2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
National Champions
Pac-12 Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. North Carolina
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	14–3–4 (8–1–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Nick Kirchhof (5th season); Oige Kennedy (1st season); Charles Rodriguez (1st season);
Home stadium	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Stanford ‡	8	–	1	–	1	14	–	3	–	6
No. 12 Washington +	6	–	4	–	0	14	–	7	–	0
San Diego State +	4	–	3	–	3	9	–	4	–	6
UCLA +	4	–	5	–	1	10	–	8	–	2
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	2	7	–	8	–	3
California	1	–	8	–	1	5	–	10	–	2


‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 43rd season of the university fielding a program.

The Cardinal entered the season as the defending national champions. The Cardinal successfully defended their title in the 2016 NCAA Tournament against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Roster

As of December 5, 2016^[1]

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	Andrew Epstein
2	FW	USA	Foster Langsdorf
3	DF	USA	Tanner Beason
4	MF	USA	Tomas Hilliard-Arce
5	MF	USA	Colin Hyatt
6	MF	USA	Trevor Hyman
7	MF	USA	Bryce Marion
8	DF	USA	Brian Nana-Sinkam
10	MF	USA	Corey Baird
11	DF	USA	Amir Bashti
12	MF	USA	Drew Skundrich
14	MF	USA	Justin Kahl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Jared Gilbey
16	DF	USA	Adam Mosharrafa
17	FW	USA	Adrian Alabi
18	MF	USA	Mark Joshua
19	MF	USA	Kyle Casey
20	GK	USA	Charlie Furrer
21	DF	USA	Collin Liberty
22	MF	USA	Quentin Chi
23	MF	USA	Sam Werner
27	MF	COL	Emanuel Pinilla
29	FW	USA	Derek Waldeck
30	GK	BEL	Nico Corti

Coaching staff

Position	Person
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn
Assistant coach	Nick Kirchhof
Assistant coach	Oige Kennedy
Volunteer coach	Charles Rodriguez

Last updated: December 5, 2016
Source: Stanford Athletics

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
8/13/16* 7:05 pm	No. 1	Sacramento State	W 5–0		Cagan Stadium (Not reported) Stanford, California
8/17/16* 7:00 pm	No. 1	at Cal Poly	W 2–1		Spanos Stadium (415) San Luis Obispo, California
Non-conference regular season
8/26/16* 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	Penn State	T 0–0 ^2OT	0–0–1	Cagan Stadium (777) Stanford, California
8/28/16* 5:05 pm, P12N	No. 1	Saint Mary's	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–0–2	Cagan Stadium (596) Stanford, California
9/02/16* 2:30 pm	No. 15	vs. No. 4 Notre Dame Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	L 1–2 ^2OT	0–1–2	Bill Armstrong Stadium (4,007) Bloomington, Indiana
9/04/16* 4:30 pm, BTN	No. 15	at No. 5 Indiana Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	T 0–0 ^2OT	0–1–3	Bill Armstrong Stadium (4,081) Bloomington, Indiana
9/10/16* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	San Jose State	W 4–1	1–1–3	Cagan Stadium (914) Stanford, California
9/16/16* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	Harvard	W 3–1	2–1–3	Cagan Stadium (2,103) Stanford, California
9/18/16* 8:00 pm, GSTV	No. 25	Omaha	W 4–0	3–1–3	Cagan Stadium (542) Stanford, California
9/23/16* 7:00 pm	No. 23	at San Francisco	L 1–2	3–2–3	Negoesco Stadium (542) San Francisco
Pac-12 Conference regular season
10/02/16 7:00 pm, P12N		California Rivalry	W 1–0	4–2–3 (1–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (1,374) Stanford, California
10/06/16 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 16 Washington	W 1–0	5–2–3 (2–0–0)	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,198) Seattle
10/09/16 11:00 am, P12N		at Oregon State	W 1–0 ^2OT	6–2–3 (3–0–0)	Lorenz Field (424) Corvallis, Oregon
10/13/16 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	No. 25 San Diego State	W 3–1	7–2–3 (4–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (624) Stanford, California
10/16/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	No. 17 UCLA	W 3–0	8–2–3 (5–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (1,262) Stanford, California
10/20/16 7:00 pm	No. 12	at San Diego State	T 1–1 ^2OT	8–2–4 (5–0–1)	SDSU Sports Deck (579) San Diego
10/23/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 24 UCLA	W 3–2	9–2–4 (6–0–1)	Drake Stadium (3,115) Los Angeles
10/27/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at Oregon State	W 3–0	10–2–4 (7–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,154) Stanford, California
10/30/16 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	No. 16 Washington	L 0–1 ^OT	10–3–4 (7–1–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,171) Stanford, California
11/11/16 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	California	W 2–1 ^OT	11–3–4 (8–1–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,680) Stanford, California
NCAA Tournament
12/20/16* 5:00 pm	No. 5 (5)	Pacific Second Round	W 2–0	12–3–4	Cagan Stadium (1,403) Stanford, California
12/27/16* 5:00 pm	No. 5 (5)	No. 16 (12) Virginia Third Round	W 1–0 ^2OT	13–3–4	Cagan Stadium (1,185) Stanford, California
12/09/16* 5:45 pm, ESPN3	No. 5 (5)	at No. 4 (7) Louisville Quarterfinals	W 2–0	14–3–4	Lynn Stadium (3,247) Louisville, Kentucky
12/09/16* 5:45 pm, ESPNU	No. 5 (5)	vs. No. 8 (9) North Carolina College Cup – Semifinals	T 0–0 ^2OT (W 10–9 pk)	14–3–5	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056) Houston
12/11/16* 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5 (5)	vs. No. 2 (2) Wake Forest College Cup – Final	T 0–0^2OT W 4–5 pen.	14–3–6	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,315) Houston
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.