2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The 2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his seventh season. They play home games at Riggs Field.^[1] This is team's 56th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 29th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2016 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
ACC Tournament, Runners Up
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinalists
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 5
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
Record	14–4–5 (4–1–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (4th season) Camilo Rodriguez (1st season)
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	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

Updated 08/04/16 ^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Michael Zierhoffer 2 DF   USA Andrew Burnikel 3 DF   DEN Patrick Bunk-Andersen 4 MF   ENG Oliver Shannon 5 DF   BER Mauriq Hill 6 MF   USA Tanner Dieterich 7 MF   NOR Iman Mafi 8 MF   USA Johnny Heckman 9 FW   CRC Diego Campos 11 DF   ENG Aaron Jones 12 MF   CRC Saul Chinchilla 13 MF   USA Michael Melvin 14 MF   USA Grayson Raynor 15 MF   FRA Alex Happi 16 MF   SEN Malick Mbaye 17 MF   BRA Thales Moreno

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   USA Harrison Kurtz 19 FW   USA Robby Jacobs 20 FW   USA Austen Burnikel 21 DF   USA Trey Langolis 22 GK   USA Nolan Lennon 23 MF   USA Michael Swift 24 GK   USA Brady Allardice 25 DF   USA Cale Thorne 26 DF   USA Chris Heijjer 27 DF   USA Kevin Fielden 28 DF   USA Nate Hall 29 DF   USA Robert Campbell 30 DF   USA Jon Breed 31 GK   ESP Ximo Miralles 32 MF   USA Philip Tran

Draft picks

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Aaron Jones	Philadelphia Union	2nd	33	DF

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate Head Coach	Philip Jones
Assistant coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Director of Soccer Operations	Rohan Sachdev
Athletic trainer	Raz Razayeski
Strength and conditioning Coach	Rick Franzblau

Source:^[3]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 pm	No. 3	UAB	W 2–1 ^2OT	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 16* 7:00 pm	No. 3	High Point	T 1–1	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 19* 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Duke	T 2–2	–	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Regular season
August 26* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at No. 24 South Carolina Rivalry	W 2–1	1–0–0	Stone Stadium (2,892) Columbia, SC
August 28* 6:30 pm	No. 3	Providence	W 2–1	2–0–0	Riggs Field (1,167) Clemson, SC
September 2* 7:00 pm	No. 2	No. 8 Creighton	W 1–0	3–0–0	Riggs Field (2,869) Clemson, SC
September 9 7:30 pm	No. 2	No. 3 North Carolina	L 0–1	3–1–0 (0–1–0)	Riggs Field (7,293) Clemson, SC
September 17 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 17 Virginia	T 3-3 ^2OT	3–1–1 (0–1–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,222) Charlottesville, VA
September 20* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Gardner-Webb	W 5–0	4–1–1 (0–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,189) Clemson,SC
September 23 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 19 Virginia Tech	W 2–1	5–1–1 (1–1–1)	Sandra D. Thompson Field (1,412) Blacksburg, VA
September 27* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at South Florida	W 1–0 ^OT	6–1–1 (1–1–1)	USF Soccer Stadium (651) Tampa, FL
September 30 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 11 Wake Forest	W 1–0	7–1–1 (2–1–1)	Riggs Field (3,128) Clemson, SC
October 4* 6:00 pm	No. 5	at Coastal Carolina	T 0–0 ^2OT	7–1–2 (2–1–1)	Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field (596) Conway, SC
October 8 7:00 pm	No. 5	NC State	W 2–0	8–1–2 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (4,112) Clemson, SC
October 11* 7:00 pm	No. 3	No. 14 Charlotte	L 0–1	8–2–2 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,015) Clemson, SC
October 14 7:00 pm	No. 3	at Boston College Rivalry	T 0–0 ^2OT	8–2–3 (3–1–2)	Newton Soccer Complex (1,035) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 16* 12:30 pm	No. 3	at Brown	W 3–2	9–2–3 (3–1–2)	Stevenson Field (695) Providence, RI
October 21 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 6 Syracuse	T 0–0 ^2OT	9–2–4 (3–1–3)	Riggs Field (3,120) Clemson, SC
October 25* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Georgia Southern Senior Night	W 1–0	10–2–4 (3–1–3)	Riggs Field (2,538) Clemson, SC
October 28 7:00 pm	No. 5	at No. 7 Louisville	W 1–0	11–2–4 (4–1–3)	Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (3,108) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 6 1:00 pm	No. 4	No. 5 Syracuse Quarterfinal	T 1–1 (4–2 PK) ^2OT	11–2–5	Riggs Field (1,068) Clemson, SC
November 9 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 8 Boston College Semifinal	W 1–0	12–2–5	Riggs Field (1,546) Clemson, SC
November 13 2:00 pm	No. 4	No. 2 Wake Forest Final	L 1–0	12–3–5	MUSC Health Stadium (2,304) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 17*	No. 3	South Carolina Second Round	W 2–1 ^OT	13–3–5	Riggs Field (1,711) Clemson, SC
November 27*	No. 3	No. 14 Albany Third Round	W 3–1	14–3–5	Riggs Field (2,046) Clemson, SC
December 2*	No. 3	No. 6 Denver Quarterfinals	L 0–1	14–4–5	Riggs Field (4,101) Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
NSCAA ^[4]	3	2	2	6	7	5	5	3	8	5	3	3	3	None Released				5
TopDrawer Soccer ^[5]	10	8	8	5	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5

References

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2. . clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
3. . clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
4. . National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
5. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.