2016 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
Carolina Nike Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 0–0 (9–10 pen.) vs. Stanford
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record14–3–4 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Cristian Neagu (1st season)
  • Grant Porter (5th season)
  • Joe Scachetti (1st season)
Home stadiumFetzer Field
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
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
As of 13 December 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 70th season of the university fielding a program.

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
08-12-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 8 at Winthrop W 1–0 
Eagle Field (Not reported)
Rock Hill, SC
08-15-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 8 vs. South Carolina
Battle of the Carolinas
T 1–1 
WakeMed Soccer Park (Not reported)
Cary, NC
08-20-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 8 at Davidson W 3–0 
Alumni Soccer Stadium (Not reported)
Davidson, NC
Regular Season
08-26-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 Cal Poly
Carolina Nike Classic
W 3–0  1–0
Fetzer Field (3,718)
Chapel Hill, NC
08-28-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 Saint Louis
Carolina Nike Classic
W 3–0  2–0
Fetzer Field (2,514)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-02-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 NC State
Carolina–State Game
 Cancelled  2–0
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, NC
09-05-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 VCU W 3–2  3–0
Fetzer Field (1,736)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-09-2016
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 at No. 2 Clemson W 1–0  4–0 (1–0)
Riggs Field (7,923)
Clemson, SC
09-13-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 2 East Tennessee State L 0–1  4–1
Fetzer Field (410)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-16-2016
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 2 Pittsburgh W 1–0  5–1 (2–0)
Fetzer Field (1,837)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-20-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 9 William & Mary W 4–1  6–1
Albert–Daly Field (1,837)
Williamsburg, VA
09-23-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 9 No. 25 Boston College W 5–0  7–1 (3–0)
Fetzer Field (1,414)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-30-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 at No. 3 Syracuse T 0–0 2OT 7–1–1 (3–0–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,303)
Syracuse, NY
10-04-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 No. 20 UNC Wilmington W 1–0  8–1–1
Fetzer Field (1,231)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-07-2016
5:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 No. 16 Virginia
South's Oldest Rivalry
L 1–2  8–2–1 (3–1–1)
Fetzer Field (237)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-11-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 8 UNC Asheville W 7–0  9–2–1
Fetzer Field (402)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-14-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 8 at Duke
Carlyle Cup
W 2–1  10–2–1 (4–1–1)
Koskinen Stadium (402)
Durham, NC
10-18-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 3 at Charleston T 0–0 2OT 10–2–2
CofC Soccer Stadium (637)
Mount Pleasant, SC
10-22-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 No. 23 Virginia Tech W 2–0  11–2–2 (5–1–1)
Fetzer Field (1,011)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-28-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 at No. 12 Notre Dame T 0–0  11–2–3 (5–1–2)
Alumni Stadium (2,279)
South Bend, IN
ACC Tournament
11-06-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 10 (1) at No. 25 (8) Boston College
Quarterfinals
L 0–1  11–3–3
Fetzer Field (1,210)
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
11-20-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 10 (9) No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast
Second Round
W 3–2  12–3–3
Fetzer Field (1,210)
Chapel Hill, NC
11-27-2016
2:00 pm, Cuse.com
No. 10 (9) at No. 8 (8) Syracuse
Third Round
W 1–0  13–3–3
David Murphy Field (720)
Syracuse, NY
12-02-2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10 (9) No. 22 Providence
Quarterfinals
W 1–0 2OT 14–3–3
Fetzer Field (4,009)
Chapel Hill, NC
12/09/16*
8:45 pm, ESPNU
No. 8 (9) vs. No. 5 (5) Stanford
College Cup – Semifinals
T 0–0
L 9–10 pen.
 2OT
14–3–4
BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056)
Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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