	5	–	1	–	2			19	–	2	–	4
No. 6 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	6	–	2
No. 5 Clemson +	4	–	1	–	3			14	–	4	–	5
No. 11 Syracuse +	4	–	2	–	3			12	–	4	–	4
Boston College +	3	–	3	–	3			9	–	9	–	3
NC State	1	–	8	–	0			5	–	12	–	0
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	5	–	1	–	2			14	–	3	–	4
No. 13 Virginia +	4	–	2	–	3			11	–	4	–	5
No. 14 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	2			12	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	2			13	–	5	–	4
Duke	2	–	6	–	1			7	–	8	–	2
Pittsburgh	0	–	7	–	2			2	–	13	–	3
‡-2016 ACC Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

Roster

Squad

This was the Syracuse roster for the 2016 season.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Austin Aviza 1 GK  USA Pat Castle 2 DF  NOR Oyvind Alseth 3 DF  SWE Oscar Sewerin 4 MF  USA Liam Callahan 5 DF  ENG Lewis Cross 6 MF  FIN Juuso Pasanen 7 FW  ENG Ben Polk 8 MF  SWE Jonathan Hagman 10 MF  GER Julian Buescher 11 FW  BIH Adnan Bakalović 12 FW  USA Noah Rhynhart 13 DF  HON Gabriel Menescal 14 FW  USA Danny Apajee

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Korab Syla 16 MF  NOR Andreas Jenssen 17 FW  CAN Chris Nanco 18 MF  USA Morgan Hackworth 19 DF  USA Miles Robinson 20 DF  CAN Kamal Miller 21 MF  USA Chris Gomez 22 FW  USA Kenny Lassiter 24 FW  USA Jake Keller 25 GK  GER Hendrik Hilpert 26 MF  USA Trevor Alexander 28 DF  USA Brandon Albert 29 DF  USA Spencer Kopko

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Mark Coyle
Head Coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate Head Coach	Jukka Masalin
Asst. Coach	Matt Verni
Volunteer Asst. Coach	Blair Stevenson

Last updated: December 17, 2015
Source: Syracuse Soccer

Schedule

Source: [4]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibitions
08/13/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	New Hampshire	T 1–1		Ensley Athletic Center Syracuse, NY
08/18/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	vs. Michigan State	T 2–2		Hefner Soccer Fields Fort Wayne, IN
08/20/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	vs. No. 18 Ohio State	W 2–1		Hefner Soccer Fields Fort Wayne, IN
Regular season
08/26/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	UMass Central New York Classic	W 3–0	1–0–0	SU Soccer Stadium (1,709) Syracuse, NY
08/28/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Loyola Marymount Central New York Classic	W 2–1 ^2OT	2–0–0	SU Soccer Stadium (1,468) Syracuse, NY
09/01/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Colgate Rivalry	W 3–0	3–0–0	SU Soccer Stadium (1,540) Syracuse, NY
09/04/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	St. John's	W 3–2	4–0–0	SU Soccer Stadium (1,623) Syracuse, NY
09/09/16 7:00 pm	No. 6	at NC State	W 2–0	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Method Road (702) Raleigh, NC
09/13/16* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Hofstra	W 1–0	6–0–0 (1–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,005) Syracuse, NY
09/16/16 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 15 Boston College	W 2–0	7–0–0 (2–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (2,132) Syracuse, NY
09/20/16* 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Cornell	W 3–1	8–0–0 (2–0–0)	Berman Field (302) Ithaca, NY
09/23/16 7:00 pm	No. 2	at No. 3 Notre Dame	L 1–2	8–1–0 (2–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (2,468) South Bend, IN
09/30/16 7:00 pm	No. 3	No. 4 North Carolina	T 0–0 ^2OT	8–1–1 (2–1–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,303) Syracuse, NY
10/04/16* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at Albany	L 1–2	8–2–1 (2–1–1)	Bob Ford Field (1,017) Albany, NY
10/07/16 7:00 pm	No. 3	at No. 8 Louisville	L 0–1	8–3–1 (2–2–1)	Lynn Stadium (2,594) Louisville, KY
10/14/16 7:00 pm	No. 10	No. 15 Virginia Tech	W 1–0	9–3–1 (3–2–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,785) Syracuse, NY
10/18/16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	at Hartford	W 2–0	10–3–1 (3–2–1)	Al-Marzook Field (1,592) West Hartford, CT
10/21/16 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 8 Clemson	T 0–0 ^2OT	10–3–2 (3–2–2)	Riggs Field (3,120) Clemson, SC
10/28/16 7:00 pm	No. 6	No. 2 Wake Forest	T 1–1 ^2OT	10–3–3 (3–2–3)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,587) Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
11/02/16* 7:00 pm	No. 7 (5 seed)	No. (12 seed) Pittsburgh First round	W 4–0	11–3–3 (3–2–3)	SU Soccer Stadium (641) Syracuse, NY
11/06/16 1:00 pm	No. 7 (5)	at No. 3 (4) Clemson Quarterfinals	T 1–1 ^2OT(2–4 PKs)	11–3–4 (3–2–3)	Riggs Field (1,068) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
11/20/16* 12:00 pm	No. 8 (8)	Dartmouth Second Round	W 3–0	12–3–4 (3–2–3)	SU Soccer Stadium (315) Syracuse, NY
11/27/16* 2PM	No. 8 (8)	No. 10 (9) North Carolina Third Round	L 0–1	12–4–4 (3–2–3)	SU Soccer Stadium (720) Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2016 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team were selected in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.[5]

References

1. "Syracuse University 2016 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
2. "Men's Soccer Beats Syracuse, 1-0, To Reach NCAA Quarters". University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. 2016-11-27. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
3. "2016 Men's Soccer Roster". Syracuse University. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
4. "2016 Men's Soccer Schedule". Syracuse University. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
5. "2016 MLS SuperDraft Tracker".

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Julian Büscher	1	11	MF		Ben Polk	1	20	F