2016 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

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
Record	0–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (4th season) Matt Verni (3rd season) Blair Stevenson (1st 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

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. 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.

Roster

Squad

This was the Syracuse roster for the 2016 season.

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	John Wildhack
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:

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.

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